Volfen Blessing

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This article is about the elite Norn version of Volfen blessing. For the unlinked non-elite temporary version, see Volfen Blessing (temporary).

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Skill details

Volfen Blessing

Campaign:	Eye of the North
Profession:	None
Attribute:	Norn Title Track
Type:	Elite Skill

		10				30

Full: You take on the aspect of the wolf. Your Energy returns to maximum and you have -2 Energy degeneration. You have +60...100 maximum Health and +1...4 Health regeneration. All enchantments upon you are removed. Wolf attacks replace your skills. You gain Energy every time you take or deal damage. This skill ends when your Energy drops to 0.

Concise: Lose all your enchantments. You take on the aspect of the wolf. Your Energy returns to maximum and you have -2 Energy degeneration. You have +60...100 maximum Health and +1...4 Health regeneration. Wolf attacks replace your skills. You gain Energy every time you take or deal damage. Ends when your Energy drops to 0.

1 Progression
2 Wolf Skills
3 Acquisition
4 Notes
5 Related skills
6 Related articles

[edit] Progression

Norn Title Track	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Health Regeneration	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4
+Maximum Health	60	63	68	71	76	79	84	87	92	95	100

[edit] Wolf Skills

While under the aspect of the Wolf, your normal skill bar will be replaced with the following Volfen skill bar:

Empty

[edit] Acquisition

Skill Quests

Leader of the Pack (Hogni Truthseeker in Drakkar Lake)

[edit] Notes

This skill sets your energy regeneration to -2. Thus, every class will lose energy at a standard rate regardless of original energy regeneration.
Since the energy depreciation is set, skills that give you energy regeneration such as Blood Ritual or Blood is Power are useless.
However, The inscriptions Seize the Day and Live for Today, along with the Zealous Mod, can be used to get the bonus with out suffering from the loss of energy regeneration. With a zealous weapon you will gain double energy, once from the positive effects of the zealous weapon, and again from the positive effects from the skill. Weapons such as daggers and scythes are particularly effective as they hit more often than other weapons.
High ranks in Soul Reaping, Leadership, Critical Strikes, Mysticism and Energy Storage help to maintain the aspect for longer.
This skill doesn't count on any elite Skill Hunter title track.
As the totem skills do not count as attacks, Signet of Stamina can be useful here as it will last the duration of the skill unless you manually attack.
Charm Animal continues to function, allowing you to use a pet, even though the Volfen Blessing skills replace your entire skill bar.
While the blessing removes enchantments, it will not remove any refrains. Thus, skills like Mending Refrain, Bladeturn Refrain or Aggressive Refrain can be kept up indefinitely by consistently using Volfen Bloodlust.
Likewise, the blessing will not remove any stances. The use of Dwarven Stability in conjunction with high Inspiration Magic can extend the durations of stances such as Physical Resistance and Elemental Resistance to over 3 minutes for effective energy upkeep. Drunken Master is also a good option.
If your party receives a morale boost while you have Volfen Blessing on you, and you are carrying resurrection skills such as Sunspear Rebirth Signet or Resurrection Signet, it will not recharge.
You can also use a vampiric weapon with no downside, as you have an automatic health regeneration.