Crystal Storm

The Crystal Storm is a magic weapon. It rapidly fires small magical crystals that bounce off solid surfaces, losing velocity as they travel. It suffers from poor accuracy at long ranges, but the shots can be bounced around corners which can make it quite useful in tunnels.

It is created at a Bookcase using a Spell Tome, Crystal Shards and Souls of Light.

Crystal Storm is a vastly upgraded version of Water Bolt, using much of the same play mechanics -- rapid, cheap bouncing shots that essentially fly straight away from the point of fire. Because of its insanely fast use time and cheap cost, it more or less works out as a spray weapon. Crystal Storm benefits greatly from critical strike accessories and helm attributes due to its reliance on multiple, cheap projectiles. Because mana is quickly depleted using this weapon, strongly consider mana flower as an accessory, as well as mods (see Reforging) such as Manic, which further reduce mana cost.

Crystal Storm is superior to Magical Harp for most combat applications, owing to the speed of the projectiles as well as the use time. Switch over to using the harp for large bodied enemies, such as The Destroyer or Wyvern.

Trivia

 * Crystal Storm seems to be the Hallowed counterpart of the Corruption's Cursed Flames.


 * Like arrows, the Crystal Storm projectiles move slower while you are in water. In contrast they do not speed up upon exiting water, leading to a much shorter range.