Question on 2 sage skills effects

Kieran - Dreamweaver

I got questions about 2 sage skills (I did read the descriptions just not exactly clear on how the skill works...)

Question #1:

Venomous Scarab (lvl89, 1mil spirit, 1mil coins)
Sage version gives a 20% chance to gain 30 Chi if hit.

Is this limited to melee hits as most things are or does it work for any hit that deals damage? (e.g. would tanking bh59 bosses/loon/hooli etc. at range still have a chance to add chi from their hits?)


Question #2:

Summer Sprint (lvl92, 1.5mil spirit, 1.5mil coins)
Sage version removes negative effects.

Is this basically the same effect as cleric's purify (and yes you can only use it on self)? Or do they add some negative effects to skill once you upgraded it at 89 that the lvl 92 sage upgrade removes?

MTIA
~Kier

Solandri - Heavens Tear

1. It means when you cast Venomous on a mob, instead of gaining 10 chi, you have a 20% chance to gain 30 chi.

2. Yes, it's basically purify. The only catch is that since it's a self-purify, you can't use it if you can't cast - e.g. you're stunned. The L89 version is a regular upgrade which only increases the run speed. The L92 Sage version is the one which has the self-purify effect.

Kieran - Dreamweaver

Thank you for the answers....cleared up everything for me.
~Kier

kenlee

also sage/demon summer sprint gives you more speed not only the 89 one
(you can have like 11m/s as demon w/o +speed gear)