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Dragonknight Skills - ESO

Dragonknight Skills - ESO

Welcome to the Dragonknight category, here you can find all the skill-lines related to the Dragonknight class. The Dragonknight has three class focused skill-lines: Arden Flame, Draconic Power and Earthen Heart.
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Draconic Power
The Draconic Power skill-line is part of the Dragonknight toolkit and has a focus on defensive abilities. The passives in the Draconic Power skill-line are boosting your defense capabilities even further. The Draconic Power skill-line is the second out of three Dragonknight focused class skill-lines.

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Earthen Heart
The Earthen Heart skill-line is part of the Dragonknight toolkit and has a focus on support abilities. The passives allow you to increase the power of yourself and your allies in combat. The Earthen Heart skill-line is the third out of three Dragonknight focused class skill-lines.

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Ardent Flame
The Ardent Flame skill-line is part of the Dragonknight toolkit and has a focus on offensive abilities. In addition to the powerful skills, you can also select passives that boost your power even further. The Ardent Flame skill-line is the first out of three Dragonknight focused class skill-lines.

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Draconic Power - Skills

Ultimate abilities
Dragon Leap icon Dragon Leap Dragon Leap
Dragon Leap icon
Launch yourself at an enemy, dealing 4241 Physical Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them back 4 meters, and stunning them for 2 seconds.
arrow Take Flight icon Take Flight Take Flight
arrow Take Flight icon
Launch yourself at an enemy, dealing 5037 Physical Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them back, and stunning them for 2 seconds.

Reduces the cost and increases the damage and range.
arrow Ferocious Leap icon Ferocious Leap Ferocious Leap
arrow Ferocious Leap icon
Launch yourself at an enemy, dealing 4241 Flame Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them back, and stunning them for 2 seconds. After leaping you gain a damage shield that absorbs 16528 damage for 6 seconds. This portion of the ability scales with your Max Health.

Deals Flame Damage. After leaping you gain a damage shield.
Active abilities
Spiked Armor icon Spiked Armor Spiked Armor
Spiked Armor icon
Release your inner Dragon to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. While active, the armor returns 1 Flame Damage to any enemy that uses a direct damage attack against you in melee range, scaling off your Physical and Spell Resistance.
arrow Volatile Armor icon Volatile Armor Volatile Armor
arrow Volatile Armor icon
Release your inner Dragon to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. You release a spray of fiery spikes around you, causing enemies hit to take 11 Flame Damage over 20 seconds. While active, the armor returns 1 Flame Damage to any enemy that uses a direct damage attack against you in melee range. This ability scales off your Physical and Spell Resistance.

Enemies near you take damage over time when you activate the ability.
arrow Hardened Armor icon Hardened Armor Hardened Armor
arrow Hardened Armor icon
Release your inner Dragon to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. You gain a damage shield that absorbs up to 5121 damage for 6 seconds, scaling off your Max Health. While active, the armor returns 1 Flame Damage to any enemy that uses a direct damage attack against you in melee range, scaling off your Physical and Spell Resistance.

You gain a damage shield after casting.
Dark Talons icon Dark Talons Dark Talons
Dark Talons icon
Call forth talons from the ground, dealing 1742 Flame Damage to enemies near you and immobilizing them for 4 seconds. An ally near the talons can activate the Ignite synergy, dealing 2812 Flame Damage to all enemies held within them.
arrow Burning Talons icon Burning Talons Burning Talons
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Call forth talons from the ground, dealing 1799 Flame Damage to enemies near you, an additional 1635 Flame Damage over 5 seconds, and immobilizing them for 4 seconds. An ally near the talons can activate the Ignite synergy, dealing 2812 Flame Damage to all enemies held within them.

Deals additional damage over time.
arrow Choking Talons icon Choking Talons Choking Talons
arrow Choking Talons icon
Call forth talons from the ground, dealing 1742 Flame Damage to enemies near you and immobilizing them for 4 seconds. Enemies hit are afflicted with Minor Maim, reducing their damage done by 5% for 10 seconds. An ally near the talons can activate the Ignite synergy, dealing 2812 Flame Damage to all enemies held within them.

Reduces the cost and affected enemies deal less damage.
Dragon Blood icon Dragon Blood Dragon Blood
Dragon Blood icon
Draw on your draconic blood to heal for 33% of your missing Health. You also gain Major Fortitude, increasing your Health Recovery by 30% for 20 seconds.
arrow Coagulating Blood icon Coagulating Blood Coagulating Blood
arrow Coagulating Blood icon
Draw on your draconic blood to heal for 2999, increasing by up to 50% additional healing based on your missing Health. You also gain Major Fortitude, increasing your Health Recovery by 30% for 20 seconds.

Now heals based on your offensive stats rather than Health and increases the amount of healing based on your missing Health.
arrow Green Dragon Blood icon Green Dragon Blood Green Dragon Blood
arrow Green Dragon Blood icon
Draw on your draconic blood to heal for 33% of your missing Health and an additional 511 Health every 1 second over 5 seconds. The heal over time scales off of your Max Health. You also gain Major Fortitude, Major Endurance, and Minor Vitality, increasing your Health Recovery and Stamina Recovery by 30% and healing received and damage shield strength by 6% for 20 seconds.

You also gain Major Endurance, Minor Vitality, and additional healing over time.
Protective Scale icon Protective Scale Protective Scale
Protective Scale icon
Flex your scales, reducing your damage taken from projectiles by 50% for 6 seconds.
arrow Protective Plate icon Protective Plate Protective Plate
arrow Protective Plate icon
Flex your scales, reducing damage taken from projectiles by 50% for 6 seconds. Gain immunity to snares and immobilizations for 4 seconds.

Gain immunity to snares and immobilizations. Cost reduces as ability ranks up.
arrow Dragon Fire Scale icon Dragon Fire Scale Dragon Fire Scale
arrow Dragon Fire Scale icon
Flex your scales, reducing damage taken from projectiles by 50% for 6 seconds. When you are hit with a projectile, you retaliate by launching a fiery orb at the attacker that deals 1799 Flame Damage. This effect can occur once every half second.

Incoming projectiles cause you to deal Flame Damage back to the attacker.
Inhale icon Inhale Inhale
Inhale icon
Channel draconic energy to suck in the air around you, dealing 870 Flame Damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 100% of the damage caused. After 2.5 seconds, you exhale fire, dealing 1742 Flame Damage to nearby enemies.
arrow Draw Essence icon Draw Essence Draw Essence
arrow Draw Essence icon
Channel draconic energy to suck in the air around you, dealing 870 Flame Damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 150% of the damage caused. After 2.5 seconds, you exhale fire, dealing 1742 Flame Damage to nearby enemies and restoring 10% of the ability's cost for each enemy hit as Magicka.

Initial hit heals for more. Final explosion refunds Magicka for each enemy struck.
arrow Deep Breath icon Deep Breath Deep Breath
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Channel draconic energy to suck in the air around you, dealing 870 Flame Damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 100% of the damage caused. Any enemy hit that is casting is interrupted, set Off Balance, and stunned for 2 seconds. After 2.5 seconds, you exhale fire, dealing 2249 Flame Damage to nearby enemies.

Initial hit interrupts enemies that are casting. Final explosion damage increased.
Passive abilities
Iron Skin icon Iron Skin Iron Skin
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Increases the amount of damage you block by 10%.
Burning Heart icon Burning Heart Burning Heart
Burning Heart icon
While a Draconic Power ability is active, your healing received is increased by 12%.
Elder Dragon icon Elder Dragon Elder Dragon
Elder Dragon icon
Increases your Health Recovery by 258 for each Draconic Power ability slotted.
Scaled Armor icon Scaled Armor Scaled Armor
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Increases your Physical and Spell Resistance by 1650.

Earthen Heart - Skills

Ultimate abilities
Magma Armor icon Magma Armor Magma Armor
Magma Armor icon
Ignite the molten lava in your veins, limiting incoming damage to 3% of your Max Health and dealing 336 Flame Damage to nearby enemies each second for 10 seconds.
arrow Corrosive Armor icon Corrosive Armor Corrosive Armor
arrow Corrosive Armor icon
Oxidize the green Dragon blood in your veins, limiting incoming damage to 3% of your Max Health and dealing 347 Poison Damage to nearby enemies each second for 10 seconds. While active, this ability and your direct damage attacks ignores enemy Physical and Spell Resistance, but you cannot generate Ultimate.

Deals Poison Damage. While active, your direct attacks ignore Physical and Spell Resistance, but you cannot generate Ultimate.
arrow Magma Shell icon Magma Shell Magma Shell
arrow Magma Shell icon
Ignite the molten lava in your veins, limiting incoming damage to 3% of your Max Health and dealing 347 Flame Damage to nearby enemies each second for 10 seconds. When activated, nearby allies gain a damage shield for 100% of their Max Health for 10 seconds.

When activated nearby allies gain a powerful damage shield.
Active abilities
Stonefist icon Stonefist Stonefist
Stonefist icon
Crush the earth beneath you, dealing 2323 Physical Damage to all enemies within 6 meters of you. Debris ripped from the ground is held around you for 10 seconds. Activating the ability again allows you to launch part of the debris at an enemy, dealing 2323 Physical Damage, up to 3 times. The final cast stuns enemies hit for 2.5 seconds.
arrow Obsidian Shard icon Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
arrow Obsidian Shard icon
Slam an enemy with molten rock, dealing 448 Flame Damage and causing the rock to explode, splashing magma around. You then pull back on the magma to heal yourself or up to 2 allies near the enemy for 3240 Health.

Converts to a Magicka ability that now heals you or two allies after dealing damage. Deals significantly less damage but no longer requires charges to cast.
arrow Stone Giant icon Stone Giant Stone Giant
arrow Stone Giant icon
Crush the earth beneath you, dealing 2323 Physical Damage to all enemies within 6 meters of you. Debris ripped from the ground is held around you for 10 seconds. Activating the ability again allows you to launch part of the debris at an enemy, dealing 2323 Physical Damage, up to 3 times. The final cast stuns for 2.5 seconds. Each hit applies Stagger, increasing damage taken by 65 per stack for 5 seconds.

Enemies hit are affected with Stagger, causing them to take bonus damage from all attacks.
Molten Weapons icon Molten Weapons Molten Weapons
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Charge you and your grouped allies' weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 30 seconds.
arrow Igneous Weapons icon Igneous Weapons Igneous Weapons
arrow Igneous Weapons icon
Charge you and your grouped allies' weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 1 minute.

Increases the duration and increases the radius.
arrow Molten Armaments icon Molten Armaments Molten Armaments
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Charge you and your grouped allies' weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 30 seconds. You also gain Empower for the duration, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70%.

You also gain Empower, and reduces the cost as the ability ranks up.
Obsidian Shield icon Obsidian Shield Obsidian Shield
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Call the earth to your defense, granting a damage shield for you and nearby allies that absorbs 1321 damage. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. You also gain Major Mending, increasing your healing done by 16% for 2.5 seconds.
arrow Igneous Shield icon Igneous Shield Igneous Shield
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Call the earth to your defense, granting a damage shield for nearby allies that absorbs 1365 damage. Your own damage shield absorbs 3414 damage. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. You also gain Major Mending, increasing your healing done by 16% for 2.5 seconds.

Increased shield strength on self.
arrow Fragmented Shield icon Fragmented Shield Fragmented Shield
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Call the earth to your defense, creating a damage shield for you and nearby allies that absorbs 1365 damage. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. You also gain Major Mending, increasing your healing done by 16% for 6.7 seconds.

Increases duration of Major Mending.
Petrify icon Petrify Petrify
Petrify icon
Encase an enemy in molten rock, stunning them for 2.5 seconds. When the stun ends, they take 1161 Flame Damage. This stun cannot be blocked or dodged.
arrow Shattering Rocks icon Shattering Rocks Shattering Rocks
arrow Shattering Rocks icon
Encase an enemy in molten rock, stunning them for 2.5 seconds. When the stun ends, they take 1199 Flame Damage and you are healed for 2323 Health. This stun cannot be blocked or dodged.

When the stun ends, you are also healed.
arrow Fossilize icon Fossilize Fossilize
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Encase an enemy in molten rock, stunning them for 2.5 seconds. When the stun ends, they take 1199 Flame Damage and are immobilized for 3 seconds. This stun cannot be blocked or dodged.

Immobilizes the enemy after the stun ends.
Ash Cloud icon Ash Cloud Ash Cloud
Ash Cloud icon
Summon a scorching cloud of ash at the target location for 15 seconds, reducing enemy Movement Speed by 70% and healing you and your allies for 434 Health every 1 second.
arrow Eruption icon Eruption Eruption
arrow Eruption icon
Summon a scorching cloud of ash at the target location for 15 seconds, dealing 1799 Flame Damage immediately, reducing enemy Movement Speed by 70%, and dealing 319 Flame Damage in the area every 1 second. The eruptive damage can occur once every 10 seconds.

Damages instead of healing. Deals some damage instantly and reduces the cost.
arrow Cinder Storm icon Cinder Storm Cinder Storm
arrow Cinder Storm icon
Summon a scorching cloud of ash at the target location for 15 seconds, reducing enemy Movement Speed by 70% and healing you and your allies for 674 every 1 second.

Heals for significantly more.
Passive abilities
Eternal Mountain icon Eternal Mountain Eternal Mountain
Eternal Mountain icon
Increases duration of your Earthen Heart abilities by 20%.
Battle Roar icon Battle Roar Battle Roar
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When you cast an Ultimate ability, you restore 50 Health 50 Magicka, and 50 Stamina for each point of the Ultimate spent.
Mountain's Blessing icon Mountain's Blessing Mountain's Blessing
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When you cast an Earthen Heart ability, you and your group gain Minor Brutality for 20 seconds, increasing your Weapon Damage by 10%. If you are in combat, you also generate 3 Ultimate. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds.
Helping Hands icon Helping Hands Helping Hands
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When you cast an Earthen Heart ability with a cost, you restore 1120 Stamina. This effect cannot activate when using a Stamina costing ability and must cost more than the restored value.

Ardent Flame - Skills

Ultimate abilities
Dragonknight Standard icon Dragonknight Standard Dragonknight Standard
Dragonknight Standard icon
Call down a battle standard, dealing 870 Flame Damage every 1 second for 16 seconds to enemies and applying Major Defile to them, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%. An ally near the standard can activate the Shackle synergy, dealing 3375 Flame Damage to enemies in the area and immobilizing them for 5 seconds.
arrow Shifting Standard icon Shifting Standard Shifting Standard
arrow Shifting Standard icon
Call down a battle standard, dealing 898 Flame Damage every 1 second for 25 seconds to enemies and applying Major Defile to them, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%. Activating this ability again allows you to move the standard to your location. An ally near the standard can activate the Shackle synergy, dealing 3375 Flame Damage to enemies in the area and immobilizing them for 5 seconds.

Increases the duration, and recasting the ability allows you to move the standard.
arrow Standard of Might icon Standard of Might Standard of Might
arrow Standard of Might icon
Call down a battle standard, dealing 870 Flame Damage every 1 second for 16 seconds to enemies and applying Major Defile to them, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%. Standing in the area increases your damage done and reduces damage taken by 15%. An ally near the standard can activate the Shackle synergy, dealing 3375 Flame Damage to enemies in the area and immobilizing them for 5 seconds.

Standing in the standard increases your damage done and reduces damage taken.
Active abilities
Lava Whip icon Lava Whip Lava Whip
Lava Whip icon
Lash an enemy with flame, dealing 2323 Flame Damage. If you strike an enemy that is immobile or stunned, you set them Off Balance.
arrow Flame Lash icon Flame Lash Flame Lash
arrow Flame Lash icon
Lash an enemy with flame, dealing 2323 Flame Damage. If you strike an enemy that is immobilized or stunned, you set them Off Balance. Targeting an Off Balance or immobilized enemy changes this ability into Power Lash, allowing you to lash an enemy at half cost to deal 2760 Flame Damage and healing you for 2760 Health.

Targeting Off Balance or Immobilized enemies grants you a more powerful attack which deals increased damage, costs half as much, and heals you.
arrow Molten Whip icon Molten Whip Molten Whip
arrow Molten Whip icon
Lash an enemy with flame, dealing 2323 Flame Damage. If you strike an enemy that is immobile or stunned, you set them Off Balance. Whenever you activate a different Ardent Flame ability while in combat, you gain a stack of Seething Fury, increasing the damage of your next Molten Whip by 20% and your Weapon and Spell Damage by 100 for 15 seconds. This effect stacks up to 3 times.

Splits the cost between Magicka and Stamina. While slotted, your other Ardent Flame abilities increase the damage of your next Molten Whip cast and Weapon and Spell Damage.
Searing Strike icon Searing Strike Searing Strike
Searing Strike icon
Slash an enemy with flame, dealing 1161 Flame Damage and an additional 3470 Flame Damage over 20 seconds. Enemies hit by the initial hit are afflicted with the Burning status effect.
arrow Burning Embers icon Burning Embers Burning Embers
arrow Burning Embers icon
Slash an enemy with flame, dealing 1161 Flame Damage and an additional 3470 Flame Damage over 20 seconds. You heal for 100% of the damage done with this ability. Enemies hit by the initial hit are afflicted with the Burning status effect.

Heals you for a percentage of damage done.
arrow Venomous Claw icon Venomous Claw Venomous Claw
arrow Venomous Claw icon
Rake an enemy with your claw, dealing 1161 Poison Damage and an additional 3470 Poison Damage over 20 seconds. The poison seeps into the target and deals increased damage the longer it lasts, dealing 12% more damage every 2 seconds. Enemies hit by the initial hit are afflicted with the Poisoned status effect.

Converts into a Stamina ability and deals Poison Damage that applies the Poisoned status effect. The damage over time increases the longer the effect lasts.
Fiery Breath icon Fiery Breath Fiery Breath
Fiery Breath icon
Exhale a flaming blast to enemies in front of you, dealing 1742 Flame Damage and an additional 2900 Flame Damage over 20 seconds.
arrow Engulfing Flames icon Engulfing Flames Engulfing Flames
arrow Engulfing Flames icon
Exhale a flaming blast to enemies in front of you, dealing 1799 Flame Damage and an additional 2980 Flame Damage over 20 seconds. Affected enemies take more damage from all Flame Damage attacks based on your Weapon or Spell Damage, and Max Magicka or Stamina, with a maximum of 6% bonus damage taken. Current value 2%.

Affected enemies take more damage from all Flame Damage attacks.
arrow Noxious Breath icon Noxious Breath Noxious Breath
arrow Noxious Breath icon
Exhale a corrosive blast to enemies in front of you, dealing 1799 Poison Damage and an additional 2980 Poison Damage over 20 seconds. Afflicts enemies with Major Breach, reducing their Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948.

Converts into a Stamina ability and deals Poison Damage. Applies Major Breach to enemies, reducing their Resistances.
Fiery Grip icon Fiery Grip Fiery Grip
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Launch a fiery chain to grasp and pull an enemy to you, dealing 1392 Flame Damage and taunting them for 15 seconds if they are not already taunted. Hitting the target grants you Major Expedition, increasing your Movement Speed by 30% for 4 seconds. This attack cannot be dodged or reflected.
arrow Chains of Devastation icon Chains of Devastation Chains of Devastation
arrow Chains of Devastation icon
Launch a fiery chain to grasp and pull yourself to an enemy, dealing 1438 Flame Damage. Hitting the target grants you Major Expedition and Major Berserk, increasing your Movement Speed by 30% and your damage done by 10% for 4 seconds. This attack cannot be dodged or reflected.

Pulls you to the enemy instead and no longer attempts to taunt. Grants Major Berserk after casting.
arrow Unrelenting Grip icon Unrelenting Grip Unrelenting Grip
arrow Unrelenting Grip icon
Launch a fiery chain to grasp and pull an enemy to you, dealing 1438 Flame Damage and taunting them for 15 seconds if they are not already taunted. Hitting the target grants you Major Expedition, increasing your Movement Speed by 30% for 4 seconds. If the target cannot be pulled, you restore 100% of the ability's cost as Magicka. This attack cannot be dodged or reflected.

If the target cannot be pulled, you are refunded the Magicka cost.
Inferno icon Inferno Inferno
Inferno icon
Activate an aura of flames which launches a fireball at the nearest enemy every 5 seconds, dealing 1742 Flame Damage. While slotted on either bar, you gain Major Prophecy and Savagery, increasing your Spell and Weapon Critical rating by 2629.
arrow Cauterize icon Cauterize Cauterize
arrow Cauterize icon
Activate an aura of flames which launches a fireball at yourself or an ally to cauterize their wounds every 5 seconds, healing them for 1799 Health. While slotted on either bar, you gain Major Prophecy and Savagery, increasing your Spell and Weapon Critical rating by 2629.

Fireball heals allies instead of damaging enemies and increases the radius.
arrow Flames of Oblivion icon Flames of Oblivion Flames of Oblivion
arrow Flames of Oblivion icon
Activate an aura of flames which launches a fireball at 3 enemies every 5 seconds, dealing 1799 Flame Damage. While slotted on either bar, you gain Major Prophecy and Savagery, increasing your Spell and Weapon Critical rating by 2629.

Now launches three fireballs instead of one.
Passive abilities
Combustion icon Combustion Combustion
Combustion icon
Increases the damage of your Burning and Poisoned status effects by 40%. When you apply Burning or Poisoned to an enemy, you restore 1000 Magicka and Stamina. This effect can occur once every 3 seconds.
Warmth icon Warmth Warmth
Warmth icon
When you deal direct damage with an Ardent Flame ability, you reduce the enemy's Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
Searing Heat icon Searing Heat Searing Heat
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Increases the damage over time of your Fiery Breath, Searing Strike, and Dragonknight Standard abilities by 25% and the duration by 4 seconds.
World in Ruin icon World in Ruin World in Ruin
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Increases the damage of your Flame and Poison attacks by 5%.

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