Static Spell Casting

Static Spell Casting is a method of casting spells without the use of gestures. This involves putting on a Power Pose, which is a way of positioning the body to help casting magical spells. Even though it is not necessary, magic users tend to use dramatic power poses since it puts them in the right mental environment.

Despite this form of spell casting benefiting the most from standing perfectly still, it is still possible to move around to dodge attacks, or to quickly alternate between running, stopping to enter a power pose to fire a spell, and then moving again. In addition, it is also possible to use some tactics such as using Levitate to strafe and have some limited movement while keeping the body stiff in the power pose.

Strengths

 * Combined effect of having spells as strong as in Gesture Spell Casting while still having Mental Energy use just as efficient as Latent Spell Casting
 * No direct telegraphing - this means that when standing still, opponents have no way to tell when the magic user is actually going to fire - all opponents could possibly know is that as long as they are moving, they cannot fire spells using static spell casting.
 * Less physically exhausting than Gesture Spell Casting
 * Best resistance to Spell Interruption
 * Easiest to grasp

Weaknesses
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 * Very little space control compared to Latent Spell Casting and inferior offensive capabilities to Gesture Spell Casting
 * Decreased mobility, which also means increased vulnerability to incoming attacks
 * Hard to master