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{{Infobox Ability
|name = Asphyxiate
|image = [[File:Asphyxiate (Beta).png]]
|skill = [[Magic]]
|type = Threshold
|members = No
|level = 1
|cooldown = 20
|equipment = Any
|description = Reach out with magical force and choke the life from your target over 6 seconds, dealing damage every 2 seconds. Your target is stunned for the duration of this effect. Channelled.
}}
[[File:Asphyxiate.gif|frame|left|A player using the Asphyxiate ability.]]
'''Asphyxiate''' is a threshold [[Beta:Ability book|ability]] associated with the [[Magic]] skill. It is available to all players, requiring only level 1 Magic. When activated, the user telekinetically strangles the target, attacking 4 times over a period of 6 seconds. Each successful hit momentarily stuns the target and deals up to 250% spell damage.

Asphyxiate is noteworthy for being one of the most powerful abilities in the game, particularly for a threshold ability. As each individual attack has a chance of dealing up to 250% spell damage, a high-levelled player could potentially deal several thousand damage in one use of Asphyxiate, particularly if wielding a [[Beta:Staff|staff]]. Many [[boss]] monsters have a [[damage cap]] that prevents any one attack from dealing more than a certain amount of damage to them; however, since Asphyxiate makes ''multiple'' attacks, it can technically bypass the cap. Against such monsters, Asphyxiate could be more powerful than [[Beta:Omnipower|Omnipower]], an ultimate ability that deals damage equal to 25% of the target's maximum [[Constitution|life points]]. As Omnipower deals all its damage in one attack, it is subject to the aforementioned damage cap against bosses, whereas Asphyxiate is affected less.

==Trivia==
*The Asphyxiate ability could be a reference to the [[w:c:starwars:Force Choke|Force Choke]] power from the ''Star Wars'' universe, popularized in the films by Darth Vader.
*The highest observed single hit with Asphyxiate is currently '''8188'''.

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imported>Atheist723 at 05:59, 14 October 2012