Grand Scension

Grand Scension is a holy based skill available in Dragon's Dogma.

Description[]

"An advanced form of Scension that sends forth a powerful magickal shockwave with a significant range. Saps foes' Health with holy power."

An advanced version of Scension.

Notes[]

On release, a holy orb of bright light moves forward from the caster - inflicting damage periodically as its area of effect passes through enemies until the spell expires.

Skill	Orb Radius	Travel Time
Scension	1m	~2.1s
Grand Scension	1.5m	~3.5s

There is an initial physical 'explosion' that may inflict the daggers' debilitation and detonate Explosive Rivet.
The moving magick field of the spell does not inflict debilitations. As with other holy based attacks, it may occasionally heal the Arisen.
Will not strike enemies standing behind physical obstacles such as pillars, walls, crates or chests.
Charge time is around 3 seconds. Before releasing, point the Arisen [L-stick] in an intended direction.

Damage[]

The spell is cast through the primary weapon - the daggers - damage from the moving holy field is purely magickal and scales with the caster's total primary Magick.

Inflicts Holy magick damage on enemies within range.
Damage scales with 7/8^ths of total magick, and hits multiple times as it moves forwards.
Magick boosts from temporary weapon enchantments do not increase the power of the spell

The initial 'explosion' is a physical attack and takes its power mostly from the casters total strength, with some additional magick damage from the weapon only.

Tactics[]

Although the skill is blockable, the spell orb will eventually pass through a block and then strike from behind.
Highly effective against all Undead enemies - multiple successive hits will repeatedly stagger foes, may cause them to "juggle" in mid-air and eventually knocking them backward off their feet.
On larger enemies such as Cyclopes and Dragons, Scension will damage every appendage it passes through - try to aim so that it travels through the longest part of an enemy's body; it is most effective when the foe is downed.
It is possible to recover health from large fallen enemy corpses, such as Ogres or Griffins just before they begin to decompose.