Burst Rune
In-game tooltip: hold to chant, then call down a runic impact on the target area, dealing Magic Damage to all enemies within range and recovering Psionic Energy based on the number of enemies hit. The Burst Rune leaves rune energy on the ground for a period of time. Enemies who come into contact with the rune energy will be marked by the rune; after a delay the mark explodes, dealing Magic Damage and inflicting stagger.
In-game tooltip captured
- Class
- Seer
- Weapon
- Catalyst (Reverent)
- Role
- Area damage / resource
- Applies to
- 15 September 2026 update
- Balance passes
- 1 line, latest 2026-08-28
When to use it
The only Reverent rune captured that pays its own resource back, and it scales with how many enemies the impact catches — so its value is a function of how stacked the fight is. No creator tier placement was captured with it.
Builds using this
- Seer — Reverent catalyst, ranged support — LichKArthus explains it at 02:30The main pressure tool: a wide, relatively far-reaching area hit that damages, staggers and leaves a debuff which detonates for roughly the initial damage again and staggers a second time. That second stagger is a scheduled kill window rather than a lucky one — the creator says the timing is learnable and that he cannot teach it, only that you practise it.
- Seer — Reverent Solo — Nazori explains it at 00:30“Never take this without the talent” — it does roughly half damage bare. Direct hits burst, and anyone marked eats the delayed damage, which is “fairly guaranteed” against melee: even a miss zones them.
What the balance passes changed
- 2026-08-28 · ChangedFixed: the skill could strip an enemy’s invulnerability as they left a Mist Lord’s room. Invulnerability at those doorways is the protection the 19 August update added on the way in, and this closes the way out of it.
Direction is the patch note’s own word, not a verdict on whether the skill is now good. Patch notes and update history.
Where this comes from
Opens at 08:52, where the skill is explained. Full citation below.
Sources for this page
- LichKArthus — The Best Reverent Seer Guide — Launch build, published 1 August 2026 by the same thousand-hour player cited for Blasphemer. Source for the Reverent Catalyst kit — Rune Pillars and Divine Arts — the solo/trio pillar split, and the first Seer tooltip captures on this site. Distinct from his Blasphemer guide, which covers the other specialisation.
Other Seer Catalyst (Reverent) skills
- Shelter Rune — Protection
- Death Ward — Survival support
- Intimidation Rune — Displacement
- Binding Rune — Hard crowd control