Cubics Activation

How does cubics activate? I just reached 40 on an ES and I couldn't figure out how to use the Aqua Cubic. I tried spaming Energy Bolt on some catacomb mobs, never saw it firing... Next I tried meleeing them, with a Homunkulus without soulshots. Again, no luck...

btw, sb drops for summoners: seraphim, learned at lvl 56 -> 1 mob lvl 39; merrow, learned at lvl 40 -> 1 mob lvl 49
nice one, nc... :confused: :confused: :confused:

Aqua cubic fires randomly on melee attacks or spell attacks, and fires pretty often. It is a DoT, so you don't see damage in the log.
All you see is the cubic move suddenly and a blue icy effect which might be hard to see when you are using aura bolt.

Try it on monsters below your level, and open with a curse. The aqua cubic is much more reluctant to fire on mobs with low HP.

The firing looks just like the animation of the "Ice Dagger" spell. To get a frame of reference, punch a GK for a while.

Also, cubics appear to fire more as you level. Whether it's because the cubic itself fires more or because the monster itself fulfills the firing conditions better, I couldn't tell you for sure, but I suspect the former.