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.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 70% more Lightning Damage Buff grants 50% less Maximum Energy Shield
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Buff grants (0.25-5)% more Maximum Energy ShieldPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Energy Blade is a lightningspell 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.
Energy BladeEnergy BladeOne Handed Sword Critical Strike Chance: 7.00% Attacks per Second: 1.70 Weapon Range: 1.1 metres
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1.70
7.00%
Energy BladeEnergy BladeTwo Hand Sword Critical Strike Chance: 7.00% Attacks per Second: 1.60 Weapon Range: 1.3 metres
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1.60
7.00%
Energy Blades have (minimum/maximum) Lightning Damage equal to #% of Energy Shield: Using Energy Blade 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, at the cost of half your total 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 or (in the one handed case) Spellblade SupportSpellblade SupportSupport, Spell Icon: | Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Supports spells that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have Added Spell Damage equal to (40-135)% of Damage of Equipped One Handed Melee Weapons If two Weapons are Equipped, each contributes 60% as much Added Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell 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..
The replacement Energy Blade(s) use the same number of hands as the replaced weapon, except in special cases like Oni-GoroshiOni-Goroshi Charan's SwordOne Handed Sword Physical Damage: 5-11 Critical Strike Chance: (8.50-9.50)% Attacks per Second: 1.45 Weapon Range: 1.1 metres40% increased Global Accuracy RatingUses both hand slots (70-90)% increased Critical Strike Chance Adds 2 to 3 Physical Damage to Attacks per Level Gain Her Embrace for 3 seconds when you Ignite an Enemy While in Her Embrace, take 0.5% of your total Maximum Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage per second per Level Has 6 Linked Sockets (Hidden) Uses goddess player audio (Hidden)"Your name is Demon Slayer? Really? Good name for rotgut, that." She said: I prefer "The Goddess Of Swords". Much more dignified. And accurate. "Demon Slayer The Cheap And Nasty it is then. Burns going down, burns coming up?" She said: Every single time, Charan. And still...you'll bathe me, and you'll drink my love. Until you can't. (a one handed sword that is replaced by a two handed Energy Blade).
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 70% more Local Lightning Damage which is already factored in the weapon damage range when activated.
Strategy
Support Gems: Because Energy Blades is a buff, and does not inherently do damage, this skill cannot be directly supported by Support Gems that require Hits or dealing damage. 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. and 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. (or their Awakened variations). 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., Enlighten SupportEnlighten SupportExceptional, Support Icon: + Level: (1-3) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: (100-92)%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from 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 Second Wind SupportSecond Wind SupportSupport Icon: 8 Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%Requires Level 31Supports skills with cooldowns. Cannot support triggered skills.Supported Skills have (24-5)% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate Supported Non-Instant Skills have +1 Cooldown Use
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% increased Cooldown Recovery RateThis 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 also be used; however, they serve no real purpose other than when first casting the skill. Deactivating Energy Blade is instant.
Modifiers to the Level or Quality of the Gem from weapons will automatically be negated when Energy Blade is activated, as the weapon becomes replaced.
Energy Blade is considered a normal weapon, potentially relevant for The AsceticThe Ascetic Gold AmuletRequires Level 8(12-20)% increased Rarity of Items found(80-100)% increased Rarity of Items found with a Normal Item Equipped (10-15)% increased Quantity of Items found with a Magic Item EquippedMany things come to one who has nothing..
One strategy is to use a +gem level weapon (e.g. Reverberation RodReverberation Rod Spiraled WandWand Physical Damage: 11-32 Critical Strike Chance: 9.00% Attacks per Second: 1.45Requires Level 24, 83 IntAdds (1-2) to (9-11) Lightning Damage to Spells and Attacks+2 to Level of Socketed Gems Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Spell Echo Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Controlled Destruction Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Arcane Surge +(10-30) to IntelligenceIf it's worth doing once, it's worth doing twice.) and a shield with Marks have #% increased effect in the weapon swap, allowing the player to apply a buffed up Mark skill which persists even after re-activating Energy Blade.
The sword preserves the sockets and links of the weapon it replaces, including abyssal sockets.
Energy Blades cannot have a Crucible Passive Tree and do not inherit one from the character's base weapons.
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
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—
22
74
—
784
14
267
—
—
23
76
—
871
15
284
—
—
24
78
—
962
16
303
—
—
25
80
—
1057
17
322
—
—
26
82
—
1156
18
343
—
—
27
84
—
1256
19
365
—
—
28
86
—
1361
20
387
—
—
29
88
—
1468
22
412
—
—
30
90
—
1574
23
437
—
—
31
91
—
1621
24
450
—
—
32
92
—
1666
24
464
—
—
33
93
—
1712
25
478
—
—
34
94
—
1756
26
492
—
—
35
95
—
1800
27
507
—
—
36
96
—
1841
27
522
—
—
37
97
—
1884
28
538
—
—
38
98
—
1921
29
554
—
—
39
99
—
1960
30
570
—
—
40
100
—
1994
31
587
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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 corruptedlevel 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:
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.
Helmet enchantments apply as enchantments on the equipped Energy Blades and are local mods; the Penetration enchantment on the weapon instead reads Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate #% Lightning Resistance.