
If the Wizard moves after casting, missiles will still hit the targeted location, but cannot move while channeling. Stopping the channeling will reset that bonus. This damage increases by 305% as Arcane for every tick of channeling, up to 1010% damage as Arcane (that is, reaching full potency after 2 ticks, normally 2 seconds). Deals damage with every tick to all enemies within approximately 4 yards of the impact point. By 60 you may be augmenting every several grift levels you earn, as each +5 or +10 is noticeable during progression.Arcane Torrent creates a constant stream of missiles which follow the player's cursor and hit its location after a brief delay, ignoring most obstacles and intervening enemies (but not solid walls).

This means that once you reach grift 30, you should absolutely augment your weapon if it is ancient, and then every 5-10 grifts re-augment it.

This doesn't mean that you should use a 30, 40, or 50 rank gem though.

The end result is a unique blue stat name on your item called "Caldesann's Despair" (the name of the cube recipe for augmenting), as well as the rank and bonus to the stat. They are one of the keys to progressing into the upper greater rifts.Īs the accepted answer states, you get +5 for every rank of the gem.

These augments are extremely important for endgame content.
