Gathering Storm

Looming Clouds max 4

Whenever you expend a Storm Stack you have a chance to cast Storm Bolt at an additional enemy.

• +8% Storm Bolt Chance

Concentrated Storm max 4

Gathering Storm deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) and you expend Storm Stacks more frequently, but Storm Bolts target enemies within a smaller area.

• +8% Damage
• +8% Storm Bolt Cast Frequency
• -8% Target Area

Requires Looming Clouds

In the Eye of the Storm max 2

Whenever you expend a Storm Stack you have a chance to cast Maelstrom.

• 5% Maelstrom Chance

Requires Concentrated Storm or A Storm Gathers

A Storm Gathers max 3

Whenever you expend a Storm Stack you have a chance to gain a stack instead of losing one.

• 6% Chance To Gain Stack

Requires Looming Clouds

Lightning Gale max 1

Whenever you expend a Storm Stack you have a chance to gain Haste.

• 15% Haste Chance

Requires 2 points in A Storm Gathers

Whirlwind Tactics max 4

Whenever you use a companion ability you expend Storm Stacks over the next 0.3 seconds.

Storm Bolts triggered this way deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers).

• 1 Expends Storm Stacks On Companion Use
• +15% Storm Bolt Damage fixed

Requires Lightning Gale

Lightning Strikes Twice max 1

Whenever you hit a boss or rare enemy with a Storm Bolt you have a chance to cast it again at the same enemy after 0.25 seconds.

• 20% Storm Bolt Repeat Chance

Requires Looming Clouds or Lagonian Diplomacy

Lagonian Diplomacy max 1

While wielding a staff the melee attack of Gathering Storm is replaced by a direct ranged cast of Storm Bolt, but Gathering Storm costs additional mana.

• Ranged Storm Bolt With Staff
• +6 Mana Cost

Requires Lightning Strikes Twice or Clouds on the Horizon

Gathering Storm cast this way is affected by effects which apply to Gathering Storm and to Storm Bolt, but it is no longer a melee attack.

Clouds on the Horizon max 2

Storm Bolts target enemies from farther away.

• +25% Target Area

Requires Lagonian Diplomacy or Friends of the Tempest

Friends of the Tempest max 5

If you have from 1 to 15 Storm Stacks, your minions' lightning skill hits have a chance to grant you a Storm Stack.

• 8% Minion Storm Stack Chance

Requires Clouds on the Horizon or 2 points in Thunderous Strikes

If Gathering Storm is converted to physical or cold then this requires a physical or cold hit instead.

Thunderous Strikes max 4

Gathering Storm penetrates enemy lightning resistance.

• +10% Lightning Penetration

Requires 2 points in Friends of the Tempest or Windfury Blows

If Gathering Storm is converted to physical or cold then this grants physical or cold penetration.

Excited Bolts max 1

Storm Bolts now consume a portion of your current mana to deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per 10 current mana, up to a maximum.

• 1% Current Mana Consumption
• +3% Damage Per 10 Current Mana
• 300% Max Damage Bonus

Requires 2 points in Thunderous Strikes

The amount of mana consumed is also restricted by the max damage bonus, so having more than 1,000 current mana won't consume more than 10 mana.

Two Eyed Storm max 1

Whenever you expend a Storm Stack while dual wielding you now cast Storm Bolts at two enemies instead of one.

• Additional Storm Bolt While Dual Wielding

Requires Excited Bolts

Windfury Blows max 3

Gathering Storm has increased attack speed.

• +5% Attack Speed

Manafused Storm max 1

Whenever you directly use Gathering Storm you gain mana per active Storm Stack up to a maximum.

• 1 Mana Gain Per Storm Stack On Use
• 5 Maximum Storm Stacks

Requires Windfury Blows or The Typhoon

The Typhoon max 2

You have increased global stun chance and additional freeze rate multiplier per active Storm Stack up to a maximum.

• 15% Increased Stun Chance Per Storm Stack
• +15% Freeze Rate Multiplier Per Storm Stack
• 10 Maximum Storm Stacks fixed

Requires Manafused Storm or Energized by the Skies

Energized by the Skies max 3

Gathering Storm's hits have a chance to consume mana to grant you additional Storm Stacks.

• 25% Chance To Consume Mana fixed
• 6 Mana Consumed
• +1 Additional Storm Stacks

Requires The Typhoon or Island Cleaver

This has no effect if you have no current mana.

Mana consumption happens after the mana gain from the Manafused Storm node.

Island Cleaver max 4

Gathering Storm's melee attack deals damage in a larger area and you have a chance to gain an additional Storm Stack if you hit at least 3 enemies with the same melee attack.

• +12% Melee Area
• 25% Additional Storm Stack Chance

Requires Energized by the Skies or Windfury Blows or 2 points in Tempest Weapon

Wings of Lightning max 4

Whenever you use Gathering Storm and hit at least one enemy you gain a stack of Wings of Lightning.

Each time one of your Storm Crows attack, they consume a stack of Wings of Lightning, causing their basic attack to chain 2 additional times.

• 1 Number Of Storm Crows

Requires 3 points in Island Cleaver

Jolting Strikes max 4

Storm Bolts' hits have chance to shock enemies.

Gathering Storm deals more melee damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) to shocked enemies.

• +25% Storm Bolts Shock Chance
• +10% Melee Damage To Shocked

If Gathering Storm is converted to cold or physical respectively this depends on frostbite or armor shred.

Tempest Weapon max 2

Gathering Storm deals additional spell damage per 3 melee damage on your equipped axe or mace.

The added spell damage granted by this effect is significantly reduced when applied to a Storm Totem through its Unmatched Storms.

• +1 Spell Damage Per 3 Melee Damage
• 50% Reduced Effect on Storm Totem fixed

Requires 2 points in Jolting Strikes or 2 points in Island Cleaver

Earth Smasher max 1

Gathering Storm's and Storm Bolt's base lightning damage is converted to physical. Consequently this damage scales with increases to physical damage, but not increases to lightning damage.

Shock chance on hit from all sources is converted to armor shred chance for Gathering Storm.

Swaps Gathering Storm's Lightning tag for a Physical tag.

• Physical Conversion
• Shock -> Armor Shred Chance

Requires Jolting Strikes

Seismic Crash max 1

Gathering Storm deals additional melee damage per Strength while wielding a 2 handed weapon.

• +1 Melee Damage Per Strength

Requires Earth Smasher

Frostbringer max 1

Gathering Storm's and Storm Bolt's base lightning damage is converted to cold. Consequently this damage scales with increases to cold damage, but not increases to lightning damage.

Shock chance on hit from all sources is converted to frostbite chance for Gathering Storm.

Swaps Gathering Storm's Lightning tag for a Cold tag.

• Cold Conversion
• Shock -> Frostbite Chance
• 40 Base Freeze Rate

Requires Jolting Strikes

Of Ice and Snow max 3

Gathering Storm's hits have a chance to chill enemies and a higher chance to freeze enemies.

• +20% Chill Chance
• +5 Freeze Rate

Requires Frostbringer

Winter Comes max 1

Gathering Storm has a higher chance to freeze enemies per 2 Attunement and it also has additional cold penetration for frostbite per 2 Attunement.

• +1% Freeze Rate Multiplier Per 2 Attunement
• +1% Frostbite Cold Penetration Per 2 Attunement

Requires 2 points in Of Ice and Snow

Rending Vortex max 1

Gathering Storm has improved base critical strike chance per stack of Maelstrom on you from any source.

• +1% Crit Chance Per Maelstrom

Requires 2 points in In the Eye of the Storm