Lightning Strike

Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out behind your target to hit further-away enemies. The Projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hits its target.

Skill Interactions and Functions

Additional Projectiles: When the attack is made (either against a target or in the general direction of targets), projectiles will shoot out in an ~85 degree arc based on the direction the attack was performed. The projectiles travel in a straight line at fixed angles till they strike an enemy. Unmodified projectiles will do 80% of full weapon damage (which includes both the lightning and physical portions of the attack, as well as any other damage added to it) against any target struck. Linking a Lesser Multiple Projectiles or Greater Multiple Projectiles will additively reduce the damage of each projectile and spread further projectiles out within the 85 degree arc.

Converted Damage: Like all converted damage, the lightning portion of Lightning Strike's damage will be modified by both lightning damage increases and physical damage increases.

Piercing Projectiles: Lightning Strike projectiles which pierce an enemy and strike another will do the usual projectile damage to all enemies struck.

Gem Leveling

Level	Required Level	Required Strength	Mana Cost	% Increased Physical Damage	Experience to Level
1	10	25	11	-	9569
2	13	30	11	3%	18908
3	16	35	11	6%	33871
4			11	9%
5			11	12%
6			11	15%
7	28	57	11	18%
8	32	64	11	21%
9	36	71	11	24%
10				27%
11	44	86	12	30%
12			12	33%
13	50	97	12	36%	3,289,072
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15	55	106	12	42%	9,935,033
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Gem Quality

Each percentage of quality adds +2% Chance to pierce.