Art of War needs to change

[jmocubes]

I’m never going to stop saying this. Honestly Art of War is the laziest, most garbage looking and sounding ability. Doesn’t make sense lore wise.

Please adjust it to actually feel powerful, make it look like it fits with the rest of the kit, call it Aetherburst or something ffs

[Feidam]

Thename Art of War fits fine as the scholar is a tactician. The graphic and sound are bit sad I agree.

[NobleWinter]

Scholars can cast all of their abilities from a distance like a true tactician until they use a skill ironically called Art of War. So their best strategy is to stand in the middle of mayhem and use a skill that does nothing to stop them or anyone else from being hit. No slow, no stun, no paralysis, or blind. This is not the Art of War especially for a mage with a book that relies on a fairy. The book and Fairy both lend themselves to ranged attacks. Lorewise it defies all reason. Miasma 2 placed a dot at least which would mean you could run into the danger zone apply lasting damage and leave. Art of War annoys me in every way. It is ugly, and looks awkward to to slide across the ground while using it. The animation just takes too long for an instant spell. If we spun in a circle like a quick pirouette it wouldn't be so weird to be used while moving but punching the ground on bended knee is not movement friendly. It could at least extend the time on our single DoT by five seconds. That way we get a little bit of the flavor of bane back and it would feel more strategic.

[lulunami]

Scholars can cast all of their abilities from a distance like a true tactician until they use a skill ironically called Art of War. So their best strategy is to stand in the middle of mayhem and use a skill that does nothing to stop them or anyone else from being hit.

SCH used to have Blizzard II which functioned the same way as Art of War. Actually, Blizzard II has a 2.5s cast time.

[EaMett]

SCH used to have Blizzard II which functioned the same way as Art of War. Actually, Blizzard II has a 2.5s cast time.

Not to mention that sch has always been a “melee” healer due to miasma II weaving

[NobleWinter]

Blizzard 2 binded enemies which made sense to me. The ice locked them in place. The point blank range of Miasma 2 was strange to me as well. Why would a ranged magical battle tactician ever put themselves in Melee range without an ability like Holy that stops all enemy actions. It just seems needlessly reckless even if fun to play.

[Shurrikhan]

SCH used to have Blizzard II which functioned the same way as Art of War. Actually, Blizzard II has a 2.5s cast time.

Blizzard II was a viable Flare-rotation alternative in ARR. It was then a bind-utility and situational (stutterstep) Flare-rotation alternative skill which saw increasingly little use. In ShB, most BLMs simply removed it from their bars.

It has never, however, been a 2.5-second cast time.

[Jirah]

Gravity- beautiful, powerful, satisfying and has the benefit of distantly casting it

Holy- pretty, powerful, satisfying, and has the benefit of stunning

AoW- bland , unsatisfying, and has the benefit of no cast time. Then again so was Miasma II

Make AoW like Miasma II being a Dot because it’s poor design to spam somthing so close to mobs and their Aoes as a healer without stunning them

Just give it Bane but call it somthing else to fit the job like, Epidemic or Engagement Tactics

[ShariusTC]

Thename Art of War fits fine as the scholar is a tactician. The graphic and sound are bit sad I agree.

I don't understand why alot of guy said this name fit for an action ability, this is the name of a book, and it fit more for a passive skill than an active skill, you don't mean SCH hit someone in the face with a book, don't you?

[Hatstand]

I don't understand why alot of guy said this name fit for an action ability, this is the name of a book, and it fit more for a passive skill than an active skill, you don't mean SCH hit someone in the face with a book, don't you?

New animation: twirl around and whack all enemies with your codex.