Lightning damage

"Lightning Damage" redirects here. For the passive skill, see Lightning Damage (passive skill).

Lightning damage is one of the five Damage Types. It is one of the three types which count as Elemental damage. If you land a critical strike with an attack or spell that deals lightning damage, the Shock Status Ailment is inflicted.

Lightning damage is reduced by Lightning resistance. Skills which deal or affect lightning damage have the Lightning Keyword. Some effects convert other types of damage into lightning.

Passive skills

There are passive skills that grant lightning damage bonuses.

Lightning damage

These passive skills grant increased cold damage.

Lightning damage with weapons

These passive skills grant increased lightning damage with weapons.

Added lightning damage with wands

These passive skills add a percentage of physical damage as lightning damage to attacks with wands.

Miscellany

These passive skills are related to lightning damage, but do not fit into any other category.

Skills

• Strength: Lightning Strike
• Dexterity: Elemental Hit, Lightning Arrow
• Intelligence: Arc, Ball Lightning, Conductivity, Discharge, Herald of Thunder, Lightning Tendrils, Lightning Trap, Lightning Warp, Purity of Lightning, Shock Nova, Spark, Storm Call, Tempest Shield, Wrath

Monsters

Monsters which deal lightning damage include:

• some Skeletons

Bosses which deal lightning damage include:

• Kuduku, the False God (Spark, Shock Nova)
• Amarissa, Daughter of Merveil (Spark, Lightning Strike)
• Fidelitis, the Mourning (Lightning Strike)
• Vaal Oversoul (Lightning Beam)
• Marceus the Defaced (Lightning Strike, Tempest Shield)
• The Voltaic Seal (Shock Nova)
• Banner of Action (Wrath)
• Spinecrack (Lightning Strike)
• Piety of Theopolis (Lightning Ball, Lightning Storm, Lightning Warp, Arc)
• Caliga, Imperatrix (Lightning Trap)
• Compulsor Octavia Sparkfist (Spark Spell Totem, Lightning Warp)
• Dominus, High Templar (Lightning Stream, Lightning Fist)