August 21, 2024

Sovereign of Storms Class

Power up Your Darkblood StormKing

If you're at least level 80 and have completed the Rumbling of Cold Thunder saga, you can take on the 1-player Queen Iona Challenge Boss! Upon defeating her, you'll be one step closer to unlocking the Sovereign of Storms Class.

Sovereign of Storms

Sovereign of Storms is a late-game scaled version of the existing Darkblood StormKing class. It has the same class art and plays almost identically to its predecessor, but is a lot more powerful and includes new effects to give your gameplay more of an electrifying charge.

Why Not Make a New Class?

Making a brand new class takes up significantly more time than rebalancing an existing one. AQW has over one hundred classes with unique skill sets, but a lot of these skill sets go unused once players reach the late and endgame. We wanted to try something new by taking an earlier game class, and scaling it up for late game.

Will There be More Classes Like This?

That's up to you guys, if you like the idea of scaled up classes and want us to do more in the future, then we'll do just that!

What to Expect With Scaled Classes?

With scaled classes, you can expect them to:

• Function similarly to their base version.
• Perform significantly better than their base version.
• Require at least their base version or an equivalent, such as reputation in order to obtain.
• Possibly have new icons and/or animations.

How to Unlock the Class

To unlock the Sovereign of Storms class, you'll need the following:

• StormKing's StormBolt (requires Rank 10 Thunderforge)
• Queen Iona's Royal Attire
• Skye Warden of the East
• Skye Warden of the West
• Skye Warden of the South
• Lothian's Lightning x10

Lothian's Lightning drops from 3 different quests:

• the regular Queen Iona Challenge Boss Daily Quest
• a member-only repeatable quest
• a special repeatable quest unlocked with the Queen Iona Companion pet

In the past, we've often given members a resource farming shortcut quest. For this class, we're trying something new. Members will still get their exclusive repeatable farming quest, but we're also adding a unique, repeatable farming quest for players who buy the Queen Iona Companion Pet for AdventureCoins.

That means if you have an active membership or get the AC pet, you'll be able to supercharge how quickly you save up the Lothian's Lightnings you'll need for the class.

The Queen Iona Companion Pet costs 2,000 AdventureCoins. The pet is hero-sized and includes bank pet functionality. That keeps the pet useful even after you finish farming for the Lothian's Lightning resource. 

If you like the idea of unlocking repeatable class resource farming quests with pets or other AC items like this, let us know on Discord or on Twitter (Alina_AE, YoshinoAE, AQWClass)!

Sovereign of Storms Details

Description: Lucky, Wizard. To rule the storms, many have sacrificed the blood of their enemies, and those of their loved ones. Lightning cracks the sky open, roaring for an isolated monster.

Stat Model: Offensive Caster

Mana Regen: The Sovereign of Storms gains 10 mana when they strike a target with Storm Surge (affected by Mana Consumption).

Skill Breakdown

Eye of the Storm
Rank 1 Passive

Starting from rank 1, your bloodline grants you absolute control over the storm, causing your skills to always crit and never miss. 

Auto Attack
Rank needed: 1
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 100% Physical
Range: Melee
Cooldown: 2 seconds

A basic attack, taught to all adventurers. Deals physical damage based on your Spell Power.

Storm Surge
Rank needed: 1
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 40% Magical
Range: Long
Mana Cost: -10
Cooldown: 1.5 seconds

You bring the power of the storm to bear against your enemy. Striking a Thunderstricken target grants you a stack of Superconductive for 10 seconds, stacking to 20 and increasing the damage of Sky Splitter. Striking a Shocked target will heal you. Healing over your maximum HP lingers, reducing the damage you take from the next hit or until you heal.

Fulminate
Rank needed: 2
Target: Enemy
Max Target: 3
Type: 60% Magical
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 10
Cooldown: 6 seconds

You channel the power of pure lightning through your hands. Deals moderate damage to one target and light damage to two additional targets. Applies Shocked to all targets hit, reducing their outgoing damage by 25% for 10 seconds. Replaces Thunderstricken.

Roaring Thunder
Rank needed: 3
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 3
Type: 60% Magical
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 10
Cooldown: 6 seconds

You devastate your enemies with a mighty boom of thunder. Deals moderate damage to one target and light damage to two additional targets. Applies Thunderstricken to all targets hit, reducing their Magical Resistance by 25% for 10 seconds. Replaces Shocked.

Sky Splitter
Rank needed: 5
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 120% Magical
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 90 
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Summon the ultimate power of the storm and smite your foe with a bolt of supercharged lightning, dealing increased damage for each Conductive stack you have and replacing it with Supercell, increasing your outgoing damage by 5% for each Superconductive stack you had at the time of application, lasts 20 seconds. If your target was shocked, they become Electrocuted, reducing their Hit Chance and Crit Chance by 25% for 20 seconds.

Passive Skills

Rank 4: Gale Force
Haste increased by 10%

Rank 4: Electrified
Outgoing magic damage increased by 10%

Rank 1 - 10: Eye of the Storm
Starting from rank 1, your bloodline grants you absolute control over the storm, causing your skills to always crit and never miss. At rank 10, increases your Crit Damage by 100%.