Unique Talismans

Surge of the Tide

Surge of the Tide is a unique Lumbering Talisman that Ancestrally Boosts every second Slam and every second Strike used while shapeshifted. The alternating counter applies separately to those skill types.

0.5.4d

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0

Direct change

New Unique item: Surge of the Tide

Full patch history

Item effects

5 lines

01(250-300)% increased Physical Damage

02(30-50)% increased Armour

03(10-15)% reduced Attack Speed

04+(20-30) to Strength

05Every second Slam Skill you use while Shapeshifted is Ancestrally BoostedEvery second Strike Skill you use while Shapeshifted is Ancestrally Boosted

Vaal Cultivation Orb

Other Unique rule

Surge of the Tide is not listed among the 48 corrupted Vaal Uniques with an item-specific Cultivation modifier pool. Using a Vaal Cultivation Orb follows the separate rule for other Uniques: it replaces the item with a random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class.

Target class: Talismans
Result: Random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class
Exact pool: Not published as an exhaustive list

The exact random pool depends on item class and current eligibility rules, so it is not represented as a fixed item-to-item outcome.

Compare the Vaal Unique modifier pools and the other Unique rule

How to get Surge of the Tide

World drop

Surge of the Tide can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.

Drop: Enabled
Restriction: None
Orb of Chance: Eligible

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Surge of the Tide. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

No change.

Applies a modifier magnitude multiplier of 0.78x to 1.22x (in 0.01 increments) before rounding to explicit modifiers. Applies before quality effects.

The resulting values are rounded to the nearest whole number, rather than always being rounded down like most decimal values in the game. However, testing suggests the game may use truncation with a +0.5 shift instead of standard rounding. This appears to bias internally negative stats (like 10% Reduced Dexterity) toward zero, preventing some expected values from appearing while making others more common. A formula of trunc(value + 0.5) may explain this behavior.

Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.

Adds an item socket to weapons (including sceptres) and armour, ignoring socket limits.

For jewellery, no change. (This outcome is not removed by Omen of Corruption.)
The item cannot have more sockets than the amount of space the item takes up.
If the item is socketed with Cadigan's Epiphany, the item cannot gain an augment socket via corruption.

View every corruption outcome and enchantment

How it works

1 interactions

Ancestral Boost

Every second Slam Skill you use while Shapeshifted is Ancestrally Boosted; Every second Strike Skill you use while Shapeshifted is Ancestrally Boosted

Related mechanics

MechanicShapeshift

Shapeshifting changes the character into a non-human form. Animal forms use the character's normal stats unless a Skill or form says otherwise, and are enabled by a Talisman in the active weapon set.

MechanicAncestrally Boosted

Ancestral Boost changes a compatible Slam, Strike, or Spell when that skill is used. Slams and Spells gain damage and area, while Strikes target additional enemies.

Patch history

1 changes