Lightning Arrow

Lightning Arrow (often referred to as LA) is a ranged attack skill that fires an arrow which deals lightning damage to a target and nearby enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

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

Hits Additional Targets: When an arrow strikes a target, up to 3 randomly chosen enemies within an area around that target will also be struck for the same amount of damage (not just the lightning portion of the damage). The area within which Lightning Arrow can hit additional targets has a base radius of 18 and is affected by Area of Effect modifiers such as increased Area of Effect. However, this damage is not affected by modifiers to Area damage.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	7	130%	130%	0	0
2	15	39	7	131%	131.3%	15249	15249
3	19	48	7	133%	132.5%	41517	56766
4	23	56	8	134%	133.8%	81983	138749
5	27	64	8	135%	135.1%	147968	286717
6	31	73	8	136%	136.3%	250557	537274
7	35	81	8	138%	137.6%	405086	942360
8	38	88	8	139%	138.8%	447718	1390078
9	41	94	9	140%	140.1%	615318	2005396
10	44	100	9	141%	141.4%	834639	2840035
11	47	106	9	143%	142.6%	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	9	144%	143.9%	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	9	145%	145.2%	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	10	146%	146.4%	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	10	148%	147.7%	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	10	149%	148.9%	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	10	150%	150.2%	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	10	151%	151.5%	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	11	153%	152.7%	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	11	154%	154%	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	11	155%	155.3%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	11	157%	156.5%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	11	158%	157.8%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	11	159%	159.1%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	11	160%	160.3%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	12	162%	161.6%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	12	163%	162.8%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	12	164%	164.1%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	12	165%	165.4%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	12	167%	166.6%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	12	167%	167.3%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	13	168%	167.9%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	13	169%	168.5%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	13	169%	169.2%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	13	170%	169.8%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	13	170%	170.4%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	13	171%	171.1%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	13	172%	171.7%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	13	172%	172.3%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	13	173%	172.9%	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Lightning Arrow can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Lightning Arrow can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Gore Lightning Arrow EffectGore Lightning Arrow EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Arrow becomes a gory effect.	75	Replaces the standard effect on a Lightning 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. skill gem with a gorey effect. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Arrow.

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
Enchantment Lightning Arrow Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Lightning Arrow Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Arrow Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Lightning Arrow Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Arrow Extra Targets 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lightning Arrow hits 1 additional Enemy	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Arrow Extra Targets 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lightning Arrow hits 2 additional Enemies	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Arrow Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Lightning Arrow Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Arrow Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Lightning Arrow Area of Effect	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Lightning Arrow's base damage has been increased by a flat 10% at all levels. The mana cost at level one has been reduced from 8 to 7.
2.0.0	Base damage increased from 70% to 90%. Radius of the lighting effect increased by 12.5% (from 16 to 18). Now grants 0.5% increased chance to shock per 1% quality instead of increased shock duration.
1.1.0	Fixed a bug where secondary hits from Lightning Arrow would not check evasion.
0.10.0	Has been moved to level 10 (from 1). Its mana cost and progression have been flattened. The chance to Shock has been removed. A damage bonus as it levels up has been added. The number of targets is now always 3. Fixed a targeting bug with Lightning Arrow.
0.9.7b	Now explodes when hitting terrain as well as monsters.
0.9.7	Lightning Arrow has been added to the game.