PoE 2 Ref

Voltaic Barrier

Active skill gem

Voltaic Barrier

Attack, AoE, Trigger, Lightning, Chaining

Type: Active skill gem

Cost: 20 Ward

Requires Level 1

Raise a pair of electrified pylons in front of you which project a wall of electricity between them, damaging and Electrocuting enemies caught between them. Projectiles you fire through the wall become energised, and discharge that energy on Hit as Chaining Lightning beams.

Voltaic Barrier

Effect of quality

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

  • +40% increased Skill Effect Duration

How it's crafted

Voltaic Barrier can be made through Runesmithing — socket these runes into a Remnant of the matching size.

3 slots: Ward Rune + Sky Rune + Lightning Rune

6 slots: Protective Rune + Sky Rune + Earth Rune + Stone Rune + Death Rune + Ward Rune

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Related active gems

Works with these support gems

4 support gems can be linked to Voltaic Barrier to modify how it behaves.

Stats per gem level

How Voltaic Barrier 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
  • Attack Damage: 20% of base
20 Ward
23
  • Attack Damage: 22% of base
22 Ward
37
  • Attack Damage: 24% of base
25 Ward
410
  • Attack Damage: 26% of base
29 Ward
514
  • Attack Damage: 28% of base
32 Ward
618
  • Attack Damage: 31% of base
35 Ward
722
  • Attack Damage: 33% of base
39 Ward
827
  • Attack Damage: 35% of base
43 Ward
931
  • Attack Damage: 36% of base
47 Ward
1036
  • Attack Damage: 38% of base
51 Ward
1141
  • Attack Damage: 40% of base
56 Ward
1247
  • Attack Damage: 42% of base
61 Ward
1352
  • Attack Damage: 44% of base
66 Ward
1458
  • Attack Damage: 47% of base
71 Ward
1564
  • Attack Damage: 49% of base
76 Ward
1670
  • Attack Damage: 51% of base
82 Ward
1777
  • Attack Damage: 54% of base
88 Ward
1884
  • Attack Damage: 57% of base
94 Ward
1991
  • Attack Damage: 59% of base
101 Ward
2098
  • Attack Damage: 62% of base
108 Ward

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