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Galvanic Shards

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Galvanic ShardsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Lightning, Chaining
Tier: 5
Level: 1
Attack Speed: 200% of base
Loads your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. Using this skill again reloads the clip.Converts 40% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
Knocks back Enemies
Fires 6 fragments per shot
Multiple fragments can Hit the same target
Multiple fragments hitting a target simultaneously will combine their damage into a single Hit.
Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemGalvanicShards

Galvanic Shards is a lightning projectile attack skill which requires a crossbow.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired Level
11

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 Double Barrel Lightning Infusion Martial Tempo
II Close Combat Electrocute Primal Armament
III Elemental Focus Lightning Exposure Neural Overload

Item acquisition

Galvanic Shards has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Galvanic Shards has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
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.
  • The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels.
  • Galvanic Shards now converts 60% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage (previously 40%).
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.