Identity
Stormweaver is Sorceress's elemental crit Ascendancy: it stacks two Shocks and two Chills on enemies simultaneously instead of the usual one each, scales critical damage off how much Mana you're missing, and periodically triggers a large Elemental Storm off spell crits. It rewards aggressive Mana spending and layering ailments rather than playing conservatively.
Notables
Small passives
- 12% increased Mana Regeneration Rate (this passive appears twice on the tree — confirmed via this site's own datamined tree data; taking both stacks the bonus)
- 12% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells (this passive appears twice on the tree — confirmed via this site's own datamined tree data; taking both stacks the bonus)
- 20% increased chance to Shock (this passive appears twice on the tree — confirmed via this site's own datamined tree data; taking both stacks the bonus)
- 25% increased Chill Duration on Enemies (this passive appears twice on the tree — confirmed via this site's own datamined tree data; taking both stacks the bonus)
- Two separate "Remnants can be collected from 25% further away" small passives
Keystone
Stormweaver has no keystone-tier node of its own.
Practical notes
- Force of Will rewards running Mana low rather than topped off — the lower your current Mana, the bigger the Arcane Surge bonus, which cuts against the instinct to keep a full Mana bar as a safety buffer.
- Strike Twice and Heavy Snows both trade some per-instance ailment strength for the ability to double-stack that ailment — this Ascendancy's whole identity leans on stacking two of the same ailment rather than maximizing one.
- Refracted Infusion's guarantee (not a coin flip) means Elemental Infusion generation from this Ascendancy is fully reliable once you have it — worth knowing if you're comparing this against older written guides that still describe it as a 50% chance.
