Stormbringer
A storm-brawler who banks lightning in his weapon while meleeing, then discharges it as an instant, free Lightning Bolt mid-swing without ever dropping his melee rhythm. Strength powers the lightning, so this fighter wears mail and swings hard.
Talents
Your weapon auto-attacks have an 8% chance per rank to deal an additional Nature hit, using the existing shared proc cooldown.
Melee hits have an 8% chance per rank to bank one extra Maelstrom charge, at most once per second.
A prepared Lightning Bolt grants 3% attack speed per rank for 4 seconds, at most once every 2 seconds.
Every direct Stormstrike hit grants 4 armor per rank for 6 seconds, at most once per second.
Your prepared Lightning Bolt deals 25% more impact damage. Choose a focused discharge instead of Voltaic Discharge spreading damage and slowing a group.
A prepared Lightning Bolt shares 12 plus 30% Strength Nature damage among up to three enemies and slows them by 30% for 2 seconds, at most every 6 seconds. It gives no Stormstrike reset.
A prepared Lightning Bolt restores 2 mana per rank, at most once per second. This is resource generation from discharge.
Chain Lightning becomes a 200-radius AoE around you that stuns struck enemies for 1s.
CAPSTONE — ascend into a living storm, wreathing yourself in a doomwind that massively empowers and accelerates your melee strikes for 15 seconds. Replaces Ascendance and Storm Lord as your single offensive transformation.
A prepared Lightning Bolt reduces Doomwind Ascendance cooldown by 1 second per rank, at most once every 2 seconds.
Talent points are earned one per level from level 3, for 18 in total. Tiers unlock on points already spent in this specialization.
Signature abilities
| Replaces | Becomes |
|---|---|
| Stormstrike | Tempest Strike |