Tempest Bell
Requires 4 Combo and loses its stored Combo after 8 seconds without generating Combo. The skill's separate Bell limit changes with gem level and must be read from its current level row, not treated as a Combo cap.
Related: Tempest BellMechanic
Combo
Combo is a counter owned by a specific skill. Strike enemies with the weapon set bound to that Combo skill, then spend the required count to use the skill or improve its result.0.5.4d
Current data
Catalog version 0.5.4d
No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.
What Combo does
Current rulesCombo is tracked separately for each skill that uses it. A successful melee Strike normally adds one Combo to each eligible skill once per attack, even if the attack hits several enemies. Each skill or Support defines its own requirement, maximum, expiry timer, and spending rule, so there is no universal Combo cap or timeout.
- Each Combo skill has its own counter
- Combo is not one character-wide resource. A skill that gains or requires Combo tracks its own count. Spending one skill's Combo does not spend the count stored by another Combo skill.
- A melee Strike normally grants one Combo per attack
- Successfully Striking an enemy builds Combo. Hitting several enemies with the same Strike, an additional Ancestral target, or repeated parts of the same sustained attack does not award one Combo for every target or hit. The eligible skill gains Combo once for that attack.
- The bound weapon set matters
- By default, a Combo skill builds Combo only while using the weapon set to which that skill is bound. Swapping away from that weapon set removes the skill's stored Combo.
- Martial Master removes both default restrictions
- Martial Master lets skills build and retain Combo regardless of Weapon Set and lets all Attack Hits build Combo. A projectile or Area Attack can therefore build Combo, but one attack still does not grant separate Combo for every target, chain, or sustained hit.
- Martial Adept adds Combo and rewards spending it
- Martial Adept grants one additional Combo whenever you gain Combo. When you expend Combo by using a skill, each Combo spent subtracts 0.2 seconds from the current Energy Shield Recharge delay. It changes the current delay at that moment, not the permanent base delay stat.
- Finality prevents Combo gain
- While Finality is active, skills cannot gain Combo. Finality also makes Strike skills skip to their Final Strike when they have one, but a Final Strike sequence is not itself the Combo counter.
- Requirements, caps, and timers belong to the skill
- Tempest Bell, Mantra of Destruction, Combo Finisher, Culmination, and Vruun's Inevitability use different numbers. Never apply one skill's maximum or expiry timer to every Combo skill.
- Combo-adding Supports do not stack on the same skill
- Combo Finisher, Culmination, and Vruun's Inevitability cannot support a skill that already gains Combo. Once one of these Supports gives a skill the Combo behavior, another Support with the same restriction cannot be added to that skill.
Current Combo skills, Supports, passives, and items
10 casesMantra of Destruction
Requires 8 Combo and loses Combo after 8 seconds without generating it. Quality can reduce the requirement by 1, making the full-quality requirement 7.
Related: Mantra of DestructionCombo Finisher I
Makes an eligible self-used Melee Attack require 3 Combo, grants it 25% more Damage, and removes its Combo after 4 seconds without generation.
Related: Combo Finisher ICombo Finisher II
Makes an eligible self-used Melee Attack require 5 Combo, grants it 40% more Damage, and removes its Combo after 4 seconds without generation.
Related: Combo Finisher IICulmination I
Stores up to 10 Combo, expends all Combo on use, and grants 3% more Damage per Combo expended. The maximum payoff is 30% more Damage. Combo expires after 4 seconds without generation.
Related: Culmination ICulmination II
Stores up to 10 Combo, expends all Combo on use, and grants 4% more Damage per Combo expended. The maximum payoff is 40% more Damage. Combo expires after 6 seconds without generation.
Related: Culmination IIVruun's Inevitability
Stores up to 10 Combo and expends all Combo on use. The supported skill gains 6% increased Area of Effect per Combo expended, and its Combo expires after 6 seconds without generation.
Related: Vruun's InevitabilityPracticed Combo
Supported Strike skills have a 40% chance to build one additional Combo on Hit.
Related: Practiced ComboAilith's Chimes
Has a 25% Surpassing chance per Combo expended to grant a Power Charge. Spending 10 Combo gives two guaranteed Power Charges and a 50% chance for a third.
Related: Ailith's Chimes, Power Charge, SurpassingLimits and exceptions
8 rules- Combo is not a character-wide resource. Counters are stored and spent per skill.
- There is no universal Combo maximum, requirement, or expiry timer.
- A normal Strike grants Combo once per attack, not once per enemy hit.
- Swapping away from the bound weapon set removes Combo unless Martial Master applies.
- Finality prevents skills from gaining Combo.
- Final Strike and a named attack sequence are not automatically Combo.
- Combo Finisher, Culmination, and Vruun's Inevitability cannot be combined on one skill when each sees that the skill already gains Combo.
- Tempest Bell's Bell limit is a separate level-dependent skill value and must not be copied from a single imported level row as a universal value.
Related pages
17 connections
skillTempest BellBuild Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your staff to grow to massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be Hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type, and Hits which would have caused Knockback increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.
skillMantra of DestructionBuild Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to Empower your next Quarterstaff Attack, causing it to deal additional Chaos damage. Each kill with the Empowered Attack grants Purple Flames of Chayula for a duration.
supportCombo Finisher ISupports Melee Attacks you use yourself. Supported Skills cannot be used until enough Combo has been built up, but deal more damage. Cannot support skills which already Combo.
supportCombo Finisher IISupports Melee Attacks you use yourself. Supported Skills cannot be used until enough Combo has been built up, but deal massively more damage. Cannot support skills which already Combo.
supportCulmination ISupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills gain Combo when you successfully Strike Enemies with other Melee Attacks. Supported Skills reset their Combo on use, dealing more Damage the higher Combo you had on use. Cannot support skills which already gain Combo. Cannot modify the Skills of Minions.
supportCulmination IISupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills gain Combo when you successfully Strike Enemies with other Melee Attacks. Supported Skills reset their Combo on use, dealing more Damage the higher Combo you had on use. Cannot support skills which already gain Combo. Cannot modify the Skills of Minions.
supportVruun's InevitabilitySupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills gain Combo when you successfully Strike Enemies with other Melee Attacks. Supported Skills expend their Combo when used, gaining more area of effect the higher Combo they had. Cannot support skills which already gain Combo. Cannot modify the Skills of Minions.
supportPracticed ComboSupports Strike Skills. Supported Skills have a chance to build additional Combo on Hit. Cannot support Skills used by Minions.
supportAilith's ChimesSupports Skills which can expend Combo. On expending Combo with Supported Skills, you have a chance to gain Power Charges based on the amount of Combo expended.
unique itemDuality(200-300)% increased Physical Damage
currencyRune of CulminationGloves: 50% chance to build an additional Combo on Hit
currencyLegacy of DualityQuarterstaves: Gain 250 Guard for 0.5 seconds per Combo expended when using Skills
mechanicStrikeA Strike is a Melee Attack that directly hits with a weapon or body part. Strike and Slam are mutually exclusive classifications, and Melee Strike Range affects how far a Strike can directly reach.
mechanicFinalityFinality is a Buff that grants 100% increased Critical Hit Chance with Final Strikes, and makes your Strike skills skip to their Final Strike if they have one.
mechanicPower ChargePower Charges are Intelligence-associated charges used by spell, quarterstaff, minion, and Wyvern skills. They have no inherent critical bonus unless another effect, such as Charge Regulation, supplies one.
mechanicEnergy Shield RechargeEnergy Shield Recharge is a recovery process that normally starts after a four-second delay and restores 12.5% of maximum Energy Shield per second. Losing Energy Shield or Life ordinarily interrupts it and restarts the delay. Recharge is Recovery, not Regeneration.
mechanicSurpassingA Surpassing chance can produce an event more than once. Each complete 100% guarantees one occurrence, then the remaining percentage rolls for one more.
