diff --git a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/data/ability/Ability.java b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/data/ability/Ability.java
index a73a8a0a2..d944f7535 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/data/ability/Ability.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/data/ability/Ability.java
@@ -1050,10 +1050,11 @@ public abstract class Ability implements IAbility, IAbilityAction {
                 return null;
         }
 
-        telegraph.setDurationTicks(windUpTicks);
+        int windUp = getWindUpTicks();
+        telegraph.setDurationTicks(windUp);
         telegraph.setColor(windUpColor);
         telegraph.setWarningColor(activeColor);
-        telegraph.setWarningStartTick(Math.max(5, windUpTicks / 4));
+        telegraph.setWarningStartTick(Math.max(5, windUp / 4));
         telegraph.setHeightOffset(telegraphHeightOffset);
 
         TelegraphInstance instance = new TelegraphInstance(telegraph, x, y, z, yaw);
@@ -1171,7 +1172,9 @@ public abstract class Ability implements IAbility, IAbilityAction {
         this.burstIndex = 0;
         this.burstEntities.clear();
 
-        if (windUpTicks <= 0) {
+        // Use the effective windup, not the raw field: when the windup is synced to an
+        // animation the raw field is not the duration that actually applies.
+        if (getWindUpTicks() <= 0) {
             this.phase = AbilityPhase.ACTIVE;
         } else {
             this.phase = AbilityPhase.WINDUP;
@@ -1193,7 +1196,7 @@ public abstract class Ability implements IAbility, IAbilityAction {
 
         switch (phase) {
             case WINDUP:
-                if (currentTick >= windUpTicks) {
+                if (currentTick >= getWindUpTicks()) {
                     phase = AbilityPhase.ACTIVE;
                     currentTick = 0;
                     return true;