Category:Stormlords

All mages learn some magic that harnesses the power of the sky, but only a few have the dedication to become Stormlords. Masters of the weather, Stormlords wield a unique arsenal of sustained damage-over-time spells. They are tougher than mages, but give up some of their surging power as they favor more reliable, consistant damage. Like all Prestige Classes, they retain the original class's Prime Requisite, in this case, Intelligence. Stormlords find the magic of Sorcerors to be a perversion of nature, and thus never gain access to that Remort Class.

Abbreviation: Stm.

Base Class: Mage.

Prime Requisite: Intelligence.

Stormlords in General

See Mages for an example.

Apparently only those races with Racial Nosun are incapable of becoming Stormlords.

• Although I've heard rumors there's an exception for Gargoyles

Stormlords SURGE ability is reduced from 1-5 to 1-3.

Stormlord Creation

To become a Stormlord you need to have three requirements:

1) Any race can become a Stormlord as long as they DO NOT have the no-sun racial.

2) The weather must be stormy (lightning).

3) Level 50 Mage.

Stormlords at Hero Tier

Training

As with most classes, Wisdom should be your first consideration, followed by intelligence and constitution. Int is more important than con in this case, as it is your prime stat and gives you more mana per levelup. When considering wisdom, it may be helpful if you are low on pracs to look at the table on the wisdom page on this site and determine which value of wisdom will increase your number of practice gains. If you can achieve the same number of practices per level without training wisdom to max, or if you have DC quest insignia that provides wisdom it may not be necessary to train it to the max right away, allowing you to focus on int and con. Dex and str aren't as vitally as important as the other three, although dex will help with your AC. As long as you train these to 1 under their max you will be fine, as giant strength and adrenaline pump will still raise them to as high as they can go

Practicing

You really only need to practice surge and disintegrate, concentration and shield block help if you are tanking. Sanctuary and its prerequesits can help in a pinch, most notably protection good/evil which only comes in an awen-including spellup. Practice your STM skills at 101, and either solo with disintegrate or use them in groups. You can solo with your stm spells as well, but it takes a little bit of practice (see below).

Devoting

SHZ is best for stats and enchanting, Bhyss is best for damage.

Fighting

Soloing: Get a decent set of ac, use the bots for spells, and surge 2ish disintegrate. Tortugas are awesome. Once you hit 101, begin using your weather spells instead, preferably Hail Storm to knock out several mobs at a time in areas such as Frozen Wastes. Note that to be able to use your stormlord spells you need to be on top of the target you're fighting; and you need to recast your sustained spells before every round of combat. Relogging your char just before setting off for combat will insure you are on top 95% of the time; the only things that will screw you up are repops while you're running and mobs that cast/breathe.

Tanking: Stormlords can tank same as mage, and to be able to use their stormlord spells they need to be on top of the target they are fighting. Again, same deal. Relog your char just before combat, although with a group this can be rather annoying for the other members, if you have enough hitters it's probably just easier to disintegrate, although hail storm is still helpful if you're facing multiple mobs.

Hitting: Make pretty decent hitters once they get some mana. Cloudburst does better damage than disintegrate, and for a much lower cost, as on top of stormlord spells' low mana cost they work with chaos channel; even a stm with relatively low mana can run for a pretty long time. Again, hail storm if your tank is fighting multiple mobs

Healing: Can brandish at lower hero levels if necessary, although since stormlords usually worship deities that reduce healing effectiveness, a cleric is far preferred. I've found my heal spell has rather nasty out of class lag too, despite Shizaga's bonus to cast lag, and it only heals about half as much as my cleric's does. It's doable, but don't expect to be the best healer in the realm.

Stormlords at Lord Tier

Here is where STM shines. You won't have much mana, but it seems to last pretty well. Maelstrom doesn't do much damage with STM, but Thunderhead and blizzard are awesome. Use thunderhead and/or gale stratum and then either thunderhead or blizzard depending on how many mobs in the room. Can't use many commands while sustaining your weather spells but you will get a hang of it fast. If you got extra mana while regenning, toss in a spring rain for your buddies.

Stormlord Remort Options

Can remort races, but no classes, although when I type remort, it says sor is an option..probably a bug.