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Skeletal Storm Mage Ruzhan, The Blazing Sword Minion Disciple Of Varashta (+5 Minion Skills)

Disciple of Varashta·SorceressPatch 0.5.2·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 13, 2026
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Run Gear Check

Overview

Offense

1. Ruzhan, the Blazing Sword
252,692
2. Kelari, the Tainted Sands
40,682

Utility

Mana
1,170
Spirit
363
Gear spirit
190
Move speed
x1.39

Defense

Life
1
ES
18,334
Gear ES
2,360
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%

Passive Tree

132
Nodes
29
Notables
1
Keystones

Key Passives

Chaos InoculationKey
Chaos Inoculation
Chaos
Necrotised FleshNotable
Minions have -10% reduced Life Recovery rate
Minions have 40% increased maximum Life
Life
Illuminated CrownNotable
70% increased Energy Shield from Equipped Helmet
Energy Shield
At your CommandNotable
Minions deal 10% increased Damage with Command Skills for each different type of Persistent Minion in your Presence
Gem
Growing SwarmNotable
Minions have 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Minions have 20% increased Area of Effect
Leech & RecoveryArea
Entropic IncarnationNotable
Minions have +13% to Chaos Resistance
Minions gain 10% of Physical Damage as Chaos Damage
Chaos ResistanceChaos Damage
Necrotic TouchNotable
Minions have 40% increased Critical Hit Chance
Critical
Crystalline FleshNotable
Minions have +20% to all Elemental Resistances
Minions have +5% to all Maximum Elemental Resistances
Elemental Resistance

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Energy Shield
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Energy Shield24461%
  • faster start of Energy Shield Recharge324%
  • gain additional Ailment Threshold equal to # % of maximum Energy Shield220%
  • gain additional Stun Threshold equal to # % of maximum Energy Shield220%
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute25+125
  • to Intelligence2+18
  • increased Intelligence16%
Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • minions deal # % increased Damage18174%
Gem
PassiveCountTotal
  • minions have # % increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for Command Skills672%
  • surpassing Chance to gain a Puppet Master stack whenever you use a Command Skill480%
  • minions deal # % increased Damage with Command Skills355%
  • chance to gain Archon of Undeath when you use a Command skill115%
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • minions have # % increased Critical Hit Chance4100%
  • minions have # % increased Critical Damage Bonus370%
Life
PassiveCountTotal
  • minions have # % increased maximum Life470%
  • minions have -#% reduced Life Recovery rate1-10%
  • of Maximum Life Converted to Energy Shield15%
Mana
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Mana Regeneration Rate324%
  • increased Mana Cost Efficiency of Command Skills115%
  • reduced maximum Mana1-10%
Area
PassiveCountTotal
  • minions have # % increased Area of Effect564%

Gear

Weapon 1

Viper Crusher

Rattling Sceptre

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Quality20
SocketsS
Spirit168
Requirements
Level78
Rune
  • Allies in your Presence deal 40% increased Damage
Bonded
  • Bonded: 40% increased Damage while Shapeshifted
Desecrated
  • 32% increased Spirit
  • +42 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • 36% increased Spirit
  • +77 to maximum Mana
  • Allies in your Presence have 28% increased Critical Hit Chance
  • Allies in your Presence Regenerate 15.1 Life per second
  • +5 to Level of all Minion Skills
Weapon 2 / Offhand

Rune Star

Tasalian Focus

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield419
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +2 to Level of all Minion Skills
Explicit
  • +88 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 75% increased Energy Shield
  • 25% increased Fire Damage
  • +32 to Intelligence
  • +39% to Cold Resistance
Helmet

Doom Peak

Ancestral Tiara

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield341
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 8% increased Reservation Efficiency of Minion Skills
Bonded
  • Bonded: Minions Revive 8% faster
Desecrated
  • +27 to maximum Energy Shield
Explicit
  • 40% increased Energy Shield
  • +34 to maximum Mana
  • +2 to Level of all Minion Skills
  • +30 to Intelligence
  • +36% to Fire Resistance
Crafted
  • 69% increased Energy Shield
Body Armour

Honour Wrap

Vile Robe

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield916
Movement Speed-3%
Quality29
SocketsS S S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • 60% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +60 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +60 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 109% increased Energy Shield
Explicit
  • +42% to Cold Resistance
  • +93 to maximum Energy Shield
  • +52 to Spirit
  • +44% to Fire Resistance
  • +41% to Lightning Resistance
  • Corrupted
Gloves

Armageddon Grasp

Sirenscale Gloves

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield308
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +54 to maximum Energy Shield
Explicit
  • 118% increased Energy Shield
  • +44 to maximum Life
  • +38% to Fire Resistance
  • +38% to Cold Resistance
  • +34% to Lightning Resistance
Boots

Brood Trail

Sekhema Sandals

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield376
Quality24
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
  • Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Desecrated
  • 95% increased Energy Shield
Explicit
  • +31 to Intelligence
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • +58 to maximum Energy Shield
  • +41% to Fire Resistance
  • +45% to Lightning Resistance
  • Corrupted
Belt

Oblivion Trap

Double Belt

Item Level 78
Rare
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level44
Desecrated
  • +30% to Lightning Resistance
Implicit
  • Has 3 Charm Slots
  • 20% increased Charm Charges gained
Explicit
  • Minions deal 52% increased Damage with Command Skills
  • 33% increased Flask Mana Recovery rate
  • +2 to Level of all Minion Skills
  • Minions have 26% increased maximum Life
  • 34% increased Flask Charges gained
Amulet

Plague Heart

Gold Amulet

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Enchant
  • Allocates Dominion
Implicit
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
  • 55% increased maximum Energy Shield
  • +114 to maximum Mana
  • +43 to Spirit
  • +3 to Level of all Minion Skills
  • +32 to Intelligence
  • +36% to Cold Resistance
Ring 1

Evergrasping Ring

Pearl Ring

Item Level 71
Unique
Requirements
Level32
Implicit
  • 7% increased Cast Speed
Explicit
  • +100 to maximum Mana
  • Allies in your Presence Gain 28% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • Enemies in your Presence Gain 8% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • Corrupted
Ring 2

Evergrasping Ring

Pearl Ring

Item Level 43
Unique
Requirements
Level32
Enchant
  • 26% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Implicit
  • 7% increased Cast Speed
Explicit
  • +87 to maximum Mana
  • Allies in your Presence Gain 28% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • Enemies in your Presence Gain 8% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • Corrupted
Charm 1

Examiner's Dousing Charm of the Sylvan

Item Level 53
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level32
Implicit
  • Used when you become Ignited
Explicit
  • Gains 0.25 Charges per Second
  • 26% increased Duration
Charm 2

Mistbound Stone Charm

Item Level 34
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level8
Implicit
  • Used when you become Stunned
Explicit
  • Recover 62 Mana when Used
Charm 3

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use40
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 24% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
  • Energy Shield Recharge starts on use
Life Flask

Substantial Transcendent Life Flask of the Plentiful

Item Level 51
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 63% increased Amount Recovered
  • 41% increased Charges
Mana Flask

Full-bodied Transcendent Mana Flask of the Sylvan

Item Level 54
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • Gains 0.25 Charges per Second
  • 55% increased Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Ruzhan, the Blazing Sword(Lv20)5 gems

Summon Ruzhan, an invulnerable Flame Djinn Minion, to do your bidding. Ruzhan emerges to Strike enemies with his greatsword whenever you use a damaging Skill, and casts devastating Fire Spells when Commanded to do so.

BiddingSupports Minion Skills. Supported Minions deal more damage and have increased Cooldown Recovery Rate with Command Skills.Lv1
Long FuseSupports Skills which have a Detonation Time, causing those Skills to have much higher Detonation Time and detonation damage.Lv1
MusterSupports Skills which summon Minions. Supported Minions deal more Damage the more different kinds of Reviving Minions you have summoned.Lv1
EnormitySupports Skills which summon Persistent Minions. Supported Minions are larger, have more Life, and deal more Damage, but cost significantly more Spirit.Lv1
Xophs PyreSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, granting extra Chaos damage and causing Chaos damage to Contribute to Ignites.Lv1
Kelari, the Tainted Sands(Lv20)5 gems

Summon Kelari, an invulnerable Sand Djinn Minion, to do your bidding. Kelari will only act when you Command him to do so. Kelari delivers swift Hits with massive Critical Hit potential.

BiddingSupports Minion Skills. Supported Minions deal more damage and have increased Cooldown Recovery Rate with Command Skills.Lv1
EnormitySupports Skills which summon Persistent Minions. Supported Minions are larger, have more Life, and deal more Damage, but cost significantly more Spirit.Lv1
MusterSupports Skills which summon Minions. Supported Minions deal more Damage the more different kinds of Reviving Minions you have summoned.Lv1
Uul Netols EmbraceSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, granting extra Chaos damage and causing Chaos damage to Break Armour.Lv1
Kurgals LeashSupports Commandable Minions causing you and the Supported Minion to gain Unholy Might when you Command them.Lv1
Pain Offering(Lv19)5 gems

Skewer a Skeleton on a bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains, making their skills faster and harder hitting. The bone spike is itself a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.

Aura grants Minions 20% increased Attack and Cast Speed
Aura grants Minions 20% increased damage
AblationSupports Offering Skills. Supported Skills Sacrifice a portion of your life on use, but deal much more damage and have more powerful Buffs in return.Lv1
Danse MacabreSupports Offering Skills. Supported Skills have increased Buff effect and deal more damage, but will target an additional skeletal Minion when cast. If there is not an additional skeletal Minion to target, no damage or Buff effect will be granted.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Brutus BrainSupports skills which create Minions, causing those Minions to be unable to deal or take Damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
Wolf Pack(Lv19)5 gems

Activate to summon a pack of Wolf Companions. The pack treated as a single Companion for effects that count or limit Companions, regardless of the number of Wolves in the pack.

Summons 3 Wolves
Feeding FrenzySupports skills which create Minions, making them deal and take more damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
MusterSupports Skills which summon Minions. Supported Minions deal more Damage the more different kinds of Reviving Minions you have summoned.Lv1
LoyaltySupports Skills that create Companions which can be damaged. Minions created by Supported Skills take a portion of Hit Damage you would otherwise have taken, but have lowered maximum Life.Lv1
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
Tecrods RevengeSupports Skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a duration. Minions from Supported Skills gain Soul Eater and a burst of speed on entering this state.Lv1
Despair(Lv19)5 gems

Curse all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.

Curse radius is 1.5 metres
Curse inflicts -35% to Chaos Resistance
Curse duration is 6 seconds
Curse does not apply to enemies above level 20
Cursed GroundSupports Curse Skills. Supported Curse Skills create areas which Curse Enemies so long as they are within them.Lv1
Heightened CurseSupports Curse Skills, magnifying their power.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Skeletal Storm Mage(Lv19)5 gems

Activate to summon Reviving Skeletal Storm Mages that can call down a lightning strike on dead Skeletons on Command.

ConductionSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Shock.Lv1
OverchargeSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making its Shocks more effective but reflecting them back to you as well.Lv1
MusterSupports Skills which summon Minions. Supported Minions deal more Damage the more different kinds of Reviving Minions you have summoned.Lv1
Last GaspSupports Skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a short duration.Lv1
Feeding FrenzySupports skills which create Minions, making them deal and take more damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
Skeletal Warrior(Lv18)4 gems

Activate to summon long-ranged, Reviving Skeletal Snipers that can fire a gas arrow on Command.

Amanamus TitheSupports Persistent Minion Skills, granting a chance when Supported Minions die for you to gain an Abyssal Monster Modifier.Lv1
Last GaspSupports Skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a short duration.Lv1
Meat ShieldSupports skills which create Minions, granting them less damage taken but making them deal less damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
Sacrificial LambSupports Skills which create Minions, causing your Skills which can target Minions to prioritise targeting Minions from the Supported Skill before your other Minions where possible.Lv1
Frost Bomb(Lv18)4 gems

Create a pulsing Orb of frost. Each pulse inflicts Elemental Exposure on nearby enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it Detonates, dealing Cold damage to surrounding enemies and leaving behind a Cold Infusion.

Pulse and explosion radius are 2.4 metres
Cannot apply Exposure to enemies of level higher than 20
Deals 7 to 11 Cold Damage
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Long FuseSupports Skills which have a Detonation Time, causing those Skills to have much higher Detonation Time and detonation damage.Lv1
Strip AwaySupports Skills which apply Exposure to Enemies, increasing the effect of applied Exposure.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Skeletal Sniper(Lv19)4 gems

Activate to summon long-ranged, Reviving Skeletal Snipers that can fire a gas arrow on Command.

Last GaspSupports Skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a short duration.Lv1
Culling StrikeSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
ChainSupports Projectile skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain additional times.Lv1
Skeletal Reaver(Lv19)4 gems

Activate to summon aggressive, Reviving Skeletal Reavers that can enrage on Command. Skeletal Reavers do more Attack Damage and gain increased Attack speed based on their Rage

Last GaspSupports Skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a short duration.Lv1
MusterSupports Skills which summon Minions. Supported Minions deal more Damage the more different kinds of Reviving Minions you have summoned.Lv1
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
Feeding FrenzySupports skills which create Minions, making them deal and take more damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
Skeletal Cleric(Lv19)4 gems

Activate to summon Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.

Arcane TempoSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Lv1
Last GaspSupports Skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a short duration.Lv1
Meat ShieldSupports skills which create Minions, granting them less damage taken but making them deal less damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Sigil of Power(Lv18)2 gems

Place a Sigil on the ground, providing a powerful Spell Damage Buff to you and Allies while standing in it. The Buff becomes more powerful the more mana you spend while standing in the Sigil.

Sigil duration is 10 seconds
Buff grants 10% more Spell damage per Stage
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Kelari, the Tainted Sands(Lv1)No supports

Summon Kelari, an invulnerable Sand Djinn Minion, to do your bidding. Kelari will only act when you Command him to do so. Kelari delivers swift Hits with massive Critical Hit potential.

No support gems detected for this skill.

Ruzhan, the Blazing Sword(Lv1)No supports

Summon Ruzhan, an invulnerable Flame Djinn Minion, to do your bidding. Ruzhan emerges to Strike enemies with his greatsword whenever you use a damaging Skill, and casts devastating Fire Spells when Commanded to do so.

No support gems detected for this skill.

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