Soul Burn
| Job | Professor |
|---|---|
| Type | Active |
| Target | Enemy player |
| Max level | 5 |
| SP cost | 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 |
| Range | 9 cells |
| Cooldown | 5 seconds |
Soul Burn is a high-risk Professor skill that wipes an enemy player's entire SP pool, but punishes the caster severely when it misfires.
Overview
When cast, Soul Burn attempts to violently drain a single enemy player's spiritual energy, instantly reducing its SP to zero and dealing magic damage based on the SP destroyed. It only works on other players; it cannot be used on monsters. The attempt is not guaranteed: if it fails, the spell rebounds and deals that same kind of damage to the caster instead.
Mechanics
Soul Burn rolls a success chance each time it is cast, at every level:
- On success: the target loses 100% of its current SP, and takes magic damage equal to twice the SP that was burned. This damage ignores the target's defensive cards, the elemental modifier, and offensive attack cards.
- On failure: the spell backfires, dealing magic damage to the caster equal to twice the caster's own current SP. The caster's SP is not drained by the backfire, only damaged.
Damage formula: Damage = SP burned × 2 (applies to the target on success, or to the caster on failure).
Success chance by level: 40% / 50% / 60% / 70% / 80%.
Leveling
| Level | Success chance | SP cost | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40% | 80 | 5s |
| 2 | 50% | 90 | 5s |
| 3 | 60% | 100 | 5s |
| 4 | 70% | 110 | 5s |
| 5 | 80% | 120 | 5s |
Notes
Soul Burn is a player-versus-player tool; it has no effect on monsters. A failed cast is genuinely dangerous at every level, since the backlash damage scales with the Professor's own current SP pool. Use it when the reward of denying an enemy its SP, and the burst damage on either side, is worth the risk of self-inflicted backlash.