The Writhing Coil abilities
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Overview
The Writhing Coil assaults its enemies relentlessly with Vindictive Onslaught and its razor sharp Tail Scythe.
When the beast prepares to unleash Death Rattle, Orweyna empowers players with Vine Grip to Uncoil the creature and clash with the serpents one by one.
Tanks
• Tail Scythe inflicts heavy Physical damage.
• Interrupting Death Rattle with Vine Grip causes the creature to Uncoil.
Damage Dealers
• Interrupting Death Rattle with Vine Grip causes the creature to Uncoil.
• Damage inflicted while the Writhing Coil is Uncoiled persists after Assimilation.
• Toxic Atrophy reduces all players' speed and damage done.
Healers
• Death Rattle inflicts increasing damage to all players.
• Interrupting Death Rattle with Vine Grip causes the creature to Uncoil.
The Writhing Coil
[PH] Ability #1
Every snake within the Writhing Coil unleashes a relentless rattle, inflicting Physical damage every sec. This effect stacks, and increases its applications every sec.
Vine Grip
Orweyna attaches players to the Writhing Coil with powerful vines. All attached players moving 10yd farther from the Writhing Coil causes it to Uncoil.
Uncoil
The Writhing Coil is ripped apart into its constituent snakes , inflicting Nature damage to all players.
Toxic Barrage
The Writhing Coil prepares to afflict its enemies with Toxic Atrophy 3 times in succession.
Toxic Atrophy
Releases a toxin that causes all enemies' muscles to wither away, reducing their damage done by and their movement speed by . This effect stacks.
Vindictive Onslaught
The Writhing Coil directs a sequence of vicious attacks at an enemy.
Burrowing Charge
The Writhing Coil burrows across the ground, inflicting Nature damage to enemies in its path.
Venom Jet
The Writhing Coil unleashes a spray of venom at an enemy, inflicting Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of it.
Tail Scythe
The Writhing Coil slices its current target with a bladed tail, inflicting Physical damage.
Synchronized Venom
The Writhing Coil shoots venom at all enemies, inflicting Nature damage and an additional Nature damage every sec for .
The Uncoiled Writhe
Uncoiled
The Writhing Coil splits into Uncoiled Writhes, each with a portion of the Writhing Coil's health. After , the Uncoiled Writhes cast Assimilation, and the Writhing Coil reforms with the combined health of the Uncoiled Writhes.
Uncoiled Writhes are susceptible to crowd control effects.
Spiteful Hunt
Each Uncoiled Writhe fixates on an enemy. Those that reach their target apply Spiteful Venom.
Toxic Atrophy
Releases a toxin that causes all enemies' muscles to wither away, reducing their damage done by and their movement speed by . This effect stacks.
Undermining
Upon defeat, an Uncoiled Writhe begins destabilizing the earth, inflicting Nature damage and knocking back enemies above them.