Weapon Skills: Destruction Staves | |||
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| Required Skill Level | Skill Name | Benefit | Cost |
| 2 | Force Shock (range: 28 meters) |
Your staff focuses elemental energies, dealing a combination of 224 Flame Damage + 224 Frost Damage + 244 Shock Damage. | 2700 Magicka |
| Morph Option 1 | Crushing Shock | Enemies hit while casting are also interrupted, set Off Balance, and Stunned for 3 seconds. | 2700 Magicka |
| Morph Option 2 | Force Pulse | Deals more elemental damage (248 instead of 224) and hits up to 2 nearby enemies with 310 Magic Damage if they were already affected by Burning, Chilled, or Concussion status effects. | 2700 Magicka |
| 4 | Wall of Elements (AoE: 18 x 8 meters) |
Create an elemental barrier before you, dealing enemies in the area 198 Magic Damage every 1 second for 6 seconds and an additional elemental effect: Wall of Fire deals extra damage to Burning enemies, Wall of Storms sets Concussed enemies Off Balance, Wall of Frost reduces movement speed by 40% and immobilizes Chilled enemies. | 3510 Magicka |
| Morph Option 1 | Unstable Wall of Elements |
When the wall expires, it also explodes for 318 Magic Damage. | 3240 Magicka |
| Morph Option 2 | Elemental Blockade (AoE: 18 x 12 meters) |
The barrier is 50% larger and now lasts 8 seconds (33% longer). | 3240 Magicka |
| 5 | Tri Focus | Flame Heavy Attacks deal 6% more damage. Shock Heavy Attacks hit nearby enemies for 50% of the damage dealt to the main target. Frost Heavy Attacks taunt the enemy to attack you for 15 seconds and grant a shield which absorbs 349 damage. Also, blocking consumes magicka instead of stamina if a frost staff is equipped. | Passive |
| 10 | Penetrating Magic | Destruction Staff abilities bypass 5% of enemy Spell Resistance. | Passive |
| 14 | Destructive Touch (range: 15 meters) |
Deals 477 Magic Damage then another 610 Magic Damage over 8 seconds. Also applies a status effect based on the type of staff: Flame Touch Knocks Back and applies the Burning status effect, Shock Touch Stuns, and applies the Concussed status effect, or Frost Touch deals 80% more damage, immobilizes and applies the Chilled status effect. | 2970 Magicka |
| Morph Option 1 | Destructive Clench | Flame Clench also deals damage over time. Shock Clench also damages nearby enemies. Frost Clench immobilizes for longer with a reduced cost of 1485 Magicka and applying Major Maim for 5 seconds when at skill rank IV. | ??? Magicka |
| Morph Option 2 | Destructive Reach (range: 28 meters) |
Increases the range from 15 meters to 28 meters. | ??? Magicka |
| 17 | Penetrating Magic II | Destruction Staff spells bypass 10% of enemy Spell Resistance. | Passive |
| 20 | Weakness to Elements (range: 28 meters) |
Inflicts Major Breach for 21 seconds (24 seconds if morphed). | none |
| Morph Option 1 | Elemental Susceptibility | The debuff lasts for 1 minute. While active, the target is afflicted with Burning, Chilled, or Concussion every 6 seconds. Changed Sept 6 from: The effects persist until the target dies or leaves combat. Previous to Waking Flame: Any damage you deal to the enemy resets the effect's duration. | none |
| Morph Option 2 | Elemental Drain | Also afflicts with Minor Magickasteal. | none |
| 25 | Elemental Force | Increase the chance of applying Burning, Concussion, or Chilled status effects by 50% if a destruction staff is equipped. | Passive |
| 28 | Ancient Knowledge | A flame staff increases damage with single-target abilities by 5%. A lightning staff increases damage with Area of Effect abilities by 5%. A frost staff increases the damage you can block by 10% and reduces the cost of blocking by 18%. | Passive |
| 30 | Elemental Force II | Increase the chance of applying Burning, Concussion, or Chilled status effects by 100% if a destruction staff is equipped. | Passive |
| 34 | Tri Focus II | Flame Heavy Attacks deal 12% more damage. Shock Heavy Attacks hit nearby enemies for 100% of the damage dealt to the main target. Frost Heavy Attacks taunt the enemy to attack you for 15 seconds and grant a shield which absorbs 699 damage. Also, blocking consumes magicka instead of stamina if a frost staff is equipped. | Passive |
| 38 | Impulse (radius: 6 meters) |
Inflicts 618 Magic Damage to enemies within 6 meters of you. | 3240 Magicka |
| Morph Option 1 | Elemental Ring | Target the center of damage at a location up to 28 meters away instead of centered upon yourself. | 3240 Magicka |
| Morph Option 2 | Pulsar | Also afflicts with Minor Mangle for 33 seconds. | 3240 Magicka |
| 41 | Destruction Expert | Restores 1800 Magicka if a Destruction Staff ability kills. | Passive |
| 46 | Ancient Knowledge II | A flame staff increases damage with single-target abilities by 10%. A lightning staff increases damage with Area of Effect abilities by 10%. A frost staff increases damage you block by 20% and reduces the cost of blocking by 36%. | Passive |
| 50 | Destruction Expert II | Restores 3600 Magicka if a Destruction Staff ability kills. | Passive |
| 50 | Elemental Storm (range: 28 meters, radius: 8 meters) |
Force winds to swirl into a storm that builds up over 2 seconds then deals 615 Magic Damage every 1 second for 7 seconds. | 250 Ultimate |
| Morph Option 1 | Elemental Rage | Increases each tick of its 803 Magic Damage while also adding an elemental effect: Fiery Rage increases the damage by 10%; Thunderous Rage increases the duration by 2 seconds; Icy Rage immobilizes affected targets for 3 seconds. | 250 Ultimate |
| Morph Option 2 | Eye of the Storm | Instead of forming at a target location the storm instead forms above you and follows you wherever you move. | 250 Ultimate |
