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Lightning Skills

These skills form the core of the Rune-keeper's damage-dealing
arsenal, particularly at lower levels. These skills are primarily
single-target attacks with no inductions and deal burst DPS. The
Rune-keeper's melee auto attacks will do damage according to the
elemental affinity of his rune-stone. Lightning skills generally fall
under the Fury of Storm category, which is improved by the
traits Tale of the Storm (20% chance to trigger the Charged Runes buff,
increasing critical chance for all Fury of Storm skills by 1-% for 15
seconds) and Winter-Storm (all Fury of Storm skills have a 5% chance to
apply a stun on enemies under the effects of Writ of Cold).

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"Which
onomatopaeic word should I use, Shazam or F-zap?"

  • Scribe's Spark - A swift spark
    of electricity that does decent damage, which ramps up as the
    Rune-keeper gains higher battle attunement. This skill is improved by
    the trait Thunderous Words, which gives it a 15% chance to apply the
    Thunderous Words buff. This buff allows the Rune-keeper to bypass a
    large amount of the target's tactical resistance. Using this skill
    increases battle attunement by +1.

  • Ceaseless Argument - A quick,
    rapid-fire lightning zap that is difficult to resist. The trait Harsh
    Debate causes this skill to have a 15% chance to apply a buff which
    increases all tactical damage for 15% for 20 seconds. Using this skill
    increases battle attunement by +1 and requires no pips of healing
    attunement.

  • Shocking Words - A strong
    attack that causes a bolt of lighting to streak from the heavens. This
    skill has a 5% chance to stun the target for 5 seconds, and this chance
    increases by 7% per pip of battle attunement. Holding this skill in
    reserve until full attunement means that it has almost 70% chance of
    applying a stun when fired. Using this skill requires 3 pips of battle
    attunement and increases battle attunement by +1.

  • Essence of Storm - A strong,
    instant attack. This score has a +3% chance per pip of battle
    attunement of scoring a critical hit, and a critical hit does +100%
    damage. This skill requires 3 pips of battle attunement and increases
    battle attunement by +1.

  • Epic Conclusion - A very
    strong attack (capable of doing 11k+ hits at high levels, under the
    right circumstances) best suited to ending fights. This skill cannot be
    resisted, but drains the Rune-keeper, applying a debuff that causes all
    battle-attuned skills to cost 50% more power for 10 seconds. This skill
    is improved by the trait Closing Remarks, which causes it to deal +50%
    damage for each Thunderous Words and Harsh Debate buff currently active
    on the caster, and decreases the cooldown by 1 minute. Requires 9 pips
    of battle-attunement and increases battle-attunement by +1. 

  • Sustaining Bolt- A good attack
    that reduces power cost for the next 15 seconds. This skill is modified
    by going 4-deep in the Solitary Thunder line, which reduces its
    cooldown. This skill requires 6 pips of battle-attunement and increases
    battle attunement by +1.

  • Vivid Imagery - A blast of
    lightning that does modest damage but applies a 5 to 10-second stun on
    up to 3 targets. This skill is modified by the capstone trait of the
    Solitary Thunder line, Perfect Imagery, which increases the duration of
    the stun by 5 seconds, deals more damage, increases the critical chance
    for all Fury of Storm skills by 30% for 15 seconds and decreases the
    cooldown. This skill requires 6 pips of battle-attunement and increases
    battle-attunement by +1.


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Fire & Ice Skills

These skills are area-effect and damage-over-time attacks, and
most of them have inductions. Fire-based attacks generally have a
damage-over-time component, and cold-based attacks generally apply
debuffs.

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Know
that it would be untrue, know that I would be a liar, if I was to say
to you, I didn't set your robe on fire.... Come on Draig-Luth light my
fire....

  • Fiery Ridicule - Deliver a
    savage BURN! This skill does a good initial burst of fire damage,
    followed by a smaller fire DOT, which stacks with consecutive castings.
    Does +1% per pip of battle-attunement. This skill is improved by the
    trait Conflagration of Runes, which causes the fire DOT to do 40% more
    damage if the target is affected by any other Wrath of Fire effect, and
    an additional 10% for any further Wrath of Fire effects beyond the
    first. It is also improved by traiting 2 deep into the Cleansing Fires
    line, which makes it usable at all attunements and reduces the
    induction by .5 seconds. This skill requires no pips of
    healing-attunement and increases battle-attunement by +1.

  • Writ of Fire - A fire DOT that
    can be tiered up by consecutive castings, increasing the fire DOT by
    20% with each tier. The trait Writ of Blazing Fire causes this skill to
    tier down instead of dispelling when the duration ends, and reduces the
    cooldown by 2 seconds. The trait Frost Burn will refresh the duration
    of the DOT when the target is struck by a Writ of Cold. This skill
    requires 3 pips of battle-attunement and increases battle-attunement by
    +1.

  • Scathing Mockery - An
    area-effect burst of flaming insult that can hit up to 5 targets within
    8 meters of one another. The intial burst does modest damage, followed
    by a small fire DOT that lasts for 30 seconds. This skill requires 6
    pips of battle-attunement, and increases battle-attunement by +1.

  • Essence of Flame - Another
    fire DOT. This one does +20% damage for every tier of Writ of Fire
    active on the target. This skill is improved by traiting 3 deep into
    the Cleansing Fires line, which reduces both the cooldown and iduction.
    Requires 6 pips of battle-attunement and increases battle-attunement by
    +1.

  • Smouldering Wrath - A
    channeled fire DOT that lasts for 8 seconds, doing good fire damace
    every second. Taking damage will not interrupt the channeling. The
    trait Scathing Retort improves this skill, causing it to reduce the
    target's fire mitigation. Requires 9 pips of battle-attunement and
    increases battle-attunement by +1.

  • Essay of Fire - Applies a tier
    3 Writ of Fire after a long, 6-second induction. Somewhat useful during
    a boss fight in endgame situations where a scripted event occurs,
    wiping all DOTs and debuffs, or as a base for applying Essence of Flame
    immediately afterward. Traiting 4 deep into the Cleansing Fires line
    will reduce the cooldown by 4.5 seconds. Requires 6 pips of
    battle-attunement and increases battle-attunement by +1.

  • Distracting Flame - This
    weirdo of a skill is both a fire DOT and a single-target threat
    reducer. Creates a nice fire DOT that lasts for 30 seconds, and reduces
    threat over time. This skill is improved by the capstone legendary
    trait for the Cleansing Fires line, Mystifying Flame, which increases
    the damage, burns away most of the Rune-keeper's threat, reduces the
    cooldown and applies a tactical resistance debuff to the target.

  • Chilling Rhetoric - A modest
    cold attack that applies a -70% run speed debuff to the target. This
    debuff is broken if the target takes any damage. This skill is improved
    by the trait Icy Discourse, which leaves a -30% run speed debuff on the
    target if it takes damage before the duration expires. It is further
    improved by traiting 2 deep in the Solitary Thunder line, which makes
    it usable at all attunements and reduces the cooldown by 10 seconds.
    Normally, it requires no pips of healing-attunement and increases
    battle-attunement by +1.

  • Writ of Cold - An area-effect
    attack that does good frost damage on up to 3 targets within 5 meters
    of one another. Also applies a slowing debuff that increases targets'
    skill inductions and attack durations. The debuff effect serves as a
    modifier for several other skills. This debuff can be tiered up by
    successive castings. Requires 3 pips of battle-attunement and increases
    battle-attunement by +1.

  • Essence of Winter - An
    area-effect attack that does strong frost damage on up to 3 targets
    within 5 meters of one another. Also applies a debuff that decreases
    the targets' incoming healing modifier and increases power costs. This
    debuff lasts an additional 5 seconds for every tier of Writ of Cold on
    the target. Requires 6 pips of battle-attunement and increases
    battle-attunement by +1.

  • Frozen Epilogue - A strong
    area-effect attack that can hit up to 5 targets in an arc in front of
    the Rune-keeper. Combines the effects of Writ of Cold and Essence of
    Winter into one big attack. Requires 9 pips of battle-attunement and
    increases battle-attunement by +1.

  • Flurry of Words - Creates an
    area-effect zone around the
    Rune-keeper that does damage over time and saps the evade rating of
    foes caught within. This zone stays centered on the Rune-keeper.
    Requires 3 pips of battle-attunement and increases battle-attunement by
    +1.
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Affinity-based Skills

These skills have a variety of effects depending on the
Rune-keeper's current elemental affinity. Equipping an obsidian
runestone will set the Rune-keeper's affinity to Fire, for example, and
changing to a flint rune-stone will set the affinity to Lightning. When
no rune-stone is equipped, the skills default to X
of  Storm.

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Someone's
in for some zappity-zap.

  • Fall to Storm - A non-aggroing
    single-target debuff that applies a percent chance for the target to
    take additional damage from any lightning-based attack. It also lowers
    tactical resist rating. Increases neutral attunement by +1.
    • Fall to Flame - does the
      same, but for flame damage instead
      of lightning.
    • Fall to Winter - does the
      same, but for frost damage
      instead of lightning.

  • Armour of Storm - Increases
    lightning defense and adds a reactive buff that has a 30% chance of
    stunning attackers upon taking melee damage. Increases neutral
    attunement by +3.
    • Armour of Flame -
      Increases fire defense, and the reactive buff has a chance of
      reflecting fire damage.
    • Armour of Winter -
      Increases frost defense, and the reactive buff has a chance of
       reflecting a slowing debuff.

  • Weapon of Storm - A toggled
    skill that imbues an ally's weapon with the power of lightning, which
    reduces the lightning resistance of any foe it strikes - the guy your
    affected friend hits with an imbued weapon will take more damage from
    your lightning attacks. Increases neutral attunement by +1. This skill
    is upgraded to Armaments of Storm at
    level 64, which has the same
    effect plus increases ranged and tactical damage dealt by that ally.
    • Weapon of Flame - As
      above, but reduces the ally's target's fire mitigation.
    • Weapon of Winter - As
      above, but reduces the ally's target's frost mitigation.

  • Do Not Fall to Storm -
    Prevents the next lightning-damage attack from harming the recipient.
    Once lightning damage has been "thwarted," the effect ends. Increases
    neutral attunement by +1.
    • Do Not Fall to Flame - As
      above, but affects fire damage.
    • Do Not Fall to Winter - As
      above, but affects frost damage.


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Utility Skills

These are mostly buffs, debuffs, crowd-control, interrupts,
etc. that attune the Rune-keeper to neutral, or do not affect
attunement at all. The skills in the Middle Path mostly do not have
inductions, but some of  the Visions and Foretellings (The X
Will Not Y) do.

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The
effect animation is pretty. The evil shadow-wolf doesn't care.

  • Shocking Touch - A fast,
    short-range daze attack that lasts for 5-10 seconds. This is similar to
    a mez, and can be broken if the target takes damage. The trait
    Confounding Principles increases the duration of the stun and bypasses
    some of the target's tactical resistance. Increases neutral attunement
    by +2.

  • Self-Motivation - Restores
    some of the Rune-keeper's power. The trait Overflowing Confidence
    improves this skill, applyng the Motivated buff which reduces all skill
    costs by 20%. Increases neutral attunement by +3.

  • Calming Verse - Reduces threat
    generation from healing and damage skills for 30 seconds. This does not
    lower perceived threat, but lowers the amount of threat subsequent
    skills might generate. The trait Linnod of Subtlety increases the
    duration, further reduces the threat and increases skill damage with
    this skill. The trait Linnod of Peace causes the skill to be
    instant-cast, further reduces the threat and increases healing power.
    The effects of these 2 traits stack, making Calming Verse a very potent
    self-buff.
    Increases neutral attunement by +2.

  • Distracting Winds - An
    instant-cast area-effect threat-down that lowers the Rune-keeper's
    perceived threat on up to 5 targets within 5 meters of the caster, and
    applies a -50% run speed debuff. Increases neutral attunement by +3.

  • Abrupt Words - A quick shout
    that interrupts an enemy's inductions. This skill is upgraded to Final
    Words at level 52, causing it to also remove up to 3
    corruptions.Increases neutral attunement by +1.

  • Master of Writs - This handy
    skill allows the Runekeeper to use any writs regardless of attunement.
    For example, while fully-battle-attuned, the Rune-keeper can throw out
    a Writ of Health, which normally requires 3 pips of healing-attunement.
    Writs will cost more power to use. Increases neutral attunement by +1.

  • The Blade Will Not Wound -
    Functions in a similar fashion to Do Not Fall to Storm, but affects
    wounds. Also adds a group-wide wound resistance buff, which lasts until
    the next wound is negated. This will not stack with the effect from The
    Fang Will Not Poison. Increases neutral attunement by 1.

  • The Fang Will Not Poison -
    Identical to The Blade Will Not Wound, but affects poison.

  • Nothing Truly Ends - A
    non-combat revive, which brings the
    target back at 30% morale and 0% power. This skill does not affect
    attunement.

  • Do Not Fall This Day - An
    interesting and rather complicated in-combat revive. Proper use of this
    skill relies on accurately predicting when a group member will be
    defeated with a 60-second margin of error. If cast in time, the
    defeated player will automatically receive an opportunity to accept a
    revive, and will come back into the fight at 50% morale and 25% power.
    It takes some practice to get the timing on this skill down, and if the
    affected character doesn't suffer a defeat within 60 seconds of the
    skill being used, the skill is wasted. The improved version at level
    62, Shall Not Fall This Day, requires
    even more careful timing, as it
    increases melee, ranged and tactical defense for the duration of the
    effect, which may actually be enough to prevent a defeat from
    happening. Additionally, the improved version prevents item wear
    penalties from being applied in the event of a defeat. Increases
    neutral attunement by +4.

  • Steady Hands -
    A legendary skill attainable at
    level 39 by collecting book pages. This gear-shifter skill wipes
    current attunement and sets the attunement meter to pure neutral
    (technically increasing neutral attunement by +9). Additionally, the
    Rune-keeper is immune to silence effects and pays no power cost for
    skill use for 15 seconds. Dedicated heal-spec Rune-keepers may not find
    this skill terribly useful, but solo- and DPS-spec players probably
    will. 

  • Fall to Our Wrath - A
    legendary skill attainable at level
    39 by collecting book pages. This skill applies a debuff to the target
    that lowers tactical resist rating, and a conditional debuff that has a
    10% chance of landing a savage injury when the target takes damage from
    any other source. Increases neutral attunement by +1.

  • Martial Training - A legendary
    trait attainable at level 39
    by collecting book pages. This is not a skill, but a trait. Equipping
    this trait increases melee damage from auto-attacks by 20%, base melee
    critical rating by +520, maximum morale by +300, maximum power
    by +10%, and in-combat power regeneration by +46.8.


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Healing Skills

These skills restore the morale of the Rune-keeper or his
fellows. Most have inductions.

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The
act of healing requires much effort and pro-wrestler posing.

  • Prelude to Hope - A quick,
    small HOT that can be used on the run and at any attunement. Healing
    from this skill is increased by 2% for each pip of healing-attunement.
    Increases healing-attunement by +1.

  • Rune of Restoration - Plants a
    rune-carved rock with a large healing-over-time aura. Planting a second
    rock destroys one planted previously, and the new rock will stay in
    place for 60 seconds. The healing aura from the rune generates
    a small amount of threat, and enemies may veer away from the
    Rune-keeper to attack the rock instead if left un-challenged -
    essentially, the rock can act as a passive, short-term tank that cannot
    be healed. The trait Rune of Endurance makes the rock 30% sturdier and
    generates 30% more healing per pulse. Requires no pips of
    battle-attunement and increases healing-attunement by +1.

  • Mending Verse - The main heal
    of the Rune-keeper's arsenal. A modest burst initially, followed by a
    small, brief HOT. The HOT stacks with subsequent castings, and the
    skill costs -1% power per pip of healing-attunement. The trait
    Memorable Prose improves this skill, reducing the power cost by 5% and
    increasing the target's maximum morale for 15 seconds. Requires no pips
    of battle-attunement and increases healing-attunement by +1.

  • Writ of Health - Another HOT
    skill. This one can be tiered up like all other Writ skills, doing an
    additional +20% healing per tier. The trait Writ of Well-Being improves
    this skill, causing it to tier down rather than dispell when the
    duration ends, and decreasing the cooldown. Requires 3 pips of
    healing-attunement and increases healing-attunement by +1.

  • Rousing Words - A channeled
    group-HOT that generates no threat and increases healing-attunement by
    +2 while being channeled. This is generally only really useful when the
    whole group is taking light area-effect damage - for 6.5 seconds, you
    are only putting out this small heal-over-time and doing nothing else.
    Generally better to stick with Mending Verse. Requires 3 pips of
    healing-attunement and increases healing-attunement by +1 upon expiry.

  • Epic for the Ages - A medium
    heal with a long induction that is largely inferior to Mending Verse in
    terms of healing power - it has steep requirements, takes an
    embarrassingly long time to cast and has no HOT component. The trait
    Terse Narrative removes the cooldown and knocks half a second off the
    induction - but 4 seconds rather than 4.5 is still too long for this
    skill to be particularly great. Requires 6 pips of healing-attunement
    and increases healing-attunement by +1.

  • Word of Exaltation - The
    Rune-keeper's bubble. This skill envelops the target in a glowing
    coccoon of safety, reducing incoming damage by 40%. The very brief
    3-seconds duration is increased by 2 seconds for every tier of Writ of
    Health on the target. The trait Author of Exaltation increases the
    duration by 5 seconds and the damage mitigation by 10%. Requires 6 pips
    of healing-attunement, and increases healing-attunement by +1.

  • Essay of Exaltation - This
    applies a Word of Exaltation to all members of the group, plus a
    delicious HOT. After using this skill, the Rune-keeper is drained, and
    all further healing-attunement skills cost 50% more for 10 seconds.
    Requires 9 pips of healing-attunement and increases healing-attunement
    by +1.

  • Our Fates Entwined - A noble
    act of self-sacrifice. The Rune-keeper takes 10% of the fellowship's
    damage onto himself, and damage cannot interrupt inductions while the
    skill is toggled. This skill is upgraded at level 54 to All Fates
    Entwined, which does the same thing but reduces incoming damage by 10%.
    As useful as all this sounds, both of these skills cost 5 power per
    second to maintain, so keeping it up for a long fight can seriously
    deplete the Rune-keeper's power pool. Requires 9 pips of
    healing-attunement and increases healing-attunement by +1. 

  • Glorious Foreshadowing - An
    ominous name for a benificent skill. This buff increases the target's
    incoming healing modifier by 5% for 30 seconds. The capstone
    legendary trait for the Benedictions of Peace line, Wondrous
    Foreshadowing, causes this skill to affect the entire fellowship,
    reduces the cooldown by 60 seconds and increases the Rune-keeper's
    outgoing healing by 5% for 30 seconds. Requires 6 pips of
    healing-attunement and increases healing-attunement by +1.

  • That Which Does Not Kill Us -
    A legendary skill attainable
    at level 45 by completing both class quests. This interesting reactive
    skill  causes allies to receive a powerful heal and a HOT the
    next time they are struck. Requires 9 pips of healing-attunement and
    increases healing-attunement by +1.


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Class Tools

Rune-keepers have the most unique tools and toys of any class.

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"It's
not a purse! It's EUROPEAN!"

  • Rune-stones and Satchels - In
    lieu of traditional weapons, the Rune-keeper carries bits of stone
    carved with ancient dwarven or elven runes. These stones come in a wide
    variety of flavours, and change the Rune-keeper's elemental affinity
    according to the materials of which they are crafted. Rune-stones,
    including legendary ones at higher levels, can be crafted by jewellers.
    Rune-satchels also come in a variety of flavors, described as Dagor
    (battle-attuned), Nestad (healing-attuned) and Thalas (neutral or
    steady-attuned). These go in the class item slot and are visible on
    the character as a belt pouch hanging from the left hip. Generally,
    they make their attunement-specific skills cheaper to use, power-wise.
    These items, and their legendary counterparts, can be crafted by
    tailors. More in-depth discussion about legendary versions of these
    tools can be found on the Legendary Items page. Recipes for some
    satchels can be purchased from the class trainer. Recipes for
    rune-stones can be found as loot drops.

  • Chisels and Rifflers - These go in the
    ranged weapon slot. Chisels have a variety of different effects and
    bonuses, but generally serve to increase offensive power. Rifflers
    bolster healing power. These items are not mandatory - the Runekeeper
    can function just fine without them - but they do make skills more
    effective and are handy to have. These items can be crafted by
    metalsmiths, and are available at all crafting tiers. Recipes can be
    purchased from the class trainer.

  • Inlays and Enamels - These are
    consumables crafted by scholars. Both are instant-use, the same as
    potions or scrolls, etc. Inlays reduce power costs for a few seconds
    and make the next induction after they are applied uninterruptible.
    Enamels instantly increase attunement by 3 steps - if the Rune-keeper
    is at 1 pip of battle-attunement and uses an enamel, he will instantly
    be at 4 pips of battle-attunement. If he is at 6 pips and drops a pip
    by using a Middle Path skill, he can bump back up to 8 pips with an
    enamel. Enamels always cause a shift towards the outer ends of the
    attunement bar, never towards the middle. Enamels become necessary for
    endgame content when the Rune-keeper may need to swiftly shift from DPS
    mode to full healing quickly. However, only the top-tier enamels are
    really useful; Artisan and lower tier enamels have too long of a
    cooldown to be really worthwhile. Recipes for these items can be
    purchased from the class trainer.

  • Parchments - These are new
    additions. Parchments are
    crafted by woodworkers and come in either Dagor (battle-attuned) or
    Nestad (healing-attuned) varieties. Dagor parchements allow the
    Rune-keeper to penetrate target resistance better and remove the
    attunement requirements of Scathing Mockery. Nestad
    parchments increase outgoing healing rating and remove the
    requirements for Epic for the Ages. Recipes can be purchased from the
    class trainer.
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Last Updated: Mar 13, 2016

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