Talk: Spirit Siphon

Revision as of 02:57, 5 August 2006

Has anybody used this? How much energy do spirits have?

I would almost assume they have a mere 20EN. But perhaps Anet gave them something to boost them a bit. I wonder... Evan The Cursed (Talk) 02:34, 27 March 2006 (CST)

Tested it the other day. 31 energy. | Chuiu 02:44, 27 March 2006 (CST)

That's still not very much... what is that 7-8 EN at 12? That barely covers the cost of the spell >_> And you can only do it once for each spirit. Evan The Cursed (Talk) 04:34, 2 April 2006 (CDT)

It's a spammable almost instant cast. That's the real strength of this. Plus I'm assuming spirits have energy regen. Shandy 23:37, 4 April 2006 (CDT)

Yes they have energy regen, but "target spirit loses all energy". So only 1 shot per spirit.

How is rounding handled? Does 6.82 energy equal 7? - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.54.69.82 (talk • contribs) 12:58, 7 June 2006.

It's now listed. Incidently, between my ingame testing and the anon edit before it.. it seems like ArenaNet rounds numbers up starting at x.7, heh. - Greven 20:50, 28 June 2006 (CDT)

Time to empower it

Net gain is 2-3 mana, making it one of the worst energy management ever inserted. If you want sacrifice 1/8 of your skill bar for energy management, even a simple Inspired Hex (Mesmer) at lvl 8 give you 3 energy and it's A WAY BETTER: you just canceled an hex!

Inspired Hex: 20s non-modifiable recharge vs Spirit Siphon: 3s recharge. Still, the only use I can think of is post battle recharge, with this for energy and Feast of Souls or Spirit to Flesh for hp. --Theeth

(talk) 21:57, 4 August 2006 (CDT)

Research directions

Does Nature Rituals-spirits has the same 31 energy of Binding Rituals-ones?

Making a Spirit lose all energy triggers the 0-energy condition of some skill?
- Famine will damage the spirit?
- Famine will damage itself if used just on it?

Game Update Notes Archive: August 2005
Update: Thursday, August 25
All Spirits: The effects of Spirits no longer work on other Spirits
(example: Fertile Season no longer adds Health and armor to other Spirits); also, when a Spirit is cast, it kills all other allied Spirits of the same type within its range

That's the last two questions removed 220.233.103.77 21:28, 4 August 2006 (CDT)

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 === Time to empower it ===
 Net gain is 2-3 mana, making it one of the worst energy management ever inserted. If you want sacrifice 1/8 of your skill bar for energy management, even a simple [[Inspired Hex]] (Mesmer) at lvl 8 give you 3 energy and it's A WAY BETTER: you just canceled an hex!
+:Inspired Hex: 20s non-modifiable recharge vs Spirit Siphon: 3s recharge. Still, the only use I can think of is post battle recharge, with this for energy and [[Feast of Souls]] or [[Spirit to Flesh]] for hp. --[[User:Theeth|Theeth]] {{A}} <small>([[User talk:Theeth|talk]])</small>   21:57, 4 August 2006 (CDT)
 === Research directions ===