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This page of theDivinity Original Sin 2guide containsa detailed description of Polymorph magic school.

It is great for melee-oriented classes, especially those that rely on Strength such as Fighter or Paladin.

In addition to that, each point invested in it gives that character 1 extra Attribute point.

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Apotheosis- lowers Source Points cost of all abilities by 3 for 3 turns.

Bull Horns- gives 1 point to Retribution and allows to use Bull Rush ability.

Incompatible with Medusa Head ability.

PC

1 Memory

0 AP

An interesting ability that costs no AP - however, Bull Rush requires 1 point.

You should use this ability until you unlock Spread Your Wings.

Chameleon Cloak- casts Invisibility effect on a character.

PC

1 AP

A powerful ability that is especially useful to archers and assassins.

Thanks to it they can easily (and at a small cost!)

disappear from enemies' sight.

PC

Chicken Claw- casts Chicken Form status that lasts 2 turns.

Equalise- Vitality, magic and physical armor are added together and distributed evenly between all targets.

Flaming Skin- a target becomes invulnerable to Fire but Water resistance is lowered.

PC

A character bleeds fire.

You bleed fire - damage dealt to Vitality creates a pool of fire under that character’s feet.

Forced Exchange- exchanges Vitality percentage values of a caster and a target.

PC

If your enemy has no physical armor then their Vitality percentage value will be swapped with a caster.

Thanks to this ability you’re able to make your enemies lose thousands of health points.

Heart of Steel- regenerates physical armor each turn, the effect lasts 4 turns.

PlayStation

Icy Skin- a target becomes invulnerable to Water but Fire resistance is lowered.

A character bleeds ice.

This ability is useful when you must fight with an enemy that deals a lot of Water damage.

Xbox

You bleed ice - damage dealt to Vitality covers surface under that character in ice.

Jellyfish Skin- a target becomes invulnerable to Air but Poison and Earth resistance is lowered.

A character bleeds electrified water.

Mobile

This ability is useful when you must fight with an enemy that deals a lot of Air damage.

Unlocks Petrifying Visage ability.

Incompatible with Bull Horns ability.

Nintendo

Another situational ability that can alter a course of an entire battle.

If a character is surrounded by enemies that don’t have magic armor, they will become Petrified.

Poisonous Skin- a target becomes invulnerable to Poison but Air resistance is lowered.

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A character bleeds poison.

This ability is useful when you must fight with an enemy that deals a lot of Poison damage.

You bleed poison - damage dealt to Vitality creates a poisonous cloud under that character’s feet.

Skin Graft- resets cooldowns of all abilities.

Removes Burning, Necrofire, Poisoned and Bleeding effects.

Spider Legs- a character grows spider legs and gets Web ability.

Web creates a spider web on a surface which immobilizes everyone who steps on it.

Incompatible with Spread Your Wings ability.

A character that used Spider Legs is invulnerable to Enweb status effect.

Fly allows characters to reach areas that are unavailable on foot.

Incompatible with Spider Legs ability.

One of the best abilities in the entire game.

This ability is useful to all characters.

Summon Oily Blob- summon a creature that deals Earth-based damage and leaves Oil everywhere.

This spell is useful when you need Oil - this creature can create a lot of it.

Otherwise, there is no point in using it.

Tentacle Lash- deals damage at a medium distance and inflicts Atrophy on a target.

Enemies with Antrophy status effect can’t use their weapons and abilities that are connected to them.

Atrophy excludes most of enemies from a fight for 1 turn.

Terrain Transmutation- swap places of two different surfaces.

2 turns cooldown

A very situational but also a very effective spell.

Low cost and short cooldown are this ability’s strong points.

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