Cynder's Attacks

Attack 1: Spectral Lightning

Spectral Lightning is a powerful ranged attack that has a good spread and good range and hits any enemies in front of Cynder. You can press the Attack 1 button when using this power, or press and hold it. Cynder suffers reduced movement while the button is held. This power works well with Shadow Dash once you invest in the Unstable Forces power. Hitting ghosts causes them to blow up, which then knocks back enemies. This is good for interrupting any enemy attacks, but a straight lightning attack actually does more damage.

Attack 2: Shadow Dash

Cynder's Shadow Dash doesn't directly damage enemies as she dashes into them. Instead she leaves behind a trail of ghosts that hurt any nearby enemies. This effect is automatic, and is a great bonus to the powerful inherent defensive nature of dash attacks. The cool thing about this power is that Cynder can dash right through enemies. While this doesn't affect the enemies at all, if you invest in Shadow Strike further down the line, it deals a moderate amount of damage on enemies without putting her at risk. The Shadowdancer Path has additional options for Shadow Dash. With a fully upgraded Shadow Dash, the ghosts aggressively attack enemies, slow them down, and do moderate damage. This isn't a great power to use against bosses (except as a defensive maneuver), but it's fantastic against large groups of enemies and in arena fights.

Attack 3: Cynder Flight

Like most other dragons, Cynder has this standard flight ability. Flight is great for increasing speed to help hit level time dares, as well as for avoiding level hazards.

Wow Pow Power: Lightning Rain!

Lightning Rain! is a great addition to Cynder's arsenal. The lightning attack is a medium range area-of-effect and inflicts high damage to everything in the area. This is a great power to use when faced with many smaller enemies, or when fighting enemies while flying.

Soul Gem Ability: Haunted Ally

When you unlock this power, a small purple ghost constantly floats beside Cynder. Whenever enemies get in close range, the Ghost automatically attacks them. The damage and speed of the attack isn't high, but it's automatic, so there's no drawback to using it.