- See Also Shapeshifter, Spells, Mage, Ability Mechanics.
Information
- Flying Swarm's area of effect is a 4 m sphere.
- In Flying Swarm form, the shapeshifter gains the following passive abilities: 40% displacement/dodge, -75% fire resistance, 100% missile deflection.
- Abilities gained include: Divide the Swarm. See 'Abilities' below for more information.
- Conjuration time: 2 s.
Notes
- While in Shapeshift form no other abilities can be active.
- Upkeep is in Mana.
- Arcane Warrior Spellcasting: The spell can be cast with your weapon(s) drawn.
- Flying Swarm's speed makes it useful as a means of getting around quickly.
- The form ends as soon as the mage's mana is completely drained.
- The Spirit spell Force Field does not prevent the mage from taking damage to mana, while in this form.
- Scattershot will still hit the mage in this form.
- Passive bonuses from gear apply to this form, so +x% fire resist, +x% spell resist, +x% nature damage and +x% dodge are all great additions. Despite what the description would lead one to believe, gear with +x mana/stamina regeneration, such as Cailan's Arms, does regenerate the mana pool. On hit bonuses do not apply, however.
- With the Arcane Warrior specialization and the proper gear(some from DLC), 100% dodge, high spell resist, and high positive fire resist(when a Greater Warmth Balm is imbibed before entering this mode) is possible and creates a superb off-tank of foes lacking nature resist.
- There seems to be a bug where the mage when left in this mode unattended with tactics enabled will try to cast spells from their repertoire regardless of whether it was listed in the tactics or not. On such an attempt, the cast is not successful and it almost completely drains the mana pool.
Abilities
 Divide the Swarm |
Activated Range: Medium Activation: 32 Cooldown: 40s Requires: Flying Swarm |
The shapeshifter directs part of the swarm to break off and engulf a targeted enemy, temporarily disorienting and stunning the opponent. The spells also weakens the swarm, bringing it closer to the brink of collapse. |