Lightning Conduit

Lightning ConduitSpell, AoE, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%Requires Level 28Lightning strikes all Shocked enemies around a targeted location, then removes Shock from those enemies. Shocks cannot expire on enemies in range while casting this spell. Cannot be supported by Spell Cascade or Unleash.Deals (33-387) to (98-1161) Lightning Damage
Cannot inflict Shock
This Spell's Cast Time is added to its Cooldown if Triggered
Base radius is 6 metres
(10-20)% more Damage with Hits per 5% Shock Effect on Enemy

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.2-4)% more Damage with Hits per 5% Shock Effect on EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemLightningConduit

Lightning Conduit is a spell that hits all shocked enemies within radius of where you targeted to deal lightning damage, then removes shock from them. The damage dealt by this spell scales with the effect magnitude of each target's shock.

Skill functions and interactions

• Area of Effect: Lightning Conduit targets enemies in a radius around the player dependent on AoE. The hit itself is not considered AoE and does not scale with Area Damage modifiers. 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. will reduce the targeting range but does not affect damage.

• Casting: The spell will always attempt to cast when used; however, if no shocked enemies are in range, it will not hit any enemies. It will still count as a skill use however, and trigger effects such as Orb of StormsOrb of StormsLightning, Spell, AoE, Chaining, Orb
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-16) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (80-110)%Requires Level 4Creates a stationary electrical orb that strikes enemies in its area of effect with beams of lightning that can then split to hit more enemies. Modifiers to cast speed will increase how frequently it does this. Casting this skill again will replace the previous orb.Deals (3-304) to (8-913) Lightning Damage
  Strikes every (3.50-2.55) seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb
  Strikes every 0.50 seconds while Channelling a Lightning Skill near the Orb
  Beam Splits towards 3 additional targets
  Orb disappears after (10-29) Strikes
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Beam Splits towards (0.1-2) additional targetsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.' additional bolts (allowing it to re-shock an enemy right away). It will also trigger "on skill use" effects and consume the cost of the spell.

• Cooldown: The skill's tooltip cast time will be added onto any cooldowns triggering this skill, including any modifiers to cast speed. Attaching 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. will reduce the overall cooldown, unlike typical triggers. Action Speed modifiers are disregarded for this interaction. Cooldown Recovery Rate modifiers will affect the sum of the original trigger's cooldown and Lightning Conduit's additional cooldown.

• Cast While Channelling: Cast while Channelling SupportCast while Channelling SupportSupport, Channelling, Spell, Trigger
  Icon: W
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Trigger a Supported Spell every (0.45-0.35) seconds while Channelling Supported Skills
  Supported Triggered Spells deal 30% less Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Channelling Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage
  Supported Triggered Spells deal (0.5-10)% increased 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. (and Awakened Cast While Channelling SupportAwakened Cast While Channelling SupportSupport, Channelling, Spell, Trigger
  Icon: W
  Level: (1-5)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 72Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Trigger a Supported Spell every (0.34-0.30) seconds while Channelling Supported Skills
  Ignore Stuns while Using Supported Skills
  Supported Triggered Spells deal 30% less Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Channelling Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage
  Supported Triggered Spells deal (0.5-10)% increased 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.) function differently from typical triggers due to the line Trigger a Supported Spell every (0.45-0.35) seconds while Channelling Supported Skills. This trigger interval is not considered a Cooldown (therefore not affected by Cooldown Recovery Rate). Because of this, Lightning Conduit will add its additional CD to a base of 0 CD. The skill will then depend on both the trigger interval and the CD. By reducing the CD below the trigger interval (account for server ticks of 0.033 sec) it is possible to not lose any casts.

• Shock Removal: Lightning Conduit removes the Shock from targets after hitting it. Effects dependant on Shock will apply to the hit, such as #% of Damage Leeched as Life against Shocked Enemies. Effects such as Summon SkitterbotsSummon SkitterbotsTrap, Mine, Spell, Minion, Cold, Lightning, AoE, Aura
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 35% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Summon a Chilling Skitterbot and a Shocking Skitterbot, which will trigger your traps and detonate your mines. Mines detonated by Skitterbots will re-arm and can then be detonated again. The Skitterbots grant you more trap and mine damage, and cannot be targeted or damaged.(0-76)% increased Minion Movement Speed
  Minions have (0-19)% increased Chill Effect
  Minions have (0-19)% increased Shock Effect
  Maximum 1 Summoned Skitterbot of each type
  Chilling Skitterbot's Aura Chills Enemies near it
  Shocking Skitterbot's Aura Shocks Enemies near it
  Skitterbots grant 10% more Trap and Mine Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Minion Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or Corpse Pact with DesecrateDesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (11-26) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 16Desecrates the ground, spawning corpses based on monsters in the current area and dealing chaos damage over time to enemies. If you are using the Raise Spectre skill there is a chance to spawn spectral corpses matching your most recently raised Spectres. Spectral corpses cannot be interacted with except by Minion skills.Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  Spawns 5 corpses
  Spawned corpses' level matches the area level, up to a maximum of Level (20-80)
  Maximum of 10 corpses allowed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cast SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. that make nearby enemies Shocked will not reapply the Shock after removal unless the enemy (or the Skitterbots) move out of range of the Shocking radius and re-enter. This can be partially bypassed with a trigger loop setup to cast corpses, or continuously moving with CorpsewalkerCorpsewalker
  Carnal BootsEvasion: (178-257)
  Energy Shield: (36-52)Requires Level 55, 52 Dex, 52 IntTriggers Level 20 Corpse Walk when Equipped
  (80-120)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  25% increased Movement Speed
  For each nearby corpse, 1% increased Movement Speed
  For each nearby corpse, Regenerate 8.00 Life per secondEvery glorious conquest
  stands astride innocent bones.. Elemental Proliferation SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCold, Fire, Lightning, Support, AoE
  Icon: S
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.(0-19)% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Enemies
  Elemental Ailments inflicted by Supported Skills spread to other enemies within (1.2-1.5) metres
  Supported Skills have 20% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on EnemiesThis 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. on a Shock reflected to the player will reapply Shock, but is limited by the small range of the proliferation.

• Hydrosphere: Lightning Conduit will target and remove Shock from a HydrosphereHydrosphereSpell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Orb, Lightning, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (12-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (65-110)%Requires Level 34Create a sphere of water, or move an existing sphere and reset its duration. The sphere continually applies a drenched debuff with a short duration to enemies in its area or those it moves through. You can hit the sphere with other skills to inflict Cold and Lightning Ailments (other than Chill). The sphere pulses when created, at regular intervals while afflicted by an Ailment, and after moving, damaging all drenched enemies in a large area.Deals (37-510) to (56-765) Physical Damage
  Base duration is 8.00 seconds
  Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds
  Pulses every 0.4 seconds while Frozen, Shocked, Brittle or Sapped
  Can only be Hit once every 1 second
  Drenched Enemies have Cold and Lightning Exposure, applying -10% to Resistances
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere has no Ailments
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage while sphere is Shocked or Sapped
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere is Frozen or Brittle
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.5-10)% increased Pulse FrequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. This will cause the Hydrosphere to stop pulsing, even if it was previously simultaneously Frozen, Sapped, or Brittle. Skills like Orb of StormsOrb of StormsLightning, Spell, AoE, Chaining, Orb
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-16) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (80-110)%Requires Level 4Creates a stationary electrical orb that strikes enemies in its area of effect with beams of lightning that can then split to hit more enemies. Modifiers to cast speed will increase how frequently it does this. Casting this skill again will replace the previous orb.Deals (3-304) to (8-913) Lightning Damage
  Strikes every (3.50-2.55) seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb
  Strikes every 0.50 seconds while Channelling a Lightning Skill near the Orb
  Beam Splits towards 3 additional targets
  Orb disappears after (10-29) Strikes
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Beam Splits towards (0.1-2) additional targetsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. will chain to the Hydrosphere to re-shock it, making it an effective ailment loop, especially in a trigger setup.

• Oath of Spring: if the target has multiple shocks from Warden's Oath of Spring, Lightning Conduit removes all of the shocks, and calculates damage based on their combined magnitude.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Lightning Damage	More Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	6	33 to 98	+10%	0	0
2	31	73	6	40 to 119	+10%	199345	199345
3	34	79	7	48 to 145	+11%	285815	485160
4	37	85	8	58 to 175	+11%	401344	886504
5	40	92	9	70 to 211	+12%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	9	79 to 238	+12%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	10	89 to 268	+13%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	11	101 to 302	+13%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	11	113 to 340	+14%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	12	127 to 382	+15%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	12	143 to 429	+15%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	13	160 to 480	+16%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	13	179 to 538	+16%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	14	201 to 602	+17%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	14	224 to 673	+17%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	15	250 to 751	+18%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	15	280 to 839	+18%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	16	312 to 935	+19%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	16	347 to 1042	+19%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	16	387 to 1161	+20%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	17	431 to 1292	+20%	—	—
22	74	—	17	479 to 1437	+20%	—	—
23	76	—	18	532 to 1597	+20%	—	—
24	78	—	18	592 to 1775	+20%	—	—
25	80	—	18	657 to 1971	+20%	—	—
26	82	—	19	729 to 2188	+20%	—	—
27	84	—	19	809 to 2427	+21%	—	—
28	86	—	19	897 to 2692	+21%	—	—
29	88	—	20	994 to 2983	+21%	—	—
30	90	—	20	1102 to 3305	+21%	—	—
31	91	—	20	1160 to 3479	+21%	—	—
32	92	—	20	1220 to 3661	+21%	—	—
33	93	—	21	1284 to 3852	+21%	—	—
34	94	—	21	1351 to 4053	+21%	—	—
35	95	—	21	1421 to 4264	+21%	—	—
36	96	—	21	1495 to 4485	+21%	—	—
37	97	—	21	1573 to 4718	+22%	—	—
38	98	—	22	1654 to 4962	+22%	—	—
39	99	—	22	1740 to 5219	+22%	—	—
40	100	—	22	1829 to 5488	+22%	—	—

Item acquisition

Lightning Conduit can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Lightning Conduit 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 corrupted level 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

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Conduit.

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 Lightning Conduit Area of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lightning Conduit has 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Area of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lightning Conduit has 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lightning Conduit has 8% increased Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lightning Conduit has 12% increased Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lightning Conduit deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lightning Conduit deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Lightning Conduit has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Automaton Lightning Conduit EffectAutomaton Lightning Conduit EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Conduit becomes an Automaton Effect.	Your Lightning Conduit becomes an Automaton Effect.
Celestial Lightning Conduit EffectCelestial Lightning Conduit EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Conduit becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Lightning Conduit becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0-4% more Damage with Hits per 5% Shock Effect on Enemy, instead of 0-20% increased Damage.
3.20.0	Lightning Conduit now deals 33 to 98 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (previously 43 to 130), up to 387 to 1161 at gem level 20 (previously 516 to 1548). It now has 140% Effectiveness of Added Damage (previously 190%).
3.19.0b	Fixed a bug where Galvanic FieldGalvanic FieldSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Chaining, Orb Level: (1-20) Cost: (9-18) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: (60-100)%Requires Level 16Applies a buff boosting chance to shock. When you shock an enemy while you have this buff, creates a spherical field of energy attached to the shocked enemy for a duration, which will damage it and other nearby enemies with beams of lightning. The strength of the field depends on the magnitude of shock affecting the enemy when it is created.Deals (1-56) to (23-1067) Lightning Damage Cannot inflict Shock Base duration is 6.00 seconds Fires a beam every 0.10 seconds Can target each enemy only once every (0.70-0.50) seconds Buff Grants 20% chance to Shock enemies Field gains (10-15)% more Damage with Hits per 5% Shock Effect on Enemy when created Field gains +0.1 metres to radius per 10% Shock Effect on Enemy when created Maximum 1 Field Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Buff grants +(1-20)% chance to Shock enemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. could be purchased from Clarissa by the Templar instead of Lightning Conduit.
3.19.0	Introduced to the game. Fixed a bug where Lightning Conduit would hit the same shocked target multiple times when combined with Chain Reaction and Trap SupportTrap SupportSupport, Trap Icon: T Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons Trap lasts 4 seconds Supported Skills deal (20-6)% less Trap Damage Supported Skills have (0-19)% increased Trap Throwing Speed Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Trap 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.