Fist of the Heavens
Level Required: 26
Skill Type: Secondary

Cost: 30 Wrath

Call forth a pillar of lightning from the heavens that explodes, dealing 545% weapon damage as Lightning to any enemy within 8 yards. The explosion creates 6 piercing charged bolts that arc outward and deal 255% weapon damage as Lightning.

Element: Lightning

Runes for Fist of the Heavens
Skill RunesLevelElement
Divine Well

The holy bolts crackle with holy lightning and zap enemies within 18 yards as they travel, dealing 40% weapon damage as Holy.

32Holy
Heaven's Tempest

Summon a fiery storm that covers a 8 yard radius for 5 seconds, dealing 100% weapon damage as Fire every second to enemies who pass underneath it.

36Fire
Fissure

Creates a fissure of lightning energy that deals 410% weapon damage as Lightning over 5 seconds to nearby enemies. If there is another fissure nearby, lightning will arc between them dealing an additional 135% weapon damage as Lightning with each arc.

42Lightning
Reverberation

The bolt detonates with a shockwave on impact, causing all enemies hit to be knocked away from the blast and Slowed by 80% for 4 seconds.

47Lightning
Retribution

Hurl a fist of Holy power that pierces through your enemies, dealing 270% weapon damage as Holy, and exploding at your target, dealing 435% weapon damage as Holy to enemies within 8 yards.

The explosion creates 6 piercing charged bolts that crawl outward, dealing 185% weapon damage as Holy to enemies through whom they pass.

54Holy
Note: Information on this page is based on a level 70 Crusader.
Fist of the Heavens Rune Popularity
  • This chart shows the popularity of the runes for the Fist of the Heavens Crusader active skill. Select the blue bars for softcore data, the red bars for hardcore data, or view all the rune statistics in the table display.
  • These are the Fist of the Heavens runes as chosen by level 70 Crusaders who are currently playing the Diablo III: Reaper of Souls on PC or Mac in patch 2.3. It can also guide Crusaders looking to pick the best Fist of the Heavens runes in Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition on consoles - the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
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Fist of the Heavens Rune Popularity Chart
Popularity percentages for Fist of the Heavens runes, as used by level 70 hardcore and softcore Crusaders. Hightlight the bars on the chart to see the percentages for each Fist of the Heavens rune.
Rune Popularity Table
Popularity percentages for the runes used by level 70 softcore and hardcore Crusaders.
RuneSoftcore %Hardcore %
Charts Last Updated: November 3, 2018
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