absolutezero
Usage
harness zeroAbsolute Zero is the ultimate power state for Icers, triggered by rage. This
devastating ability doubles damage output and counter-attack rates while
halving damage taken. However, it also doubles fatigue drain for evolved forms.
ACTIVATION:
- Rage requirement: 100 at low mastery, scales down to 75 at 100% mastery
- Must be in combat
- Not on cooldown (prorated based on usage, 5 sec - 3 min)
MASTERY CONTROL:
Below 75% Mastery:
- Auto-triggers uncontrollably at 100 rage
- No manual control available
- Consumes all rage when triggered
At 75%+ Mastery:
- Manual control via 'harness zero'
- Auto-triggers uncontrollably at 100 rage
- Rage cost scales with mastery:
* 75% mastery: 99 rage
* 100% mastery: 75 rage
* Linear scaling between (formula: 174 - mastery)
DURATION: (mastery of your form when it starts, then locked)
- 0-25% mastery: 10 rounds
- 26-50% mastery: 15 rounds
- 51-75% mastery: 20 rounds
- 76-100% mastery: 30 rounds
Details:
EFFECTS:
- +100% damage dealt
- -50% damage taken
- Counter-attack rate doubled
- Fatigue drain DOUBLED for Golden/Black forms
FORM-SPECIFIC BONUSES:
True Form: "Calculated Annihilation"
- All critical hits deal quadruple damage
Golden Form: "Golden Barrier"
- Chance to block both KI and PHY attacks
- Success rate: Golden mastery / 2 (min 5%, max 50%)
- Cannot be bypassed by Flawless Technique
Black Form: "Tremor Aura"
- Time-skip past physical skill hits while Absolute Zero is active
- Success rate: Black mastery / 2 (min 5%, max 50%)
- Autohits: one fifth of that rate (max 10%)
- Uses the better of this and a learned Tremor Pulse
- 10% stacking Quick Recovery on all offensive skills.
PRORATED COOLDOWN SYSTEM:
The cooldown is fair and scales with how long you used Absolute Zero:
- Use full duration: Full 3-minute cooldown (36 ticks)
- Combat ends early: Cooldown = (rounds used / max rounds) * 3 minutes
- Minimum cooldown: 5 seconds (1 tick)
- True Form mastered: Deep Freeze rounds count toward the full duration, and
Glacial Recompression shortens the cooldown, see 'help icerlegacy'
Examples (20 round duration at mid mastery):
- Use 20 rounds of 20 max - 3:00 cooldown (full duration)
- Use 10 rounds of 20 max - 1:30 cooldown (half duration)
- Use 5 rounds of 20 max - 0:45 cooldown
- Use 1 round of 20 max - 0:05 cooldown (minimum)
See also