Storm Build

Storm Build sends environment altering magical auras high into the nearby atmosphere, changing and adjusting the total weather in a 2 kilometer radius. The shift is specific to alter the weather to simulate a full electrical thunderstorm for a temporary period of time, which increases the power level of all electric elemental magic attacks by altering the electrosphere in the airspace even through the Siriean dome. This benefit to boosting electrical attacks applies to all wielders and active summons on the field. Most wielders use Storm Build before using the Thunder Strike spell, since Thunder Strike requires the presence of an electric thunderstorm in the first place. Storm Build may also disrupt the opposing team's aura if that aura is dependent on environmental factors of a clear sky or line of sight to starlight.

Predecessor Spells: None
Evolutionary Forms: None

Effect

Support Form: Environmental Aura
Support Type: Delayed Climate Alteration spell
Glyphring: False

Manifestation

The initial phase of this support spell has a rather long delay period. Nearly a full minute may go by before the effects take place, but this invocation delay time decreases with further practice, as does the lasting duration of the simulated climate spell. Once in effect, the sky in the area up to 2 kilometers is blocked out by slowly swirling dark clouds of an intense thunderstorm, often without any rain. This storm often lasts for about 3 minutes.

Source

Personal MP
Average MP usage: 16%

Effect Duration

For beginner level invocations, this thunderstorm can last for about 2 minutes, with 3 minutes being the recorded average for experienced wielders, and 4.75 minutes being the recorded maximum.

Effect Casting Time

3 seconds for beginners. The delay period before the weather changes is about 49 seconds for beginner level invocations.

Range

Any

Level

Boost to Electric Elements: 200%

Applied Restriction

Weather changing spells can cancel out and override existing weather altering spells from opposing wielders. There isn't much that would prevent something like Storm Build from being properly invoked. But military data shows that when used in the presence of an expanded dark zone, spells such as Storm Build may fail.