Formless Strikes
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| Job Ability Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | Monk | ||
| Type | Merit | ||
| Description | While in effect, melee attacks will not be considered physical damage. No effect on weapon skills. | ||
| Duration | 00:03:00 | ||
| Recast | 00:10:00 (base) | ||
| Cumulative Enmity | 1 | Volatile Enmity | 300 |
| Command | /ja "Formless Strikes" <me> | ||
| Merit Information | |||
| Tier | 2 | Ranks Available | 5 |
| Effect of Rank | Each merit level after the first reduces the 40% damage penalty by 5%. | ||
Notes
- This ability changes auto-attacks from physical damage to non-elemental magic damage.
- Attacks with Formless Strikes active are less powerful than physical attacks, normal damage is reduced to 60% when initially unlocked.
- Your magic-based auto-attacks will not be affected by physical resistances or barriers (Invincible.) It will now be affected by most magical defenses and Spiritual damage resistance.
- Attacks can be "resisted", as a magical attack would.
- It is best used against monsters that resist physical attacks, such as Elementals, or monsters that take extra damage from magical attacks, such as certain Flans.
- Formless Strikes attacks still give the user and the enemy normal TP.
- This ability is unaffected by the Magic Attack Bonus trait.
- This ability is cannot be used to magic burst.
- This ability does not affect your Weapon Skills or counterattacks. They will have the same properties they had before activation.
| Equipment Modifying Ability... | |
| Equipment Piece | Modifier |
| Melee Cyclas +2 |  : Increases duration by 6 seconds and decreases damage penalty by another 2% per merit level.
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