Question about Wind Prison - genie skill

Miss_menace - Raging Tide
Miss_menace - Raging Tide Posts: 95 Arc User
edited March 2013 in General Discussion
The genie skill Wind Prison. Wondering if anyone uses it.

The description on the skill list off the genie Affinty page says that it has a chance to silence all nearby targets which makes it sound like a AoE seal.

But the description when i go to learn the skill, says that it has a chance to seal a melee target, which sounds like a single target.

I dun wanna learn it, and then find out i don't want it and have to reset my affinities yet again. Can anyone confirm what this skill does?
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  • Bhavyy - Raging Tide
    Bhavyy - Raging Tide Posts: 1,083 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Hmm I've seen this skill and also thought about learning it.

    Firstly, it's not that good. There are other more useful skills someone could put on their genie.
    If you're still adamant about getting a seal on your genie; I think this one is a single target close range seal.
    There is another one - a long distance one but I believe you trade range for success rate.
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  • Star_Prism - Archosaur
    Star_Prism - Archosaur Posts: 216 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I have this skill on my genie and it is not a very useful skill at all. I originally learned the skill so I could freeze people when they stunned me, hoping to stop them from attacking and allowing me to get away. But the skills has a very low success rate, only 25%. It takes several dex points to raise the success rate by 1%. I've found the skill to be almost worthless (plus a waste of genie energy) and will be removing it when I get 1 more affinity point to learn a different skill.

    edit: I forgot to add, the skill only has a range of 5 meters. So they literally have to be almost on top of you for the skill to even be cast.
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  • Toomaga - Heavens Tear
    Toomaga - Heavens Tear Posts: 221 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    In my experience, this skill is a good skill in and of itself, but the problem is due to it's low success rate,dex cost and lack of range, it really in the end is not that effective. It does have it's uses but it really is not something I would recommend on your genie.
  • Gertha - Archosaur
    Gertha - Archosaur Posts: 186 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I have it on my lowbie seeker's genie, but thinking about ditching it for something else... I wouldn't even mind it's energy consumption, but it is just too unreliable (low success rate indeed), don't even remember when it worked to me last time.

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