Aspect of the Viper

Aspect of the Viper
Aspect of the Viper Hunter ability 40 mana Instant The hunter takes on the aspects of a viper, regenerating mana equal to up to 55% of Intellect every 5 sec. The lower the hunter's current mana, the more mana will be regenerated. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Nature
Cooldown	None
Related buff
Aspect of the Viper Regerating mana.

Vipers may appear sluggish, but they can lash out with deadly speed and precision.

The hunter takes on the aspects of a viper, regenerating mana equal to up to 55% of <his/her> Intellect every 5 sec (plus 5% bonus with at least two pieces of Gronnstalker's Armor). The lower the hunter's current mana, the more mana will be regenerated. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.

Uses

• Enables the Hunter to regenerate mana faster. Therefore, it reduces their overall downtime and helps restore mana in long fights.
• Stacks with equipment and items consisting of +mana every 5 seconds bonuses.
• When combined with Efficiency (Tier 2 Marksman Talent) Aspect of the Viper is an even more effective tool for long grinding sessions, raid bosses and chaotic multiple pulls.
• Getting your mana to around half way and using Aspect of the Viper regenerates a majority of what is used by Steady Shot, Serpent Sting and Arcane Shot in a battle against a NPC.
• This spell is also extremely usefull for long grinding sessions where one is looking for little to no down time at all between pulls. That said, it increases a Hunter's farming ability even further.

Limitations

• A hunter can only have one Aspect on at a time.

Rank Table

	Level	Mana Cost	Mana Regen Bonus	Training Cost
Rank 1	64	40	11-55% of Intellect in mana/5 sec (depending on available mana)	9

Scaling of the Spell Effect with Current Mana

The effectiveness of the spell changes with the hunter's current mana. With at least 90% mana, the effect is 11% of total Intellect. This is followed by a linear increase up to 55% of total Intellect until the mana bar is down to 20%. The base effect can never be higher than 55% or lower than 11% of total Intellect unless the Gronnstalker set bonus is applied.

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Diagram showing the AotV effect

The exact formula for the scaling appears to be:

MP5_Viper = Intellect × 22/35 × ( 0.9 - Mana_current / Mana_max ) + Intellect × 0.11

with a lower cap of Intellect × 0.11 and an upper cap of Intellect × 0.55

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