The Rippling Thoughts

The Rippling Thoughts
Legion SwordOne Handed Sword
Physical Damage: (127.2-137.8) to (235.2-254.8)
Elemental Damage: 1 to (60-70)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.20
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill
Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack
(75-90)% increased Spell Damage
(140-160)% increased Physical Damage
Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage
Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells
10% increased Area of Effect

Acquisition
Drop restrictedVendor Offer
18x Alchemy Shard
14x Alteration ShardWeapon DPS
Physical: (217.4-235.6)
Lightning: (36.6-42.6)
Elemental: (36.6-42.6)
Phys+Chaos: (217.4-235.6)
Total: (254.0-278.2)Metadata
Item class: One-Handed Sword

The Rippling Thoughts is a unique Legion SwordLegion SwordOne Handed Sword
Physical Damage: 53-98
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.20
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy Rating.

Modifiers

The Rippling Thoughts grants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane.

Grants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill: Summons an immortal Harbinger minion. The minion will occasionally cast Arcane Surge on the player, granting more spell damage and increased mana regeneration.

This buff has the same effect as a Level 21 Arcane Surge SupportArcane Surge SupportArcane, Support, Spell, Duration
Icon: N
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.Gain Arcane Surge after Spending a total of (15-400) Mana on
Upfront Costs and Effects of a Supported Skill
Arcane Surge grants (10-20)% increased Cast Speed
Arcane Surge grants (30-58)% increased Mana Regeneration rate
Arcane Surge lasts 4 seconds
Supported Skills deal (10-25)% more Spell Damage while you have Arcane Surge

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell 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. gem. This effect does not stack, and only one instance of the buff will affect the character.

The Rippling Thoughts grants a level 20 Storm Cascade (.25s cooldown), which is effectively a lightning version of a level 21 Glacial CascadeGlacial CascadeSpell, AoE, Cold, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (10-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 65%Requires Level 28Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in the area and knocking them back in the direction of the next burst.Deals (21-300) to (32-450) Physical Damage
Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
Cannot Knockback Unique Enemies more than once per second
Final Burst Deals 200% more Damage
Final Burst has 100% more Area of Effect
Final Burst cannot Knockback
Causes 4 Bursts

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Final Burst Deals +(2.5-50)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Mechanics

When dual wielding, Storm Cascade from both weapons will share cooldowns and only the Storm Cascade in the main hand will trigger.

If The Rippling Thoughts is in off-hand with a separate weapon in the main hand Storm Cascade will trigger on attacking with any of the weapons.

Item acquisition

The Rippling Thoughts has restrictions on where or how it can drop. It cannot be chanced.

Recipes

The Rippling Thoughts can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
1	First Piece of the ArcaneFirst Piece of the Arcane Legion Sword PieceThis item will transform when correctly arranged with other items.	Place the pieces in inventory or stash in correct order	M
1	Second Piece of the ArcaneSecond Piece of the Arcane Legion Sword PieceThis item will transform when correctly arranged with other items.
1	Third Piece of the ArcaneThird Piece of the Arcane Legion Sword PieceThis item will transform when correctly arranged with other items.

Usage in recipes

The Rippling Thoughts is used in the following recipes:

Result	Amount	Part	Meta
The Surging ThoughtsThe Surging Thoughts Legion SwordOne Handed Sword Physical Damage: (127.2-137.8) to (235.2-254.8) Elemental Damage: 1 to (60-70) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.20 Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Greater Harbinger of the Arcane Skill Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack (75-90)% increased Spell Damage (140-160)% increased Physical Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells 10% increased Area of Effect	1	The Rippling ThoughtsThe Rippling Thoughts Legion SwordOne Handed Sword Physical Damage: (127.2-137.8) to (235.2-254.8) Elemental Damage: 1 to (60-70) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.20 Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack (75-90)% increased Spell Damage (140-160)% increased Physical Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells 10% increased Area of Effect	M
	1	Electroshock ScrollElectroshock ScrollStack Size: 10Upgrades The Rippling Thoughts to a more powerful versionRight click this item then left click an applicable Harbinger unique item to upgrade it.

When the last piece is placed, they will all vanish, and the player will be left with the forged item.

The forging blueprint

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Introduced to the game.