Thunderstroke

Thunderstroke
  • Thunderstroke
  • Matriarchal Javelin
    • Item Level: 65
    • Speed Modifier: -10
    • Range: +2
  • Damage: 30 to 54
  • Durablity: 6 of 6
  • Required Strength: 107
  • Required Dexterity: 151
  • Required Level: 69
  • 20% Chance to cast level 14 Lightning on striking
  • +2 - 4 to Javelin and Spear Skills (Amazon Only)
  • +15% Increased Attack Speed
  • Adds 1-511 Lightning Damage
  • -15% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
  • +3 to Lightning Bolt (Amazon only)
  • +150 - 200% Enhanced Damage

Thunderstroke is an elite unique Matriarchal JavelinMatriarchal Javelin found in Diablo 2 Resurrected. Thunderstroke has a Dark Blue tint.

The 1-511 Lightning Damage on Thunderstroke is the largest flat lightning roll on any unique, set item or runeword in the game, averaging 256 per hit. It rides on the attack itself, so it lands on every javelin that connects, thrown or in melee. The -15% to Enemy Lightning Resistance compounds it and matters more than the number looks, because the Amazon has no lightning equivalent of Cold MasteryCold Mastery and has to take pierce from gear.

The +3 to Lightning BoltLightning Bolt looks like it feeds the rest of the tree, and does not. Lightning Bolt is a synergy for Lightning FuryLightning Fury and Charged StrikeCharged Strike, but synergies read base skill level, so levels granted by an item are ignored. The line raises Lightning Bolt when that skill is cast directly and nothing else. The +2-4 to Javelin and Spear Skills is the part that scales the build.

Ceremonial JavelinTitan's Revenge is the comparison, and it is not one-sided. Thunderstroke has neither Replenishes Quantity nor Increased Stack Size, so a full Matriarchal JavelinMatriarchal Javelin is 120 throws and then a trip back to town, and its skill bonus only equals Titan's combined +2 Amazon and +2 Javelin and Spear at the top of its range. The trade is lightning damage and pierce against ammunition that never runs out.