Is a Stamina morph of a class skill still a spell?

david.haypreub18_ESO · March 2015

I'm trying to figure out how this will work in 1.6. Take the Templar class skill, Piercing Javelin; it has a morph, Binding Javelin, that makes the skill scale off Stamina and weapon damage, and costs stamina rather than magicka. Does that make it a feat rather than a spell?

Would Defensive Stance from the S/B weapon tree still absorb such a javelin, or would it pass through unharmed as not a spell projectile?

lord_dal · March 2015

Im not sure in 1.6, but when I started playing eso I was unsure, so made a ticket about it, the short answer was any weapon/class skill that costs magicka, counts as a spell.

david.haypreub18_ESO · March 2015

lord_dal wrote: »

Im not sure in 1.6, but when I started playing eso I was unsure, so made a ticket about it, the short answer was any weapon/class skill that costs magicka, counts as a spell.

But this skill doesn't cost magicka anymore.

sandalz · March 2015

The changes also state that they will scale off weapon damage instead of spell damage. They will count as weapon attacks now.

david.haypreub18_ESO · March 2015

So you think they would not be reflected by abilities such as Defensive Stance, which only reflects spell projectiles?

ThatHappyCat · March 2015

david.haypreub18_ESO wrote: »

So you think they would not be reflected by abilities such as Defensive Stance, which only reflects spell projectiles?

Off the top of my head, the only skill that would be affected by this is Binding Javelin, which is rarely used in PvP due to its low damage, prohibitive cost and somewhat lacking effect (Fire Clench is better if you want to knock people around).

david.haypreub18_ESO · March 2015

ThatHappyCat wrote: »

david.haypreub18_ESO wrote: »

So you think they would not be reflected by abilities such as Defensive Stance, which only reflects spell projectiles?

Off the top of my head, the only skill that would be affected by this is Binding Javelin, which is rarely used in PvP due to its low damage, prohibitive cost and somewhat lacking effect (Fire Clench is better if you want to knock people around).

There aren't any other class skills that launch a projectile that got a Stamina morph? I'm not criticizing... just asking.

Khivas_Carrick · March 2015

Not spells anymore, but rather stamina feats.

ThatHappyCat · March 2015

david.haypreub18_ESO wrote: »

ThatHappyCat wrote: »

david.haypreub18_ESO wrote: »

So you think they would not be reflected by abilities such as Defensive Stance, which only reflects spell projectiles?

Off the top of my head, the only skill that would be affected by this is Binding Javelin, which is rarely used in PvP due to its low damage, prohibitive cost and somewhat lacking effect (Fire Clench is better if you want to knock people around).

There aren't any other class skills that launch a projectile that got a Stamina morph? I'm not criticizing... just asking.

Just one, Binding Javelin. Which as I said is rarely used by experienced Templars due to its many drawbacks.