Crackling

Crackling

Description?
Periodically zaps your combat target for 50% per rank of your weapon's damage (or 10% per rank in PvP). (1 minute cooldown)
Release date	25 January 2016 (Update)
Gizmo type	Weapon, Armour
Maximum rank	3

Crackling is an Invention perk that periodically zaps the target for 50% ability damage per rank in PvM, or 10% per rank in PvP. It can be created in weapon and armour gizmos.

The damage done is based on the weapon's main-hand combat type. It activates every 60 seconds in combat. Some damage modifiers are taken into account when calculating the damage. Crackling takes adrenaline from the player's opponent in PvP.

• Using Ancient Magicks against Muspah will cause Crackling to deal double damage.
• Using Fire spells against Ice strykewyrms or Glacors will cause Crackling to deal double damage.
• Using Metamorphosis will affect Crackling's damage, if a Magic weapon is wielded in the main-hand slot.
• Targets under the effects of Vulnerability will take 10% additional Crackling damage.
• Berserk auras and damage boosting scrimshaws will affect Crackling's damage.

Other damage modifiers are ignored, including Berserk, Death's Swiftness, and Sunshine. Crackling is never able to damage Vyrewatch and other variants.

Bonus damage

Rank	PvM	PvP
1	50%	10%
2	100%	20%
3	150%	30%

Sources

Material		Rarity	Perk ranks with X materials
			1	2	3	4	5
	Magic parts	Common	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3
	Imbued components	Uncommon	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3
	Explosive components	Rare	1	1–2	2	2–3	3

Suggested gizmos

Gizmo layout	Possible perks
	Crackling 3 Ultimatums 3
	Crackling 3 Ultimatums 2–3 Other possible perks: Junk Food Energising
	Crackling 2–3 (3 is rare) Venomblood Other possible perks: Ultimatums
	Crackling 2–3 Undead Slayer Other possible perks: Ultimatums
	Crackling 2–3 Demon Slayer Other possible perks: Ultimatums
	Crackling 2–3 Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Ultimatums
	Crackling 2–3 Mobile Other possible perks: Crystal Shield Demon Bait Ultimatums
	Crackling 2–3 Mobile Other possible perks: Dragon Bait Reflexes Ultimatums
	Crackling 2–3 Reflexes Other possible perks: Ultimatums
	Crackling 2–3 Crystal Shield 1 Other possible perks: Enhanced Devoted Ultimatums
	Crackling 3 Ultimatums 2–3
	Crackling 2–3 (3 is rare) Lucky 1 Hoarding (rare) Other possible perks: Brassican Ultimatums
	Crackling 2–3 (3 is rare) Lucky 1 Other possible perks: Ultimatums

Trivia

• Before an update, Crackling exclusively dealt magic damage regardless of the style used.
• Crackling is the only way melee damage can be dealt at a range.