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Ball Lightning

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Ball LightningSpell, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Chaining
Tier: 11
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (10-109) Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 9.00%
Fire a slow-moving orb Projectile that moves through enemies. The orb itself does not Hit enemies, but repeatedly shoots bolts of Lightning at nearby targets.Deals 2 to 29 Lightning Damage
Hits enemies in range every 0.2 seconds
750% more chance to Shock
Fires Beams at targets within 1.8 metres
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBallLightning

Ball Lightning is a lightning spell skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
10010
23911
361613
4102515
5143417
6184319
7225221
8266124
9317228
10368331
11419536
124610640
135211946
145813352
156414659
166616066
177217375
187818985
198420596
2090221109

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem
tier
Support gems
I Deceleration Magnified Effect Unleash
II Considered Casting Excise Inevitable Critical
III Lightning Exposure Lightning Mastery Wildshards

Item acquisition

Ball Lightning has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Ball Lightning has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.2.0f
  • Fixed a bug where Ball Lightning could not be supported by Chain support.
  • Added "Chaining" gem tag.[Undocumented]
0.2.0
  • Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread.
  • Improved Ball Lightning's description to clarify that the ball itself does not hit enemies.
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.