Energy Blade

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Energy BladeSpell, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (136-624) Energy Shield
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 24Grants a buff which significantly lowers your maximum Energy Shield to transform your equipped weapons into Swords formed from that energy. Casting the spell again removes the buff. Requires a Non-Bow weapon. This skill cannot be triggered.Buff grants 50% less Maximum Energy Shield
Energy Blades have minimum Lightning Damage equal to 2% of Energy Shield, plus (2-12)
Energy Blades have maximum Lightning Damage equal to 40% of Energy Shield, plus (40-235)
Two Handed Energy Blades have 50% more Lightning Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Energy Blades have 0.5% increased Critical Strike ChanceEnergy Blades Grant 1% chance to ShockEnergy Blades Grant 1% of Lightning Damage with Attacks Converted to Chaos DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 24Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemEnergyBlade

Energy Blade is a lightning spell that grants a buff which significantly lowers your maximum Energy Shield to transform your equipped weapons into Swords formed from that energy. Casting the spell again removes the buff. Requires a Non-Bow weapon.

Skill functions and interactions

• Energy Blades have (minimum/maximum) Lightning Damage equal to #% of Energy Shield: Using Energy Blades grants a buff that completely replaces your existing weapon(s), creating one handed Energy Blade(s)Energy BladeOne Handed Sword
  Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.70
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metres or a two handed Energy BladeEnergy BladeTwo Hand Sword
  Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.60
  Weapon Range: 1.3 metres based on your equipped weapon, Maximum Energy Shield. Note that the Lightning Damage granted is based on your current Maximum Energy Shield, which takes the Buff grants 50% less Maximum Energy Shield modifier into account, essentially giving you 50% of the Energy Shield you would have had with the buff off. Lightning Damage gained this way is added to the Energy Blades weapon as local weapon damage, and thus can be used with Battlemage.

• Energy Blades stats: By default, a one-handed Energy Blade has 7% base Critical Strike Chance, 1.7 Attacks per Second, and 11 Weapon Range. Dual-wielding while activating this buff will replace both weapons. A two-handed Energy Blade has 7% base Critical Strike Chance, 1.6 Attacks per Second, and 13 Weapon Range; it also inherently has 50% more Local Lightning Damage which is already factored in the weapon damage when activated.

• Energy Blades have 10% increased Critical Strike Chance: The Superior Quality for this skill increases the base Critical Strike Chance of the Energy Blades, functionally similar to the #% increased Critical Strike Chance found on weapons. This modifier is separate from generic #% increased Critical Strike Chance found on items and the passive tree.

• Support Gems: Because Energy Blades is a buff, and does not inherently do damage, this skill cannot be supported by Support Gems that require Hits. Currently, the only synergistic Support Gems include Empower SupportEmpower SupportExceptional, Support
  Icon: +
  Level: (1-3)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.+(0-2) to Level of Supported Skill Gems
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  This Gem gains (5-100)% increased ExperienceThis 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., Enhance SupportEnhance SupportExceptional, Support
  Icon: +
  Level: (1-3)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.+(0-16)% to Quality of Supported Skill Gems
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  This Gem gains (5-100)% increased ExperienceThis 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 Faster Casting SupportFaster Casting SupportSupport, Spell
  Icon: f
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Requires Level 18Supports non-instant spell skills.Supported Skills have (20-39)% increased Cast Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Cast SpeedThis 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 it can be supported by trigger gems, there are no trigger gems that currently work well with this skill.

Gem level progression

Level			ES Cost	Min Lightning Damage	Max Lightning Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	58	136	2	40	0	0
2	27	64	162	2	46	118383	118383
3	30	71	188	3	53	175816	294199
4	33	77	218	3	60	254061	548260
5	36	83	247	4	68	359090	907350
6	39	90	275	4	77	498508	1405858
7	42	96	299	5	87	682057	2087915
8	45	102	323	5	98	921777	3009692
9	48	109	360	6	110	1727879	4737571
10	50	113	378	6	118	1138877	5876448
11	52	117	398	7	127	1368233	7244681
12	54	121	421	7	136	1638338	8883019
13	56	125	444	8	146	1956648	10839667
14	58	130	478	8	157	3655184	14494851
15	60	134	488	9	168	3017327	17512178
16	62	138	510	9	180	7793914	25306092
17	64	142	529	10	193	15206031	40512123
18	66	146	610	11	206	26185582	66697705
19	68	151	618	12	220	62755923	129453628
20	70	155	624	12	235	211877683	341331311
21	72	159	702	13	250	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	784	14	267	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	871	15	284	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	962	16	303	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	1057	17	322	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	1156	18	343	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	1256	19	365	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	1361	20	387	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	1468	22	412	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	1574	23	437	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	1621	24	450	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	1666	24	464	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	1712	25	478	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	1756	26	492	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	1800	27	507	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	1841	27	522	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	1884	28	538	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	1921	29	554	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	1960	30	570	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	1994	31	587	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Energy Blade can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Energy Blade 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

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 ↓
Lost in Love Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Energy Blades.

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 Energy Blade Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Energy Blades have 10% increased Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Energy Blade Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Energy Blades have 15% increased Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Energy Blade Lightning Penetration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Attacks with Energy Blades Penetrate 8% Lightning Resistance	helmet 100
Enchantment Energy Blade Lightning Penetration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Attacks with Energy Blades Penetrate 12% Lightning Resistance	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	Energy Blade has been added to the game. Fixed a bug with Energy Blade where it could delete the player's weapon if they logged out in town after activating it.