Glyph of Storms

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Glyph of Storms

Not available underwater  Ground-targeted  
Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Glyph
Training cost
2 Hero points
Game link
API
5734
10.25¼ Activation time  60 Recharge time  
Glyph of Storms

Glyph. Create a storm based on your attunement.

Fire Attunement.pngFirestorm (Glyph of Storms skill).png Firestorm
Water Attunement.pngIce Storm (Glyph of Storms skill).png Ice Storm
Air Attunement.pngLightning Storm (Glyph of Storms skill).png Lightning Storm
Earth Attunement.pngSandstorm.png Sandstorm
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

Ingame appearance when used.

Skills[edit]

Skill Underwater skills Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Firestorm (Glyph of Storms skill).png Firestorm Not available underwater 10.25¼ 25 Glyph. Create a firestorm at the target area.
Ice Storm (Glyph of Storms skill).png Ice Storm Not available underwater 10.25¼ 30 Glyph. Create an ice storm at the targeted area.
Damage is reduced per target each time foes are struck by this skill.
Lightning Storm (Glyph of Storms skill).png Lightning Storm Not available underwater 10.25¼ 60 Glyph. Create a lightning storm at the targeted area.
Damage is reduced per target each time foes are struck by this skill.
Sandstorm.png Sandstorm Not available underwater 10.25¼ 40 Glyph. Create a sandstorm at the target area.

Related traits[edit]

Air Air

Notes[edit]

  • The attunement effect is determined at the beginning of the skill's activation.

Gallery[edit]

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
July 07, 2020
  • This skill will now correctly put all attunement variants on interrupt cooldown when interrupted.
July 24, 2018
  • Fixed a bug that limited the maximum damage to 120% rather than 130%.
July 10, 2018
  • Fixed a bug in which this skill used an interrupt recharge instead of a full recharge.
May 22, 2018
  • Fixed a bug in which this skill required a full cooldown in situations where it should have required an interrupt cooldown.
May 08, 2018
  • The recharge time of storms will now be based on the player's attunement.
February 06, 2018
  • Reduced the recharge of Firestorm from 60 seconds to 25 seconds.
  • Reduced the recharge of Ice Storm from 60 seconds to 30 seconds.
  • Reduced the recharge of Sandstorm from 60 seconds to 40 seconds.
  • All storm glyph variants go on cooldown whenever one glyph is cast.
April 19, 2016
  • This skill now has new icons for each attunement for better visibility.
October 23, 2015 Heart of Thorns release:
  • Ice Storm: Fixed a bug that caused all impacts to fall within a smaller than intended radius when casting this skill.
  • Lightning Storm: Fixed a bug that caused all impacts to fall within a smaller than intended radius when casting this skill.
June 23, 2015 Specialization update:
  • Firestorm (Glyph of Storms): Increased the burning duration from 1 second to 2 seconds.
September 09, 2014
  • Fire now inflicts 1 second of burning on hit.
  • Lightning strike now inflicts 2 stacks of vulnerability for 8 seconds.
October 15, 2013
  • This skill now properly displays the duration of each spell. Added AoE rings to the fire and earth skills.
    • Firestorm: Reduced the number of maximum targets per impact from 10 to 5. Added an AoE ring.
    • Ice Storm: Added an AoE ring.
    • Lightning Storm: Increased the impact radius from 60 to 90.
    • Sandstorm: Reduced the number of maximum targets per pulse from 10 to 5. Added an AoE ring.
April 30, 2013
  • Increased duration of Lightning Storm by 50%, Ice Storm by 50%, Firestorm by 25%, and Sandstorm by 11%.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Glyph of Storms has been added to the game.