Timer
Timer is a type of spell variant that casts a payload of one or more spells after a fixed duration. If an obstacle is hit before that duration has passed it will act similarly to a Trigger instead.
The cast delay of spells inside the payload is ignored - particularly useful with Luminous Drill With Timer which also has a large cast delay reduction.
When a piercing projectile is given a Timer, or a With Timer spell is modified with Piercing Shot, then (within the duration of the timer) the projectile will release a copy of the payload repeatedly as it passes through an enemy.
For more information, see Triggers.
List of spells with timers
Note: While it has the same Timer icon, Black Hole with Death Trigger has an Expiration, rather than Timer, trigger.
Timer Durations
Timer spell variants have different periods before the timer fires. The time in seconds is calculated based on the lifetime in frames, and the game's default 60 frames per second. Timer duration can be different to the lifetime of the projectile, if shorter, it will fire while the projectile is still in flight. If longer, it fires when the projectile lifetime ends.
Spell | Projectile Lifetime |
Timer Duration | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frames | Seconds | % of Lifetime | ||
2 | 4 | ~0.07s | 200% | |
30 | 10 | ~0.17s | 33% | |
40 | 25% | |||
n/a | 20 | ~0.33s | n/a | |
60 | 33% | |||
10 | 40 | ~0.67s | 400% | |
25 | 160% | |||
30 | 133% | |||
35 | 114% | |||
50 | 100 | ~1.67s | 200% | |
750 | 200 | ~3.33s | 26% |