Defect

• Type: Skill
• Cost: X
• Effect: Channel X Lightning.

Upgraded

• Cost: X
• Effect: Channel X+1 Lightning.

A-tier

An X-cost Skill that Channels Lightning equal to the Energy spent. Upgraded to X+1, the efficiency climbs another tier.

Situations where Energy is loaded up (Double Energy, Battery, Plasma Orb supply, and the like) let it dump a wall of Lightning in one card. Pairing with Rebound is brutal — Tempest piles up Lightning, then Rebound doubles the stack. When Sunder (Power) is live, mass Evoking that Lightning fires bonus AoE for each trigger, stacking truly enormous damage.

• Stack with Energy accelerators (Double Energy, Battery, Plasma Orbs, Supercritical) to maximize Lightning
• Two-step combo with Rebound explodes the Lightning count
• With Sunder (Power) live and Dual Cast or Multi-Cast following, damage becomes monstrous
• Prioritize the upgrade to X+1 for more Lightning per Energy

• Rebound: Channels Lightning equal to existing count. Doubles up on Tempest's output
• Double Energy / Supercritical: Surge Energy to scale Tempest's X
• Sunder (Power): Bonus damage per Lightning Evoke. Payoff of a massive Tempest is huge
• Defragment: Focus up raises Lightning damage
• Multi-Cast / Dual Cast: Chain-Evoke the generated Lightning

• Obtained from Defect card rewards during a run
• Available for purchase in shops
• May appear as a rare event reward