Raiment of a Thousand Storms

Raiment of a Thousand Storms

This Monk set lives off the interplay between Spirit generators and Dashing Strike. Your generators hit faster and deal more damage outright, but the core is a mutually reinforcing loop: using a Spirit generator briefly sends Dashing Strike's damage skyrocketing, and a Dashing Strike in turn pumps up your generators' damage afterward. The resource-hungry Dashing Strike also becomes far more sustainable thanks to a charge refund.

The playstyle demands you keep both halves running in alternation rather than mashing a single button. Stay mobile, build the buff with generators, and dash into the next pack of enemies before your damage window expires.

The loop in numbers

The 2-piece bonus gives your Spirit generators 25% increased attack speed and 400% increased damage. At six pieces, every generator sets Dashing Strike's weapon damage to 60,000% for 6 seconds; in return, every Dashing Strike raises your generators' damage by 14,000% for 6 seconds. Both windows have the same length – refresh them in alternation and you keep both boosts running at once.

Charges versus Spirit

Without the set, Dashing Strike gains a charge every 8 seconds, holding up to 2 at a time, and each dash covers up to 50 yards. The 4-piece bonus partly trades that limit for Spirit: the strike spends 25 Spirit and refunds a charge in return. As long as your generators supply enough Spirit, the number of dashes you get mainly depends on your Spirit pool.

Among the runes, Quicksilver raises the maximum to 3 charges and adds Lightning damage. Barrage hits the last enemy you pass for an extra 975% weapon damage over 2 seconds. Radiance, Blinding Speed and Way of the Falling Star grant 15% attack speed, 40% dodge chance or 20% movement speed for 4 seconds after the dash.

Cube powers

The set is combined with Flying Dragon, Depth Diggers, the Ring of Royal Grandeur and Unity, among others.

by eRnstl