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Align Fate
While active, visages of yourself from alternate timelines will occasionally appear and cast one of your [Spell|Spells] from your first valid [WeaponSets|Weapon Set]. Until the next visage appears, your next cast of the same [Spell] aligns your fate, [Empowered|Empowering] that [Spell]. Visages can only cast damaging, non-[Channelling], non-[Buff] [Spell|Spells] you could cast that have no cooldown.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Minion / CompanionAzmerian Wolf
Summons an ancient [Reviving] Azmerian Wolf that can howl, calling to spirits convening an Eternal Hunt on [Command]. It [Maim|Maims] when attacking foes, and can lunge to bite and inflict [Bleeding], or howl to inspire nearby allies.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Buff / Grants Active Skill / PersistentBlack Powder Blitz
Replaces your dodge roll with an explosive-assisted leap, firing off a round from your prosthetic cannon leg that [Blind|Blinds] and [Ignite|Ignites] enemies in the area you escape from. The explosion will cause any [Grenade|Grenades] in its area of effect to also explode.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Buff / PersistentBlood Boil
Enemies in your [Presence] accumulate blood boils periodically. When they die, the boils pop applying [CorruptedBlood|Corrupted Blood] to enemies near them.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Minion / CompanionCackling Companions
Activate to summon a cackle of Hyena [Companion|Companions]. The cackle is treated as a single [Companion] for effects that count or limit [Companion|Companions], regardless of the number of Hyenas in the cackle. Hyenas whoop when they first appear, [Hinder|Hindering] nearby enemies, and have a chance to [Maim] enemies they [HitDamage|Hit].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Buff / Grants Active Skill / AttackCrackling Palm
When you [HitDamage|Hit] with [UnarmedAttack|Unarmed] [Melee] [Attack|Attacks], calls down lightning bolts which deal [UnarmedDamage|Unarmed] [Attack|Attack] damage to all surrounding enemies.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Intelligence / Grants Active SkillDiscipline
Emit an [Aura] that grants you and [Allies] in your [Presence] additional [Total] [EnergyShield|Energy Shield].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Intelligence / Grants Active Skill / BuffFulmination
While active, the first time any Skill [HitDamage|Hits] a [Shock|Shocked] enemy in your [Presence], that Skill also [HitDamage|Hits] other [Shock|Shocked] enemies in your [Presence], up to a maximum.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Buff / Grants Active Skill / PersistentFuture-Past
Hinekora observes your Future-Past granting you the opportunity to subvert a lesser fate. After a period of Hindsight, she will grant you her Foresight, which prevents you from avoiding Hits while Dodge Rolling. When you are Hit while Dodge Rolling, Hinekora restores you to full Life immediately before taking damage from the Hit, and grants you Sight Beyond Sight, which prevents you from dying.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Intelligence / Grants Active Skill / SpellHeart of Ice
[Chill|Chills] all enemies in your [Presence].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Buff / Grants Active Skill / AttackHerald of the Royal Queen
Killing an enemy with [BloodLoss|Blood Loss] will cause a bloody explosion that deals [Physical] [Attack] damage to surrounding enemies. This damage is not based on your [MartialWeapon|Weapon Damage], but is based on their accumulated [BloodLoss|Blood Loss]. The explosion destroys their [Corpse] if the enemy was [Rarity|Normal or Magic].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / BuffHollow Focus
While active, ethereal bells periodically appear near you. Your [HitDamage|Hits] immediately destroy the bells, creating a shockwave that damages nearby enemies and causes a [HeavyStun|Heavy Stun] on enemies that are [PrimedStun|Primed for Stun]. The bells are themselves always [PrimedStun|Primed for Stun], they can be [CullingStrike|Culled], and [HitDamage|Hits] against them are always [Critical|Critical Hits].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Intelligence / Grants Active SkillImpurity
Emit an [Aura] that boosts the [Resistances|Chaos Resistance] of you and [Allies] in your [Presence].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Buff / PersistentInto the Breach
Create a Breach around you, allowing you to see nearby [FlamesOfChayula|Flames of Chayula]. You are considered to be in a Breach while this skill is active.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Minion / PersistentKelari's Malediction
Harness Kelari's power to passively [Consume] [Corpse|Corpses] in your [Presence], causing Corpse Beetle [Minion|Minions] to burst forth. The Beetles passively follow you until [Command|Commanded]. On your [Command], they rush the target and explode.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Minion / PersistentKelari, the Tainted Sands
Summon Kelari, an invulnerable Sand Djinn [Minion], to do your bidding. Kelari will only act when you [Command] him to do so. Kelari delivers swift [HitDamage|Hits] with massive [Critical|Critical Hit] potential.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Buff / PersistentLife Remnants
Drink the blood of your enemies to restore your Life. While active, enemies you kill have a chance to spawn a Life [Remnant], and [HitDamage|Hitting] a target spawns a Life [Remnant] every few seconds. Picking up a Life [Remnant] grants you Life which can [Overflow|Overflow] maximum Life.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Intelligence / Grants Active SkillMalice
While active, emits an [Aura] that continuously inflicts [CriticalWeakness|Critical Weakness] on enemies in your [Presence].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Minion / CompanionManifest Weapon
Manifest a copy of your main hand [Melee] [MartialWeapon|Martial Weapon] as an immortal [Companion] to fight by your side. In addition to its standard [Strike|Strikes], the Manifested Weapon gains an additional [Attack] depending on its weapon type.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Buff / PersistentMidnight Zenith
While active, [Critical] [HitDamage|Hits] with other skills that kill targets, or hit powerful targets cause you to gain Arctic Petals. Once you have enough Arctic Petals they will be [Consume|Consumed] to create [IceCrystals|Ice Crystals] near the most recent target.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Intelligence / Grants Active Skill / BuffMirror of Refraction
Mirrors of Refraction appear in your [Presence] periodically. [HitDamage|Hitting] a mirror with a [Spell] [Projectile] causes it to shatter, copying the projectiles in a nova around the destroyed mirror. Copied [Projectile|Projectiles] may be copied again when colliding with other mirrors.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Minion / CompanionMist Raven
Summons a mysterious undamageable Mist Raven that can be [Command|Commanded] to dive at target location, crashing through an otherworldly mirror and damaging enemies in an area. The raven grants you a [Charges|Frenzy Charge] for each enemy it [CullingStrike|Culls].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Minion / PersistentNavira, the Last Mirage
Summon Navira, an invulnerable Water Djinn [Minion] to do your bidding. Navira will only act when you [Command] her to do so, bestowing restorative blessings upon you and your [Allies] with her [Spell|Spells].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Intelligence / Grants Active SkillPurity of Fire
Emit an [Aura] that boosts the [Resistances|Fire Resistance] of you and [Allies] in your [Presence].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Intelligence / Grants Active SkillPurity of Ice
Emit an [Aura] that boosts the [Resistances|Cold Resistance] of you and [Allies] in your [Presence].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Intelligence / Grants Active SkillPurity of Lightning
Emit an [Aura] that boosts the [Resistances|Lightning Resistance] of you and [Allies] in your [Presence].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Minion / PersistentRuzhan, the Blazing Sword
Summon Ruzhan, an invulnerable Flame Djinn [Minion], to do your bidding. Ruzhan emerges to [Strike] enemies with his greatsword whenever you use a damaging Skill, and casts devastating [Fire] [Spell|Spells] when [Command|Commanded] to do so.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Intelligence / Grants Active Skill / MinionSkeletal Warrior
Activate to summon [Reviving] Skeletal Warriors.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Spell / BuffSorcery Ward
Passively manifests a protective barrier which takes [ElementalDamage|Elemental Damage] from [HitDamage|Hits] for you until depleted. The barrier instantly recharges to its full value a short time after it stops taking damage or is fully depleted.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Intelligence / Grants Active Skill / MinionSpiraling Conspiracy
A flock of mist ravens circle you, dealing damage over time in an area. Their numbers are bolstered by slain foes, or in the [Presence] of dangerous enemies, but the flock as a whole is considered a single minion. You can [Command] some of them to take flight, leaving the flock to assail your enemies.
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