Mr. Zappy

Gameplay

Your Storm Totem and Wind Devil decimate everything around you, and the general technique is to drop them and run off while they murder the entire screen. The build can be tanky as well with Word of Renewal, Inquisitor Seal and Wendigo Totem all working in unison.

The General Play Technique is to set up your Storm Totem and cast Wind Devil from a distance, stand in your seal within proximity of your Wendigo Totem and keep your Totems and Devils up until all rushing monsters are dead. It’s that simple. And they die very quickly.

Survival is dependent on using your Inquisitor Seal, Wendigo Totem and Word of Renewal. But in addition to that, we also have our Rune of Hagarrad, which applies cold damage, slows the target for 5 seconds, and also reduces their defensive ability (while also having a chance to freeze them). This is awesome for boss or large group control. In Ultimate, you’ll constantly be living in your seal, enjoying the warming pulse of your Windigo Totem while your Storm Totem and Wind Devil murder everything rushing your safe space as your Runes trigger every 5.5 seconds.

Rotation for Trash: Since we are a Vindicator, we are bit squishy, so it’s good practice to toss the Inquisitor Seal at your feet then throw down a Storm Totem and Wind Devil in the direction of the trash. Generally, that’s all you need to do.

Rotation for Bosses (Facetank): Word of Renewal, Inquisitor Seal (at your feet), Wendigo Totem (at your feet), Storm Totem (direction of boss), Wind Devil (direction of boss), Rune of Hagarrad (at your feet), Storm Box of Elgoloth (on boss), Storm Totem (direction of boss), Wind Devil (direction of boss), repeat.

Rotation for Bosses (Kite): You will occasionally encounter bosses you cannot facetank. Since you’re a fairly squishy caster, you must kite these baddies. You want to get your Storm Totem and cast Wind Devil down as soon as possible while always having a Tethered Storm Box of Elgoloth on the target. You can drop Rune of Hagarrad strategically account for the 1.5 second arm time. Sadly, Wendigo Totem and Inquisitor Seal are rarely useful when kiting, so focus on damage and running in big circles to stay alive.

Gear

While this build focuses on the end-game Light’s Guardian set (4 items), its none-mythical counterpart Light's Defender is fairly easy to find, and in the meantime there are tons of green and blue electricity damage and defense self-found items that can be substituted until the player is able to craft a set, or finds the pieces.

Preferred Items

Slot	Item	Component	Augment
Left Hand	Mythical Crystallum	Seal of Skies	Ravager's Eye Barrowholm
Right Hand	Mythical Skybreach Bulwark	Seal of Skies	Ravager's Eye Barrowholm
Head	Mythical Light's Defender Helm	Sanctified Bone	Coven Black Ash
Shoulders	Mythical Light's Defender Epaulets	Ugdenbog Leather	Bysmiel's Desert Barb
Chest	Mythical Light's Defender Plate	Scaled Hide	Dreeg's Veilward
Hands	Mythical Light's Defender Gauntlets	Ugdenbog Leather	Bladeward Powder Devil's Crossing
Belt	Thunderstruck Redeemer Waistguard of Readiness	Ugdenbog Leather	Bladeward Powder Devil's Crossing
Legs	Mythical Stormcage Legguards	Scaled Hide	Bysmiel's Veiltouch
Feet	Stormbearers	Ugdenbog Leather	Dreeg's Omen
Amulet	Aetherbolt Pendant	Seal of Annihilation	Osyr's Temper
Ring	Mythical Aetherstorm Sigil	Corpse Dust	Osyr's Temper
Ring	Allagast's Stormgem	Mark of Illusions	Osyr's Temper
Medal	Mythical Gildam Arcanum Commendation	Attuned Lodestone	Glyph of Disorder
Relic	Ignaffar's Combustion	-	-

Final gear

Leveling Gear

The Yeti Horn (found off Yeti’s as your go through the Asterkarn Road) is an easy to farm alternative offhand item that allows for an additional Wind Devil and lowers the cooldown time to cast. The Groble Sky Effigy is also a great offhand that allows for an additional Storm Totem and lowers the time to cast. New characters can obtain this from Narbargal, the Stormseeker, just south of Ulgrim.

Level	Item	Note
12-94	Groble Sky Effigy	Off Hand support for Storm Totem
20	Yeti Horn	Off Hand support for Wind Devil
22	Stormcaller's Spellblade	1H
25	Squall	Relic
25	Glyph of Arcane Insight	Augment for medal
30/50/82	Stormguard	Shield
30	Veil’s Edge	1H Axe
33	Sacred Hammer of Eternal Wrath	1H
42	Thundertouch Bracers	Hands
50	Valdaran's Mantle	Shoulders
50	Desolation	Relic
55	Segarius’ Sacred Blade	1H
58	Empowered Stormcallers Spellblade	1H
58	Crystallum	1H
60	Eye of the Storm	Relic
65	Empowered Cleansed Blade of Elgoloth	1H
65	Skybreach Bulwark	Shield
75	Light’s Defender	Set
90	Stormsurge Pistol	1H Crafting
90	Aetherbolt Pendant	Amulet Coven Blueprint

Leveling

Phase I

Choose class
5 points into bar (Shaman 5/50)
9 points into Devouring Swarm (9/16)
RESKILL: Remove all points from Devouring Swarm (0/16)
5 points into bar (Shaman 10/50)
1 point into Wind Devil (1/16)
1 point into Mogdrogen's Pact (1/12)
5 points into bar (Shaman 15/50)
1 point into Heart of the Wild (1/10)
5 points into bar (Shaman 20/50)
10 points into Raging Tempest (10/12)
1 point into Wendigo Totem (1/12)
5 points into bar (Shaman 25/50)
1 point into Oak Skin (1/10)
7 points into bar (Shaman 32/50)
16 points into Storm Totem (16/16)
8 points into bar (Shaman 40/50)
12 points into Maelstrom (12/12)

Phase II

Choose class
1 point into bar (Inquisitor 1/50)
1 point into Storm Box of Elgoloth (1/16)
4 points into bar (Inquisitor 5/50)
1 point into Rune of Hagarrad (1/16)
5 points into bar (Inquisitor 10/50)
1 point into Word of Renewal (1/12)
1 point into Deadly Aim (1/12)
5 points into bar (Inquisitor 15/50)
1 point into Biting Cold (1/12)
1 point into Lightning Tether (1/12)
5 points into bar (Inquisitor 20/50)
1 point into Vigor (1/10)
5 points into bar (Inquisitor 25/50)
1 point into Inquisitor Seal (1/12)
7 points into bar (Inquisitor 32/50)
1 point into Steel Resolve (1/10)
1 point into Null Field (1/1)
1 point into Chillsurge (1/12)
8 points into bar (Inquisitor 40/50)
1 point into Arcane Empowerment (1/12)
1 point into Artifact Handling (1/10)
10 points into bar (Inquisitor 50/50)
12 points into Aura of Censure (12/12)

Phase III

6 points into Word of Renewal (7/12)
6 points into Inquisitor Seal (7/12)
11 points into Wendigo Totem (12/12)
6 points into Deadly Aim (7/12)
13 points into Storm Box of Elgoloth (14/16)
11 points into Biting Cold (12/12)
6 points into Steel Resolve (7/10)
7 points into Heart of the Wild (8/10)
9 points into Lightning Tether (10/12)
5 points into Deadly Aim (12/12)

Touch up the rest as you see fit!

Devotions

Crossroads (Eldrich, 7 o'clock)
Bat add Wind Devil (2 left of, 1 below center)
Crossroads (Ascendant, 4 o'clock)
Empty Throne (4 below, 1 ro the right of center)
Scholar’s Light (3 below center)
Rhowan’s Crown, add Storm Totem (right of Empty Throne)
Viper (1 to the left and 1 above center)
Crossroads (Primordial, 12 o'clock)
Widow, add Storm Box of Elgoloth (3 above center)
Tempest, add Inquisitor Seal (2 to the left and 2 above center)
Remove all from Crossroads
Crossroads (Order, 2 o'clock)
Lotus (3 to the right and 3 above center)
Bard's Harp, add Aura of Censure (6 right of the center)
Chariot of the Dead, add Mogdrogen's Pact (5 to the left and 1 above center)
Remove Scholar’s Light
Remove all from Crossroads but Primordial (12 o'clock)
Ultos, Shepherd of Storms (partial), add Wind Devil (bottom left corner)
Move Storm Totem to Bat
Add Wendigo Totem to Rhowan’s Crown
Rest into Dryad (4 to the right and 1 above center)

Mr Zappy - Wind Devil Storm Totem Vindicator