Vaal Lightning ArrowAttack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Vaal, Bow Level: (1-20) Souls Per Use: 20 Can Store 2 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec Attack Damage: (62-78)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (62-78)%Requires Level 12Fires charged arrows, which repeatedly travel for a short time before changing direction. When they hit enemies, they are struck by a bolt of lightning which damages a number of surrounding enemies.Projectiles Pierce all Targets 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage Fires 4 additional Arrows Fires Projectiles sequentially Hits up to 3 additional enemies near the target Projectiles change direction 9 times Projectiles can Hit targets each time they change direction Modifiers which would cause Projectiles to Fork or Chain instead cause them to change direction additional times Projectiles cannot Split
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: 1% chance to Shock enemiesCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition Drop restricted Drop level: 12 Vaal Lightning Arrow can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corruptingLightning ArrowLightning ArrowAttack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-11) Mana Attack Damage: (130-154)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-154)% Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 12Fires a charged arrow which damages enemies by causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning, which also damages a number of surrounding enemies.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage Hits up to 3 additional enemies near the target Shocks Enemies as though dealing (100-290)% more Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Hits up to (0.1-2) additional enemies near the targetPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..Vendor Offer 1x Scroll FragmentMetadata Item class: Skill Gem Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalLightningArrow
Vaal Lightning Arrow is a bowVaalattackskill that fires arrow which travel for a short time before randomly changing direction, repeating this behaviour several times. Hitting an enemy causes it to be struck with a bolt of lightning that also can hit nearby enemies.
Projectile Speed: as the time the arrows can travel is fixed, modifying projectile speed affects the total coverage of these arrows, as well as the ability to hit a specific target multiple times over its uptime.
Increasing projectile speed will cause the arrows to travel further, increasing overall clear coverage.
Reducing projectile speed will make the arrows concentrate in a smaller area, improving the chance to hit a specific enemy. Projectiles can hit a target once per direction change.
Fork and chain instead cause projectiles to change directions additional times; this also increases their overall uptime.
Gem level progression
Level
Damage Effectiveness
Attack Damage
Lightning Damage
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
12
33
62%
62%
1 to 13
0
0
2
15
39
63%
63.1%
1 to 16
15249
15249
3
19
48
64%
64.1%
1 to 20
41517
56766
4
23
56
65%
65.1%
1 to 25
81983
138749
5
27
64
66%
66.1%
2 to 31
147968
286717
6
31
73
67%
67.1%
2 to 37
250557
537274
7
35
81
68%
68%
2 to 45
405086
942360
8
38
88
69%
68.9%
3 to 51
447718
1390078
9
41
94
70%
69.8%
3 to 59
615318
2005396
10
44
100
71%
70.7%
3 to 66
834639
2840035
11
47
106
71%
71.5%
4 to 75
1570760
4410795
12
50
113
72%
72.3%
4 to 85
1633987
6044782
13
53
119
73%
73.1%
5 to 95
2151030
8195812
14
56
125
74%
73.9%
6 to 107
2812189
11008001
15
59
132
75%
74.6%
6 to 120
5099360
16107361
16
62
138
75%
75.3%
7 to 134
9400731
25508092
17
64
142
76%
76%
8 to 144
15273366
40781458
18
66
146
77%
76.7%
8 to 155
26286582
67068040
19
68
151
77%
77.4%
9 to 167
62890590
129958630
20
70
155
78%
78%
9 to 179
212046017
342004647
21
72
159
79%
78.6%
10 to 192
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
79%
79.2%
11 to 206
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
80%
79.8%
12 to 221
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
80%
80.4%
12 to 237
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
81%
81%
13 to 254
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
81%
81.5%
14 to 272
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
82%
82%
15 to 291
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
82%
82.5%
16 to 311
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
83%
83%
18 to 333
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
83%
83.5%
19 to 355
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
84%
83.7%
19 to 367
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
84%
83.9%
20 to 380
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
84%
84.1%
21 to 392
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
84%
84.3%
21 to 405
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
84%
84.5%
22 to 419
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
85%
84.7%
23 to 433
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
85%
84.9%
24 to 447
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
85%
85.1%
24 to 462
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
85%
85.3%
25 to 477
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
85%
85.5%
26 to 492
N/A
N/A
Gem quality
Type
Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality
Weight
Superior
Hits up to (0.1-2) additional enemies near the target
1
Item acquisition
Vaal Lightning Arrow has restrictions on where or how it can drop.
Vaal Lightning Arrow can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corruptingLightning ArrowLightning ArrowAttack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-11) Mana Attack Damage: (130-154)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-154)% Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 12Fires a charged arrow which damages enemies by causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning, which also damages a number of surrounding enemies.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage Hits up to 3 additional enemies near the target Shocks Enemies as though dealing (100-290)% more Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Hits up to (0.1-2) additional enemies near the targetPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
Recipes
Vaal Lightning Arrow can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
9
Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Vaal Gem Quality:+20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
Random corruptedVaal gem with 20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
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.