Spectral Throw

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Spectral Throw.

Spectral Throw is an attack. It throws the current melee weapon at an enemy and returns to the player, dealing damage to enemies in its path.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Projectiles created by Spectral Throw follow a "boomerang" path: they start at high speed, slow to a stop, and return to the thrower. If the thrower moves after the throw, the projectiles will home in on the thrower after they have slowed to a stop; in particular, moving towards from the direction of the throw will shorten the duration and moving away will lengthen it. Enemies can be hit more than once by the same projectile; an enemy can be hit once (per attack) every 0.3 seconds.

• Automatic Piercing: Spectral Throw has a 100% chance to pierce enemies. This means that , , and have no effect (details). Projectiles cannot pass through terrain obstacles; they will turn back if they were traveling outbound and disappear if they were traveling inbound.

• Multiple Projectiles: and are effective on Spectral Throw, and enemies can be hit by more than one projectile in the same salvo. However, the 0.3s cooldown on hits is applied per attack, not per projectile, which means that it is not possible to "shotgun." However, if the thrower moves or some of the projectiles encounter a terrain obstacle before reaching their maximum range, this may stagger their returns enough to allow more hits.

• Damage Modifiers: Spectral Throw is classified as an Attack and will benefit from x% increased Attack Speed but not from x% increased Casting Speed. Similarly, it is a projectile rather than a melee attack and benefits from x% increased Projectile Damage and x% increased Damage (with Weapontype), such as x% Increased Physical Damage with Two Handed (or One Handed) melee weapons, but it will not benefit from mods such as x% Increased Melee Damage or x% increased Melee Physical Damage

• Range and Projectile Speed: The skill has a base range of ~45 units, or roughly 60% of the way to the right edge of the screen, which is increased by projectile speed.
  Projectile Speed modifiers affect the initial speed but not the acceleration (approx. 109.09 units/second). Therefore, assuming the thrower stands still:
  • Duration is proportional to the projectile speed. The base duration for the projectile to return to its origin is ~1.833 seconds.
  • Range is proportional to the square of the projectile speed; even a level 1 will increase range by 69% which is sufficient to reach the edge of the screen. Targeting range is adjusted accordingly.
  • Projectiles travel their slowest when they are at their limit of the range and will therefore cause the maximum number of hits near there. Projectile speed affects the distance but not the effectiveness at which this occurs. With optimal positioning the skill can hit 3-4 times, or 4-5 times with the 30% reduced Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration helm enchantment (depending on the size of the target).
• Dual Wielding: Dual Wielding while using Spectral Throw will cause the player to alternate weapons each attack.

• The size of the projectile is is half of the weapon's base range (rounded down). Passive skills that affect the melee range have no effect.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	5	80%	80%	0	0
2	2	0	0	5	82%	82.4%	70	70
3	4	0	0	5	85%	84.7%	308	378
4	7	14	0	5	87%	87.1%	1554	1932
5	11	19	0	5	89%	89.5%	6667	8599
6	16	26	18	6	92%	91.8%	26047	34646
7	20	31	22	6	94%	94.2%	49725	84371
8	24	37	25	6	97%	96.6%	95714	180085
9	28	42	29	6	99%	98.9%	169595	349680
10	32	47	33	6	101%	101.3%	283759	633439
11	36	52	36	7	104%	103.7%	453996	1087435
12	40	58	40	7	106%	106.1%	703128	1790563
13	44	63	44	7	108%	108.4%	1061223	2851786
14	48	68	48	7	111%	110.8%	2065870	4917656
15	52	74	51	7	113%	113.2%	2507110	7424766
16	56	79	55	8	116%	115.5%	5798936	13223702
17	60	84	59	8	118%	117.9%	15083919	28307621
18	64	90	62	8	120%	120.3%	27792735	56100356
19	67	94	65	8	123%	122.6%	43869739	99970095
20	70	98	68	8	125%	125%	242081556	342051651
21	72	100	70	9	127%	127.4%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	9	130%	129.7%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	9	132%	132.1%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	9	134%	134.5%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	9	137%	136.8%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	10	139%	139.2%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	10	142%	141.6%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	10	144%	143.9%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	10	146%	146.3%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	10	149%	148.7%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	11	150%	149.9%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	11	151%	151.1%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	11	152%	152.2%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	11	153%	153.4%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	11	155%	154.6%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	11	156%	155.8%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	12	157%	157%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	12	158%	158.2%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	12	159%	159.3%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	12	161%	160.5%	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Spectral Throw:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled
Steel SpiritSteel Spirit Viridian JewelRadius: Medium(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, each Spectral Throw Projectile gains 5% increased Damage each time it HitsThe Sekhema rode to the mountain, With her tribe, devoted and strong. And sewed shut the mouth of nightmare, So that it would not consume her world.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	N/A	Medium	(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, each Spectral Throw Projectile gains 5% increased Damage each time it Hits	0

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Golden Spectral Throw EffectGolden Spectral Throw EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Throw becomes golden.	25	Replaces the standard effect on a skill gem with a glowing, golden version. Preview
Reaper Spectral Throw EffectReaper Spectral Throw EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Throw becomes a deadly scythe.		Your becomes a deadly scythe. Preview
Seraph Spectral Throw EffectSeraph Spectral Throw EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Throw projectile becomes a glowing, feathery wing.	95	Replaces the standard effect on a skill gem with a whirling, golden wing. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Spectral Throw.

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 Spectral Throw Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Spectral Throw Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Throw Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Spectral Throw Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% reduced Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% reduced Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Throw Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Spectral Throw Projectile Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Throw Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Spectral Throw Projectile Speed	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
2.4.2	Fixed a bug where Spectral Throw could travel further than intended if used when standing very close to a wall.
2.2.0	Spectral Throw now deals 20% more damage at all levels.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards. Spectral Throw has had its damage increased. It went from dealing 38% of base damage to 45% of base damage at level one. At level 20 it went from dealing 64.6% of base damage to 75.4% of base damage.
1.2.0	Reduced the damage effectiveness by a flat 8% at all levels.
1.1.0	Spectral Throw now deals 46% of weapon damage at level 1, but increases as it levels. By level 15 of the gem, you will dealing 60% of weapon damage.
1.0.0	Spectral Throw has been added to the game.