Tail Wind

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• Zephyr generates a powerful gust of wind for propulsion, expending 25 energy while grounded or 12.5 energy while airborne, to soar toward the aiming reticle at a speed of 30 meters per second for 1 second. While in flight, Zephyr rides an air current with a 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2 meters radius, which inflicts 375 / ? / ? / 750  Slash damage and  Knockdown to all enemies it contacts.
  • If cast from the ground, aiming at any direction propels Zephyr forward, while aiming straight down causes Zephyr to skyrocket upward.
  • If cast while airborne, aiming at any direction propels Zephyr forward, while aiming straight down or within a 45 degree angle toward the ground causes Zephyr to perform a Dive Bomb technique.
  • Zephyr maintains a portion of the momentum generated by Tail Wind once the dash ends.
  • If Zephyr slams into an obstacle such as a wall during her dash, she can immediately break away from the surface by performing a wall jump (default Spacebar ).
  • At the end of each Tail Wind dash, Aim Glide will be reset. To repeatedly aim glide without landing, Zephyr must first stop aiming then aim down sights (default hold RMB  while in midair) to reactivate this maneuver after each successive dash.
• Zephyr executes different aerial combat techniques with Tail Wind depending on the activation conditions:

• Dive Bomb
• Hover Glide

Dive Bomb

• While Zephyr is airborne, casting Tail Wind directly downward or within a 45 degree angle toward the ground, causes Zephyr to nose dive to the location at an initial speed of 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 meters per second; during the dive, Zephyr will continue to accelerate until impact. On impact, Zephyr creates an explosion in a 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 meters radius around the landing point that inflicts 2,250 / ? / ? / 4,500 base  Impact damage amplified by height of the dive and  Knockdown.
  • Total explosion damage depends on the height at which Tail Wind is activated:
    • Total explosion damage is calculated by multiplying the base damage by 0.2 × Activation Height (e.g., activating Tail Wind at 15 meters will yield 0.2 × 15 × 4500 = 13,500 damage at max rank).
    • Activating Dive Bomb at a height less than 4 meters will only inflict base damage.
  • Damage requires Line of Sight from the point of impact to enemies
  • Damage does not decrease with distance.
• Dive Bomb will only activate  Heavy Impact if the required height is achieved.
• Performing a dive bomb during a Bullet Jump causes Zephyr to softly rebound away from the landing point and back into the air.

Hover Glide

While Zephyr is airborne, holding down the ability key then releasing it (default 1 ) causes Zephyr to expend 12.5 energy then drain 5 energy per second to immediately arrest her momentum then sustain her altitude in a continuous hover. While hovering in the air, Zephyr may attack with, switch and reload her weapons, as well as cast her abilities; as she hovers, Zephyr may also glide along the horizontal plane using the movement keys (default W A S D ) at a reduced movement speed, accelerate by using Sprint (default hold LShift ), and slide toward the directional input (default W A S D  + hold LCtrl ) to strafe quickly.

• Hover Glide's energy drain is not converted into shields by Augur Mods.
• Zephyr cannot replenish energy using  Energy Vampire,  Rally Point, Rift Plane's innate energy regeneration, Squad Energy Restores,  Energy Siphon,  Energy Nexus,  Dreamer's Bond, and/or  Wellspring while the Hover Glide is active.
• Energy Orbs, Orokin Void Death Orb's energy restores,  Rage,  Hunter Adrenaline,  Spellbound Harvest,  Arcane Energize, and  Emergence Dissipate's Energy Motes can still replenish Zephyr's energy while the Hover Glide is active.
• Despite it's constant energy drain and the above energy interactions common with other channeled abilites, Hover Glide is NOT considered a channeled ability. As such, any Incarnon evolutions, Arcanes, or anything else requiring an active channeled ability will not be triggered by Hover Glide.

Glide speed is affected by Movement Speed and Sprint Speed buffs and mods, such as  Jet Stream.

Hover Glide will automatically deactivate when Zephyr's energy pool fully depletes, upon touching a horizontal surface, performing a Tail Wind dash, dodge roll (default tap LShift ), jump (default Spacebar ), bullet jump (default LCtrl  + Spacebar ), quick melee attack or melee slam attack (default E ).

Cannot be activated while Zephyr is grounded. If already active, holding down the ability key results in a Tail Wind dash.

• Activating Tail Wind multiple times allows Zephyr to propel herself farther into the air, effectively simulating flight. There is a slight cooldown between activation.
• Can be used to pass through Laser Barriers unharmed in most cases.
• Casting Tail Wind interrupts reloading.
• Air current visual effects are affected by Zephyr's chosen Warframe energy color.