Eagle's Stoop

The eagle on the Stormreach banner, falling.

Mode

Strike

Used with

Spear, Shortspear

Stamina

180

Fury

100

Cooldown

180s

Range

9 tiles

Price

not for sale

Needs first

Hop the Ranks, Storm-Rain

Deed

A task from the teacher. The eagle's oldest quarry is the serpent, and the Stormreach song ends with an eagle stooping on the serpent that eats its own tail; the Spear-Thane asks for that ending done for real: slay the Ouroboros.

What it does

Mark the foe nearest the cursor within 9 tiles (line of sight). Vault high: 0.5 s up to 28 px (above 12 px nearly all the way: ground blows can't reach you; arrows, spells and fliers can), hang 0.3 s steering the stoop within 2 tiles of the mark, then stoop 0.25 s onto it point first: power 7.5, always a tip blow, poise 70 (an M foe is staggered outright), from above. The landing shocks 1.6 tiles round: area power 2.5 to the others (foe-only), poise 30, knock 220. If the mark died or left the 2 tiles, you land on the spot with the shock alone. The path is leapPath with up to 3 tiles of low ground. 180 stamina: needs 4 stamina Stars.