Perfect Timing

Perfect Timing

Tooltip

Certain ChannellingChannelling Skills can be held down to gain power or continue using the Skill for a longer period of time. skills have extra effects and benefits if released within a certain timing window while using the skill.
Certain support gems and items can modify the duration of that timing window.

Certain channelling skills have perfect timing windows. Releasing the skill during those windows will grant extra effects and benefits. This duration can be modified.

Related skills

• Gathering StormGathering StormAttack, AoE, Melee, Lightning, Duration, Channelling, Travel
  Tier: 13
  Level: 1Flip backward and Channel to charge your Quarterstaff with Lightning. Releasing dashes towards the target location, damaging enemies along the way. Releasing with perfect timing performs a Lightning-infused dash that releases shockwaves from enemies you dash through and leaves a trail of Shocked Ground in your wake. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel.
• Perfect StrikePerfect StrikeAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire, Channelling
  Tier: 5
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-41) Mana per second
  Attack Speed: 30% of base
  Attack Damage: (100-312)% of baseRequires: One Hand Mace, Two Hand MaceChannel to charge up your weapon with Fire. Releasing with Perfect Timing will create a damaging wave of intense Fire.Converts 40% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage
  While Dual Wielding, both weapons hit with 30% less damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Inflicts (1-20)% more Flammability MagnitudeSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
• SnipeSnipeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Cold, Channelling, Payoff, Barrageable
  Tier: 3
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (17-118) Mana per second
  Attack Speed: 45% of base
  Attack Damage: (110-343)% of baseRequires: BowChannel to charge up your bow before releasing a powerful shot. Releasing with Perfect Timing causes the arrow to explode on impact and Consume Freeze on directly Hitting. Consuming Freeze or Hitting a Heavy Stunned enemy enhances the explosion.Modifers to Attack speed also affect this skill's cost
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Explosion radius is (0.02-0.4) metresSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Related gems

Gem	Tier
Perfected EndurancePerfected EnduranceSupport, Channelling Category: Perfected Endurance Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills which have a benefit for Perfect Timing. Supported Skills grant at least one Endurance Charge when Hitting an enemy with Perfect Timing.Gain an Endurance Charge when hitting an Enemy with Supported Skill when Perfectly TimedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	4
PerfectionPerfectionSupport Category: Perfection Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills which have a benefit for Perfectly Timing their use. On successfully executing Perfect Timing with Supported Skills, gain Perfection, which is a powerful damage buff. However, failing to execute any Perfect Timing (even with skills not supported by Perfection) will remove all Perfection on you.Successfully executing Perfect Timing with Supported Skills grants Perfection All Perfection is lost on failing to execute any Perfect TimingPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	4
Window of Opportunity IWindow of Opportunity ISupport, Channelling Category: Window of Opportunity Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Channelling skills that have special effects if released with Perfect Timing, causing them to deal much more damage if released with Perfect Timing but reducing the Perfect Timing window.Supported Skills have a 35% shorter Perfect Timing window Supported Skills deal 35% more Damage when released with Perfect TimingPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	1
Window of Opportunity IIWindow of Opportunity IISupport, Channelling Category: Window of Opportunity Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Channelling skills that have special effects if released with Perfect Timing, causing them to deal much more damage and grant Perfect Deflection if released with Perfect Timing but reducing the Perfect Timing window.Releasing Supported Skills with Perfect Timing grants Deflection Rating equal to 15% of Evasion Rating for 8 seconds Supported Skills have a 35% shorter Perfect Timing window Supported Skills deal 35% more Damage when released with Perfect TimingPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	5

Related unique items

Item	Base item	Item class		Stats
AssailumAssailum Closed HelmArmour: 97 Evasion: 87Requires Level 45, 36 Str, 36 Dex(50–100)% increased Armour and Evasion +(200–400) to Accuracy Rating (30–50)% increased Critical Hit Chance Skills have a (100–150)% longer Perfect Timing windowA moment of calm before the battle can end the war.	Closed Helm	Helmet	45	(50–100)% increased Armour and Evasion +(200–400) to Accuracy Rating (30–50)% increased Critical Hit Chance Skills have a (100–150)% longer Perfect Timing window

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.