Ball Lightning of Orbiting

Ball Lightning of OrbitingSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-19) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 50%Requires Level 28Fires a single projectile which moves in a spiral while damaging each enemy in an area around it repeatedly with bolts of lightning.Deals (2-27) to (39-511) Lightning Damage
Modifiers to number of Projectiles do not apply to this Skill
Base radius is 2 metres
100% more Projectile Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 28
This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem

Ball Lightning of Orbiting is a lightning spell that creates a spiralling ball which periodically zaps nearby enemies.

It is a transfigured version of Ball LightningBall 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: 60%
Projectile Speed: 400
AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that damages each enemy in an area around it repeatedly with bolts of lightning.Deals (2-32) to (47-617) Lightning Damage
Base radius is 1.8 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Changes from default version

Unlike the original skill, this transfigured version moves in a spiral and its projectile cannot be modified. It also has lower damage and damage effectiveness, more area of effect, and more projectile speed.

Skill functions and interactions

• Strike interval: Lightning bolts will strike ALL nearby targets every 150 milliseconds while they are inside the area of effect of the ball.
  • 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 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. do not share a 150 ms cooldown between each other because every trap is a separate 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 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.) do not affect Ball Lightning's damage.
• Main Projectile Behavior: Ball Lightning projectiles do not collide, and therefore are not modified by effects such as fork, chain, or pierce from sources such as SnakepitSnakepit
  Sapphire RingRequires Level 68+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance(20-40)% increased Spell Damage
  (5-10)% increased Cast Speed
  Left ring slot: Projectiles from Spells cannot Chain
  Left ring slot: Projectiles from Spells Fork
  Right ring slot: Projectiles from Spells Chain +1 times
  Right ring slot: Projectiles from Spells cannot Fork
  Projectiles from Spells cannot PierceThey wrap around you until your blood turns as cold as theirs.. They are however affected by Returning Projectiles SupportReturning Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: R
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Projectiles from Supported Skills Return to you
  Projectiles from Supported Skills deal (70-61)% less Damage with Hits and Ailments while Returning
  Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce all Targets while Returning
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Projectile 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. and will return perpendicular to the angle they hit a wall.
• Duration: Ball Lightning’s duration is fixed; it has no actual duration component, thus cannot be modified to last a longer or shorter period of time in any way.

This gem cannot be supported by Volley SupportVolley SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: =
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 4Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills also fire Projectiles from up to 2 points on each side of you
Supported Skills deal (12-3)% less Projectile Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., Greater Volley SupportGreater Volley SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: ≣
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills also fire Projectiles from up to 4 points on each side of you
Supported Skills deal (30-21)% less Projectile Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (1-20)% increased 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., 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 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., Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: P
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., or Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportAwakened Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: P
Level: (1-5)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 72Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (25-21)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire 5 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Lightning Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	11	2 to 39	0	0
2	31	73	11	3 to 48	199345	199345
3	34	79	12	3 to 59	285815	485160
4	37	85	12	4 to 72	401344	886504
5	40	92	13	5 to 87	554379	1440883
6	42	96	13	5 to 99	477437	1918320
7	44	100	14	6 to 112	583786	2502106
8	46	104	14	7 to 126	710359	3212465
9	48	109	14	8 to 143	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	15	8 to 161	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	15	10 to 181	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	16	11 to 204	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	16	12 to 230	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	16	14 to 258	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	17	15 to 290	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	17	17 to 325	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	18	19 to 364	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	18	21 to 408	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	19	24 to 457	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	19	27 to 511	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	19	30 to 571	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	20	34 to 638	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	20	37 to 712	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	21	42 to 795	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	21	47 to 887	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	22	52 to 989	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	22	58 to 1102	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	22	65 to 1227	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	23	72 to 1366	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	23	80 to 1520	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	23	84 to 1604	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	24	89 to 1691	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	24	94 to 1784	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	24	99 to 1881	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	24	104 to 1983	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	24	110 to 2091	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	25	116 to 2204	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	25	122 to 2323	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	25	129 to 2448	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	25	136 to 2580	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metres	1

Item acquisition

Ball Lightning of Orbiting has restrictions on where or how it can drop. This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.

Recipes

Ball Lightning of Orbiting can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
4	The Blessing of MooshThe Blessing of Moosh4Level 21 Transfigured Gem CorruptedWhile the Labyrinth traps have claimed countless adventurers, they were not designed with felines in mind.	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem	A
8	The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Transfigured Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 23% quality	A
3	Doryani's EpiphanyDoryani's Epiphany3Level 21 Transfigured Gem Quality: +20% Corrupted"Virtue gems have facets beyond those that can be seen by the mortal eye. Let us look deeper..."	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 20% quality	A
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Transfigured Gem Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	level 19 transfigured gem with 19% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

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.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ball Lightning Additional Projectiles 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ball Lightning fires an additional Projectile	helmet 100
Enchantment Ball Lightning Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Ball Lightning Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ball Lightning Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Ball Lightning Damage	helmet 100
EnchantmentBallLightningProjectileSpeed1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	30% reduced Ball Lightning Projectile Speed	helmet 0
EnchantmentBallLightningProjectileSpeed2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	45% reduced Ball Lightning Projectile Speed	helmet 0
Enchantment Ball Lightning Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Ball Lightning Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Ball Lightning Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Ball Lightning Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Ball Lightning of Orbiting has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(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
3.23.0	Added to the game.