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Ball Lightning

Active skill gem · Intelligence

Ball Lightning

Spell, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Chaining, Repeatable

Type: Active skill gem

Socket Colour: Blue (Intelligence)

Cost: 9 Mana

Requires Level 42

Fire a slow-moving Projectile that moves through enemies. The Projectile itself does not Hit enemies, but repeatedly discharges bolts of Lightning at nearby enemies. Consumes a Fire Infusion if possible to slow down over time, create Ignited Ground as it travels, and explode dealing Fire damage in an Area after it dissipates.

Ball Lightning

Effect of quality

What quality adds to Ball Lightning, shown at 20% (maximum) quality. Each bonus scales evenly from 0% up to 20% and they all apply together.

  • +Bolts target enemies within +0.4 metres
  • +30% less Projectile Speed

Related active gems

Works with these support gems

Stats per gem level

How Ball Lightning scales as the gem levels up — the damage and effect it deals at each level, with the character level each step requires.

LevelReq.StatsCost
11
  • Deals 1 to 4 Lightning Damage
9 Mana
23
  • Deals 1 to 5 Lightning Damage
11 Mana
37
  • Deals 1 to 7 Lightning Damage
13 Mana
410
  • Deals 1 to 9 Lightning Damage
15 Mana
514
  • Deals 1 to 12 Lightning Damage
17 Mana
618
  • Deals 1 to 14 Lightning Damage
19 Mana
722
  • Deals 1 to 17 Lightning Damage
22 Mana
827
  • Deals 1 to 21 Lightning Damage
25 Mana
931
  • Deals 1 to 24 Lightning Damage
29 Mana
1036
  • Deals 1 to 28 Lightning Damage
33 Mana
1141
  • Deals 2 to 33 Lightning Damage
37 Mana
1247
  • Deals 2 to 38 Lightning Damage
41 Mana
1352
  • Deals 2 to 44 Lightning Damage
46 Mana
1458
  • Deals 3 to 50 Lightning Damage
51 Mana
1564
  • Deals 3 to 57 Lightning Damage
57 Mana
1670
  • Deals 3 to 64 Lightning Damage
64 Mana
1777
  • Deals 4 to 73 Lightning Damage
71 Mana
1884
  • Deals 4 to 83 Lightning Damage
78 Mana
1991
  • Deals 5 to 93 Lightning Damage
87 Mana
2098
  • Deals 6 to 105 Lightning Damage
96 Mana

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