The West Wind

The West Wind

30m Range
Fast
Tactical Skill
Skill Type: Buff, Shanty
Sing to the West Wind, on which flows the call To Arms, strengthening your allies.
• This effect does not stack with a Captain's To Arms Damage buff.
Effects applied to the Raid within 10 metres:
+10% Damage
Duration: 10s
Cost: [404 at Level 150] Power
Attunes: 2
• Cooldown: 1m 30s

General Information

Class: Mariner

Trait Tree: The Shanty-caller

Rank Needed: 15 (set bonus  The West Wind)

Effects

This skill applies  The West Wind: To Arms to the Raid.

Upon expiration, this effect applies  Exhaustion to affected fellows, which prevents subsequent uses of To Arms.

Similar effects are applied by  To Arms (Blade-brother) (Captain) and  Major Pet Command (Lore-master).

Skill Interactions

The active cooldown of this skill is reduced by 3 seconds when  Lunge is used.

Trait Interactions

• The set bonus  Buoying Winds in the Shanty-caller trait tree increases the potency of The West Wind: To Arms by 5%.
  
• The set bonus  Resonant Song in the Shanty-caller trait tree increases the duration of The West Wind: To Arms by 5 seconds.
  
• The trait  Steady Winds in the Shanty-caller trait tree increases the duration of The West Wind: To Arms by up to 5 seconds.
  
• The trait  Known by Heart in the Shanty-caller trait tree reduces the cooldown of this skill by up to 5 seconds.
  
• The trait  Enheartening Songs in the Shanty-caller trait tree makes this skill restore the Morale of the fellowship, and applies Fighting Melody to the fellowship. Further ranks increase the healing of this skill by up to 30%.
  
• The trait  Relaxing Wind in the Shanty-caller trait tree makes this skill heal the Mariner by up to 2.5% of their maximum Morale.
  
• The trait  Many Hands in the Rover trait tree makes this skill have up to a 100% chance to restore Power to the fellowship.
  

Tracery Interactions

• Wind Skill Cooldowns reduces the cooldown of this skill by up to 11 seconds.
  
• Shanty Skills Healing increases the healing (and power restoration) of this skill by up to 22%.
  

Tactical Information

The West Wind is the Mariner's To Arms damage bonus increase. Make sure to use this skill alongside other skills like The Breaking of Thangorodrim to maximize group damage.