Storm Ripper
The bolts will tear through your enemies like a particularly nasty gale.
Overview
Storm Ripper is an enchanted crossbow that functions as an upgraded, lightning-infused version of the regular crossbow. It trades the standard weapon’s normal damage profile for heavy pierce damage plus a fixed amount of lightning damage, and its special effect gives it a chance to trigger chain lightning that jumps to nearby enemies and deals the same lightning damage again. This makes it a strong weapon for clustered fights, where a single shot can contribute damage to several targets at once.
The weapon’s base lightning damage is 10 at every quality level, while its pierce damage increases from 220 at quality 1 to 229 at quality 4. Durability also scales significantly, going from 50 at quality 1 to 200 at quality 4. The crafting cost for upgrades is:
- Quality 1: 1
- Quality 2: 8 Flametal, 1 Iolite
- Quality 3: 16 Flametal, 2 Iolite
- Quality 4: 24 Flametal, 3 Iolite
Because Storm Ripper is a magical enhancement of the normal crossbow, enchanting it resets any upgrades already applied to the base weapon. In practice, that means it is best to decide early whether you want to invest materials into the regular crossbow or save them for this transformed version instead. The weapon rewards careful target selection: its raw pierce damage remains high for single targets, while the lightning proc gives it extra value against groups or enemies standing close together.
Official description
The bolts will tear through your enemies like a particularly nasty gale.