Destructive Touch

Destructive Touch
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Skill Tree	Weapon Skills, Destruction Staff
Type	Active skill
Cast Time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Radius	7 meters
Cost	53 Magicka (I) (II) 67 Magicka (III) 65 Magicka (IV)
Level Unlocked	Rank 2
Morph One	Destructive Clench
Morph Two	Destructive Reach

Destructive Touch is an active skill in the Destruction Staff skill line in The Elder Scrolls Online.

Description

• Deals 6 Magic Damage to target enemy. Fire Touch causes knockback, Frost Touch causes deep freeze, and Shock Touch Causes disorient. (I)
• Deals 17 Magic damage to target enemy. Fire Touch causes knockback, Frost Touch causes deep freeze, and Shock Touch causes disorient. (17 Fire Damage and knocks back target 8 meters) (III)
• Deals 17 Magic damage to target enemy. Fire Touch causes knockback, Frost Touch causes deep freeze, and Shock Touch causes disorient. (IV)

Note

• Destructive Touch IV slightly reduces the cost of casting this spell.

Requirement

Unlocked at Destruction Staff Rank 2.

Morphs

Destructive Clench

• [?]
• Update 6: Destructive Touch has been changed into a damage over time-based attack for all ranks and morphs of all types of staffs. The damage over time component increases in damage with rank.
• Update 7: Frost Touch and its morphs will no longer apply a half-second stun to the target.
• Update 7: Flame Clench: Removed the stun from this ability
• Update 7: Flame Clench: Added an increased damage over time damage
• Update 7: Shock Clench: Added an area of effect damage that applies near the target.
• Update 7: Shock Clench: Removed the area of effect damage from this ability, and added a 2.5 second stun. The impact effects have been updated to reflect these changes.

Destructive Reach

• [?]
• Update 6: Destructive Touch has been changed into a damage over time-based attack for all ranks and morphs of all types of staffs. The damage over time component increases in damage with rank.
• Update 7: Frost Touch and its morphs will no longer apply a half-second stun to the target.
• Update 8: Flame Reach: This ability now properly applies the knockback up to the correct range (28 meters).

Updates

• Update 1: (flame, frost, and shock): Increased this ability's damage and magicka cost.
• Update 6: Destructive Touch has been changed into a damage over time-based attack for all ranks and morphs of all types of staffs. The damage over time component increases in damage with rank.
• Update 6: Increased the range of this ability to 17 meters from 7 meters.
• Update 6: As of Update 6, Shocking Touch, the lightning staff variant of Destructive Touch, now deals damage to nearby targets instead of disorienting the target.
• Update 7: Frost Touch and its morphs will no longer apply a half-second stun to the target.
• Update 7: Normalized the projectile's travel speeds.
• Update 7: Clarified the tooltips for this ability.
• Update 7: Flame Touch: This ability will now knock back your enemy instead of stunning them.
• Update 7: Shock Touch: Removed the area of effect damage, and added a 2.5 second stun. The impact effects have been updated to reflect these changes.
• Update 9: The damage over time effects from abilities such as Searing Strike, Twin Slashes, or Destructive Touch can now be applied to targets that fully or partially absorb the damage from a damage shield, or targets that are blocking.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls Online

References

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