The Rippling Thoughts

The Rippling Thoughts
Legion SwordOne Handed Sword
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (137.8-148.4)–(254.8-274.4)
Elemental Damage: 1–(60-70)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.20
Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill
Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack
(75-90)% increased Spell Damage
(140-160)% increased Physical Damage
Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage
Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells
10% increased Area of Effect


Acquisition
League(s): HarbingerPurchase Costs

Unique

8x Chaos Orb

Sell Price
18x Alchemy Shard
14x Alteration Shard
Physical: (235.6-253.7)
Lightning: (36.6-42.6)

Elemental: (36.6-42.6)
Phys+Chaos: (235.6-253.7)

Total: (272.2-296.3)Miscellaneous
Item class: One Hand Swords

The Rippling Thoughts is a unique Legion SwordLegion SwordOne Handed Sword
Physical Damage: 53–98
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.20
Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy Rating.

Modifiers

The Rippling Thoughts grants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane.

Grants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill: Summons an immortal Harbinger minion. The minion will occasionally cast Arcane Surge on the player, granting more spell damage, cast Speed and mana regeneration.

This buff has the same effect as a Level 21 Arcane Surge SupportArcane Surge SupportSupport, Spell, Duration
Icon: N
Mana Multiplier: 130%Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageArcane Surge grants (10-20)% more Spell Damage
Arcane Surge grants (10-19)% increased Cast Speed
Arcane Surge grants (0.5-1)% of Mana Regenerated per second
Arcane Surge lasts 4 seconds
Gain Arcane Surge after Spending a total of (15-400) Mana with Supported Skills
Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Spell Damage while you have Arcane SurgeThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. gem. This effect does not stack, and only one instance of the buff will affect the character.

The Rippling Thoughts grants a level 20 Storm Cascade (.5s cooldown), which is effectively a lightning version of a level 21 Glacial CascadeGlacial CascadeSpell, AoE, Cold, Physical
Radius: 12
Mana Cost: (12-23)
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%Requires Level 28Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in the area.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased DamageDeals (37-354) to (56-531) Physical Damage
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
+(0-2) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Mechanics

When dual wielding, Storm Cascade from both weapons will share cooldowns and only the Storm Cascade in the main hand will trigger.

If The Rippling Thoughts is in off-hand with a separate weapon in the main hand Storm Cascade will trigger on attacking with any of the weapons.

Item acquisition

This item is restricted to areas with the league flag for Harbinger active. There are additional ways to acquire league-restricted items, see League-specific items for more details.

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
1	First Piece of the ArcaneFirst Piece of the Arcane Legion Sword PieceThis item will transform when correctly arranged with other items.	Place the pieces in inventory or stash in correct order	Manual
1	Second Piece of the ArcaneSecond Piece of the Arcane Legion Sword PieceThis item will transform when correctly arranged with other items.
1	Third Piece of the ArcaneThird Piece of the Arcane Legion Sword PieceThis item will transform when correctly arranged with other items.

Usage in upgrade paths

This item is used by upgrade paths or vendor recipes to create the following items:

Outcome	Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
The Surging ThoughtsThe Surging Thoughts Legion SwordOne Handed Sword Quality: +20% Physical Damage: (137.8-148.4)–(254.8-274.4) Elemental Damage: 1–(60-70) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.20 Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Greater Harbinger of the Arcane Skill Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack (75-90)% increased Spell Damage (140-160)% increased Physical Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells 10% increased Area of Effect	1	The Rippling ThoughtsThe Rippling Thoughts Legion SwordOne Handed Sword Quality: +20% Physical Damage: (137.8-148.4)–(254.8-274.4) Elemental Damage: 1–(60-70) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.20 Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack (75-90)% increased Spell Damage (140-160)% increased Physical Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells 10% increased Area of Effect	N/A	Manual
	1	Electroshock ScrollElectroshock ScrollStack Size: 10Upgrades The Rippling Thoughts to a more powerful versionRight click this item then left click an applicable Harbinger unique item to upgrade it. Shift click to unstack.
The BeachheadThe Beachhead Harbinger MapMap Level: 72 Map Tier: 5 Item Quantity: (+40%-+60%) Item Rarity: (+40%-+60%)Area contains 6 extra Harbingers Corrupted Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.	1	Primal Crushclaw BulbPrimal Crushclaw BulbStack Size: 100 Seed Tier: 3 Spawns a level ? Monster when Harvested Provides ? Units of Raw Primal Lifeforce when Harvested Can be Harvested after 9 Growth CyclesConsumes (50%) Wild Units of Condensed Lifeforce per Growth Cycle Consumes (50%) Vivid Units of Condensed Lifeforce per Growth Cycle Requires 4 Adjacent Primal Seeds of at least Tier 2 to GrowAllows you to exchange a Unique, Bestiary or Harbinger item for a related item when HarvestedShift click to unstack.	Harvest the seed to reveal a random crafting option, one of them gave random tier of Beachhead map.	Manual
	1	The Rippling ThoughtsThe Rippling Thoughts Legion SwordOne Handed Sword Quality: +20% Physical Damage: (137.8-148.4)–(254.8-274.4) Elemental Damage: 1–(60-70) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.20 Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack (75-90)% increased Spell Damage (140-160)% increased Physical Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells 10% increased Area of Effect
Infused BeachheadInfused Beachhead Harbinger MapMap Level: 83 Map Tier: 16100% more Monster Life 100% increased Monster Damage Unique Boss drops an additional Harbinger Scroll Area contains 20 extra Harbingers Corrupted Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.	1	Primal Crushclaw BulbPrimal Crushclaw BulbStack Size: 100 Seed Tier: 3 Spawns a level ? Monster when Harvested Provides ? Units of Raw Primal Lifeforce when Harvested Can be Harvested after 9 Growth CyclesConsumes (50%) Wild Units of Condensed Lifeforce per Growth Cycle Consumes (50%) Vivid Units of Condensed Lifeforce per Growth Cycle Requires 4 Adjacent Primal Seeds of at least Tier 2 to GrowAllows you to exchange a Unique, Bestiary or Harbinger item for a related item when HarvestedShift click to unstack.	Harvest the seed to reveal a random crafting option, one of them gave random tier of Beachhead map.	Manual
	1	The Rippling ThoughtsThe Rippling Thoughts Legion SwordOne Handed Sword Quality: +20% Physical Damage: (137.8-148.4)–(254.8-274.4) Elemental Damage: 1–(60-70) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.20 Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack (75-90)% increased Spell Damage (140-160)% increased Physical Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells 10% increased Area of Effect

When the last piece is placed, they will all vanish, and the player will be left with the forged item.

The forging blueprint

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Introduced to the game.