Rune Knight: Storm Blast

There's the DB tips thread, but what about storm blast?

What gears should one have, what build?

Which skills are necessarily good to have?



I heard someone say some rk did 34k in woe with a +9 kvm spear, is this with god items or just normal gear?

I came up with a random stat/gear set (probably not damage optimized)--http://calcxre.wushuang.ws/?caVcAaYb...aBahahaaaHaHaa --and used damage formula from irowiki forum RK skills compilation.

Buffs used: +7 all stats VIP, Turisus Rune, Asir Rune (full party), Blessing 10, +20 str food, +20 int food

Base Storm Blast damages before WoE and other damage reductions (and assuming Asir rune adds equip atk) :

with +9 KvM spear and 2x MoH: ~83k
with +9 KvM spear and 2x Meginjard: ~104.5k
with +12 KvM spear and 2x MoH: ~100k
with +12 KvM spear and 2x Meginjard and Sleipnir: ~133k

SB is also endowable and can be cast mid-way through casting another non-rune skill. With good timing, added to the burst damage would be whatever a corresponding DB, CS, or other skill did.

That is pretty damn powerful o.o

So Storm Blast is mainly STR/INT?

yeah, high str and int

and also a little by luk

Why is luk needed?

luk adds your attck per 3 luk, 1/3 str=1luk. is it right?

It can actually be pretty painful sometimes. And stopping suras from cc-gfist in mid-cast screws them up pretty bad for some reason, they usually can't just re-cast and need to snap away or otherwise free you from the cc first.

Originally Posted by Steax

It can actually be pretty painful sometimes. And stopping suras from cc-gfist in mid-cast screws them up pretty bad for some reason, they usually can't just re-cast and need to snap away or otherwise free you from the cc first.

Generally because it hurts, and standing next to it for any longer results in death. Sometimes, the interruption makes it so that your char is stick in the cast position, and cannot cast again. That's why I snap away when that happens at least.

Yeah, it's the cast position that screws them up. It also takes a moment for them to realize it, which is really valuable.

And yes it hurts. I think a good SB can do like 10k damage or so in WoE.

It will probably be more than 10k for a good SB.

A very well geared storm-blast build RK can get skill modifiers for over 60x damage. That puts the damage between knuckle arrow and GoH, though closer to the latter.

a +9 kvm spear will easily get you on the 20k range
i got 2 shotted on my 50k rg

woe wise, yeah. i've gotten hit for about 20k with ck+glorius suit+cranial+asprika/nyd+ beret, so its pretty strong

I FK'd into right into a SB and took over 25k.

How is it that the rune works? Is it basically a magnum break with a cast time and a shit ton more damage?

If you consider like 0.1 seconds to be a cast time, then yes. Has 0 delay though, because it is an item, unlike magnum break's horrid 3 second delay, and you can use it during the delay of another skill, even in manhole and cursed circle.

Okay so you dont need to be doing damage for SB to go off then? Cause there was another post around here that said something about running in with a valk mant and thorny set and letting SB proc off that.

Does every int count in SB damage?

like every 10 int? is that so?

or u need it to be divisible by 4 always?