Empty fade

Empty Fade
Skill type: Attack, Lag, Skill penalty
Primary user: Swordmaster
Activation lag: 2 rounds
Casting cost: 5 mana
Syntax: fade <target>

An empty fade is a technique taught to swordmasters to incapacitate their opponents. They draw back from a fight, feigning a retreat before leaping into the air to strike their foe with their knee. It will both penalize their skills and lag the target.