Aerial Assault

Avian Hunter max 4

Aerial Assault deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) and has a shorter cooldown.

• +6% Damage
• 3% Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed

Featherstorm max 1

After the initial Wing Burst your Falcon continues releasing Featherstorm at the target location for 5 seconds.

• 5 Feather Storm Duration (seconds)

Requires 2 points in Avian Hunter

Domain of the Huntress max 3

Featherstorm now has a chance to slow enemies inside its area each second.

Additionally, you and your allies have additional dodge rating while inside the area.

• +100% Feather Storm Slow Chance
• +1 Dodge Rating per Dex inside Feather Storm

Requires Featherstorm

Shaded Wingspan max 1

If there is a boss or rare enemy nearby, Aerial Assault now also creates a Shadow Falcon to use Featherstorm against it.

• Shadow Feather Storm

Requires 2 points in Domain of the Huntress

Storm on the Horizon max 1

Aerial Assault no longer moves you. Additionally, it deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) and it no longer has a minimum range.

Aerial Assault loses its Traversal tag.

• No Longer Moves You
• +35% Damage Over Time

Requires Domain of the Huntress or Razorblade Plume

Razorblade Plume max 5

Featherstorm lasts longer and deals more direct damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per second it has been active.

• +20% Feather Storm Duration
• +2% Feather Storm Damage Bonus Per Second

Requires Featherstorm

Direct damage modifiers do not affect damage of ailments from Featherstorm.

Darkwing Fall max 3

Featherstorm now has a chance each second to drop a Black Arrow.

• 34# Black Feather Chance Per Second

Requires 2 points in Razorblade Plume

Pitohui max 1

Featherstorms' base physical damage over time is converted to poison. Consequently this damage scales with increases to poison damage, but not increases to physical damage.

A portion of your global poison chance on hit now applies as poison chance per second for Featherstorm.

Swaps Featherstorms' Physical tag for a Poison tag.

• Physical -> Poison Conversion
• 200% Poison Chance -> Featherstorm Poison Chance

Requires Razorblade Plume

Skyward Swoop max 1

A portion of Aerial Assault's cooldown is recovered when your Falcon hits an enemy. This effect can occur a limited number of times per 3 seconds.

• 6% Remaining Cooldown Recovered On Falcon Hit
• 10 Limit per 3 Seconds

Treacherous Pursuit max 1

Using Aerial Assault now also drops Caltrops at your location.

• Caltrops on Aerial Assault

Requires Skyward Swoop

Vengeful Nails max 4

Caltrops from all sources have a chance to slow on hit and deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers).

• +50% Caltrops Slow Chance
• +10% Caltrops Damage

Requires Treacherous Pursuit

Spikefield max 1

You now drop additional Caltrops halfway through Aerial Assault's movement if you traveled at least 6 meters.

• Additional Caltrops Halfway Through

Requires 2 points in Vengeful Nails or 2 points in Rending Barbs

Rending Barbs max 2

Caltrops' hits from all sources have a chance to cause enemies to bleed.

Additionally, when an enemy walks over your Caltrops your Falcon's hits gain additional bleed chance scaling with your Dexterity for 4 seconds. This effect can occur a limited number of times per 4 seconds.

• +100% Caltrops Bleed Chance
• +1% Falcon Bleed Chance per 10 Dex with Buff
• 4 Falcon Bleed Chance Buff duration (seconds) fixed
• 30 Times Per 4 Seconds fixed

Requires Treacherous Pursuit

Refreshing Resolve max 3

Directly using Aerial Assault recovers a portion of your missing mana.

• 3% Missing Mana Recovered

Requires Skyward Swoop or Healing Gust

Coordinated Assault max 1

Directly using Aerial Assault recovers a portion of the remaining cooldown of Falconry and Dive Bomb per 10 maximum mana you have.

• 1% Remaining Cooldown Recovered

Requires 2 points in Refreshing Resolve

Healing Gust max 5

Directly using Aerial Assault recovers a portion of your missing health.

• 10% Missing Health Recovered

Requires Refreshing Resolve or Skyward Swoop

Gustborne Guard max 1

Convert the health gain from the Healing Gust node to ward at half the effect.

• Health Gain -> 50% Ward Gain

Requires Healing Gust

Aerial Prowess max 3

For the next 8 seconds after using Aerial Assault, critical strikes dealt by you or your Falcon grant you a stack of Aerial Prowess up to a maximum.

When you next use Aerial Assault, it consumes all stacks to restore health per stack and deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per stack.

• 12 Max Aerial Prowess stacks
• 6 Health Gain per stack fixed
• +2% Damage Per stack fixed

Requires 2 points in Healing Gust

Wind Rider max 4

You have more global dodge rating (multiplicative with other modifiers) while traveling with Aerial Assault.

Additionally, each hit you dodge while traveling grants you a stack of Aerial Prowess.

• +80% Dodge Rating While Traveling
• +1 Aerial Prowess Stacks on dodge

Requires 2 points in Aerial Prowess

Torrent of Talons max 1

Aerial Assault now has a chance to grant you Aerial Prowess stacks on non-critical strikes and when you kill an enemy.

• +40% Chance for buff on non-crit
• +40% Chance for buff on kill

Requires 2 points in Aerial Prowess

Falcon's Havoc max 2

Consuming stacks of Aerial Assault now grants you Haste and Frenzy for a short duration per stack consumed.

• 0.1 Haste Duration per stack (seconds)
• 0.1 Frenzy Duration per stack (seconds)

Requires 2 points in Aerial Prowess

Terrorwings max 1

Directly using Ballista, Explosive Trap, or Dive Bomb now also consumes your stacks of Aerial Prowess, applying the damage bonus to the ability that consumed them.

• Aerial Prowess applies to other Abilities

Requires Wind Rider or Torrent of Talons or Falcon's Havoc

Covering Fire max 3

The Wing Burst's hits apply frailty.

• +1 Frailty Stacks on Feather Burst

Tactician max 1

After landing, all your active Ballistas prioritize targets around you, deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per Intelligence, and gain increased attack speed.

• Ballistas Pioritization
• +1% Ballista Damage per Int
• 50% Ballista Increased Attack Speed

Requires 2 points in Covering Fire

Predator's Cascade max 3

The Wing Burst deals damage in a larger area.

• +20% Feather Burst Area

Requires Covering Fire or Ambush

This effect also applies to Featherstorm.

Ambush max 4

The Wing Burst deals more direct damage to enemies on high health.

• +25% Direct Damage to High Health

Requires Predator's Cascade or Umbral Remnants

Direct damage modifiers do not affect damage of ailments and subskills from Aerial Assault.

This direct damage modifier does affect Featherstorm.

Slayer of big Prey max 1

The damage bonus from Ambush always applies against bosses and rare enemies, regardless of their health.

• Damage bonus always applies to bosses and rares

Requires 2 points in Ambush

Umbral Remnants max 1

When the Wing Burst kills an enemy and you have 3 or fewer active Shadows, it creates a Shadow at that enemy's location.

• Shadow Falcon on Feather Burst Kill

Requires Ambush or Projectile Training

This effect also applies to Featherstorm.

Projectile Training max 4

A portion of your added, increased, and more throwing damage modifiers now apply to the Wing Burst.

• 30% Character Damage -> Feather Burst Damage

Requires Umbral Remnants or 2 points in Avian Hunter

This effect also applies to Featherstorm.

Twilight Strike max 3

The Wing Burst now also includes a few Umbral Blades that your Falcon throws for you.

• 2 Umbral Blades on Feather Burst

Requires Projectile Training

If Umbral Blades throws large blades due to its Sword Thrower node, Wing Burst will include half as many Umbral Blades.

Plumed Daggers max 1

The Umbral Blades' hits from the Twilight Strike node now shred enemy armor.

• +100% Armor Shred Chance

Requires Twilight Strike