Instability (status)

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Instability



Release								26 July 2021 (Update)
Members								Yes
Displayed on								Self
Description								Instability - Each time you land a critical stike^[sic] against your opponent, trigger a Lightning Surge against your primary target dealing 60-120% ability damage.
Buff or debuff								Buff
Category								Offensive abilities
Priority								80
Uses timer								Yes
Uses stacks								No

Advanced data

ID								45447
Links								Structs

Instability is a status effect.

Status effect info

Trigger	Activating Instability, the Fractured Staff of Armadyl's special attack (or used with Essence of Finality) Buff is not granted in PvP
Duration	30 seconds Removed upon praying at the Altar of War if "Altar of War ability cooldown reset" is unlocked from War's Wares
Effects	Deals an initial hit of 50–200% ability damage Landing a Magic critical hit causes a Lightning Surge to damage the target for 60–120% ability damage Lightning Surges that land as critical hits do not trigger further Lightning Surges.

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hidden 27 May 2025 (Update):
- Description text of Instability is changed. The 'time strike' is changed to 'Lightning Surge'.

patch 5 June 2023 (Update):
- The Fractured Staff of Armadyl's special attack has been modified:
  - The buff on the player no longer fires an additional autoattack after landing a critical hit, instead triggering a time strike which deals 60-120% ability damage.
  - Critical hits caused by time strikes do not trigger further time strikes.