The Winds of Fate

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The Winds of Fate
Foul StaffWarstaff
Physical Damage: (520-585) to (968-1089)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.10%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 55, 94 Str, 94 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff(700–800)% increased Physical Damage
+100% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
75% of Physical Damage converted to a random Element
25% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Maximum Critical Strike Chance is 50%
Non-Critical Strikes deal no DamageLife... Death...
The whim of the cosmos.

Acquisition
Drops from Lycia, Herald of the Scourge in the Forbidden Sanctum.Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentWeapon DPS
Physical: (967.2-1088.1)
Phys+Chaos: (967.2-1088.1)
Total: (967.2-1088.1)Metadata
Item class: Warstaff

The Winds of Fate is a unique Foul StaffFoul StaffWarstaff
Physical Damage: 65-121
Critical Strike Chance: 6.10%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 55, 94 Str, 94 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff.

Modifiers

• Maximum Critical Strike Chance is 50%: This modifier applies a global cap to your crit chance for all skills. If a skill would have over 50% critical strike chance, it is considered as 50%.
  • Lucky applies separately from crit chance, allowing for the player to effectively have a 75% chance to crit instead by rolling for crits twice.

Sources of lucky crits include the Your Critical Strike Chance is Lucky while Focused veiled modifier and crafted modifier and the Dance with Death Keystone.

• Plume of PursuitPlume of Pursuit
  Bone CircletEnergy Shield: (64-92)Requires Level 64, 73 Int(30-20)% reduced Cast Speed
  (80-130)% increased Energy Shield
  Non-critical strikes deal 80% less Damage
  Spell Skills always deal Critical Strikes on final Repeat
  Spell Skills cannot deal Critical Strikes except on final RepeatA dance as old as time. can synergize well with this unique on a character with Battlemage such as an Inquisitor; Plume of Pursuit's Spell Skills always deal Critical Strikes on final Repeat bypasses the 50% crit chance cap, allowing the final repeat of a Spell Echoed spell to always crit. This combination can also make good use of Marylene's FallacyMarylene's Fallacy
  Lapis AmuletRequires Level 40+(20-30) to Intelligence+(80-120) to Accuracy Rating
  +(210-240)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
  +(80-100) to Evasion Rating
  (10-15)% increased Light Radius
  40% less Critical Strike Chance
  Critical Strikes have Culling Strike"Marylene stroked the medallion at her breast before every duel and every cast of the die."
  - Victario, the People's Poet's crit multi. Blade VortexBlade VortexSpell, AoE, Duration, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 30%Requires Level 12This spell creates ethereal blades which orbit in an area around you, dealing damage every 0.6 seconds to all enemies in their radius. As more blades are added, the damage becomes greater and more frequent.Deals (3-140) to (5-211) Physical Damage
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  +(0-0.2) metres to radius
  35% increased Hit Rate for each blade
  35% more Damage for each blade
  Can have up to 10 active spinning blades
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.25-5)% increased Hit Rate for each bladePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. in particular synergizes very well.
• Alternatively, this weapon can be used as an attack weapon for things such as Shockwave SupportShockwave SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, AoE
  Icon: s
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%
  Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
  Can Store (1-4) Use(s)Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.Supported Skills will Trigger Shockwave on Melee Hit
  Supported Skills can only be used with Maces, Sceptres or Staves
  +(0-0.3) metres to radius
  (0-38)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee Damage
  (0.5-10)% increased Melee DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Perfect Agony ignite builds. This weapon has the highest weapon DPS of any unique item.

Item acquisition

The Winds of Fate has restrictions on where or how it can drop. It cannot be chanced. Drops from Lycia, Herald of the Scourge when The Second SacramentThe Second Sacrament
Candlestick RelicRequires Level 64The Herald of the Scourge deals 100% more Damage
The Herald of the Scourge takes 70% less Damage
The Herald of the Scourge drops the Winds of Fate
Cannot be used with Forbidden Tomes below level 83
This item is destroyed when applied to a SanctumUnmodifiable"He took many of his people's traditions and gilded them, hollowed them. They
rejected his new religion, and he and his followers were forced to depart the
mountains for lands unknown." - Lycia, the HereticPlace this item on the Relic Altar at the start of each Sanctum run is applied to a Sanctum with a level 83 Forbidden TomeForbidden TomeArea Level: (68-83)Mundus noster cecidit. Daemones ubique sunt. Librum
hunc in sacrarium conicio, ut forte alius viam inveniat...Take this item to the Relic Altar in the Forbidden Sanctum to enter..

Monster restrictions

This item can be acquired from the following monsters:

• Lycia, Herald of the Scourge

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.0	Introduced to the game.