Thunder Knife

Overview

Thunder Knife merges the knife build’s multi-hit potential with bolt’s devastating damage scaling. Thunder Knife skill adds bolt damage to every knife throw, and Mirror Knife doubles those throws — meaning double the bolt procs. Storm Clouds triggers off each bolt hit independently, so more knives = more storms. This is one of the highest hit-count builds in the game.

Core Skills (Priority Order)

1. Throwing Knife (Common) - Base knife throws.
2. Thunder Knife (Common) - Adds bolt damage to knives. The bridge skill.
3. Mirror Knife (Mythic, S) - Double knife throws = double bolt procs.
4. Bolt Mastery (Legendary, S) - Bolt damage multiplier.
5. Storm Clouds (Legendary, S) - Each bolt hit can trigger AoE.
6. Charged Bolt (Mythic, S+) - 50% chance for super bolts on knife hits.
7. Bolt Expertise (Mythic, S+) - +15% bolt damage.

Supporting Skills

• Knife Expert (Legendary) - Chain knife strikes.
• Rapid Throw (Legendary) - Reduced knife cooldowns.
• Bolt Surge (Legendary) - Additional bolt shots.
• Critical Mastery (Legendary) - Each knife/bolt hit can crit independently.
• Combo Breaker (Mythic) - More attack procs = more knife throws.

Strategy Tips

• This build has the highest theoretical hit count in the game. Mirror Knife + knife skills + bolt procs on every hit = screen full of numbers.
• Storm Clouds is insane with this build. If you throw 4 knives and each triggers a bolt, that’s 4 independent Storm Cloud rolls.
• Charged Bolt applies to the bolt damage from Thunder Knife — super bolts on knives hit extremely hard.
• This build takes longer to assemble than pure bolt or pure knife. You need skills from both pools.
• In short fights, you may not have time to ramp. This build shines in medium-to-long encounters.
• In Raids, the multi-hit nature means you proc on-hit effects more than any other build.

Tier Rating: S

When fully assembled, this is arguably stronger than pure bolt due to the sheer number of bolt procs from knife multi-hits. Hard to assemble but devastating at peak.