Unstable Currents

Unstable Currents is a Sorcerer skill from the Ultimate skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Lightning Dmg	Shock Skills
Attack Speed	Crackling Energy
Ultimate
Shock

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

Unstable Currents Lightning surges within you for 10 seconds. Whenever you cast a Shock Skill, a random Core, Conjuration, or Mastery Shock Skill is also cast. Cooldown: 70 seconds. Damage: Lightning Tags: Ultimate, Shock

Upgrades

Prime Unstable Currents Unstable Currents increases your Attack Speed by +25% while active.

Supreme Unstable Currents While Unstable Currents is active, Crackling Energy pulses 25% faster and costs no charges.

* Crackling Energy periodically damages surrounding enemies when picked up.

Tips for using Unstable Currents

Unstable Currents does not generate Crackling Energy. You need skills like Flickering Spark, Destructive Chain Lightning or Wizard's Ball Lightning or putting Spark into your Enchantment Slot to generate the Crackling Energy and Supreme Unstable Currents will affect that.

Items that work with Unstable Currents

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Unstable Currents
• Create a condition Unstable Currents can exploit
• Exploit a condition Unstable Currents creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Abundant Energy	Offensive	Crackling Energy has a 30 - 40% chance to chain to an additional enemy. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer
Aspect of Overwhelming Currents	Offensive	Unstable Currents has a 15 - 30% chance to cast an additional Shock skill. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer
Stable Aspect	Offensive	While Unstable Currents is not active, your Shock skills have a 7 - 12% chance to trigger a free cast from it. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer

Unique Items

	Flickerstep ""Considered a failure by their creator, it wasn't until the assassination of an "untouchable" Caldeum noble that these boots' true power was understood." - Barrett's Book of Implements" Type: Boots Class: All Description: Each enemy you Evade through reduces your active Ultimate Cooldown by # seconds, up to 10 seconds.	Attacks Reduce Evade's Cooldown by # Seconds Affixes: + % Damage + % Attack Speed + % Critical Strike Chance + Lucky Hit: Up to a % Chance to Stun (CC)
	Esadora's Overflowing Cameo The only thing more potent than Esadora's magic was her endless hatred of humanity. As she lay dying, the pale amulet around her neck drank in both. Type: Amulet Class: Sorcerer Description: Upon collecting Crackling Energy, there's a 15% chance to release a lightning nova, dealing [# - #] Lightning damage, increased by x 50% for every 100 Intelligence you have.	+ % Resistance to All Elements Affixes: % Cooldown Reduction + % Crackling Energy Damage + % Movement Speed + 1 - 2 Ranks to Shocking Impact Passive skill
	Paingorger's Gauntlets Crafted from fragments of Duriel's carapace, wearing these gloves, or being struck by them, causes an agonizing sensation akin to pushing one's hands through a thousand shards of glass. Type: Gloves Class: All Description: Damaging enemies with a cast Non–Basic Skill marks them for 3 seconds. When a Basic Skill first hits a marked enemy, the Basic Skill’s damage is echoed to all marked enemies, dealing x 100 – 200% increased damage.	Affixes: + % Critical Strike Chance + % Attack Speed + 8 - 14 All Stats + % Basic Skill Damage
	Staff of Lam Esen "Also known as the Greatstaff of the Old Religion, this powerful relic is one of only a small handful of Skatsimi artefacts that have survived to this day." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Staff Class: Sorcerer Description: Your casts of Charged Bolts have a x40 - 60% chance to be attracted to enemies and last 300% longer.	+ % Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies Affixes: + % Lightning Damage + % Critical Strike Damage + % Damage to Close Enemies Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore +% Primary Resource
	Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop "Fool said he dug it out of the sands near Lut Gholem with a few other worthless trinkets. I hid my delight at receiving such as treasure in exchange for a meager handful of coins" - Rakhaan Type: Ring Class: Sorcerer Description: For each type of elemental damage you deal, gain [X] 14% increased damage for 4 seconds. Dealing Elemental damage refreshes all bonuses. (Sorcerer Only)	+ % Resistance to All Elements + % Resistance to All Elements Affixes: + % Non-Physical Damage + % Lucky Hit Chance + % Resource Generation + % Cooldown Reduction

Paragon Glyphs

	Electrocute Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Lightning damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: Your Lightning damage has a + 5% increased chance to Critically Strike enemies who are Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC), or Frozen (CC). Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)
	Elementalist Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Non-physical damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: Dealing Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage to an enemy increases all damage you deal to them by x 5% for 10 seconds, stacking once per element. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)
	Enchanter Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +2% (lvl 1) -10% (lvl 21) increased Non-physical damage.	Additional Bonus: For each skill equipped in your Enchantment Slots, gain + 5% Maximum Resistance to that Skill's element. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)

Item Affixes

The following Affixes are particularly useful with Unstable Currents

Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Boots	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Offhand
Shock Skill Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔		✔
Ultimate Skill Damage [14 - 21%]	✔		✔				✔
Ultimate Skill Damage [28 - 42%]								✔
Lightning Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]		✔	✔
Lightning Critical Strike Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]		✔			✔		✔
Lightning Critical Strike Damage [28 - 42%]								✔
Crackling Energy Damage [14 - 28%]		✔		✔		✔			✔
Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Boots	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Offhand

Changes to Unstable Currents

Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

• Supreme Unstable Currents - Additional Functionality: Crackling Energy pulses 25% faster while Unstable Currents is active.