[Wizard][General][Arclight] 3rd Arclight spell: Arclight Sphere + Arclight Gear Traits

While I was thinking about how Arclight Cling could be made better I came up with an idea that basically also would fit the spell and class fantasy.

The spell could look similar to what arclight cling looks right now, maybe visually a bit less cluttery and a bit smaller.

• Arclight Sphere moves in a straight line

• It has decent Projectile speed (similar to tornado)

• It damages enemies it passes through for half of the total damage

• At the end of its travel time it explodes and silences targets for X seconds

With this addition to the arclight spell series I would recommend to adapt the spells accordingly:

• Arclight

  • Energy Cost → 40E → 30E

  • Damage → keep

  • Cooldown → 4s → 3s

  • Reasoning: As Arclight is a spell that is supposed to be hard to hit I would lower the energy cost and cooldown a bit. Current damage is probably justified

• Arclight Cling

  • Energy Cost → 40E

  • Damage → nerf by 5% (if tracking works properly)

  • Cooldown → 4s

  • Reasoning: As Cling is a spell that is supposed to track and follow your enemy I would keep the current energy cost and cooldown. If the tracking works properly then the damage needs to go down a bit definitely.

• Arclight Sphere

  • Energy Cost → 30E

  • Damage → would try to go on an 50/50 damage split on pass through and explosion

  • Cooldown → 3s

  • Reasoning: As Sphere is a spell that is supposed to travel “rather quickly” in a straight line I would keep the energy cost and cooldown a bit lower.

As currently there isnt a single gear trait that applies anything to any of those spells I would like to suggest some:

Arclight Sphere

• When your arclight passes through enemies, they get snared for X seconds.

  • (I would keep this very short, probably 0.5 or 1s)

Arclight Cling

• When your the first pulse of Arclight Cling hits and enemy, the cling orb stays in place and explodes after X seconds.

  • (I would keep this around 1.5 to 2s until it explodes and silences)

Arclight

• Increases the energy cost of your Arclight by 10E and the impact radius is reduced by 25% to gain the following trait:

  • When you hold your button to decide where to cast arclight, the time until the silencing explosion is cut in half.