Lightning Mirage

A spawned Lightning Mirage

Visual of a monster with the legacy Lightning Mirage nemesis modifier and legacy Physical Damage monster aura

A Lightning Mirage is a blue-coloured non-targetable mirage created by monsters with the "Lightning Mirage when Hit" (Lightning-Retaliation) monster modifier when hit.

Its name originates from a former nemesis modifier of the same name: Lightning Mirage. It was also previously a part of the archnemesis modifier Storm Strider (of Storm-stridingof Storm-striding
Intrinsic
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage (Hidden)
30% increased Lightning Damage (Hidden)
Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage (Hidden)
+40% to Lightning Resistance (Hidden)).

Similar to the "Caustic Orb on Death" or "Exploding Orbs" monster modifiers, the mirage will chase the player character for a duration and explode on contact, dealing Lightning damage and inflicting Shock. Since there a delay between contact and the actual explosion, players can move away from the mirage to avoid damage.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.0	Monster mods now only do one specific thing.
3.19.0g	Lightning Mirages spawned by monsters with the Storm Strider modifier now spawn a short distance away from the player, instead of right on top of them. Monsters with this modifier now have a 2 second global cooldown for Triggering a Lightning Mirage when Hit (previously 0.75 second), and Lightning Mirages now have a 1 second cooldown until they can use their explosive skill (previously 2 seconds).
3.19.0	Magic Monsters with the Storm Strider modifier no longer trigger a Lightning Mirage when Hit.
3.18.0b	Storm Strider: Trigger Lightning Mirage when Hit now has a 0.75 second global cooldown (previously 0.5 second).
3.18.0	Archnemesis modifiers have been rebalanced and added to the core game. Existing Magic and Rare monster modifiers have been replaced with Archnemesis modifiers. Bloodlines and Nemesis have been removed from the core game. Some of their modifiers have been incorporated into the new monster modifier system.
3.17.0	Now also spawns from archnemesis modifier Storm Strider. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.7.3d	Increased the volume of Volatile Flameblood and Lightning Mirage audio when being spawned.
3.3.1b	Fixed a bug where the Lightning Mirage nemesis mod when stolen from monsters created clones that would target the player, rather than monsters.
3.3.0	Added 6 dangerous new Nemesis mods.