Build Guide
numlock 1, 2, and 4 and deal max damage with double archon stacks while explosive blast and in-geom are on
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Explosive Blast with Archon Stacks speed t13 rifts
by
ghostblaze
last updated Feb 16, 2018
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Patch 2.6.1
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Skills
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Storm Armor Power of the Storm- Storm Armor
Cost: 25 Arcane Power
Bathe yourself in electrical energy, periodically shocking a nearby enemy for 175% weapon damage as Lightning. Lasts 10 minutes.
Only one Armor may be active at a time.- Power of the Storm
Reduce the Arcane Power cost of all skills by 3 while Storm Armor is active.
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Archon Combustion- Archon
Cooldown: 120 seconds
Transform into a being of pure arcane energy for 20 seconds. While in Archon form, your normal abilities are replaced by powerful Archon abilities, your damage is increased by 30%, and your Armor and resistances are increased by 150%.
Each enemy killed while in Archon form increases your damage by 6% for the remaining duration of Archon.- Combustion
An explosion erupts around you when you transform, dealing 3680% weapon damage as Fire to all enemies within 15 yards.
Archon abilities deal Fire damage instead of Arcane. -
Explosive Blast Chain Reaction- Explosive Blast
Cost: 20 Arcane Power
Cooldown: 6 seconds
Gather an infusion of energy around you that explodes after 1.5 seconds for 945% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 12 yards.- Chain Reaction
Instead of a single explosion, release a chain of 3 consecutive explosions, each dealing 520% weapon damage as Fire.
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Diamond Skin Diamond Shards- Diamond Skin
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Transform your skin to diamond for 3 seconds, absorbing up to 40% of your Life in damage from incoming attacks.- Diamond Shards
When Diamond Skin fades, diamond shards explode in all directions dealing 863% weapon damage as Arcane to nearby enemies.
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Teleport Wormhole- Teleport
Cooldown: 11 seconds
Teleport through the ether to the selected location up to 50 yards away.- Wormhole
After casting Teleport, you have 3 seconds to Teleport 1 additional time.
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Frost Nova Frozen Mist- Frost Nova
Cooldown: 11 seconds
Blast nearby enemies with an explosion of ice and freeze them for 2 seconds.- Frozen Mist
Frost Nova no longer freezes enemies, but instead leaves behind a mist of frost that deals 915% weapon damage as Cold over 8 seconds.
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Audacity
- Audacity
You deal 30% additional damage to enemies within 15 yards.
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Evocation
- Evocation
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
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Unstable Anomaly
- Unstable Anomaly
When you receive fatal damage, you instead gain a shield equal to 400% of your maximum Life for 5 seconds and release a shockwave that knocks enemies back and Stuns them for 3 seconds.
This effect may occur once every 60 seconds. -
Paralysis
- Paralysis
Lightning spells have a 15% chance to Stun all targets hit for 1.5 seconds.
Items
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- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Set Helm- Primary Stats
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- Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
- +3 Random Magic Properties
- Empty Socket
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+330–524 Dexterity
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+330–524 Strength
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+330–524 Intelligence
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- Tal Rasha's Elements
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Tal Rasha's Brace
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- (2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
- (4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
- (6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
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- Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
Set Shoulders- 59 - 68 Armor
- Primary Stats
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- +51 - 60 Resistance to All Elements
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- Vyr's Amazing Arcana
- Vyr's Astonishing Aura
- Vyr's Fantastic Finery
- Vyr's Swaggering Stance
- Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
- Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
- Vyr's Sightless Skull
- (2) Set: Archon gains the effect of every rune.
- (4) Set: Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor, and Resistances by 1%.
- (6) Set: You gain 1 Archon stack when you hit with an Archon ability and Archon stacks also reduce damage taken by 0.15% and have their damage bonus increased to 50%.
- + 4 Random Magic Properties
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- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Set Amulet- Primary Stats
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- Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51.0–100.0%
- +4 Random Magic Properties
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+330–524 Dexterity
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+330–524 Strength
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+330–524 Intelligence
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- Tal Rasha's Elements
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Tal Rasha's Brace
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- (2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
- (4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
- (6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
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- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Set Chest Armor- Primary Stats
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- +220–349 Vitality
- Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
- +2 Random Magic Properties
- Empty Socket
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+220–349 Dexterity
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+220–349 Strength
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+220–349 Intelligence
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- Tal Rasha's Elements
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Tal Rasha's Brace
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- (2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
- (4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
- (6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
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- Nemesis Bracers
Legendary Bracers- 8 - 10 Armor
- Secondary Stats
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- Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion. {c:FF40E0D0}(Emanates)
- + 4 Random Magic Properties
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- Tal Rasha's Grasp
Set Gloves- Primary Stats
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- Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
- +4 Random Magic Properties
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+330–524 Dexterity
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+330–524 Strength
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+330–524 Intelligence
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- Tal Rasha's Elements
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Tal Rasha's Brace
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- (2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
- (4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
- (6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
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- Fazula's Improbable Chain
Legendary Belt- 6 - 7 Armor
- Secondary Stats
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- You automatically start with 40 - 50 Archon stacks when entering Archon form.
- + 4 Random Magic Properties
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- Tal Rasha's Stride
Set Pants- Primary Stats
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- +4 Random Magic Properties
- Empty Socket
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+220–349 Dexterity
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+220–349 Strength
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+220–349 Intelligence
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- Tal Rasha's Elements
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Tal Rasha's Brace
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- (2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
- (4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
- (6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
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- Vyr's Swaggering Stance
Set Boots- 30 - 35 Armor
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- Vyr's Amazing Arcana
- Vyr's Astonishing Aura
- Vyr's Fantastic Finery
- Vyr's Swaggering Stance
- Vyr's Grasping Gauntlets
- Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
- Vyr's Sightless Skull
- (2) Set: Archon gains the effect of every rune.
- (4) Set: Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor, and Resistances by 1%.
- (6) Set: You gain 1 Archon stack when you hit with an Archon ability and Archon stacks also reduce damage taken by 0.15% and have their damage bonus increased to 50%.
- + 4 Random Magic Properties
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- Manald Heal
Legendary Ring- Secondary Stats
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- Enemies stunned with Paralysis also take 13000 - 14000% weapon damage as Lightning.
- + 4 Random Magic Properties
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- Ring of Royal Grandeur
Legendary Ring- Primary Stats
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- Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
- +27–60 Life per Hit
- +2 Random Magic Properties
- Secondary Stats
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- Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
- One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)
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+24–29 Dexterity
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+24–29 Strength
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+24–29 Intelligence
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- In-geom
Legendary Sword- 4.2 Damage Per Second
- Secondary Stats
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- Your skill cooldowns are reduced by 8 - 10 seconds for 15 seconds after killing an elite pack.
- One of 8 Magic Properties (varies)
- +10 - 15% Damage
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+(132 - 308) Physical Damage
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+(132 - 308) Fire Damage
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+(132 - 308) Lightning Damage
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+(132 - 308) Cold Damage
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+(132 - 308) Poison Damage
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+(132 - 308) Arcane Damage
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+(132 - 308) Holy Damage
- + 2 Random Magic Properties
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- Orb of Infinite Depth
Legendary Source- Primary Stats
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- +1.471363E-43 Maximum Damage
- Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%
- Secondary Stats
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- Each time you hit an enemy with Explosive Blast your damage is increased by 8 - 10% and your damage reduction is increased by 20% for 6 seconds. This effect can stack up to 4 times.
- One of 1 Magic Properties (varies)
- +1.443337E-43 Minimum Damage
- + 3 Random Magic Properties
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Head
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Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Stat Priority: None
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Shoulders
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Vyr's Proud Pauldrons
- Stat Priority: None
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Amulet
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Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Stat Priority: None
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Torso
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Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Stat Priority: None
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Wrists
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Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: None
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Hands
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Tal Rasha's Grasp
- Stat Priority: None
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Waist
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Fazula's Improbable Chain
- Stat Priority: None
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Legs
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Tal Rasha's Stride
- Stat Priority: None
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Feet
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Vyr's Swaggering Stance
- Stat Priority: None
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Rings
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Manald Heal
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Ring of Royal Grandeur
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Halo of Karini
- Stat Priority: None
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Weapon
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In-geom
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Wand of Woh
- Stat Priority: None
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Offhand
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Orb of Infinite Depth
- Stat Priority: None
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Legendary Gems
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Bane of the Trapped
- Bane of the Trapped
Gem- Secondary Stats
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- Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
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Boon of the Hoarder
- Boon of the Hoarder
Gem- Primary Stats
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- 25.0% chance on killing an enemy to cause an explosion of gold.
- Gain 30% increased movement speed for 2 seconds after picking up gold. (Requires Rank 25)
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Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
- Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
Gem- Secondary Stats
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- Regenerates 10000 Life per Second.
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Kanai's Cube
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Wand of Woh
- Wand of Woh
Legendary Wand- 9.8 Damage Per Second
- Secondary Stats
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- The damage of Explosive Blast is increased by 300 - 400% and 3 additional blasts are triggered after casting Explosive Blast.
- One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
- +66 - 132 Minimum Damage
- +88 - 176 Maximum Damage
- + 3 Random Magic Properties
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The Swami
- The Swami
Legendary Wizard Hat- 150 - 185 Armor
- Secondary Stats
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- +7 - 9 Maximum Arcane Power
- Critical Hits grant 5 - 6 Arcane Power
- The bonuses from Archon stacks now last for 15 - 20 seconds after Archon expires.
- + 2 Random Magic Properties
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Halo of Karini
- Halo of Karini
Legendary Ring- Primary Stats
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- Sockets (1)
- Secondary Stats
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- You take 60 - 80% less damage for 5 seconds after your Storm Armor electrocutes an enemy more than 15 yards away.
- + 3 Random Magic Properties
Paragon Priorities
| Primary Stat |
| Vitality |
| Movement Speed |
| Maximum Resource |
| Attack Speed |
| Cooldown Reduction |
| Critical Hit Chance |
| Critical Hit Damage |
| Life |
| Armor |
| Resist All |
| Life Regeneration |
| Area Damage |
| Resource Cost Reduction |
| Life on Hit |
| Gold Find |
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