BURNDAYRAZ

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BURNDAYRAZ
6 Mana Points  deals 4×lvl dmg
Effects
  • Deals 4 points of magic damage per player level to a target.
  • Adds 1 level of Trait: Burning Burning to the target.
Hotkey F

Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ is the fireball glyph, and one of the only ways to deal magic damage to monsters. When cast on enemy monsters, they will take magical damage and will not be able to attack the player back. With the exception of special challenges, this glyph will always be found in every single dungeon you play. It is a versatile and well-balanced offensive glyph that virtually any character can use effectively.

Beware of monsters with the Trait: Retaliate: Fireball Retaliate: Fireball! When you cast Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ against such a foe, they will attack you back. Because most characters will deal significantly more damage on a physical attack than they will only a magical Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ attack, it is effectively never worthwhile to attack such enemies with this spell.

Unlocking the glyph

The Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ glyph is always unlocked.

Strategy

As the basic magical attack glyph, Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ is used by most characters to supplement their physical attack and give them a good way to spend their mana. Because the glyph can be cast repeatedly, it is one of the best ways to use Item: Mana Potion Mana Potions in order to "damage spike" a boss at the end of the game, and is particularly worthwhile for Race: Elf Elf and Race: Gnome Gnome as a result.

As a repeatable glyph, Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ is quite useful for damage spiking monsters, allowing you to quickly unload all your mana into damage. Additionally, by accruing the Trait: Burning Burning effect, the glyph can be used to reduce the health regeneration of monsters and add damage to the next attack against the target. This can be combined with the Glyph: APHEELSIK APHEELSIK or Glyph: BLUDTUPOWA BLUDTUPOWA to excellent effect. Either way, Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ works best with characters who have a large mana capacity.

Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ is particularly useful for dealing with enemies that have Trait: Death Protection Death Protection. The fireball itself will deal damage and expend a layer of Trait: Death Protection Death Protection, but it will also leave the target Trait: Burning Burning. By attacking a different monster, the burning effect will expire and deal 1 point of damage, which will knock out a second layer of Trait: Death Protection Death Protection!

The weakness of Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ is that it's not very efficient. A L10 character can cast this spell for 40 damage, but even without any extra bonuses whatsoever a L10 character can expect to deal 65 damage on a physical attack. Characters which have put significant effort into raising their attack damage will find the damage dealt by Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ quite pathetic by comparison and are well-served by looking for other ways to spend their mana.

There are very few repeatable glyphs that can be used mid-combat to effectively funnel your mana into attack damage. With the exception of the Class: Warlord Warlord, who can use the Glyph: CYDSTEPP CYDSTEPP glyph mid-combat, the only glyphs that can be reliably used to funnel mana into damage are Glyph: HALPMEH HALPMEH and Glyph: PISORF PISORF. This means Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ occupies a unique tactical niche.

Items

Unusually for a glyph, Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ is specifically affected by a number of items. The Item: Battlemage Ring Battlemage Ring increases the damage by 1 per level; the Item: Witchalok Pendant Witchalok Pendant grants a layer of Trait: Stone skin Stone skin every time Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ is cast; and the Item: Avatar's Codex Avatar's Codex massively increases the power of your fireballs at the cost of allowing all monsters to retaliate.

Hints

  • The Class: Berserker Berserker and Class: Crusader Crusader are the only character classes that have considerable trouble using Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ. Class: Berserker Berserker suffers heavily from the heightened mana cost, while the Class: Crusader Crusader loses his Class trait: MOMENTUM MOMENTUM whenever he casts this and may end up dealing less damage overall.
  • God boon: Blood Curse Blood Curse causes you to gain a level without any increase to stats, which means you aren't any stronger. However, the damage dealt by Glyph: BURNDAYRAZ BURNDAYRAZ is based on your level and not your stats, so it will improve regardless.