Updated 7 Sep 2026
Abilities/Tome Pulse

Tome Pulse fills your Special slot. Burst special ability of the spirit school. Base damage 70. Cast 10 ticks, cooldown 90 ticks. Radius 3.6 at up to 6 units.

You get it by equipping 37 bases across 11 lines: Apprentice Tome, Epitaph Tome, Glacier Tome, Miasma Tome and Mist Tome and 6 more.

The draft can bend it 6 ways — Echo, Reach, Area, Force, Duration and Critical — and cards that ask for area, critical, on_hit and repeat will find it.

Between rooms it can be offered 192 cards: 63 written for it specifically, plus the 129 that any ability can take. Those cards can put Burn, Distortion, Chill, Shock, Venom and Bleed on it, and attune it to Fire, Void, Frost, Storm, Poison and Blood.

7 Uniques are built on gear that hands it to you: Tome of Hollow Echoes, The Long Bell, The Held Breath, The Thunderclap Codex, The Rot Ledger, The Furnace Psalter and The Frostwyrm's Breath.

Gear that hands it to you

11 lines · 37 bases
LineSlotTiers, and the item levels they drop atFound in
Apprentice TomeOff Hand
T1 iLvl 1+
DEMONSTARTER
Epitaph TomeOff Hand
T6 iLvl 80+
MORTAL
Glacier TomeOff Hand
T3 iLvl 30–44T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Miasma TomeOff Hand
T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Mist TomeOff Hand
T1 iLvl 1+
DEMONRETIRED
Mothlight TomeOff Hand
T6 iLvl 80+
NIGHTMARE
Red Litany TomeOff Hand
T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Stillwater TomeOff Hand
T1 iLvl 1–14T2 iLvl 15–29T3 iLvl 30–44T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Thunderhead TomeOff Hand
T3 iLvl 30–44T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
TomeOff Hand
T1 iLvl 1+T1 iLvl 1–14T2 iLvl 15–29T3 iLvl 30–44T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Warded TomeOff Hand
T1 iLvl 1–14T2 iLvl 15–29T3 iLvl 30–44T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON

How the draft bends it

6 ways to change it
ChangeWhat it does to a burst
Echo
The ability repeats after a short delay at reduced effect.
+1 Repeats
-20% Damage
Reach
The ability reaches farther.
+15% RangeUnits
Area
Wider bursts, arcs and impact zones.
+12% Radius
Force
Harder hits: knockback, shove and stagger pressure.
+0.8 Knockback
Duration
Statuses, buffs, summons and channels last longer.
+20% StatusDuration
Critical
The ability crits more often.
+4 CritBonus

The fine print

the raw numbers behind it
Damage tagsmagic, area
Fires onwindup → release → impact
Radius3.6
RangeUnits6
Repeats1
Knockback0
Aimedfalse

Cards it can be offered

192 cards it can see
Written for this ability (63)
Widened Form
Minor · rare
Echoing Will
Minor · rare
Farcaster
Minor · rare
Widening Gyre
Minor · rare
Forceful
Minor · rare
Lingering Grasp
Minor · rare
Deadly Focus
Minor · rare
Resonant Strikes
Minor · common
Echoing Tempo
Minor · common
Refrain Focus
Minor · rare
Spanning Will
Minor · common
Carried Wind
Minor · common
Distant Precision
Minor · rare
Blooming Edge
Minor · common
Settling Dust
Minor · rare
Rolling Surge
Minor · common
Weighted Impact
Minor · common
Heftful Arms
Minor · rare
Braced Stance
Minor · common
Lingering Will
Minor · common
Enduring Form
Minor · common
Patient Cycle
Minor · rare
Honed Edge
Minor · common
Brutal Finish
Minor · rare
Killer's Hunger
Minor · common
Focused Burst
Minor · common
Quickened Focus
Minor · rare
Echoed Form
Major · rare
Echo Pulse
Major · rare
Crushing Blow
Major · rare
Flamebrand Focus
Major · rare
Rimebound Focus
Major · rare
Stormbound Focus
Major · rare
Venombound Focus
Major · rare
Bloodsworn Focus
Major · rare
Stonebound Focus
Major · rare
Lightsworn Focus
Major · rare
Voidtouched Focus
Major · rare
Wildfire
Major · rare
Storm Lash
Major · rare
Frozen Grip
Major · rare
Septic Focus
Major · rare
Arterial Reach
Major · rare
Stone's Resolve
Major · rare
Radiant Echo
Major · rare
Event Horizon
Major · rare
Distant Null
Major · rare
Endless Refrain
Major · legendary
Vast Form
Major · rare
Rolling Expanse
Major · rare
Forceful Will
Major · rare
Longshot Form
Major · rare
Horizon Form
Major · rare
Lingering Form
Major · rare
Perpetual Will
Major · rare
Slow Burn
Major · rare
Executioner's Eye
Major · rare
Hunter's Rhythm
Major · rare
Fated Edge
Major · rare
Reaper's Toll
Major · rare
Opening Act
Major · rare
Flowing Finisher
Major · rare
War Rhythm
Major · rare
Plus the ones any ability can take (129)

Nothing on these cards narrows the draft, so every ability can be offered them — see all 192 together →

What it can end up carrying

if the draft goes your way
StatusesBurn, Distortion, Chill, Shock, Venom, Bleed
AffinitiesFireVoidFrostStormPoisonBlood

Uniques

built on gear that grants it
Tome of Hollow Echoes
Your Special repeats twice more at -40% damage.
The Long Bell
Your Special is 50% larger and deals 30% more damage, but its cooldown is 25% longer.
The Held Breath
Your Special is 40% larger. Your hits apply Chill.
The Thunderclap Codex
Your Special applies Shock.
The Rot Ledger
Your Special applies Venom.
The Furnace Psalter
Your Special covers 45% more area.
The Frostwyrm's Breath
Your Special recharges 18% faster.