Please note I barely Paladin anymore, and these aren't in any particular order, but...

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DA: If any spell is a Paladin spell, it's this one.
HOW: Blesses held weapon, neat! The stun aspect seems too vestigial, because if I'm in an area with mobs that can hit me, one stun for four critters landing light/good won't do much, and if I'm in an area with mobs that can't hit me (but might land the occasional light), it's not really going to save me. I could see it maybe being useful in a PvP situation, though.
FST: I like that Paladins have some control over the damage type.
REB: I think knockdown + stun is awesome
RUE: I like the damage boost.

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AG: It just feels so niche on top of having too big a cost (poor favors!). Would be neat if it was just on a timer like RTR so it can't be spammed. Maybe more favors/soul would actually reduce the timer amount.
SF: With REB, or Halt + REB, it feels a bit toothless. I'm not sure when I'd really want to use SF.
Shatter: I'm just not feeling it these days. Maybe if it disabled shield and parry for a bit, but with just shield it feels so limited.
VOS: Just couldn't get into it. It's great in concept and it's thematically appropriate, but the trade-off is too weak. I'd never use it when solo'ing and it feels too weak to really invest in when helping others. Not being a ritual also hurts it a bit, I think, since 40 minutes can go by pretty fast.

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Since 3.+ I haven't played a Paladin past the mid-teens, so I'll just do a couple intro-basics:

Tops:

Righteous Wrath - It's nice to have a melee weapon skill buff to help the weapons keep pace with the defenses for moving into new hunting grounds. 2 slots is kind of rough for a magic tert early on though, and it has another augmentation spell as a prereq, so that either puts it a bit too far down the tree for my liking, or makes me put picking up my first spell for others skills later.

Courage - Stamina is a very useful buff to have when you're young. See last RW comment too, and HE comment below.


Bottoms:

Heroic Strength - It's not that the spell is bad, I just wish it were swapped in the tree for Courage.

Divine Guidance - Not sure if other Paladins find this useful later on, but I have never seen a use for it early. I don't have much use for a wisdom buff, and it is competing with a bunch of other augmentation spells when trying to diversify early on, as well as competing for limited slots for a magic tert.

Stun Foe - I don't know, I have never really been a fan of the stun debilitation spells. Kinda sucks that our first debil, and the beginning of one of our tree branches, can't target undead.

Hands of Justice - One of the two utility spells we can use prior to 80 ranks in the skill. It is thematic, but it doesn't really have a PvE application. Again, with limited slots, I've never even taken this spell.

Vessel of Salvation - Again, thematic, but not very useful for everyday use. Also 2 slots hurts for a spell that I only use to train the utility skill.

>>HOW: Blesses held weapon, neat! The stun aspect seems too vestigial, because if I'm in an area with mobs that can hit me, one stun for four critters landing light/good won't do much, and if I'm in an area with mobs that can't hit me (but might land the occasional light), it's not really going to save me.

To clarify, it should stun each of those four critters, just not the same one repeatedly.

GM Grejuva

The only time I have ever seen anyone use VOS for something besides training utility it was to abuse a bug for Empathy gain.

Neat in theory, not a lot of situations where it seems like it'd be practical or useful.

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Lennon, can you explain more about why Horde stinks? I always thought it was okay, but didn't mess with it much.

>>DR-Raesh: Just out of curiosity... what are your top 5 and bottom 5 Paladin spells? Bonus points if you include why.

TOP FIVE SPELLS: The Paladin spells I rank as the best are the ones that are both thematically appropriate and mechanically useful.
• Holy Warrior: I frequently hunt the undead, so being able to bless my own weapon indefinitely is incredibly useful. The occasional stun is a nice touch, though it's not frequent or long enough to have a noticeable effect on the fight.
• Divine Armor: I really like being able to make high-end armor even better. It also helps with making less protective armor viable (such as when wearing a clown-suit for TDPs).
• Righteous Wrath: This is especially helpful when you are moving into a new hunting area, as weapon experience is tied to damage inflicted.
• Courage: It may just be a stamina buff, but it's one of my bread-and-butter combat spells. My Paladin is an Elf, so strength and stamina were often an issue in the beginning. Even now, Courage is sometimes the only thing that keeps my fatigue in check when using heavy weapons. And as one of the few buffs we can cast on other people, it makes me feel more useful.
• Rutilor's Edge: I use this in conjunction with Righteous Wrath and for the same reason.

BOTTOM FIVE SPELLS
• Alamhif's Gift: I have never liked any version of this spell; it's one of the spells I don't learn. Spells that cost me favors to use have to be really impressive for me to even consider them. (Given the number of favors I keep on hand, it is expensive to replace them.) Refilling my soul pool (which only does a few things) or mitigating death's sting just aren't worth the cost of a favor.
• Vessel of Salvation: I did not learn this spell, because it is too niche. If people really need vitality (such as being killed in combat), I'm not likely to be able to sustain them for long. It's more commonly billed as a triage spell, but triage is not the best use of a Paladin's skills. Moreover, if Empaths are short on vitality, they are better off with a stamina buff and either casting Vitality Healing or having another Empath help with vitality.
• Hands of Justice: I have this spell, but I couldn't tell you the last time I used it. It's too niche and too short.
• Crusader's Challenge: If the taunt worked in PvP, I could see this being useful. As it stands, I never need it in PvE. It also suffers from such a short duration (2-10) minutes that if I tried to use it as hunting buff, I would spend a lot of my time (and mana) just recasting the spell for a marginal benefit.
• Soldier's Prayer and Anti-Stun: These are tied for fifth place. The effects are useful, but the duration (2-10 minutes) is too short to use as hunting spells, as the frequent re-casting eats up a lot of time and mana.

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Top 5:
RW - Offense gud
DA/Rue - Gear enhancement, especially on high end gear is always a win. WTB Mirror axe.
HoW - Cyclic stun, yes please.
Stat buffs - Can't go wrong there

Bottom 5:
VoS - Its been said by others a few times, but while I LOVE the idea, the use..frustrates. The niche it really shines in, isn't really a spot for a big ol paladin, but by the time you're capping this spell to really get the umph out of it, Triage isn't really the spot for you. For hunting/pvp/group pvp, with no way to prevent the wrong people from using it, and the MASSIVE reduction in power for self healing I ended up personally passing on this spell.

HoJ - Far more useful in yesteryear. Modern days is just isn't a need that really shows up much anymore (Sacred Insight has a similar issue). Great on paper, hard to justify the spell slots

Shatter - I have a love/hate relationship with this one. I love the idea, HOWEVER, in the era of auto-stancing, and not having a Ranged buff, combined with a re-use timer means I rarely, if ever, reach for this tool in the toolbox. POTENTIALLY amazing, in practice I'd rather pour the mana into another spell.

AS - This is one of those spells that I get frustrated with because of its duration. As has been been said in the past, Battle Augmentation spells miss the mark because of cost. Investing the 100 mana as a tert into an 8 minute buff is..less then optimal.

TR - Another spell I want to love. On paper the idea is great, dispel/group dispel, balance bonus, awesome. However, because of its rapid pulse speed (Yes, it needs to be fast to be useful in the era of things like Hydra Hex) and need to stuff mana into it to actually get a decently powered dispel, AND then costing spirit? Its just far and away too expensive, especially on a tert mana pool, to really use. I honestly only keep it for magical practice while forging.

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Honorable Mention:
CRC - This guy would be #6 on both my Top and Bottom spells. A Tactics buff in PVP is Great, and has earned its place in my pvp buff list. The paper idea of the no retreat taunt effect is great, but here's where the spell goes sideways for me. Duration, Cooldown, and a Contest we can't pad well, especially as it slams into Discipline as its resisted stat. It suffers from the problem of "The guy you wanna use it on, you can't use it on", to the point where I do NOT even try to use the challenge effect.
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Others have mentioned issues with our Debilitation spells, like SF and Halt overlapping, and I would like to mention I disagree. By these being different effects, as well as different contests they HAVE a place.

Samsaren

Top:
DA- buffs all worn armors up a notch, whats not to love
RW- this provides a huge weapon boost to all melee weapon, again whats not to love
SR- huge defending/reflex boost and lots of extra stance points
HOW- does a good job at training warding and hitting undead plus the random stun to enemies is good
AS- good for what it does, do wish it had better duration for paladins

Honorable mention:
BA- love this spell in invasions and mostly anything else in which i need to kill quick. I can cast it on my fav thrown weapon and go to town. (bonding potion on the cheap essentially)

Bottom:
HOJ- worthless spell which should be a ability. meh i never even got it after playing with it on spell preview
AG- lol favors are so hard to get and no perma death no more
CRC- i would like it more if the taunt worked correctly
SP- lol makes it so you cant do anything magical while running it
TR- man besides the fact it trains utility I honestly hate this spell. It uses a ton of mana due to the high pulse rate and on top of that it trains like garbage for the amount of mana it uses.

Honorable mention:
SMH: this would be in my bottom list but it has 1 saving grace. It trains TM like a bawse.

>AG's function has changed from ye olde give people favors, you might wanna check its new effect.

I'll admit I didn't know that either, and just looked it up.

Who thought that the current version was a great spell? Ritual, costs a favor, and only does something you'd spend 10 minutes waiting out?

AG's major flaw, functionality aside, is that it's a spell that gets harder and more expensive to cast the more favors you have, which feels really, really backwards to me.

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>>I took it for the secondary effect of refilling Soul Pool for a long time, proved handy

Meh whatever, soul is something easily kept pristine. Pilgrim Badge can be prayed every what? 30 mins or so I thought. My script does a quick prayer on it every buff cycle.

Death's sting recovery is cool but something im not gonna waste time casting a spell to get it back a little quicker. Usually need to wait regardless after a depart for health and spirit anyways.

~ AG is still a worthless spell

This has been insightful.

Let's focus the discussion a bit - one of the major things that jump out at me for the Paladin spellbook is the fact that you have a LOT of augmentation spells that are only 1 slot, sometimes 2 (particularly stat boosters). This means you're investing a lot more mana to get the same bang for your buck as most other guilds.

Further, Paladins actually have a lot of stat boosters they can use at the same time compared to most guilds.

As I see it there's two major ways we could go to improve the situation. One option would be to expand some of the spells to beef them up and likely make a few of them mutually exclusive (similar to what we've done with the Bard rituals, Warrior Mage elemental transformations, or the Moon Mage spell Invocation of the Spheres). The other would be to combine some of the spells.

Thoughts?

-Raesh

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> As I see it there's two major ways we could go to improve the situation. One option would be to expand some of the spells to beef them up and likely make a few of them mutually exclusive (similar to what we've done with the Bard rituals, Warrior Mage elemental transformations, or the Moon Mage spell Invocation of the Spheres). The other would be to combine some of the spells.

While I like choices, I have to agree with Samsaren, right now augmentation buffs are pretty much ALL paladins have so the only way I can see this being acceptable is if more spells showed up to take their place or the choices included deeper things than just the stat buffs. Combining the spells would help a lot with Paladins having to keep up a large amount of spells as a magic tertiary class.

>As I see it there's two major ways we could go to improve the situation. One option would be to expand some of the spells to beef them up and likely make a few of them mutually exclusive (similar to what we've done with the Bard rituals, Warrior Mage elemental transformations, or the Moon Mage spell Invocation of the Spheres). The other would be to combine some of the spells.

Either option is great. I think my preference would be a little of both. In other words, combining in some places (e.g. HES + courage and DIG + Clarity?) and expanding others. I like how ranger augmentation spells are set up in that their stat buffs typically buff a useful skill.

With a combine only, our spellbook might become a little anemic unless other spells are added.

Unrelated... happy Easter to those who celebrate it.

>>DR-Raesh: As I see it there's two major ways we could go to improve the situation. One option would be to expand some of the spells to beef them up and likely make a few of them mutually exclusive (similar to what we've done with the Bard rituals, Warrior Mage elemental transformations, or the Moon Mage spell Invocation of the Spheres). The other would be to combine some of the spells.

>>Ashaman1: I personally vote for combine. Paladins don't have a ton going for them, and taking away or limiting the amount of our current spells we can cast on ourselves is only going to increase frustrations at best.

I could be persuaded with specific examples of "beefing up," but my general instinct is along the lines of what Samsaren posted.

Consider also that making spells mutually exclusive is not the default rule for augmentation spells. There are some special cases (more esoteric signature abilities that just logically can't coexist, like Gift of Life, an empathy buff, and Absolution, an empathy debuff), but we generally don't lock people out of using two buffs if they want to spend the time and mana to cast them.

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Invocation of the Spheres is a similar concept for Moon Mages (You get one of three stat buffs) though it's executed as a single spell. It's something I think you'll see us playing with more in the future.

-Raesh

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most moon mages don't do teleologic sorcery and wont have access to SOD besides and any moon mages using the spell heavily is losing a bit on buffs and debuffs gained through predictions.

Really, outside of predictions and sorcery moon mages are lacking stat and skill debuffs and predictions and sorcery come with limitations.

IOTS buffs intelligence/discipline(the svs and tm suite), agility/reflexes(weapon accuracy and defense suite) OR wisdom/charisma(prediction suite generally not used in pvp)


What most moon mages do in pvp is go with intelligence and discipline and focus on their strengths. It's a strategic choice which by the way might be limited due to which planets are visible. We don't get weapon buffs(not even tm) or defense debuffs to make up for the loss of an agility buff. Our warding spell is limited to moons in the sky. Our cyclic tm spell needs to cast at night. Our only defense buff is +evasion and would love to have a reflex buff to go with it but usually we go without.

Dispel(removes 1 spell per cast) is available to paladins and has very similar effects as rend(removes 2 spells per cast)

So, what a moon mage gets is predictions. We can buff and debuff any skill in the game provided we prepare for it. These buffs and debuffs can also backfire cause the opposite effect than intended or affect a skill that is inconsequential(aiming to buff TM buff augmentation instead or looking to debuff perception and debuff outdoorsmanship instead).

Then, we can control engagement through invisibility spells/stealth and whole displacement/teleports(needs a moon in the sky).

Really we're looking at apples and oranges. I sincerely doubt you want what moon mages have because it is decidedly unpaladin. Raesh is looking to make the situation better I'm sure. I'm understand not wanting to lose out on being able to cast all the stat buffs at once but what would help a Paladin feel more like a Paladin because doing what a moon mage does means hiding and escaping.

Is it too late to respond to this? I'm still getting the hang of this forum thing.

My last memories of Paladin magic (prior to returning about a month ago) are from early to mid-2000's and I've been largely surprised and pleased with the changes to the magic system. Here's my take after spending a significant time hunting and playing with the new (to me) spells:

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1	Holy Warrior	I always keep this up. The bless effect, and to a lesser extent the stun effect, are invaluable. Bonus points for the cool-looking holy golden aura.
2	Rutilor's Edge	Another always-cast. As a paladin, my offensive skills lag behind my defensive skills (rightly so). When I returned, I found that I could barely hit the creatures who taught me armor skills. Any boost to damage/offense is welcome.
3	Righteous Wrath	An almost-always cast. See above -- the offensive boost is a great help.
4	Aspirant's Aegis	An extra layer of protection when hunting creatures near my skill cap, during invasions, when questing. Usually have this up.
5	Divine Armor	Boosting my already excellent armor protection makes me feel good. Extra tin-canny.

Bottom

1	Hands of Justice	I like the idea of this spell but in practice, it just isn't useful. I've never caught someone with it. The duration is too short to keep up all the time. Sense someone stealing, cast HOJ, and hang around with full pockets hoping they try again? That feels a clunky (and un-paladinly). I feel like people who steal from player-characters are typically going to choose the easiest, most defenseless marks. I'd rather have a glyph or ability to protect others from theft.
2	Vessel of Salvation	Almost never use this. Very niche. Sometimes I'll cast it in the Empath guild when I'm sitting and teaching or listening for awhile, but I wouldn't sacrifice a significant portion of my health pool in a hunting or invasion situation.
3	Anti Stun	Duration, duration, duration. Impossible to keep up for any length of time in combat. Must anticipate that you will be stunned and cast at the right time in order to be useful. I find PROTECT SELF more useful for rescuing myself from surprise stuns.

I see the discussion about Alamhif's Gift. I can't comment since I've never been in a situation that required me to use the spell (but maybe that speaks for itself).

Also, I didn't consider targeted magic (Footman's Strike, Rebuke, Smite Horde) at all in my lists. When I left, Paladins didn't have targeted magic spells and, while these spells may be lovely, I don't have the skill to hit anything that I currently hunt. The idea of back training hundreds of ranks of TM as a magic tertiary is a bit overwhelming (and I'm quite content to hunt without TM). I'd be interested to hear from other paladins whether the value these spells add to your hunting rotation is worth the time and effort training TM?

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There's no good reason to forgo training TM. It's useful in PvE (not PvP late game), extremely easy to train and... TDPs.

This is in Test:

> tar rebuke 50

That will disrupt less than half your current attunement.
You begin chanting catechisms to invoke the Rebuke spell.
You begin to weave mana lines into a target pattern around an arthelun cabalist.

> draw

< You draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist barely blocks with a blazing shield.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

R> draw
>
< Moving in gracefully, you draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist fails to evade.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a solid hit to the cabalist's abdomen.
[You're winded, adeptly balanced and in very strong position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

R> draw

< Attacking gracefully, you draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist fails to evade.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a heavy strike that nicks the cabalist's left forearm.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in better position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]
R>
> draw

< Awkwardly, you draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist attempts to evade.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a heavy strike that rips into the right calf, lightly stunning him.
[You're tired, adeptly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]


> draw

< Fluidly, you draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist attempts to evade, mainly avoiding the blow.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a heavy strike that cuts deeply into the cabalist's groin.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]
R>
Your formation of a targeting pattern around an arthelun cabalist has completed.

> cast

You rebuke an arthelun cabalist with your pavise shield.
Waves of dull golden light emit from the shield which crash over the arthelun cabalist.
An arthelun cabalist manages to deflect some of the first wave with his blazing shield.
The first wave inflicts a hard hit to an arthelun cabalist's left leg.
An arthelun cabalist manages to deflect some of the second wave with his blazing shield.
The second wave inflicts a massive strike to an arthelun cabalist's right leg.
An arthelun cabalist manages to deflect some of the third wave with his blazing shield.
The third wave inflicts an extremely heavy hit to an arthelun cabalist's abdomen.
An arthelun cabalist manages to deflect some of the fourth wave with his blazing shield.
The fourth wave inflicts a strong hit to an arthelun cabalist's chest.
An arthelun cabalist manages to deflect some of the final wave with his blazing shield.
The final wave inflicts a very heavy hit to an arthelun cabalist's right eye.

Roundtime: 1 sec.
R> chop

>
< Moving in gracefully, you chop a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist fails to block with a blazing shield.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a heavy strike that explodes the heart and lungs with a bone-shattering blow to the chest.
An arthelun cabalist's eyes flare one last time before snuffing out forever. The flames reluctantly withdraw from their host forming an ephemeral wisp that rapidly flees.
The shimmering ethereal shield fades from around a charred husk.
[You're nimbly balanced]
[Roundtime 5 sec.]

> prep halt 33
That will disrupt less than a quarter of your current attunement.

You begin chanting catechisms to invoke the Halt spell.

> draw

>
You turn to face an arthelun cabalist.
< Moving skillfully, you draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist badly fails to parry with a longsword crafted from pure flame.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a strong hit to the cabalist's right arm.
[You're tired, adeptly balanced with opponent in strong position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

> cast

You gesture at an arthelun cabalist.
You stare intently at an arthelun cabalist, stopping him in his tracks with your gaze.

Roundtime: 2 sec.

R> tar fst 33
That will disrupt less than a quarter of your current attunement.
You begin chanting catechisms to invoke the Footman's Strike spell.
You begin to weave mana lines into a target pattern around an arthelun cabalist.

> draw

< You draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist barely blocks with a blazing shield.
[You're tired, adeptly balanced and in superior position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

> draw

< With grace, you draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist fails to block with a blazing shield.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands an extremely heavy hit that tears a painful cut across the knuckle of the left thumb, lightly stunning him.
[You're tired, adeptly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

R> draw

< With grace, you draw a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist badly fails to block with a blazing shield.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a strong hit to the cabalist's left arm.
[You're tired, adeptly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

>
Your formation of a targeting pattern around an arthelun cabalist has completed.

> cast

You gesture at an arthelun cabalist with your Dwarven greataxe, letting out a war cry to Chadatru!
A powerful, bright white light flashes along the edge of the greataxe, blinking out of sight near-instantly.
The arthelun cabalist's blazing shield emits a gnashing noise as blade-like lights fly from the edges.
The arthelun cabalist stumbles momentarily as a deep cut is slashed into his back.

Roundtime: 1 sec.
R> chop
>
< Moving fluidly, you chop a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist fails to block with a blazing shield.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a heavy strike that splinters bones and nearly severs the left arm, severely stunning him.
The cabalist's blazing shield falls to the ground.
[You're tired, nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 5 sec.]


R> chop

< Moving fluidly, you chop a massive Dwarven greataxe with a bearded silversteel blade at an arthelun cabalist. An arthelun cabalist attempts to evade, avoiding most of the blow.
The greataxe suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a very heavy hit that savages the belly to expose the intestines.
An arthelun cabalist's eyes flare one last time before snuffing out forever. The flames reluctantly withdraw from their host forming an ephemeral wisp that rapidly flees.
The shimmering ethereal shield fades from around a charred husk.
[You're nimbly balanced]
[Roundtime 5 sec.]

Targeted Magic: 868

^That's low for these creatures, and I don't need to stun or immobilize to hit them with rebuke or SMH consistently.