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''' Mage Class: Skylark '''

Subclass: Fighter

Weapon Name: Alauda and Pandion



Description: Skylark is a trained falconer who specializes in using his arm-crossbow and his pet Osprey named Pandion. Skylark specializes in mid-ranged combat and keeping some sort of gap between him and his enemy. Unfortunately, in order to maintain his mid-ranged prowess, Skylark must make sure he has a steady stockpile of mana, as without it, he will be forced into close ranged combat which will quickly end him.



Posture: When spawning, Skylark will have his arm-crossbow (named Alauda) strapped on his left arm and Pandion perched on his right shoulder. When equipped, Skylark will bring up Alauda and ready it with his right hand, pulling back the line on it before assuming his idle posture. While idle, Skylark will have Alauda raised up somewhat aiming forward, lowering it down as trooper would while moving.



Standard Attack Combo: (take note the limbs of the crossbow are decently sharp and can be used in melee as a weak blade) Skylark will begin his combo by jabbing the crossbow forward (shooting 3 arrows at the same time if Chu Ko Nu is active). Then he will slash his crossbow horizontally to the right (shooting 3 more arrows at different times during the slash if Chu Ko Nu is active). After that Skylark will follow up with another horizontal slash to the left (again shooting 3 more arrows at different times during the slash if Chu Ko Nu is active). Finally Skylark will jab his crossbow forward, firing off 3 arrows forward at the same time (an additional 2 sets of 3 arrows will be fired if Chu Ko Nu is active).



[PASSIVE] Chu Ko Nu – If Skylark’s mana exceeds 30, his standard attack combo will begin to fire out crossbow bolts in bursts of 3 that deal light damage to enemies hit by them. If Skylark’s mana is lower than 30, than his standard attack combos will simply damage close enemies and not fire any crossbow bolts.



[E] Predate - Skylark will send out his osprey Pandion out to a selected enemy or ally, flying over them in circles. While Pandion is predating over an ally/enemy, he will occasionally swoop down to strike nearby enemies (if any) and deal moderate damage to them. If Skylark’s current Predating target is an enemy, he will swoop down and peck at the enemy rapidly to deal light damage if they are ever stunned until they get up. Skylark can freely recall Pandion back to his side by pressing the E key again. If the target travels too far away from Skylark’s current position, Pandion will automatically return back to Skylark’s side.



[Z] Talon Strike - Skylark will jab his crossbow gauntlet forward in attempt to stab something with the 3 arrows lined up as claws on it. If he successfully hits an enemy, they will be impaled by the claws, taking moderate damage and having their speed decreased by 0.1 for a couple seconds. Then Skylark will fire off his 3 arrows in his crossbow, sending the enemy impaled by those arrows flying a good distance away, dealing moderate damage and inflicting a 0.2 speed debuff that lasts a couple seconds. If Pandion is currently predating on the impaled enemy or predating on a nearby player, Pandion will abandon current target he is predating on and swoop down to damage the impaled enemy, dealing moderate damage. Pandion will then choose the impaled enemy as his new target. (Consumes 20 mana, 15 second cooldown)



<p class="MsoNormal">[X] Sky Drop - Skylark will load his crossbow gauntlet with a special arrow with a red ribbon on it and fire it in the direction the mouse is pointing. If Skylark successfully hits an enemy with it, Pandion will notice the ribbon and swoop down towards the victim, grabbing them with its powerful talons and carrying him into the air. Pandion will carry the victim a certain height determined by how much the stun bar is filled. Upon reaching the maximum height Pandion can carry the victim; he will drop his victim and let them fall down. Upon reaching the ground, the enemy will create a light shockwave that deals damage to himself based on how far he fell and inflicts good stun. Pandion will then predate on the victim he dropped. (Consumes 30 mana, 20 second cooldown)

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<p class="MsoNormal">[C] Updraft - Skylark will recall Pandion back to his side and have it grab his arm, raising him into the air and flying upwards diagonally with Skylark hanging onto it. While Pandion is carrying Skylark, he will fire up to 3 arrows in the direction the mouse is pointing. Enemies hit by these arrows will take decent damage. After traveling a set distance, Pandion will let go of Skylark and he will fall safely to the ground and Pandion will return back to Skylark’s shoulder. If Skylark takes over 20 damage in flight, he will lose his grip on Pandion and fall to the ground, taking 10 pure damage and be stunned. (Consumes 30 mana, 20 second cooldown, 4 second flight duration)

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<p class="MsoNormal">[V] Bird of Prey - Skylark will raise his arm-crossbow up aiming forward, calling Pandion over to him as he charges his shot. The time it takes to charge the shot differs depending on how far away Pandion is, as it takes time for him to reach Skylark. Upon reaching him, Pandion will land on top of Skylark’s crossbow; wings spread out and ready to fly. Then Skylark will fire the crossbow’s 3 arrows the same time Pandion takes off flying the same speed his arrows will fly at. When Pandion takes off, a giant shadow of a huge bird with a giant wingspan will form and take flight, dealing great damage and heavy stun to enemies that are hit by this giant bird (also a giant eagle/hawk screech will he heard, ‘merica). As soon as the arrows come in contact with a wall or enemy (arrows dealing moderate damage), Pandion will stop and return back to Skylark, causing the giant bird shadow to dissipate. (consumes 50 mana, 35 second cooldown) <ac_metadata title="Class Suggestion: Skylark"> </ac_metadata>