Scorching Ray

Scorching Ray is a channelling fire spell that fires a beam that inflicts burning damage to targets in front of the caster.

Skill functions and interactions

• Scorching ray applies a stacking debuff on enemies which deals fire damage over time, causes enemies to lose 3% fire resist per stack, and causes Scorching Ray to deal an additional 60% damage per stack to the target for each stack past the first. This effect stacks up to a total of 8 times on an enemy for a total of 24% reduced fire resistance and a total damage multiplier of 420% more damage at maximum stacks. The damage over time portion of the debuff does not increase with additional stacks, but does stack with scorching ray debuffs from other sources(totems or players). The duration of any debuff stack applied by Scorching Ray on the target is refreshed upon applying a subsequent debuff stack. The rate at which the debuff is applied is determined by the base cast speed of the skill and can be modified by cast speed. The debuff is applied to an enemy monster and increases the damage they take from scorching Ray, it does not increase the damage it deals to other targets.
• While multiple burning damage effects from Scorching Ray may be applied (either by multiple players or via multiple totems), the maximum total fire resistance reduction on a monster from all instances cannot exceed 24%.
• Touching an unaffected target by the beam at any point during a cast interval will apply the first stage of the debuff. If the target remains in the beam, the spell will apply the next stage of the debuff the instant it consumes mana from the player again. As a result, It is possible to inflict multiple debuff stacks in quick succession to targets with only brief contact such as when sweeping the beam across the screen.
• Damage over time: Modifiers to Spell, Fire, Elemental, Burning Damage, Damage Over Time, and duration affect the damage over time component of this spell.
• Scorching Ray does not hit and therefore cannot be supported by added damage supports such as Added Chaos Damage SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportChaos, Support
  Icon: H
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have (18-154) to (26-231) added Chaos Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Chaos DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. and cannot confer the effects of supports such as Blind SupportBlind SupportSupport
  Icon: x
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have 10% chance to Blind enemies on hit
  Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Blinding duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Blind EffectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
  You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
  35% less Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Curse DurationThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..
• While channeling Scorching Ray, the player has a reduced turning rate. Increasing scorching ray's cast speed will increase the rate at which the player can rotate while channeling it, up to a maximum +150% increased cast speed modifier.
• Scorching Ray has a delay, equal to the cast time, between the pressing of the skill and the appearance of the beam.
• Scorching Ray is not a projectile or an area of effect skill and therefore is not affected by modifiers to projectile damage, area damage, projectile speed, or area of effect.
• Scorching Ray has the channelling tag and therefore cannot be supported by Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
  Icon: k
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
  Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
  Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..
• See Channelling for more information.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Fire Damage per sec	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	2	13.4	0	0
2	15	39	2	17.6	15249	15249
3	19	48	2	24.7	41517	56766
4	23	56	3	34	81983	138749
5	27	64	3	46.2	147968	286717
6	31	73	3	62	250557	537274
7	35	81	3	82.4	405086	942360
8	38	88	3	101.5	447718	1390078
9	41	94	4	124.5	615318	2005396
10	44	100	4	152.1	834639	2840035
11	47	106	4	185.3	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	4	225.2	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	4	272.9	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	5	329.9	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	5	398.1	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	5	479.4	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	5	542.1	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	5	612.6	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	5	691.8	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	5	780.7	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	5	880.4	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	6	992.3	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	6	1117.8	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	6	1258.5	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	6	1416.1	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	6	1592.7	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	6	1790.5	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	6	2011.9	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	6	2259.7	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	7	2536.9	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	7	2687.6	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	7	2847	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	7	3015.6	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	7	3193.8	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	7	3382.2	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	7	3581.5	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	7	3792.2	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	7	4014.8	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	7	4250.2	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	7	4499.1	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Scorching Ray can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Scorching Ray can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
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	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Scorching Ray.

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 Fire Beam Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	8% increased Scorching Ray Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Beam Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	12% increased Scorching Ray Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Scorching Ray Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Scorching Ray Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Scorching Ray Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Scorching Ray Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Beam Length 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Scorching Ray beam length	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Beam Length 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Scorching Ray beam length	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Radiant Scorching Ray EffectRadiant Scorching Ray EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Scorching Ray becomes a Radiant effect.	120	Replaces the standard effect on a Scorching RayScorching RaySpell, Fire, Duration, Channelling Level: (1-20) Cost: (2-5) Mana Cast Time: 0.25 secRequires Level 12Unleash a beam of fire that burns enemies it touches. Remaining in the beam raises the burning, adding a portion of the beam's damage in stages. Inflicts Fire Exposure at maximum stages. Enemies who leave the beam continue to burn for a duration. Increasing cast speed also increases the rate at which the beam turns.Deals (13.4-780.7) Base Fire Damage per second Base duration is 1.50 seconds Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect Burning Debuff can have a maximum of 8 stages Additional Debuff stages add 60% of Damage Fire Exposure applies -25% to Fire Resistance Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Additional Debuff stages add +(0.5-10)% of DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill gem with a Radiant effect. Preview
Stygian Scorching Ray EffectStygian Scorching Ray EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Scorching Ray becomes a Stygian Effect.	120	Replaces the standard effect on a Scorching RayScorching RaySpell, Fire, Duration, Channelling Level: (1-20) Cost: (2-5) Mana Cast Time: 0.25 secRequires Level 12Unleash a beam of fire that burns enemies it touches. Remaining in the beam raises the burning, adding a portion of the beam's damage in stages. Inflicts Fire Exposure at maximum stages. Enemies who leave the beam continue to burn for a duration. Increasing cast speed also increases the rate at which the beam turns.Deals (13.4-780.7) Base Fire Damage per second Base duration is 1.50 seconds Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect Burning Debuff can have a maximum of 8 stages Additional Debuff stages add 60% of Damage Fire Exposure applies -25% to Fire Resistance Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Additional Debuff stages add +(0.5-10)% of DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill gem with a Stygian effect. Preview

Version history

Version	Changes
2.4.2	Scorching Ray has been added to the game.