Ball Lightning

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
Radius: 22Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that periodically damages enemies in an area around it with bolts of lightning.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Lightning Damage0.5% increased Cast SpeedProjectiles have 0.5% chance to be SuperchargedDeals (3-22) to (48-426) Lightning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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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: 140%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spreadSupported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.). Balls cast by Multiple Traps SupportMultiple Traps SupportSupport, Trap
  Icon: t
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 8Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps in a line.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Trap Trigger Area of EffectSupported Skills can have up to 0.1 additional Traps placed at a timeSupported Skills have 0.2% chance to throw an additional TrapSupported Skills throw up to 2 additional Traps
  Supported Skills can have up to 3 additional Traps placed at a time
  Supported Skills deal (50-31)% less 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 Active 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: 140%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills which reserve mana.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills deal 1% less Damage
  Final Repeat of Supported Skills deals 3% more DamageSupported Skills Repeat an additional time
  Supported Skills have (51-70)% more Cast Speed
  Supported Skills deal 10% less 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 Active 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. Reductions to projectile speed such as Slower Projectiles SupportSlower Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: J
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageSupported Skills deal 0.75% increased Projectile Damage to nearby EnemiesProjectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 3% chance not to Pierce EnemiesSupported Skills have (20-30)% less Projectile Speed
  Supported Skills deal (20-29)% more Projectile 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 Active 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Area DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% less Area of EffectSupported Skills have 0.5% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdSupported Skills have 30% less Area of Effect
  Supported Skills deal (35-54)% more Area 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 Active 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). 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

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	Lightning Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	0	0	67	0%	0%	12	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3 to 48	0	0
2	31	0	0	73	0%	0%	13	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3 to 57	199345	199345
3	34	0	0	79	0%	0%	14	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4 to 68	285815	485160
4	37	0	0	85	0%	0%	15	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4 to 81	401344	886504
5	40	0	0	92	0%	0%	15	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	5 to 95	554379	1440883
6	42	0	0	96	0%	0%	16	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	6 to 106	477437	1918320
7	44	0	0	100	0%	0%	16	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	6 to 118	583786	2502106
8	46	0	0	104	0%	0%	17	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	7 to 131	710359	3212465
9	48	0	0	109	0%	0%	17	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	8 to 145	1355511	4567976
10	50	0	0	113	0%	0%	18	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	8 to 161	1138877	5706853
11	52	0	0	117	0%	0%	18	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9 to 178	1368233	7075086
12	54	0	0	121	0%	0%	19	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10 to 197	1638338	8713424
13	56	0	0	125	0%	0%	19	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11 to 217	1956648	10670072
14	58	0	0	130	0%	0%	20	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	13 to 240	3655184	14325256
15	60	0	0	134	0%	0%	20	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	14 to 264	3017327	17342583
16	62	0	0	138	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15 to 291	7759995	25102578
17	64	0	0	142	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	17 to 321	15138193	40240771
18	66	0	0	146	0%	0%	22	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	19 to 353	26083825	66324596
19	68	0	0	151	0%	0%	22	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	20 to 388	62620247	128944843
20	70	0	0	155	0%	0%	23	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	22 to 426	211708088	340652931
21	72	0	0	159	0%	0%	24	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	25 to 468	-340652931	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	24	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27 to 513	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	25	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	30 to 563	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	25	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	32 to 617	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	26	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	36 to 676	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	26	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	39 to 740	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	27	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	43 to 810	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	27	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	47 to 886	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	28	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	51 to 968	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	28	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	56 to 1058	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	28	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	58 to 1106	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	29	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	61 to 1156	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	29	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	64 to 1208	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	29	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	66 to 1263	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	29	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	69 to 1319	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	30	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	73 to 1378	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	30	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	76 to 1440	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	30	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	79 to 1504	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	30	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	83 to 1571	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	31	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	86 to 1641	0	0

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Trivia

Ball Lightning was accidentally added to the game in an unfinished state in version 1.1.0 and was removed shortly afterwards. 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. No results found

Alternate skill effects

Ball Lightning has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Automaton Ball Lightning EffectAutomaton Ball Lightning EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ball Lightning becomes a Automaton effect.	Your Ball Lightning becomes a Automaton effect.
Celestial Ball Lightning EffectCelestial Ball Lightning EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ball Lightning becomes a celestial effect.	Your Ball Lightning becomes a celestial 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

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