Ball Lightning

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Ball LightningBall Lightning of OrbitingBall Lightning of Static
Ball LightningSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (12-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 50%
Projectile Speed: 400
AoE Radius: 22
Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that periodically damages enemies in an area around it with bolts of lightning.Deals (3-22) to (48-426) Lightning Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
1% increased Lightning Damage0.5% increased Cast SpeedProjectiles have 0.5% chance to be Supercharged
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 28
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBallLightning


Ball Lightning is a lightning spell that creates a slow-moving projectile which periodically zaps nearby enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Strike interval: Lightning bolts will strike nearby targets every 150 milliseconds while they are inside the area of effect of the ball. This restriction is shared between multiple balls fired on the same cast (such as when using Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
    Icon: l
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
    Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile Damage
    This 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.
    ).[1] Balls cast by Multiple Traps SupportMultiple Traps SupportSupport, Trap
    Icon: t
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%
    Requires Level 8Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps in a line.Supported Skills throw up to 2 additional Traps
    Supported Skills deal (58-52)% less Damage
    Supported Skills can have up to 3 additional Traps placed at a time

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Trap Trigger Area of Effect
    This 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.
    do not share a 150 ms cooldown between each other because every trap is a seperate cast. Likewise for 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 Damage
    This 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.
    .
  • Projectile speed: The base projectile speed is roughly 48 units per second.[2] Reductions to projectile speed such as Slower Projectiles SupportSlower Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
    Icon: J
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills have (20-30)% less Projectile Speed
    Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Projectile Damage

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile Damage
    This 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.
    can increase the amount of time an enemy spends within the ball's area of effect, resulting in a higher potential number of lightning strikes per cast.
  • Area of effect: Increases and reductions to area of effect will alter the range of the ball, making it hit enemies further away or closer. Modifiers to area damage (such as Concentrated Effect SupportConcentrated Effect SupportSupport, AoE
    Icon: o
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%
    Requires Level 18Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Area Damage
    Supported Skills have 30% less Area of Effect

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area Damage
    This 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.
    ) do not apply.
  • Fork and Chain: Ball Lightning projectiles will always pierce, and therefore can never fork or chain.
  • Tooltip damage: The tooltip DPS assumes that the skill will only hit once per cast. A more accurate estimate can be obtained using the calculator on the following link (Updated for 3.15 including The alternative quality Divergent). It is worth noting that the calculation will not be precise for general use, as enemies will move around and the skill will not pass over them using its entire diameter. However, it should be fairly reliable when the skill is used on stationary targets.

Alternative quality

The alternative quality Divergent Ball Lightning granted Projectiles have 0.5% chance to be Supercharged per 1% gem quality.

Supercharged Projectiles have 50% more Area of effect and deal 50% more damage.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Lightning
Damage
Exp.Total Exp.
12867122 to 4700
23173133 to 58199345199345
33479144 to 71285815485160
43785155 to 87401344886504
54092156 to 1055543791440883
64296166 to 1194774371918320
744100167 to 1355837862502106
846104178 to 1537103593212465
948109179 to 17213555114567976
10501131810 to 19411388775706853
11521171812 to 21913682337075086
12541211913 to 24716383388713424
13561251915 to 277195664810670072
14581302016 to 312365518414325256
15601342018 to 350301732717342583
16621382121 to 393775999525102578
17641422123 to 4401513819340240771
18661462226 to 4932608382566324596
19681512229 to 55262620247128944843
20701552332 to 617211708088340652931
21721592436 to 690N/AN/A
2274N/A2441 to 771N/AN/A
2376N/A2545 to 861N/AN/A
2478N/A2551 to 961N/AN/A
2580N/A2656 to 1072N/AN/A
2682N/A2663 to 1195N/AN/A
2784N/A2770 to 1331N/AN/A
2886N/A2778 to 1483N/AN/A
2988N/A2887 to 1651N/AN/A
3090N/A2897 to 1837N/AN/A
3191N/A28102 to 1938N/AN/A
3292N/A29108 to 2044N/AN/A
3393N/A29113 to 2156N/AN/A
3494N/A29120 to 2273N/AN/A
3595N/A29126 to 2396N/AN/A
3696N/A30133 to 2527N/AN/A
3797N/A30140 to 2663N/AN/A
3898N/A30148 to 2807N/AN/A
3999N/A30156 to 2959N/AN/A
40100N/A31164 to 3119N/AN/A

Item acquisition

Ball Lightning can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Ball Lightning can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
13The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem
Corrupted
The 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 gemA
6The 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 gemA
3Gemcutter'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% qualityA
1Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing {0} monsters
Right 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% qualityA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Quest reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3

Vendor reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3
Clarissa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Skill Video

Trivia

Ball Lightning was accidentally added to the game in an unfinished state in version 1.1.0 and was removed shortly afterwards.[3] It was officially added to the game in version 1.1.5. A history of the skill can be found in Supporter newsletter 73.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ball Lightning.

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.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.LabyrinthStatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Ball Lightning Additional Projectiles 175Eternal LabyrinthBall Lightning fires an additional Projectilehelmet 100
Enchantment Ball Lightning Damage 166Merciless Labyrinth25% increased Ball Lightning Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Ball Lightning Damage 275Eternal Labyrinth40% increased Ball Lightning Damagehelmet 100
EnchantmentBallLightningProjectileSpeed166Merciless Labyrinth30% reduced Ball Lightning Projectile Speedhelmet 0
EnchantmentBallLightningProjectileSpeed275Eternal Labyrinth45% reduced Ball Lightning Projectile Speedhelmet 0
Enchantment Ball Lightning Area Of Effect 166Merciless Labyrinth16% increased Ball Lightning Area of Effecthelmet 100
Enchantment Ball Lightning Area Of Effect 275Eternal Labyrinth24% increased Ball Lightning Area of Effecthelmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Ball Lightning has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Automaton Ball Lightning EffectAutomaton Ball Lightning EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ball Lightning becomes an Automaton Effect.Your Ball Lightning becomes an Automaton Effect.
Celestial Ball Lightning EffectCelestial Ball Lightning EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ball Lightning becomes a celestial effect.Your Ball Lightning becomes a celestial effect.
Divine Ball Lightning EffectDivine Ball Lightning EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ball Lightning becomes a divine effect.Your Ball Lightning becomes a divine effect.

Version history

Version Changes
3.12.0
  • Now has a base radius of 18 (from 22).
  • Now deals 3 to 48 lightning damage at gem level 1 (from 3 to 57), up to 22 to 426 lightning damage at gem level 20 (from 28 to 533).
  • Now has alternative quality.
3.11.0
  • Now deals 3 to 57 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (from 3 to 48), to 28 to 533 Lightning Damage at gem level 20 (from 22 to 426).
  • Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 50% (from 40%).
  • Now costs 12 mana at gem level 1 (from 13), up to 23 mana at gem level 20 (from 25).
  • Now has a base cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.75).
3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 13 (was 14).
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 25 (was 27).
  • Now has a cast time of 0.75 seconds (from 0.8).
  • Now deals 3 to 48 Lightning damage at gem level 1 (from 2 to 35) and 22 to 426 Lightning damage at gem level 20 (from 22 to 420).
  • Now has an added damage effectiveness of 40% (from 35%).
3.3.0
  • Now deals 2-35 lightning damage at gem level 1 (up from 2-32), up to 22-420 lightning damage at gem level 20 (up from 14-260). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 35% (up from 20%).
  • The projectile's base speed is now 33% faster. The projectile hits 33% more frequently to compensate. The base radius has increased by 10%.
  • Disabled the "Reduced Ball Lightning Projectile Speed" enchantment from appearing.
  • Ball Lightning no longer has a 10% damage boost against players.
2.6.0
  • Ball Lightning's radius has increased from 16 to 20 units.
2.1.0
  • Damage increased by around 20% higher at level 20.
2.0.0
  • Base radius increased by 33% (from 12 to 16). Damage reduced. At player level 68 it should deal approximately 24% less damage.
1.2.0
  • Damage has been increased by 30% at all levels. Critical chance increased to 5%.
1.1.5
  • Added to the game.

References

  1. Mark_GGG (July 4, 2014). "GGG devs, please give us some info on Ball Lightning mechanics - questions inside". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  2. Mark_GGG (July 16, 2014). "Ball Lightning". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  3. Chris (March 6, 2014). "GGG secretly released Ball Lightning skill". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved March 6, 2014.

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