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Ball Lightning is a spell that creates a moving ball dealing lightning damage.
Skill Functions and Interactions
Ball Lightning is a slow moving projectile, that strikes targets with bolts of lightning around itself. Lightning bolts strike targets every 200 milliseconds and each target cannot be hit more often than this. That restriction is shared between all balls fired on the same cast.[1] The base projectile speed is roughly 36 units per second.[2]
- Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Lesser Multiple Projectiles" and Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Greater Multiple Projectiles" increase the number of projectiles, and thus the area of effect. However, since a target cannot be hit more than once within 200 ms, it cannot be used to "shotgun" the target by hitting them with multiple projectiles at once, leading to a possible DPS loss.
- Balls cast by Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Multiple Traps" do not share the 200 ms cooldown between each other because every trap counts as a separate "cast".
- Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Spell Echo"'s second cast does not share the 200 ms cooldown with the first one.
- Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Increased Area of Effect" increases the range of the bolts fired from the lightning balls.
- Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Concentrated Effect" and "Area of Effect damage" passive nodes do not increase Ball Lightning's damage (changes to Area of Effect radius still apply).
- Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Slower Projectiles" increases the amount of time the enemy spends within the ball's area of effect, resulting in a higher potential number of lightning strikes per cast.
- Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Fork" and Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Chain" have no effect as Ball Lightning automatically pierces targets. More details can be found on the Projectile page.
Damage per Second: DpS value on the skill tooltip assumes that the skill will do only one hit per cast, so you need to have an idea of the amount of hits it will do to get a better number, an estimate can be obtained using the calculator on the following link. It is worth noting that the calculation will not be very accurate for general use, as enemies will move around and the skill will pass over them using its entire diameter less often than not, however it should be fairly reliable when the skill is used on ranged attacking bosses as they tend to be stationary and the player will usually target them directly.
Gem level progression
Level | Mana Cost | Lightning Damage | Exp. | Total Exp. | ||
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1 | 28 | 67 | 12 | 2 to 47 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 31 | 73 | 13 | 3 to 58 | 199345 | 199345 |
3 | 34 | 79 | 14 | 4 to 71 | 285815 | 485160 |
4 | 37 | 85 | 15 | 5 to 87 | 401344 | 886504 |
5 | 40 | 92 | 15 | 6 to 105 | 554379 | 1440883 |
6 | 42 | 96 | 16 | 6 to 119 | 477437 | 1918320 |
7 | 44 | 100 | 16 | 7 to 135 | 583786 | 2502106 |
8 | 46 | 104 | 17 | 8 to 153 | 710359 | 3212465 |
9 | 48 | 109 | 17 | 9 to 172 | 1355511 | 4567976 |
10 | 50 | 113 | 18 | 10 to 194 | 1138877 | 5706853 |
11 | 52 | 117 | 18 | 12 to 219 | 1368233 | 7075086 |
12 | 54 | 121 | 19 | 13 to 247 | 1638338 | 8713424 |
13 | 56 | 125 | 19 | 15 to 277 | 1956648 | 10670072 |
14 | 58 | 130 | 20 | 16 to 312 | 3655184 | 14325256 |
15 | 60 | 134 | 20 | 18 to 350 | 3017327 | 17342583 |
16 | 62 | 138 | 21 | 21 to 393 | 7759995 | 25102578 |
17 | 64 | 142 | 21 | 23 to 440 | 15138193 | 40240771 |
18 | 66 | 146 | 22 | 26 to 493 | 26083825 | 66324596 |
19 | 68 | 151 | 22 | 29 to 552 | 62620247 | 128944843 |
20 | 70 | 155 | 23 | 32 to 617 | 211708088 | 340652931 |
21 | 72 | 159 | 24 | 36 to 690 | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | 24 | 41 to 771 | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | 25 | 45 to 861 | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | 25 | 51 to 961 | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | 26 | 56 to 1072 | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | 26 | 63 to 1195 | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | 27 | 70 to 1331 | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | 27 | 78 to 1483 | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | 28 | 87 to 1651 | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | 28 | 97 to 1837 | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | 28 | 102 to 1938 | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | 29 | 108 to 2044 | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | 29 | 113 to 2156 | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | 29 | 120 to 2273 | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | 29 | 126 to 2396 | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | 30 | 133 to 2527 | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | 30 | 140 to 2663 | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | 30 | 148 to 2807 | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | 30 | 156 to 2959 | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | 31 | 164 to 3119 | N/A | N/A |
Quest reward
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Vendor reward
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Skill Video
Trivia
This skill was released accidentally in Version 1.1.0 and was removed until Version 1.1.5.[3][4]. A history of the skill can be found in Supporter newsletter 73.
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Ball Lightning.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.
Name | Labyrinth | Stats | Spawn Weighting | |
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Enchantment Ball Lightning Additional Projectiles 1 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | Ball Lightning fires an additional Projectile | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Ball Lightning Damage 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 25% increased Ball Lightning Damage | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Ball Lightning Damage 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 40% increased Ball Lightning Damage | helmet 100 |
EnchantmentBallLightningProjectileSpeed1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 30% reduced Ball Lightning Projectile Speed | helmet 0 |
EnchantmentBallLightningProjectileSpeed2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 45% reduced Ball Lightning Projectile Speed | helmet 0 |
Enchantment Ball Lightning Area Of Effect 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 16% increased Ball Lightning Area of Effect | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Ball Lightning Area Of Effect 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 24% increased Ball Lightning Area of Effect | helmet 100 |
Version history
Version | Changes |
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2.6.0 |
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2.1.0 |
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2.0.0 |
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1.2.0 |
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1.1.5 |
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (July 4, 2014). "GGG devs, please give us some info on Ball Lightning mechanics - questions inside". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved July, 4, 2014.
- ↑ Mark_GGG (July 16, 2014). "Ball Lightning". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved July, 17, 2014.
- ↑ Chris (March 6, 2014). "GGG secretly released Ball Lightning skill". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ↑ Chris (June 24, 2014). "Two Screenshots From Content Update 1.1.5". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved June 25, 2014.