Talk:High Fulmination/@comment-23878607-20141204225646

The AoE is always there, no matter what the Arisen is seeing. What's going on is several things:

1. AoE field, which is linked to all party members. The Sorcerer casting the spell has the AoE, while the bodies of the party members are 'charged' with the same electrical energy comprising the AoE field. Any enemy who enters the field gets fried, and any enemy touched by a charged party member gets fried, e.g., a dagger-wielding Ranger or Strider not only does the damage from its regular attack, but also gets the percentage bonus of the AoE from the Sorcerer.

2. Levin charges surging through it. This is what happens when the spellcaster pushes the light or heavy attack buttons while the spell is going. Levin surges through the linkage and anything in contact with the AoE for extra damage. This also drains the caster's stamina at a slightly more accelerated rate.

This is pretty obvious when one is watching a Sorcerer use Fulmination on a party of climbers. I'm usually traveling with a Ranger and either two Sorcerers or a Strider and Sorcerer, so I see this quite a lot. When I climb as a Strider on the online Ur, the most valuable spell the Sorcerer casts is always High Fulmination; this surges through me and my other two climbing party members when the Sorcerer steps up the attack damage, as her stamina permits.