Rune-keeper Lightning Skills

Certain Rune-keeper skills are classified as Lightning Skills. This set of skills all deal Lightning-type damage to enemies, and are affected by a subset of traits, traceries, and effects. Generally, these skills are used when specialized in Solitary Thunder, and deal immediate burst damage.

Skills

The following skills are classified as Lightning skills:

•  Ceaseless Argument
•  Scribe's Spark
•  Writ of Lightning
•  Essence of Storm
•  Static Surge
•  Vivid Imagery
•  Shocking Words
•  Epic Conclusion
•  Sustaining Bolt
•  Shocking Touch

Note: This skill benefits from traits affecting Lightning Skills, but not Fury of Storm Skills

Interactions

Traits

• Specializing in the Solitary Thunder trait tree makes these skills have a 15% chance to apply or tier up Charged on the Rune-keeper, up to 5 stacks.
• The trait  Thunderous Words in the Solitary Thunder trait tree makes these skills have a 15% chance to grant the Thunderous Words effect to the Rune-keeper. Further ranks increase the potency of the effect.
• The trait  Harsh Debate in the Solitary Thunder trait tree makes these skills have a 15% chance to grant the Harsh Debate effect to the Rune-keeper. Further ranks increase the potency of the effect.
• The trait  Closing Remarks in the Solitary Thunder trait tree allows Thunderous Words and Harsh Debate to combine into Closing Remarks, and is converted into Aftershock when  Epic Conclusion is used. The trait also increases the proc chance of Thunderous Words and Harsh Debate by up to 5% each.
• The trait  Furious Storms in the Solitary Thunder trait tree makes these skills have up to a 100% a chance to apply or tier up Furious Storm on the Rune-keeper, up to 5 stacks.
• The set bonus  Lightning Affinity in the Solitary Thunder trait tree increases the damage of these skills by 20%.
• The set bonus  Master of Tragedy in the Solitary Thunder trait tree makes these skills restore 2% of the Rune-keeper's Power upon critical hit.
• The set bonus  Refutation in the Solitary Thunder trait tree makes these skills apply Refutation to the Rune-keeper upon critical hit.
• The set bonus  Static Surge in the Solitary Thunder trait tree makes these skills have a 20% chance to make  Static Surge available for use.
• The set bonus  Fire Affinity in the Cleansing Flame trait tree reduces the damage of these skills by 10%.

Traceries

• Fury of Storm Damage & Critical Multiplier increases the damage of these skills by up to 38.5% and the critical damage by up to 55%.
• Target Fury of Storm Resist Chance reduces the resist chance of these skills by up to 5.5%.