Firebrand Skill

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

Mana cost

Speed

1.467 per second (if no cooldown)

Use Duration: 0.75s

Use Delay: 0.22s

Speed Multiplier: 1

Settle Low Priority Ratio: 50%

Scales With: Attack Speed

Scaling Tags

FireMeleeIntelligenceDexterity

Scaling

Per Point of Intelligence:

+4% increased Damage

Per Point of Dexterity:

+4% increased Damage

Damage

Name	Firebrand
Base Damage	2 Fire
Critical Chance	5%
Critical Multiplier	200%
Added Damage Scaling	100%
Is Hit	Yes

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 gain Frostbite Chance per stack consumed.
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	3	Crit Chance per Stack Consumed +2% per point Crit Multiplier per Stack Consumed +2% per point	Consuming stacks of Firebrand with Incineration grants bonus critical strike chance and critical strike multiplier per stack.
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 4	Gain ward per stack of Firebrand when you hit at least 1 enemy with Mana Strike.
Electrostatic	3	Static Charges +3 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 +5% 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	3	Spreading Flames Chance vs Ignited 6% per point More Fire Damage Per Stack vs Spreading Flames +2% per point	Firebrand has a chance to inflict Spreading Flames when hitting an ignited enemy. Stacks of Firebrand also grant more fire damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) against enemies afflicted by Spreading Flames.
Crossfire	4	Ignite Chance Per Stack +8% per point	Each stack of Firebrand grants you global Ignite Chance.
Exothermic	3	Stacks Consumed 1 per point Ignite Chance Per Stack +100%	Using Flame Reave consumes stacks of Firebrand to gain 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 15 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	Other Melee Consumes Stacks 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. Swaps Firebrand's Fire tag for a Lightning tag.
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 Damage -> Spell Damage	Stacks of Firebrand add spell damage rather than melee fire damage.