Fireball

FireballProjectile, Spell, AoE, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-25) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 240%
Projectile Speed: 1040
Radius: 9Unleashes a ball of fire towards a target which explodes, damaging nearby foes.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Projectile Speed2% reduced Projectile Speed
3% increased Area of Effect3% increased Effect of non-Damaging Ailments on Enemies
-2% more Damage with Ignite0.25% chance to Debilitate Enemies for 1 second on HitDeals (9-1095) to (14-1643) Fire Damage
(20-39)% chance to Ignite enemies
(50-88)% more Damage with Ignite
Projectiles gain Radius as they travel farther, up to +(0-9) RadiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFireball

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Fireball.

Fireball is a spell that fires a projectile, dealing fire damage with an increased chance to Ignite.

Skill functions and interactions

• Area of Effect: The radius of the explosion caused by collision (with either an enemy or a terrain obstruction) is affected by all AoE increases, with a base radius of 9. Full spell damage is done to any enemy in range of the explosion.

• Pierce, Chain, Fork: Enemies hit by a projectile that pierces, chains, or forks will take full damage from the hit, but the projectile will not explode until it hits an enemy and does not pierce, chain, or fork, or hits a wall.

• Shotgunning: Each enemy can only be hit directly by one projectile per cast. However, if an enemy is in range of the explosion effect of more than one projectile from the same cast, and those projectiles each exploded on different enemies or a wall, it will take full damage from each explosion.

• Can be used in left mouse button slot to cast and move.

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	Fire Damage	Ignite Chance	More Ignite Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9 to 14	20%	50%	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10 to 16	21%	52%	N/A	70	70
3	4	0	0	16	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	13 to 20	22%	54%	+1	308	378
4	7	0	0	22	0%	0%	8	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	18 to 27	23%	56%	+1	1554	1932
5	11	0	0	31	0%	0%	9	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	26 to 40	24%	58%	+2	6667	8599
6	16	0	0	41	0%	0%	10	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	40 to 60	25%	60%	+2	26047	34646
7	20	0	0	50	0%	0%	11	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	54 to 81	26%	62%	+3	49725	84371
8	24	0	0	58	0%	0%	12	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	72 to 109	27%	64%	+3	95714	180085
9	28	0	0	67	0%	0%	13	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	95 to 143	28%	66%	+4	169595	349680
10	32	0	0	75	0%	0%	14	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	124 to 186	29%	68%	+4	283759	633439
11	36	0	0	83	0%	0%	15	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	159 to 239	30%	70%	+5	453996	1087435
12	40	0	0	92	0%	0%	16	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	204 to 305	31%	72%	+5	703128	1790563
13	44	0	0	100	0%	0%	18	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	258 to 388	32%	74%	+6	1061223	2851786
14	48	0	0	109	0%	0%	19	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	326 to 490	33%	76%	+6	2065870	4917656
15	52	0	0	117	0%	0%	20	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	410 to 615	34%	78%	+7	2507110	7424766
16	56	0	0	125	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	513 to 770	35%	80%	+7	5798936	13223702
17	60	0	0	134	0%	0%	22	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	640 to 960	36%	82%	+8	15083919	28307621
18	64	0	0	142	0%	0%	23	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	795 to 1193	37%	84%	+8	27792735	56100356
19	67	0	0	148	0%	0%	24	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	934 to 1401	38%	86%	+9	43869739	99970095
20	70	0	0	155	0%	0%	25	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1095 to 1643	39%	88%	+9	242081556	342051651
21	72	0	0	159	0%	0%	25	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1217 to 1826	40%	90%	+10	-342051651	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	26	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1352 to 2028	41%	92%	+10	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	26	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1501 to 2251	42%	94%	+10	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	27	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1665 to 2497	43%	96%	+10	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	27	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1846 to 2769	44%	98%	+10	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	28	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2046 to 3069	45%	100%	+11	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	28	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2266 to 3399	46%	102%	+11	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	29	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2509 to 3763	47%	104%	+11	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	30	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2777 to 4165	48%	106%	+11	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	30	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3072 to 4608	49%	108%	+11	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	30	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3231 to 4846	50%	109%	+12	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	31	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3397 to 5095	51%	110%	+12	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	31	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3572 to 5358	52%	111%	+12	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	31	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3755 to 5633	53%	112%	+12	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	31	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3947 to 5921	54%	113%	+12	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	32	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4149 to 6224	55%	114%	+13	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	32	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4361 to 6542	56%	115%	+13	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	32	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4583 to 6875	57%	116%	+13	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	33	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4816 to 7224	58%	117%	+13	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	33	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	5061 to 7591	59%	118%	+13	0	0

In addition, Fireball is the starting skill gem for Witch. It drops after killing the first monster of the game, Hungry Corpse.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Fireball:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Fireball. No results found

Alternate skill effects

Fireball has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Dragon Fireball EffectDragon Fireball EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Fireball becomes a flaming dragon whelp skeleton that explodes on impact	Your Fireball becomes a flaming dragon whelp skeleton that explodes on impact

Monsters

Monsters using this skill:

• Goatman Fire-raiser
• Flame Sentinel + 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.
• Solar Guard

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 240% (from 180%). No longer gains additional explosion radius as the gem levels up. Now gains additional explosion radius based on the distance the projectile has travelled as the gem levels up, up to +9 at gem level 20. Now gains 1% increased Projectile Speed per 1% gem quality (previously 0.5% chance to ignite per 1% gem quality).
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 25 (was 26). Now deals 9 to 14 Fire damage at gem level 1 (from 7 to 10) and 1095 to 1643 Fire damage at level 20 (from 890 to 1335). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 180% (from 160%).
3.3.0	Now deals 7-10 fire damage at gem level 1 (same as previously), up to 890 to 1335 fire damage at gem level 20 (up from 739-1109). Now has a cast time of 0.75 seconds (down from 0.85 seconds). Now gains up to +4 to the explosion's radius at gem level 20 (up from +3). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 160% (up from 100%). Now deals 50% more damage with Ignite at gem level 1, up to 88% more at gem level 20.
2.6.0	Fireball gains 1 additional unit of radius every 6 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.4.0	50% more damage at gem level 20.
2.0.0	Damage increased by 15%. It now has a base chance to ignite. Its projectile speed has been increased by 30%.
1.1.0	Increased the damage of Fireball at low and high levels.
1.0.4	The area of effect has been increased by 12%. Damage has been increased at all levels (by around 20% at level one and around 23% at level 15).
0.10.0	Damage progression increased - now 14% increased by level 15.
0.9.12s	Damage progression increased. By skill level 15, it's doing 16% more damage than before.
0.9.7b	Increased the damage at higher levels.
0.9.7	The damage has been increased.
0.9.6	Increased the damage.
0.9.5g	Increased the Critical Strike chance.
0.9.3c	Reduced damage by 5%.
0.9.2	Fireball splash damage is now centered on the monster itself, rather than the point of impact (which was in front of the monster). Increased Fireball's splash Area of Effect. Increased its damage by 23%.
0.7.1	Slightly increased Fireball mana cost and reduced its damage
0.6.13	Major fix to projectile/fireball code (fixed crashes and strange behaviour)