Firebrand Skill

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Name	Firebrand
Class	Spellblade level 30 skill
Description	A melee attack which grants you a stack of Firebrand buff if it hits an enemy. Each stack of the Firebrand buff increases the size of subsequent Firebrand attacks and adds melee fire damage.
Cooldown	No cooldown
Mana cost	0
Scaling Tags	FireMeleeIntelligenceDexterity
Scaling	Per Point of Intelligence: +4% increased Damage Per Point of Dexterity: +4% increased Damage

Skill Tree Nodes

Name	Max Points	Stats	Description
Firebrand	0		A melee attack which grants you a stack of Firebrand buff if it hits an enemy. Each stack of the Firebrand buff increases the size of subsequent Firebrand attacks and adds melee fire damage.
Searing Brand	5	Damage +10% per point	Firebrand deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers)
Charring	3	Melee Damage Per Stack +4% per point Mana Cost Per Stack +2 per point	Firebrand deals more melee damage per stack of Firebrand (multiplicative with other modifiers), but costs more mana.
Hypothermia	3	Frostbite Chance Per Stack +100% Stacks Consumed 1 per point	Using Shatter Strike consumes stacks of Firebrand to inflict Frostbite on hit.
Kindling	3	Increased Melee Crit Chance Per Stack 5% per point	Firebrand has increased melee critical strike chance per stack of Firebrand.
Inflame	4	Melee Critical Multiplier +5% per point	Firebrand has additional melee critical strike multiplier per stack of Firebrand.
Illuminating Fire	1	Guaranteed Critical Strike With 3 Stacks	Consuming 3 or more stacks of Firebrand with Incineration guarantees a critical strike.
Wildfire	2	Maximum Stacks +1 per point	Firebrand can have more maximum stacks.
Insulation	5	Armor Per Stack +10 per point Fire Resistance Per Stack 5% per point	Firebrand grants additional armor and fire resistance per stack of Firebrand.
Mana Shell	1	Ward Gain Per Stack 3	Gain ward per stack of Firebrand when you hit at least 1 enemy with Mana Strike.
Electrostatic	3	Static Charges +2 per point	Gain stacks of Static if Firebrand hits at least one enemy.
Pyroshielding	5	Ward Gain 8 per point	You gain ward when Firebrand hits at least one enemy.
Warding Flames	3	Ward Per Second Per Stack 3 per point	You gain ward per second per stack of Firebrand.
Undying Fire	5	Stack Duration +15% per point	Stacks of Firebrand last longer.
Everflames	1	Stacks Refreshed	You refresh the duration of all stacks of Firebrand when gaining a new stack.
Fulmination	3	Attack Speed Per Stack +3% per point Maximum Added Speed 9% per point	Firebrand attacks faster per stack of Firebrand, up to a maximum.
Arcane Sharpshooter	3	Spell Critical Multiplier +3% per point	Firebrand grants global spell critical strike multiplier per stack of Firebrand.
Pyre	1	Flame Wave On Hit	If Firebrand hits at least one enemy, it consumes 10 mana to cast Flame Wave, a spell that deals fire damage in a line.
Flare	5	Ignite Chance +20% per point	Firebrand has a chance to ignite enemies.
Inferno	5	Fire Damage Over Time Per Stack +5% per point Spreading Flames Chance +7% per point	Stacks of Firebrand also grant increased fire damage over time. Firebrand has a chance to inflict Spreading Flames when hitting an ignited enemy.
Crossfire	3	Ignite Chance Per Stack +5% per point	You have global ignite per stack of Firebrand.
Exothermic	3	Stacks Consumed 1 per point Ignite Chance Per Stack +100%	Using Flame Reave consumes stacks of Firebrand to add ignite chance per stack consumed.
Conflagrate	1	Stacks Per Attack +1 Mana Cost +10	You gain an additional stack of Firebrand when attacking, but Firebrand costs more mana.
Fading Flame	3	Ward Per Stack Consumed or Expired 12 per point	You gain ward when a stack of Firebrand expires or is consumed.
Triple Strike	1	Firebrand lines 3 Mana Cost +10	Firebrand now shoots three lines instead of one in a cone in front of you, but costs more mana.
Incineration	1	Damage Per Stack +20%	Your next melee attack, that is not Firebrand, consumes all stacks of Firebrand and deals more damage per stack consumed (multiplicative with other modifiers).
Galvanize	1	Fire -> Lightning Conversion Ignite -> Shock Chance	Firebrands's base fire damage and added melee fire damage from stacks is converted to lightning. Consequently this damage scales with increases to lightning damage, but not increases to fire damage. All ignite chance from this tree is converted to shock chance and effects related to ignite now depend on shock instead.
Ardent Branding	1	Maximum Stacks +3 No Attack Speed Benefits	Firebrand can have more maximum stacks, but no longer scales with attack speed. Firebrand can still gain attack speed from the Fulmination node.
Brand of Arcanus	1	Melee Fire -> Adaptive Spell Damage	Stacks of Firebrand add adaptive spell damage rather than melee fire damage. If you have taken the Galvanize node, this is instead converted to lightning damage rather than adaptive spell damage.