High Tide is a Mortal Unique tome with no boss attached: it drops anywhere in Hell, most often from H9 up (rarer below that home difficulty, never above it), and nowhere else. Every copy is item level 110, and there 0.2% of what falls comes up Unique. It is built on Exalted Firstword Tome — step 6 of the Firstword Tome line, item level 80 and up.
It always rolls the same numbers: +60 Power, +10% Cooldown Recovery, +70 Power, +12% Cooldown Recovery, +12% Power, +45% Projectile Damage, +29% Cooldown Recovery and +55% Critical Damage.
One Unique drop in 40 is a Mythical copy: the same item carrying 15–25% Mythical Energy that boosts every stat on it and can never be changed; the 15% floor is 10 times as common as the perfect 25%.
On top of that it carries High Tide — Returning Wave is 3 waves in a 90° fan, each returning at 200%, but it recharges 30% slower.
Wearing it hands you Returning Wave.
“It came in from three directions and left the same way.”
Item text
The numbers it locks in
| Affix | Tier | Value | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power prefix | T10 | +12% | 11–12 |
| Projectile Damage prefix | T10 | +45% | 42–48 |
| Cooldown Recovery suffix | T10 | +29% | 25–32 |
| Critical Damage suffix | T10 | +55% | 51–58 |
