Shadow Strike - Eli Validus' Magic

Description: Terra was a goddess whose domain was over the earth. Hailed as "Mother Earth" Terra's influence was a fairly broad one with two major highlights:  Earth, and Fertility. Terra's influence brings itself to bare within the host as an influence over the earth.
Ability:  The aspect of Terra grants its host some of it's influence over ground and stone based magics. Their own earthen magic can only be consumed by god slayers. Earth magic costs 5% extra when targeting the host and they are 30% resistant to the element. The host can spend half of the magical energy a earth spell to nullify it(max S-rank).
Gains a user-ranked Earth-based signature spell.  (S-rank Max)  It must be made in the magic app as normal in addition to spells made.

Usage: Passive,  3 post cooldown on nullification. Can only be used three times per thread.

Name Strength of Earth
Rank: C
Type: Earth, Offensive, Buff, Eli
Description: Eli empowers his melee attacks with the power of Earth latent inside him, increasing his physical strength vastly. While active, Eli deals additional C Rank Earth damage on attack.
Duration: 3 Posts
Cooldown: 2 Posts
Strengths:

• Physical Strength; Eli has very little physical strength, this spell allowing him to amplify it for more sturdy enemies.
  
• Weapon; This spell works on any melee attack Eli doesn't, regardless of weapon. This means if disarmed, it allows Eli to have some weight to his attacks regardless.
  

Weaknesses:

• Duration; The spell has a fairly short duration, making it easy for enemies to simply to wait out it's duration.
  
• Melee; The buff only applies to Eli's melee attacks, meaning ranged enemies can easily avoid it's effects, or any who can dodge his melee attacks.
  
• Simple; This spell has very little extra effects or powers on it, making it less versatile than anything else he has.
  

Name Shadow Spikes
Rank: C
Type: Shadow, Offensive, Parasite
Description: Extending tendril's out from Eli's shadow, the parasite attempts to stab at an enemy. The tendrils are made up of solidified shadow, and can only extend up to 15m away from Eli. The shadows are strong and versatile, able to take any shape for the attack, but the thicker the tendrils the slower they are.
Duration: 1 Post
Cooldown: N/A
Strengths:

• Versatility; The shadow spikes are able to take almost any form provided the correct lighting, and as such can be difficult to adapt to. So long as Eli uses this correctly, it can keep most opponents on their toes.
  
• Costless;The parasite struggles with casting spells since it only regenerates MP by stealing it from Eli. Having a spell it can cast without MP cost allows it to do things in rougher situations.
  

Weaknesses:

• Light; The shadows are made from Eli's shadow, and are affected by the light of the area. They cannot stretch into very bright areas, nor can they be used without any light to make a shadow.
  
• Strength; The shadows don't hit very hard, favoring versatility instead of power. As such, they can almost be shrugged off by tougher opponents.
  
• Predictable; The shadows aren't very subtle, being deep black tendrils that extend from his shadow. This makes them particularly easy to spot and prepare for, as well as avoid or brace for.
  

Name Shadow Step
Rank: D
Type: Shadow, Offensive, Eli
Description: Eli steps through the shadows, disappearing and re-appearing behind a target. Eli must have direct line of sight of the target, and they cannot have anything blocking the area behind them. Eli can travel up to 15m with this spell.
Duration: 1 Post
Cooldown: 3 Posts
Strengths:

• Movement; When dealing with difficult enemies to keep under control, Eli can use this spell to close the distance to them, allowing him to gain control of the situation.
  
• Escape; Eli can also use this spell to duck behind an ally gaining cover from an attack or dodging someones attention.
  

Weaknesses:

• Walls; Eli needs room to appear behind the target, meaning that if they have a wall or another object to their back, he can't cast the spell.
  
• Physical; This spell puts Eli into physical combat with an enemy, something he doesn't completely excel at. Using this against physically stronger enemies is very risky and could easily turn on him.
  
• Line of Sigght; Eli needs to be able to see the target to appear behind them, making getting behind enemies with cover difficult if not impossible.
  

Name Concealment
Rank: D
Type: Shadow, Defensive, Parasite
Description: The parasite emits an illusionary spell, bending the shadows around him to prevent site. Within a 1m radius of Eli, all targets are protected from site, the light redirected by the shadows and making them invisible to normal sight. The targets can still be sensed by those with good magical perception, but their exactly location would remain hidden. A rank or higher mages can see through this spell.
Duration: 2 Posts
Cooldown: 4 Posts
Strengths:

• Stealth; This spell allows both Eli and people around him stealth, meaning they can infiltrate enemy lines with detection easily.
  
• Concealment; This spell makes all people within range of Eli invisible to those outside, not just allies. This can be used to hide enemies from other enemies or conceal attacks Eli is making.
  

Weaknesses:

• Rank; Higher level mages can see through the spell, rendering it essentially useless around them. As well, mages with apt magical power sensing can still notice Eli skulking around.
  
• Range; The spell only extends 1m around Eli, making it very difficult to hide more than a handful of people with him.
  
• Sound; The spell only conceals them visually, not in any other way. This means any sounds they make can still be heard by others, and means it requires utmost stealth from those involved.
  

Name Shadowblades
Rank: D
Type: Shadow, Offensive, Parasite
Description: The parasite releases 3 powerful bursts of energy from Eli's hand, zoning in and hitting up to 3 targets. The blast is small and black, shaping itself like a crescent. Each does 25% D rank damage, but also applies any extra effects to Eli's melee attacks. The blasts can track people up to 20m, but cannot go through walls and can be blocked.
Duration: 1 Post
Cooldown: 2 Posts
Strengths:

• Range; This spell is one of Eli's few ways to hurt an enemy at range, allowing him to deal with long range enemies.
  
• Melee Effects; This spell applies Eli's effects from his melee attacks, letting him get their bonus effects on targets as he's closing distance.
  

Weaknesses:

• Block; The spell doesn't travel through walls, making it easy to dodge should someone duck behind cover.
  
• Low Damage; The spell hits for a very minimal amount of damage, especially if Eli doesn't have any extra effects on his melee attacks activated.
  
• Parasite; Since the spell is cast by the parasite, it drains it's limited mana pool, making it's casts limited.
  

Name Shadow Curse
Rank: D
Type: Shadow, Offensive, Buff, Eli
Description: Eli empowers his melee attacks, causing them to deal minor shadow damage and amplify an enemies damage taken. Anyone hit by Elis melee attacks empowered by this spell takes 50% D rank shadow damage, and has their damage taken from Eli's spells increased by 5%, stacking up to 5 times. This debuff lasts for 3 Posts.
Duration: 3 Posts
Cooldown: 4 Posts
Strengths:

• Curses; This spell combo's well with his other melee attack increases spells, amplifying their damage and making it much harder for people to take his physical attacks.
  
• Spells; Eli's few spells that do damage don't do a particularly high amount, making this spell more important to amplify their damage.
  

Weaknesses:

• Melee; This spell requires Eli to be in physical range for effect, meaning if the enemy can keep distance it has no effect.
  
• Stacks; For the spell to truly be effective, Eli has to get multiple stacks on the enemy, which can be very difficult against most targets.
  
• Damage; Eli has very few spells that deal damage, meaning this spell has few synergies with most of his spells.
  

Name Mirror Image
Rank: C
Type: Shadow, Illusion, Parasite
Description: The parasite summons it's power to create a temporary clone of Eli. The clone is solid and can interact with things, but has a diminished power compared to Eli, as well as being unable to cast spells. For combat purposes the clone is considered a D rank mage with 50 max health. The clone is visually identical to Eli at the moment of casting, made up of solidified shadow. The clone moves according to Eli's will, acting just like him and following Eli's subconscious plans. The clone has any buff effects Eli has active, and gains a copy of his current weapon. It keeps any special effects the weapon has, but any damage caused by the weapon is treated as D rank physical damage. Anything the clone sees or experiences Eli knows as well. The parasite may also create a temporary clone any other character, but it's duration is halved in this case. The behavior of the clone is identical to the Eli clone; nothing more than a different outward appearance. Eli must have seen the target he wishes to clone at some point, and may only clone them as he has seen them. The parasite may take over one of these clones to communicate with Eli however. When this occurs, it loses all combat stats and goes down to 1 health but has infinite duration.
Duration: 6 Posts
Cooldown: 7 Posts
Strengths:

• Two Bodies; Using this spell allows Eli access to the use of two bodies, enabling him to do things otherwise impossible without it.
  
• Deception; The clone is an incredibly useful tool for deceiving others, able to imitate many people's appearance and trick them.
  

Weaknesses:

• Strength; The clone is a weak comparison to Eli physically, who is already below average in that category. As such, it is very easily defeated when coming to direct blows.
  
• No-Magic; The clone is unable to access any of Eli's spells or abilities, which is where most of Eli's power lies.
  
• Obvious; The clone appears directly beside Eli when summoned, manifesting out of thin air. This makes it very easy to tell which is him and which is the clone unless Eli casts it beforehand or behind cover.
  

Name Dark Bargain
Rank: C
Type: Shadow, Defensive, Eli
Description: Eli entraps and seals any spell cast by a mage in his direct line of sight, outside of take-over and summoning spells or holder magic. Upon cast, this spell cancels the opponents spell and seals it away, allowing Eli access to it later. Within 2 posts of sealing a spell, Eli may release it for himself, re-directing it at the enemy. The spell cannot be B rank or higher, and the target must be within 5m of Eli at the time of casting. If not recast within 2 posts the spell fades.
Duration: 3 Posts
Cooldown: 5 Posts
Strengths:

• Cancelling; Eli can use this when he's caught in a tough situation to completely reverse it, turning an opponents spell into his own.
  
• Duration; Eli doesn't have to cast the spell immediately upon stealing it, instead able to wait a few moments for a better opportunity to employ it.
  

Weaknesses:

• Defensive; The spell requires the opponent to cast a spell, meaning if they don't do that in his line of sight Eli cannot steal one.
  
• Range; Eli has to be within almost close quarters to use this spell on an enemy, meaning if he is unable to close that distance he can't steal the spell.
  
• Types; Eli cannot steal Holder, Summoning or Takeover magic, meaning people who employ them never have to worry about this attack.
  

Name Draining Curse
Rank: C
Type: Shadow, Offensive, Buff, Eli
Description: Eli empowers his melee attacks, causing them to debuff anyone affected by them. While debuffed, any time the target casts a spell, Eli gains 2% MP. This effect lasts for 2 Posts, and can be stacked up to 5 times.
Duration: 3 Posts
Cooldown: 5 Posts
Strengths:

• Anti-Mage; This debuff is very effective against enemies who rely on spells, allowing Eli to limit their options and regain MP for the fight.
  
• Combo; This spell does very well with Eli's other curse spells, allowing him to increase his physical attacks to powerful threats.
  

Weaknesses:

• Melee; The spell requires melee contact for Eli to gain any advantage off it, meaning if enemies can avoid melee combat it does nothing.
  
• Spells; The curse only affects the enemy if they cast spells while debuffed, meaning if they simply avoid casting spells nothing really happens from the spell.
  
• Damage; The spell doesn't deal any additional damage, simply debuffing the enemy. This ties in with Eli's weakness of a lack of direct offensive spells, instead favoring versatility.