Thanks to Kantharis, WolfHerz, and all beta testers who originally contributed to
this compendium. It has since been updated (5/16/05) to include all
known HOs. -Ethec



Jump to the Heroic Opportunities list



Simple Guidelines:

* Examine all of your
combat arts/spell.

• Open your Knowledge book and right
  click examine each and everyone of them.
• Many of them will have a 2nd icon
  in the Examine Panel. This Icon corresponds to the symbol names used
  here (Sword, Hammer, Lighting etc.)
• Note that all of these 2nd icons
  have a colored background. Each color corresponds to an archetype
  • Fighter (blue)
  • Priest (yellow)
  • Scout (green)
  • Mage (red)

* Heroic Opportunities are opened with a specific Ability,
which doesn't cost power, is instant and has 10 sec recast time:

• Fighting Chance (Fighter)
• Divine Providence (Priest)
• Lucky Break (Scout)
• Arcane Augur (Mage)

* Heroic Opportunities come in 2 phases:



1) Starter Chain

• in the center of the starter chain window is the previous step of
  the chain
• around it are all the possible branches, displayed thru icons,
  which correspond to various spells (see above)
• if a combat art/spell is successfully executed the starter chain
  advances
• if a wrong combat art/spell is successfully executed the starter
  chain is interrupted !

2) Combat Wheel

• can be ordered (big clockwise arrow in center) then combat
  arts/spells must be executed clockwise beginning with the top icon
• can be unordered (arrows pointing in all directions) combat
  arts/spells can be executed in any order.
• Please note that the person that executes the last combat
  art/spell will not only get the credit but also any single buffs ! For
  instance you want Crippling Shroud being cast on the tank so make sure
  to execute the Horn after the Moon !
• has a 30 sec timer as indicated by blue bar on the other rim; if
  time runs out arrows in the center turn red.
  

* Scouts have the unique ability to re-roll an Heroic
Opportunity with Coin as long as the Heroic Opportunity hasn't
started yet.



Heroic Opportunities Listing



Fighter Initiated: Fighting Chance +

• Sword (solo)
  • Sky Cleave - Horn = (common) Single-target slashing dmg (66%
    of moderate DD)
  • Crushing Anvil - Horn = (uncommon) Encounter crushing AE.
  • Hero's Armor - Horn = (rare) 15% AC increase
• Chalice (with priest)
  • Divine Blade - unordered - Hammer + Sword = divine DD
  • Crippling Shroud - unordered - Horn + Moon = reactive brief
    10% slow on mob
  • Chalice of Life - Chalice = doubles effect of special heals
    (reactive, ward, HoT) for 90 sec
  • NEW! Divine Nobility
    - Chalice + Sword = Heal over time to a group member
    
• Coin (with scout)
  • Luck's Bite - unordered - Cloak + Boot = piercing DD, 50% to
    250% extra dmg
  • Swindler's Gift - ordered - Cloak + Flexed Arm = Group
    accuracy buff for 2 levels
  • Raging Sword - ordered - Cloak -> Horn = attack speed inc
    for 90s, and 4 times melee damage and taunt
  • NEW! Ardent Challenge
    - Sword + Dagger = group +10 STR and AGI buff
    
• Lightning (with mage)
  • Scholar's Insight - ordered - Horn -> Lightning = +2 lvls
    knowledge for mage, DD for 70% of moderate DD
  • Storm of Ancients - unordered - Sword + Lightning = DD +
    slows mob
  • Soldier's Instinct - unordered - Flame + Arm = 20% attack
    speed buff for 90 sec.
  • NEW! Arcane Aegis -
    Fist + Star = Crushing / Magic mitigation increase
• Hammer (with priest and mage)
  • Lightning
    • Thunder Slash - unordered - Hammer + Lightning + Sword =
      Divine + Magic + Slashing Damage (3 hits)
    • Archaic Ruin - ordered - Eye -> Flexed Arm -> Flame
      = 70% bonus to arcane/slash/divine dmg
    • Ancient Wrath - ordered - Flame -> Fist -> Hammer =
      massive DD, maybe AE
    • NEW! Arcane
      Salvation - Star + Arm + Chalice = Increased in-combat group power
      regeneration
      

Priest Initiated: Divine Providence +

• Hammer
  • Divine Judgement - Hammer = single target divine direct
    damage (for 100% moderate priest nuke)
  • Inspiring Piety - Hammer = priest knowledge inc 2 levels,
    plus Divine Judgment nuke
  • Blessing of Faith - Chalice = instantly restores some power,
    inc power production 10% for 90s
• Coin (with scout)
  • Piercing Faith - unordered - Cloak + Moon = Piercing DD
    (cloak needs to finish HO) and -5 AGI on mob
  • Divine Trickery - ordered - Hammer -> Cloak = Divine DD +
    pierce/divine resistance lowered on mob 5%
  • Faith's Bulwark - ordered - Chalice -> Coin= AC inc by
    20% for 90s

Scout Initiated: Lucky Break +

• Coin
  • Ringing Blow - Dagger - 2 lvl accuracy increase
  • Swindler's Luck - Dagger - Short duration stun (not broken on
    hit, but short!)
  • Bravo's Dance - Dagger - 20% haste for 90 sec
• Boot (with fighter and priest)
  • Chalice
    • Verdant Trinity - Chalice = 50% group heal
    • Nature's Growth - unordered - Mask + Sword + Druidic
      Stones = Group regeneration
    • Shield of Ancients - Lightning + Horn + Moon = absorbs
      15% dmg for 90s
    • NEW! Capricious
      Strike - Hammer + Dagger + Sword = single-target DD
      
• Horn (with fighter and mage)
  • Lightning
    • Trinity Divide - unordered - Star + Mask + Horn = Addt'l
      piercing dmg + increases hate on fighter by all mobs in group
    • Soldier's Gambit - unordered - Dagger + Sword + Lightning
      = bonus nuke dmg 100%-300%
    • Ancient's Embrace - ordered - Lightning -> Cloak ->
      Flexed Arm = Chance to "riposte" slash dmg for group when hit for 90s
    • NEW! Resonating
      Cascade - Mask + Dagger + Lightning = Increased in-combat group power
      regeneration
    • NEW! Grand
      Proclamation - Lightning + Mask + Arm = Increased power pool for the
      group
      
• Chalice (with priest and mage)
  • Lightning
    • Breaking Faith - unordered - Lightning + Eye = Doubles
      dmg of last hit, reduces arcane, divine, and lightning resistance by 5%
    • Archaic Shackle - Does addt'l dmg, roots briefly and
      slows by 5%
    • Crucible of Life - ordered - Lightning -> Coin ->
      Chalice = Full power & health to group plus 10% heal on hit
• Moon (with fighter, priest, and mage)
  • Fire
    • Strength in Unity - unordered - Flexed Arm + Chalice -
      Increases str, wis, int and agility of the party by 10 pts
    • Ancient Demise - ordered - Boot -> Coin ->
      Lightning + Hammer = Great AE DD + lowers arcane resist on mob 10% for
      5 min.
    • Past's Awakening - ordered - Fist -> Star -> Cloak
      - Buffs power and health bars, does 4x dmg to all encounter mobs
    • NEW! Tears of
      Luclin - Boot + Dagger + Lightning = Increased damage on mage DD
      

Mage Initiated: Arcane Augur +

• Lightning (solo)
  • Arcane Fury - Lightning - Arcane DD equal to one mage nuke
  • Arcane Storm - Star - Same as above but AE
  • Arcane Inspiration - Flame - Restores 20% power, plus 20%
    power regen and 50% of hits taken convert to power
• Hammer (with priest)
  • Suffocating Wrath - unordered - Hammer + Lightning = Halves
    all mobs arcane spell dmg for 36s
  • Arcane Chalice - ordered - Flame -> Chalice= Restores 10%
    power and major group heal
  • Ancient Crusible - Moon = Instantly restores 33% of health
    and power, +25% regen on both for 24s
• Coin (with scout)
  • Arcane Trickery - unordered - Lightning + Dagger = addt'l 75%
    dmg, 5% arcane debuff on mob
  • Trickster's Grasp - ordered - Flame -> Mask= Additional
    4-tick 150% arcane DoT
  • Rain of Daggers - unordered - Lightning + Dagger = High dmg
    proc for 90s