Updated 2 Oct 2026
Abilities/Tome Pulse

Tome Pulse fills your Special slot. Burst special ability of the spirit school. Base damage 188. 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 and on_hit will find it.

Between rooms it can be offered 138 cards: 29 written for it specifically, plus the 109 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.

8 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, The Frostwyrm's Breath and One Loud Page.

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 whole cast plays once more after a short gap, at reduced effect.
+100% 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; heals and wards grow instead.
+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

138 cards it can see
Written for this ability (29)
Widened Focus
Minor · common
Farcaster
Minor · rare
Widening Gyre
Minor · rare
Forceful
Minor · rare
Lingering Grasp
Minor · rare
Deadly Focus
Minor · rare
Focused Burst
Minor · common
Quickened Focus
Minor · common
Wave Reach
Minor · common
Area Weight
Minor · common
Keen Focus
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
Endless Refrain
Major · legendary
Vast Focus
Major · rare
Longshot Focus
Major · rare
Lingering Focus
Major · rare
Opening Act
Major · rare
Flowing Finisher
Major · rare
War Rhythm
Major · rare
Wide Pulse
Major · rare
Quick Tome
Major · rare
Plus the ones any ability can take (109)

Nothing on these cards narrows the draft, so every ability can be offered them — see all 138 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 60% more area and sets Burn.
The Frostwyrm's Breath
Your Special recharges 30% faster and builds Chill.
One Loud Page
Tome Pulse is 60% wider, casts twice as fast and shoves 2.5 units, but hits 25% softer.