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Lightning Rod requires character level 1.

Lightning Rod

Active skill gem · Dexterity

Lightning Rod

Attack, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Repeatable

Type: Active skill gem

Socket Colour: Green (Dexterity)

Cost: 4 Mana

Requires Level 1

Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows charge up for a brief period before releasing another Lightning burst. The Lightning Arrow Skill reduces this delay, causing bursts to happen more quickly.

Effect of quality

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

+Chance for an additional Burst on impact: 20%
+20% more Attack Speed

Related active gems

Detonate MinionReq. 1

DisengageReq. 1

Escape ShotReq. 1

Explosive SpearReq. 1

Lightning ArrowReq. 1

Poisonburst ArrowReq. 1

Works with these support gems

5 support gems can be linked to Lightning Rod to modify how it behaves.

Stats per gem level

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

Level	Req.	Stats	Cost
1	1	Attack Damage: 26% of base	4 Mana
2	3	Attack Damage: 29% of base	5 Mana
3	7	Attack Damage: 31% of base	6 Mana
4	10	Attack Damage: 34% of base	6 Mana
5	14	Attack Damage: 37% of base	7 Mana
6	18	Attack Damage: 40% of base	8 Mana
7	22	Attack Damage: 43% of base	9 Mana
8	27	Attack Damage: 46% of base	10 Mana
9	31	Attack Damage: 49% of base	11 Mana
10	36	Attack Damage: 51% of base	13 Mana
11	41	Attack Damage: 54% of base	14 Mana
12	47	Attack Damage: 58% of base	15 Mana
13	52	Attack Damage: 61% of base	17 Mana
14	58	Attack Damage: 65% of base	18 Mana
15	64	Attack Damage: 69% of base	20 Mana
16	70	Attack Damage: 73% of base	22 Mana
17	77	Attack Damage: 78% of base	24 Mana
18	84	Attack Damage: 83% of base	26 Mana
19	91	Attack Damage: 88% of base	28 Mana
20	98	Attack Damage: 94% of base	30 Mana

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