Maelstrom

Skill details

Maelstrom

Campaign Core Profession Elementalist Attribute Water Magic Type Spell

10 25 2 30

Full: Create a Maelstrom at target foe's location. For 10 seconds, foes adjacent to that area are struck for 10...22...25 cold damage each second. Maelstrom interrupts spell-casting when it hits.

Concise: Deals 10...22...25 cold damage and interrupts spells each second (10 seconds). Hits foes adjacent to target's initial location.

Water Magic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Cold damage	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31

Acquisition

Skill Trainers:

• Prophecies
  • Avena (Maguuma Stade)
  • Tengsao (The Amnoon Oasis)
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)
• Factions
  • Xu Fengxia (Ran Musu Gardens)
  • Michiko (Kaineng Center)
• Nightfall
  • Baram (The Kodash Bazaar)

Hero Skill Trainers:

• Nightfall
  • Warden of Whispers (Chantry of Secrets)

Signet of Capture:

• Prophecies
  • Wydd Kindlerun (The Wilds (mission))
  • Fryn Rageflame (The Falls)
  • Hoss Rainswell (The Falls)

Notes

• Maelstrom is best used in PvE for shutting down spell casting in an area, since its long cast time prevents it from usefully shutting down a particular spell.
• Since it can be easily avoided by leaving its area of effect, it works best when combined with snares and knockdowns. Conveniently, Water Magic spells include many good choices: Deep Freeze, Ice Spikes, Frozen Burst, Mind Freeze, Water Trident.
• The spell is useful even without any attribute points in Water Magic: the 1 interrupt per second effect still lasts 10 seconds.
• In PvP, Maelstrom can cause havoc to spell-casters that tank (e.g. a protection/smiting monk).

Historical note: Prior to the November 11, 2005 update, this skill could completely shutdown a group of PvE enemy casters, since AI foes would not move to escape area effects.)

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