Smoke Cloud

This article is about the spell. For the Archaeology artefact, see 'Smoke Cloud' spell scroll.

Smoke Cloud
Release date	21 June 2021 (Update)
Members	Yes
Level	74
Spellbook	Ancient
Type	Combat
Element	Air
Damage	Unknown (edit)
Experience	192
Runes	55510
Quest	City of Senntisten and Desert Treasure
Cooldown	2 seconds
Description	Disorient the target with a veil of smoke, leaving them vulnerable. - Increases the target's damage received from critical strikes by 15%. - The damage cap against the target when landing a critical strike is increased by 12%. - 120s duration. - Effect is 40% effective for non-magic damage.

Smoke Cloud is an Ancient Magicks combat spell requiring a Magic level of 74 to cast. The quest City of Senntisten must be completed to cast this spell.

When cast on a target, the spell will increase their damage received from critical hits and increases the damage cap from critical hits against them for 120 seconds. For Magic attacks, the critical hit damage will be increased by 15% and the critical hit damage cap will be increased by 12%. For Melee and Ranged attacks, these will be increased by 6% and 4.8%, respectively (only 40% of the increase given to Magic attacks).

Mechanics

Increased critical hit damages and caps due to Smoke Cloud

Combat Style	Increase in critical hit damage	Increase in critical hit damage cap	Critical hit cap
			Base critical hit cap	Increased cap without Erethdor's grimoire	Increased cap with Erethdor's grimoire
	15%	12%	12,000	13,440	16,800
	6%	4.8%	12,000	12,576	15,720

This hex is particularly powerful when combined with Biting 4, a Reaver's ring, and an active Erethdor's grimoire as the forced critical hit rate is at 25% (or 25.8% for Biting 4 installed on level 20 augmented gear).

Unaffected abilities:

• Critical hits with Shatter or Onslaught keep their cap at 30,000.
• Tuska's Wrath keeps its cap at 15,000.

Cost

Input	Cost
55510	15,135
Combo runes
55510	37,655
55510	18,495
55510	39,105
Staves
555	14,875
555	14,875
555	14,875
555	14,875

Update history

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• patch 5 July 2021 (Update):
  • Smoke Cloud has been added to Borrowed Power.
  • Reduced the effectiveness of the spell by 60% for ranged and melee hits.
    • Ranged/Melee: Critical hit cap 112% -> 104.8%. Critical strike damage 15% -> 6%.

• update 21 June 2021 (Update):
  • Added to game.