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
- Tempest Caller — Grants the skill Elemental Storm, which triggers on Critical Hit with Spells.
- Constant Gale — You have permanent Arcane Surge.
- Force of Will — 20% of damage is taken from Mana before Life, and you gain 20% increased effect of Arcane Surge on you per 10% of missing Mana. (Reworked in patch 0.3.0 — the previous version scaled Arcane Surge's effect off your total maximum Mana instead of how much you were missing; some older guides still describe that version.)
- Multiplying Squalls — +2 to the Limit for Elemental Skills. (Buffed from +1 in patch 0.4.0 — also renamed from an earlier "Rain Dancer.")
- Refracted Infusion — When you collect an Elemental Infusion, you guarantee gaining another different Elemental Infusion. (Made unconditional in patch 0.4.0 — it was only a 50% chance in patch 0.3.0, and before that a completely different node called "Heart of the Storm" that granted Elemental Damage Recoup as Energy Shield instead.)
- Storm's Recollection — Remnants you create reappear once, 3 seconds after being collected, and can be collected from 50% further away.
- Strike Twice — Targets can be affected by two of your Shocks at the same time, at the cost of 25% less Magnitude of Shock you inflict. (Reworked in patch 0.2.0 — the previous version instead gave 50% less Shock Duration; some older guides still show that.)
- Shaper of Storms — All damage from Hits contributes to Shock chance.
- Heavy Snows — Targets can be affected by two of your Chills at the same time (capped at a maximum 35% action-speed slow), at the cost of 25% less Magnitude of Chill you inflict.
- Shaper of Winter — All damage from Hits contributes to Chill Magnitude.
Small passives
- 12% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
- 12% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells
- 20% increased chance to Shock
- 25% increased Chill Duration on Enemies
- +4% to all Elemental Resistances
- 12% increased Elemental Damage
- 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.
