User:MintyDemise/Minty Elite Specs/Lithomancer

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Diamond embedded chain sword coming right up.

— Lithomancer

Lithomancers are rangers so in tune with earthen magics that they can instantly craft armor and magical trinkets by reaching into the earth. Due to the limited duration of these created objects Lithomancers still have yet to profit off their abilities other than supporting allies inside combat. Never the less, those that choose to become specialized in Lithomancy, tend towards the crafts innately outside of their ability to shape geodes instantly into magical earrings. Though the ability sounds like a parlor trick, armor and trinkets conjured up by the Lithomancer are nothing to laugh at as they produce a variety of immediate magical effects, on top of that Lithomancers can arm their pets and create powerful Earthen Juggernauts that devastate their foes.

Lithomancer skills

Profession mechanic

A Lithomancer can slowly pull power from the leylines, drawing the needed energy into themselves so that they can empower their pets to become Earthen Juggernauts. While in Earthen Juggernaut form, animal companions gain a massive boost to their attributes and provide additional controllable skills for the Lithomancer to utilize. The Lithomancer cannot change pets while one is in Earthen Juggernaut form, Earthen Juggernaut form can be ended prematurely. While in Earthen Juggernaut form 2 new juggernaut specific skills are available in addition to the animal companion's normal skills. Earthen Juggernaut form runs on a charge system similar to skills of the conjure skill type.

Skill	Type			Description
Earthen Leviathan
Tail Slam	Aquatic - Autoattack	1		Swipe at your tail, dealing damage and has a chance to daze them for 1 second.
F4: Grand Dive	Aquatic	1/2	8	Dive downwards and then swim up with increased speeds dodging attacks and dealing damage to foes caught in your path, displacing and stunning them.
F5: Alpha Pulse	Aquatic	1	20	Create 9 orbs of highly condensed water that arms and shoots focused on your target foe, damages any enemies in the crossfire.
Earthen Phoenix
Rain of Feathers	Aerial - Autoattack	1 1/2		Rain down sharp feathers at an area centered around your foe inflicting Bleeding (4s) on each strike.
F4: Evasive Sunburst	Aerial	1/2	6	Lift off with your companion into the skies with an explosive blast that deals damage and Burning (5s) landing at a the target location.
F5: Omega Corona	Aerial	3	20	Gather in heat dealing damage and Burning (5s) foes around you, then explode in a radiant blast that damages enemies.
Earthen Titan
Lighting Smash	Biped - Autoattack	1		Gather up lightning and smash it into target foe causing an explosion. Chance to Blind (4s) foes.
F4: Roar of Ferocity	Biped	1	10	Damage foes and grant Might, Fury, and Swiftness (10s) to allies.
F5: Thunderous Leap	Biped	1/2	20	Leap into the sky and smash down in a torrent of lightning, creating a lighting field, and knocking down foes.
Earthen Kirin
Piercing Stalagmites	Quadraped - Autoattack	1		Pierce your foe with stalagmites inflicting Cripple and Bleeding (4s).
F4: Blessings of Fortune	Quadraped	1/4	4	Grant Protection (2s) to allies in target area, the next time they take damage they are healed a for a minor amount as well.
F5: Terra Wrath	Quadraped	1	20	Surround yourself with a maelstrom of stones, reducing incoming damage, and damaging all foes in the area.
Earthen Hecaton
Arcane Bombs	Polyped - Autoattack	1 1/2		Launch magical bombs at target area dealing damage.
F4: Energy Beam	Polyped	2	6	Channel a beam of energy damaging anything in its path.
F5: Ether Storm	Polyped	3	20	Channel a storm that follows your target dealing damage and inflicting Weakness (4s)s. (Note: Dodging will remove the target.)

Weapon skills

Lithomancers utilize hammers and shock waves to attack their foes at 900 unit range.

#	Skill			Description
1	Resonating Slam	1		Strike the ground causing the earth beneath your targets feat to explode dealing damage.
1	Pillar Strike	1		Cause a pillar to erupt under your target, dealing damage and displacing them a small amount.
1	Shattering Strike	1/2		Shatter your pillar to deal damage and inflicting Bleed (8s) on foes close to the pillar.
2	Whirl of Serration		6	Cause the ground beneath your target become whirling jagged rocks dealing damage and inflicting Bleed (10s). Whirl Finisher.
3	Consuming Earth	1	12	Strike the ground causing target area around your target to become quicksand inflicting Cripple (5s) if they stay in the area for the full duration they are Immobilized
4	Ward Against Foes	3/4	20	Whirl create a circle of earth around you that prevents enemies from entering melee range. (Note: Stability can be used to bypass the threshold.)
5	Earthen Explosion	1/2	30	Cause an explosion underneath your foes causing them to be launched upwards taking damage on launch and landing. Blast Finisher.

Slot skills

Lithomancers conjure armor and trinkets from the earth that replace the bearer's utilities skills.

Healing

Skill				Description
Crystal Armband		1	30	Heal yourself. Manifest a Quartz Armband upon yourself and at target location. Wielders of the armband gain additional healing power.
7: Health Infusion		1	12	Heal yourself and allies around you with crystalline light.
8: Purging Resonance		1	18	Cleanse yourself and allies around you of conditions.
9: Field of Resonance		1	25	Create a light field at target area that heals and grants Regeneration (5s).

Utility

Skill				Description
Molten Gauntlets		3/4	60	Manifest Molten Gauntlets upon yourself and at target location. Wielders of the gauntlets gain additional power and condition damage.
7: Molten Fury		2	16	Strike at your foe multiple times dealing damage and with a chance to inflict Burning (4s) on each strike.
8: Fiery Uppercut		1/2	25	Uppercut your foe and launch them into the air, damaging and Burning (4s) them.
9: Blast Leap		1/4	30	Leap towards your target with a fiery blast, damaging and Burning (4s) them.
Ley-steel Grieves		3/4	60	Manifest Ley-steel Grieves upon yourself and at target location. Wielders of the gauntlets gain additional toughness and vitality.
7: Ley-glide		1/2	12	Hover above the ground through the power of leylines and gain superspeed (6s).
8: Ride the Leyline		1 1/2	25	Stomp the ground creating a temporary leyline that you utilize to transverse to target location.
9: Ley channel		1/4	45	Channel the power of the leylines and gain quickness (5s) and swiftness (10s). Breaks stun.
Magebane Platemail		3/4	60	Manifest Magebane Platemail upon yourself and at target location. Wielders of the platemail gain additional precision and ferocity. Breaks stun.
7: Mage Shell		1/4	20	Grant nearby allies protection (8s).
8: Reflecting Force		1/4	30	Reflect projectiles directed at you (5s).
9: Tranquil Protection		1/4	40	Block attacks, while you have active blocks remaining, conditions applied to you have greatly reduced condition duration. (5s)
Diamond Helm		3/4	60	Manifest Diamond Helm upon yourself and at target location. Wielders of the diamond helm gain additional concentration and expertise.
7: Benign Glow		1	15	Increase the duration of all boons on allies in the target area.
8: Malign Glow		1	15	Increase the duration of all conditions on foes in the target area.
9: Diamond Shell		1/4	30	Gain stability and protection (5s). Breaks stun.

Elite

Skill				Description
Obsidian Armor		3/4	120	Manifest Obsidian Armor upon yourself and at target location. Wielders of the obsidian armor gain a boost to all their attributes.
7: Blessing of Obsidian		3/4	20	Fill yourself with magical obsidian energy, gain quickness, superspeed, resistance and protection (10s).
8: Protection of Obsidian			25	Empower obsidian to protect you, becoming invulnerable (4s). Breaks stun.
9: Judgement of Obsidian			30	Automatically retaliate against attacking foes, knocking down enemies that attack you (8s).

List of Lithomancer traits

See also: List of ranger traits

Tier	Name	Recharge	Description
Minor Adept	Lithomancy		You can equip hammers and gain access to Lithomancer conjures as well as Earthen Juggernaut form for your animal companions.
Major Adept	Strength of the Earth		Conjured items gain additional charges.
Major Adept	Earthblessed		Activate Ward Against Foes when you begin reviving an ally. Upon successful revival you and that ally are healed.
Major Adept	Gathering Might		While in combat grant a stack of Gathering Might to yourself and allies very few seconds, Gathering Might increases power, all stacks are lost upon exiting combat.
Minor Master	Protection of Stones		Take reduced damage.
Major Master	Might of the Earthforge		Hammer skills have reduced cooldown, hitting an enemy with a hammer ability has the chance to grant Might (8s).
Major Master	Mending Grip		Whenever a charge is expended from a conjured item you summoned, the user is healed.
Major Master	Shadow of the Juggernaut		Attacks against the same target as your Earthen Juggernaut deal additional damage.
Minor Grandmaster	Wielder's Boon		While wielding a conjured item gain additional power.
Major Grandmaster	Obsidian Instincts	45	When disabled by a foe with stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, taunt, float, fear, launch, or sink, equip yourself with a set of Lesser Obsidian Armor.
Major Grandmaster	Ward Against Harm		Gain charges through critical attacks, upon gaining enough charges create a Ward Against Harm at your current location that grants Protection (6s).
Major Grandmaster	Mythic Proportions		Earthen Juggernaut form recharge is reduced. Animal companions gain bonus attribute adjustments, this bonus is doubled while in Earthen Juggernaut form.

List of Lithomancer equipment

• Hammer: Earthencraft
• Runes: Superior Rune of the Lithomancer - Toughness (1,3,5), Power (2,4), All attributes increase by 3% while wielding a conjured item (6)

Design Notes

The original idea was to take animal companions and make them into Zoids, though the final result of this idea is a little bit different it still gives almost the same effect of turning a ranger's animal companions into massive creatures of destruction that should be feared. Conjures were more of thought experiment of which profession other than the elementalist would fit while not being too obvious. Though certainly, you can go mobile forge with engineers or warriors, or shadow weapons for thieves, event lore based weapons with the rev, and so much more with other professions, it felt more interesting to experiment with the design space around the ranger. In-game we already have Sylvari creating weapons of plants, so that is a bit redundant, so the next best thing is to tap into a ranger's thematic connection with the earth. Thus the Lithomancer was born. One of the greatest challenges around and still persists from this idea is the massive amount of skills/abilities that a ranger would have access to. This brings to mind of what should these abilities do? How powerful are they? How magical are they? Though I don't think I tapped into these questions as well as I could, I hope I did bring to focus what you could do with conjured items that deal with utilities rather than weapon skills. As a final note, boy did I think wrong when I thought Elementalists have a lot of skills, creating 6 sets of conjured weapons, and skills for each Earthen Juggernaut was a tough mental exercise.