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• Nyx expends 75 Energy to engage a meditative stance, becoming invulnerable to both damage and new Status Effects and increasing her Threat Level to taunt enemies into attacking her. During this period, all damage dealt to Nyx, by enemies affected by  Chaos, and by the  Mind Controlled target is stored. After 5 seconds or the ability key is pressed again (default 4 ), Nyx releases a radial psychic blast, dealing all stored damage and a  Knockdown to every enemy in a 5 / ? / ? / 15 meter explosion that expands up to a maximum of 50 meters based on damage absorbed, with a minimum damage of 800 / 900 / 1000 / 1500  Magnetic damage. Upon releasing the wave, 0.025% of the absorbed damage is converted into an additive weapon damage bonus for 8 seconds, capped at 400% (64,000 damage absorbed), and gains 1 second of invulnerability per 5000 damage absorbed to a maximum of 6 seconds.
  • The range formula is given by the following:
    ${\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\text{Final Range}}=15\times {\text{Range}}+{\sqrt {5\times {\text{Absorbed Damage}}}}\div 50\end{aligned}}}$
    
    • With a maxed  Stretch, this results in about 400,000 damage taken or more to reach the maximum distance on the explosion.
    •  Assimilate halves the base 15 meters, resulting in
      ${\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\text{Final Range}}=7.5\times {\text{Range}}+{\sqrt {5\times {\text{Absorbed Damage}}}}\div 50\end{aligned}}}$
      
      • With a maxed  Stretch, this results in about 765,400 damage taken or more to reach the maximum distance on the explosion.
  • Weapon damage bonus formula is given by the following:
    ${\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\text{Weapon Damage Buff}}={\sqrt {0.025\%\times {\text{Ability Strength}}\times {\text{Absorbed Damage}}}}\end{aligned}}}$
    
    • So for example, a Nyx with 130% Ability Strength and 20,000 absorbed damage will receive a damage buff of (0.025% × 130% × 20,000)^0.5 = 254.951%
  • Damage done from  Mind Controlled targets and targets affected by  Chaos do not scale the range of the explosion.
  • Damage done from  Mind Controlled targets and targets affected by  Chaos do not increase the invulnerability duration after Absorb ends.
• Damage invulnerability does not extend to any Overguard obtained.
• Absorbed damage is not converted to  Magnetic damage, and retains the original damage composition.
• Explosion damage bypasses obstacles in the environment and diminishes with distance.
• The invulnerability is extended to Sentinels and MOAs, but not to Beast Companions.
• While active, Nyx can move, and can ascend or descend with the jump (default Spacebar ) and crouch (default Control ) buttons at a 70% speed multiplier, but cannot cast other abilities, use weapons, or perform parkour Maneuvers or general interactions.
• Ability Synergy: Damage inflicted from  Confused targets via  Mind Control and  Chaos are accumulated into Absorb's damage.
• If cast while falling out of bounds, Nyx will return from her original location and release Absorb immediately.
• Arcanes that require the player to receive damage to trigger (such as  Arcane Agility) can trigger while under effects of Absorb.