Runebrand

A rune of fire, rime, storm, venom or starlight burned along your weapon for a minute.

Kind

Buff, instant

Mana

10

Cooldown

2s

Price

120 gold

Needs first

nothing

What it does

Brands the weapons in your hands with an elemental rune for 60 s (Scribe's Wand: 90 s). The element is the variant picked when you prepare it (Ember, Rime, Storm, Venom or Star); each prepared variant takes its own bar slot. Every hit you deal (melee, shots and spells) gains flat damage of that element equal to 30% of your focus's average roll, fixed at the moment of casting (wand L1 about +2, staff L32 about +16, best staff L60 about +26). Each hit also has a 15% chance to apply the element's status: Ember burn 3/s for 3 s, Rime chill 0.3 for 2.5 s, Storm shock +15% for 3 s, Venom poison 2/s for 4 s (stacks to 5). Star carries no status, so its flat add is 40% instead. Only one brand at a time: a new variant replaces the old one, and recasting refreshes it. It stacks with Edge runes on the same weapon. It brands only your own weapons.