Lightning Arrow

Lightning ArrowAttack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-11) Mana
Attack Damage: (130-154)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-154)%
Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 12Fires a charged arrow at the target, causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning which damages nearby enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% chance to Shock enemies1% increased Area of Effect1% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage1% chance to Hit an additional EnemyDeals (130-154)% of Base Attack Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Hits up to 3 additional enemies near the target
(1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
Shocks Enemies as though dealing (100-290)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Area level: 12Vendor Prices

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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemLightningArrow

Lightning Arrow is a bow attack skill that fires an arrow which causes enemies to be struck with a bolt of lightning. The lightning bolt can hit nearby enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

• Hits Additional Targets: When an arrow strikes a target, up to 3 randomly chosen enemies (up to 5 with the Labyrinth enchantment) within an area around that target will also be struck for the same amount of damage. The area within which Lightning Arrow can hit additional targets has a base radius of 18 and is affected by area of effect modifiers. However, this damage is not affected by modifiers to area damage.
• Damage conversion: Like all converted damage, the lightning portion of Lightning Arrow's damage will be modified by both lightning damage and physical damage increases.

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	Shock Amplifier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	0	0	0%	0%	7	130%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	130%	0.00 sec	0%	1 to 13	100%	0	0
2	15	39	0	0	0%	0%	7	131%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	131.3%	0.00 sec	0%	1 to 16	110%	15249	15249
3	19	48	0	0	0%	0%	7	133%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	132.5%	0.00 sec	0%	1 to 20	120%	41517	56766
4	23	56	0	0	0%	0%	8	134%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	133.8%	0.00 sec	0%	1 to 25	130%	81983	138749
5	27	64	0	0	0%	0%	8	135%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	135.1%	0.00 sec	0%	2 to 31	140%	147968	286717
6	31	73	0	0	0%	0%	8	136%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	136.3%	0.00 sec	0%	2 to 37	150%	250557	537274
7	35	81	0	0	0%	0%	8	138%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	137.6%	0.00 sec	0%	2 to 45	160%	405086	942360
8	38	88	0	0	0%	0%	8	139%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	138.8%	0.00 sec	0%	3 to 51	170%	447718	1390078
9	41	94	0	0	0%	0%	9	140%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	140.1%	0.00 sec	0%	3 to 59	180%	615318	2005396
10	44	100	0	0	0%	0%	9	141%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	141.4%	0.00 sec	0%	3 to 66	190%	834639	2840035
11	47	106	0	0	0%	0%	9	143%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	142.6%	0.00 sec	0%	4 to 75	200%	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	0	0	0%	0%	9	144%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	143.9%	0.00 sec	0%	4 to 85	210%	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	0	0	0%	0%	9	145%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	145.2%	0.00 sec	0%	5 to 95	220%	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	0	0	0%	0%	10	146%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	146.4%	0.00 sec	0%	6 to 107	230%	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	0	0	0%	0%	10	148%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	147.7%	0.00 sec	0%	6 to 120	240%	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	0	0	0%	0%	10	149%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	148.9%	0.00 sec	0%	7 to 134	250%	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	0	0	0%	0%	10	150%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	150.2%	0.00 sec	0%	8 to 144	260%	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	0	0	0%	0%	10	152%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	151.5%	0.00 sec	0%	8 to 155	270%	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	0	0	0%	0%	11	153%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	152.7%	0.00 sec	0%	9 to 167	280%	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	0	0	0%	0%	11	154%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	154%	0.00 sec	0%	9 to 179	290%	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	0	0	0%	0%	11	155%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	155.3%	0.00 sec	0%	10 to 192	300%	-342004647	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	157%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	156.5%	0.00 sec	0%	11 to 206	310%	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	158%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	157.8%	0.00 sec	0%	12 to 221	320%	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	159%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	159.1%	0.00 sec	0%	12 to 237	330%	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	160%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	160.3%	0.00 sec	0%	13 to 254	340%	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	162%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	161.6%	0.00 sec	0%	14 to 272	350%	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	163%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	162.8%	0.00 sec	0%	15 to 291	360%	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	164%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	164.1%	0.00 sec	0%	16 to 311	370%	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	165%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	165.4%	0.00 sec	0%	18 to 333	380%	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	167%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	166.6%	0.00 sec	0%	19 to 355	390%	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	167%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	167.3%	0.00 sec	0%	19 to 367	400%	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	168%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	167.9%	0.00 sec	0%	20 to 380	410%	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	169%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	168.5%	0.00 sec	0%	21 to 392	420%	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	169%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	169.2%	0.00 sec	0%	21 to 405	430%	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	170%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	169.8%	0.00 sec	0%	22 to 419	440%	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	170%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	170.4%	0.00 sec	0%	23 to 433	450%	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	171%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	171.1%	0.00 sec	0%	24 to 447	460%	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	172%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	171.7%	0.00 sec	0%	24 to 462	470%	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	172%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	172.3%	0.00 sec	0%	25 to 477	480%	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	173%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	172.9%	0.00 sec	0%	26 to 492	490%	0	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Arrow. No results found

Alternate skill effects

Lightning Arrow has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Gore Lightning Arrow EffectGore Lightning Arrow EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Arrow becomes a gory effect.	Your Lightning Arrow becomes a gory effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	No longer has “10-29% Increased Effect of Lightning Ailments”. Now Shocks Enemies as though dealing 100% more Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 290% more Damage at gem level 20 (previously 195%). Now deals 130% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 110%), up to 154% of base Attack Damage at gem level 20 (previously 134%). Now has 130% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 110%), up to 154% at gem level 20 (previously 134%).
3.9.0	Now deals 110% of base damage at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 134% at gem level 20 (from 119%). Now Shocks enemies as though dealing 100% more damage at gem level 1, up to 195% at gem level 20. Now gains increased effect of Shock as the gem levels, up to 29% at gem level 20. Now gains 1% chance to Shock and 0.5% increased effect of Shock [sicSīc erat scriptum (Latin: “Thus it was written”) – This quote is reproduced faithfully from its source with the preceding errors.] per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% chance to Shock per 1% gem quality).
3.8.0	Now has 1 to 13 added Attack Lightning Damage at gem level 1, up to 9 to 179 at gem level 20 (previously none). Now gains 1% chance to Shock per 1% gem quality (from 0.5% per 1% quality).
2.3.0	The Merciless Labyrinth Helmet enchantment for additional targets hit by Lightning Arrow is now +1 rather than +2.
2.1.0	Lightning Arrow's base damage has been increased by a flat 10% at all levels. The mana cost at level one has been reduced from 8 to 7.
2.0.0	Base damage increased from 70% to 90%. Radius of the lighting effect increased by 12.5% (from 16 to 18). Now grants 0.5% increased chance to shock per 1% quality instead of increased shock duration.
1.1.0	Fixed a bug where secondary hits from Lightning Arrow would not check evasion.
0.10.2	Improved the Ice Spear and Lightning Arrow effects.
0.10.0	Has been moved to level 10 (from 1). Its mana cost and progression have been flattened. The chance to Shock has been removed. A damage bonus as it levels up has been added. The number of targets is now always 3. Fixed a targeting bug with Lightning Arrow.
0.9.7b	Now explodes when hitting terrain as well as monsters.
0.9.7	Lightning Arrow has been added to the game.