PoE Storm Brand Build Hierophant, Support Gems

Storm Brand Storm Brand is a spell which creates a brand on the ground. While attached, the brand deals lightning damage to the attached target, chaining to nearby enemies.

Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, firing beams which deal damage to nearby enemies and those around them. The brand will detach if the enemy dies.You are Branded, firing beams which deal damage to you and those around you

Lightning, Spell, AoE, Chaining, Duration, Brand. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8–21 Mana. Cast Time: 0.75 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 30%. AoE Radius: 9. Requires Level 12.

  • Deals (3–92) to (8–277) Lightning Damage
  • Activates every 0.5 seconds while Attached
  • Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill"s Activation frequency
  • Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6 seconds
  • Can be Attached for a total Duration of 5 seconds
  • Sends beams to 3 Enemies, including the Branded Enemy
  • Deals (80–130)% more Damage with Hits against Branded Enemy

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Storm Brand(0–10)% increased Cast Speed50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelIntelligenceCostDeals 3 to 8 Lightning DamageDeals 80% more Damage with Hits against Branded EnemyExperience
1123383, 88015,249
2153983, 108341,517
3194894, 138581,983
42356106, 1888147,968
52764118, 2391250,557
631731210, 3093405,086
735811313, 3996447,718
838881416, 4798615,318
941941519, 56101834,639
10441001522, 671041,570,760
11471061626, 791061,633,987
12501131731, 941092,151,030
13531191737, 1111122,812,189
14561251844, 1311145,099,360
15591321952, 1551179,400,731
16621381961, 18211915,273,366
17641422067, 20212226,286,582
18661462075, 22512562,890,590
19681512183, 250127212,046,017
20701552192, 277130
217222103, 308133
227422114, 341135
237623126, 378138
247823140, 419141
258024155, 464143
268224171, 513146
278425189, 567148
288625209, 627151
298826231, 693154
309026255, 766156
319126268, 804158
329227282, 845159
339327296, 888160
349427311, 933162
359527327, 980163
369627343, 1029164
379728360, 1081166
389828378, 1135167
399928397, 1192168
4010028417, 1252169

Skill functions and interactions

Maximum Active Brands: All brands share a limit of three (3) active brand limit. This can be split between the two brand skills (2-1) or all of one type. Passive skills can increase the number of active brands that are allowed to be active at a time.

Maximum Brand Attachment: By default, you may only have one brand of any kind attached to a single target at any time. Taking the Keystone Runebinder allows you to place a second brand on a single target. Like the Active Brand limit these brands may either be split (1-1) or both the same type of brand.

Spell Echo: Storm Brand currently functions with Spell Echo Support so far as repeating the initial cast of the brand. The more casting speed multiplier on spell echo does NOT however effect the activation speed of the brand once attached to a target.

Item acquisition

Storm Brand can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Storm Brand can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
13 The Cataclysm Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1
Nessa		 ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Storm Brand:

Item Limit Radius Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Storm Brand.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Storm Brand Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Storm Brand deals 25% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Storm Brand Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Storm Brand deals 40% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Storm Brand Additional Chain Chance 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Storm Brand has a 12% chance to Chain an additional time helmet 100
default 0
Storm Brand Additional Chain Chance 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Storm Brand has a 18% chance to Chain an additional time helmet 100
default 0
Storm Brand Attached Target Lightning Penetration 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Storm Brand Damage Penetrates 8% of Branded Enemy's Lightning Resistance helmet 100
default 0
Storm Brand Attached Target Lightning Penetration 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Storm Brand Damage Penetrates 12% of Branded Enemy's Lightning Resistance helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Storm Brand has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Automaton Storm Brand Effect Your Storm Brand becomes an Automaton Effect.
Celestial Brand Effect Your Brand becomes a Celestial Effect.

PoE Storm Brand Build

1. Character: 100 Hierophant

Life: 1751 Strength: 123
Energy Shield: 8408 Dexterity: 74
Mana: 10638 Intelligence: 529
Evasion Rating: 494 Charges: E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour: 5804

2. Main Skills Build

Main skill: Storm Brand Storm Brand. DPS: 7.3M.

Damage types:

  • Lightning: 100%

Storm Brand Support Gems:

  • Archmage Support(Blue): 99%. Archmage Support is a support gem that changes the linked spell’s base mana cost to be equal to a proportion of your unreserved mana. It gives the skill added lightning damage based on how much mana was spent to cast that skill.
  • Concentrated Effect Concentrated Effect Support(Blue): 89%
  • Awakened Lightning Penetration Lightning Penetration Support(Blue): 81%
  • Awakened Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 69%
  • Awakened Elemental Focus Elemental Focus Support(Blue): 45%
  • Awakened Chain Chain Support(Green): 28%
  • Chain Chain Support(Green): 23%
  • Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 21%
  • Energy Leech Energy Leech Support(Blue): 12%
  • Lightning Penetration Lightning Penetration Support(Blue): 10%
  • Arcane Surge Arcane Surge Support(Blue): 6%
  • Elemental Focus Elemental Focus Support(Blue): 6%
  • Greater Spell Echo Spell Echo Support(granted by Pledge of Hands Pledge of Hands): 5%
  • Increased Critical Damage Increased Critical Damage Support(Blue): 1%

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3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Storm Brand Storm Brand (Blue) (21 / 20), Archmage Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Awakened Lightning Penetration Lightning Penetration Support (Blue) (1 / 20), Awakened Elemental Focus Elemental Focus Support (Blue) (1 / 5), Concentrated Effect Concentrated Effect Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Awakened Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support (Blue) (1 / 20),

Boots: Brand Recall Brand Recall (Blue) (6 / 20), Empower Empower Support (Red) (4 / 20), Enhance Enhance Support (Green) (3), Second Wind Support (Green) (20 / 20),

Gloves: Arcane Cloak (Blue) (20 / 20), Increased Duration Increased Duration Support (Red) (20 / 20), Second Wind Support (Green) (20 / 22), Arcane Surge Arcane Surge Support (Blue) (20 / 20),

Helmet: Shield Charge Shield Charge (Red) (1), Fortify Fortify Support (Red) (19), Precision Precision (Green) (20), Clarity Clarity (Blue) (20),

Weapon: Enfeeble Enfeeble (Blue) (5 / 23), Cast when Damage Taken Cast when Damage Taken Support (Red) (1), Wave of Conviction Wave of Conviction (Blue) (6),

Offhand: Discipline Discipline (Blue) (20), Wrath Wrath (Blue) (20), Zealotry Zealotry (Blue) (21),

4. Passive Skill Build

Storm Brand Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

  • Divine Guidance: 100%
  • Runebinder: 99%
  • Illuminated Devotion: 95%
  • Sign of Purpose: 89%
  • Arcane Blessing: 80%
  • Pain Attunement: 77%
  • Ghost Reaver: 62%
  • Elemental Overload: 43%
  • Sanctuary of Thought: 26%
  • Mind Over Matter: 24%
  • Conviction of Power: 9%
  • Zealot’s Oath: 8%
  • Elemental Equilibrium: 2%
  • Acrobatics: 2%

5. Equipment Build

Body Armour: The Ivory Tower Saint’s Hauberk

Weapon: Skull Bane Bane Engraved Wand

Offhand Weapon: Prism Guardian Prism Guardian Archon Kite Shield

Helmet: Mindspiral Mindspiral Aventail Helmet

Gloves: Voidbringer Voidbringer Conjurer Gloves

Boots: Skyforth Skyforth Sorcerer Boots

Belt: Hate Twine Stygian Vise

Amulet: Atziri’s Foible Atziri’s Foible Paua Amulet

Ring: Doom Band Two-Stone Ring, Brood Nail Two-Stone Ring

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