Lightning StrikeAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (198-456)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (198-456)%Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hit a target.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Fires 3 Projectiles
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Fires +(0.05-1) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Lightning Strike is a meleestrikeattackskill that converts physical damage to lightning damage. It has a secondary effect where it launches projectiles that deal damage based on the player character's weapon damage with each swing.
When the melee attack is made, a default of three lightning projectiles will shoot out in a ~85 degree arc, traveling in a straight line until they strike an enemy. Projectiles will do full weapon damage, of which 50% of physical damage is converted to lightning damage (the bolts benefit from added damage, e.g. as from aura's), against any target struck. Projectiles created by a melee strike that hit an enemy do not immediately hit that enemy (though one could through return). Linking a Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile Icon: l Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile Icon: P Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. support gem will multiplicatively reduce the damage of each projectile and spread further projectiles out within the 85 degree arc.
Cannot Miss: This applies only to the projectiles launched after you initiated the strike. Swinging in enemies' general direction will result in projectiles with a hit/miss chance equal to that of the skill itself. Projectiles that miss will be dissipated without doing damage.
Damage conversion: Like all converted damage, the lightning portion of Lightning Strike's damage will be modified by both lightning damage and physical damage increases. Furthermore, the damage done by the lightning bolts is considered projectile damage (instead of melee), therefore any Strength bonus does not apply.
It is important to note that despite the confusing wording of this skill, the projectile portion of this attack in no way scales off the melee portion of the attack - in essence, the Lightning Strike skill does two completely separate things simultaneously, a melee attack (which deals x% of the base damage, and of which 50% of the physical damage is converted to lightning damage), and a ranged attack (which shoots projectiles dealing full weapon damage, and of which 50% of the physical damage is converted to lightning damage).
This means that increasing the melee portion of the hit through melee-exclusive means such as Melee Physical Damage SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportMelee, Physical, Support, Attack Icon: M Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Melee Physical Damage Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding and Poison caused by Melee Hits Supported Skills have 10% less Attack Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee Physical 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 not actually increase the projectile damage; the projectile damage is not "converted melee damage", a common misconception. Do not be deceived by the tooltip DPS of this skill which will change if you apply a melee-exclusive modifier; the tooltip DPS only shows the DPS of the melee portion of the attack and things that modify that, but not the projectile part of the attack.
That said, passive points that grant Increased damage with one-handed melee weapons for example will in fact affect the projectile attack as well if one is using a one-handed weapon, since it is still an attack that is dealt with a melee weapon (though the damage you're dealing is not actually melee damage). However, Increased melee damage with one-handed weapons would only apply to the melee portion of the attack, as it increases melee damage.
Any flat elemental damage gains from gear, auras, weapons or any other source will apply to both the projectile and the melee portion of the attack.
Dual Wielding: Dual wielding attacks with Lightning Strike will alternate the weapon being swung.
Life on Hit: The stated amount of life on hit will be restored for the initial hit and each time a projectile strikes an enemy.
Piercing Projectiles: Lightning Strike projectiles which pierce an enemy and strike another will do the usual projectile damage to all enemies struck.
Point Blank: Projectiles are affected by Point Blank even though the melee attack is not.[1]
Iron Grip: Taking iron grip will apply Strength damage bonus to projectile portion of attack. Without iron grip only the melee portion of attack receives damage bonus from Strength.[2]
Reflect: Reflected attack damage (whether physical or elemental) can be evaded, blocked and dodged.[3]
Chain: Projectiles can chain (for example if linked with Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile Icon: c Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Supported Skills Chain +2 times Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Chaining rangeThis 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.), however they won't chain if they pierce.
The modifier x% of Physical Damage added as from things like Hatred and Added Fire Damage is based on physical damage before conversions. So it will be based on the full base damage, not just the 50% physical part. This applies to both - melee damage and projectile damage.
Ancestral Call Support: If there are additional targets within range, Ancestral Call will target and attempt to strike additional enemies; these strikes will release projectiles in the direction of the target struck. Without additional targets, Lightning Strike will not swing aside from the main strike and thus not produce extra projectiles. However, against single targets, you can benefit from additional strikes from Ancestral Call Support and other similar bonuses by attacking outside melee range. This will create two lightning strikes, one from Ancestral Call which hits the target, and one from your own attack which will fire projectiles that can also hit the target. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxiBvBzunj8
Behead SupportBehead SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike Icon: H Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Supports strike skills.Supported Skills have +(0.2-0.3) metres to Melee Strike Range Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies on Low Life Killing Blows from Supported Strike Skills with Melee Weapons against Rare Monsters grant one of their Modifiers for 20 seconds 20% chance to refresh Duration of granted Modifier by up to 5 seconds when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy with Supported Skills
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (1-20)% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low LifeThis 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.: Lightning Strike can be linked with Behead Support. Both the melee strike and projectile portions of Lightning Strike can grant the Behead buff on killing blow as well as refresh the buff on hit.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Damage Effectiveness
Attack Damage
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
12
21
14
6
198.5%
198.5%
0
0
2
15
25
17
6
207.4%
207.4%
15249
15249
3
19
30
21
7
217.1%
217.1%
41517
56766
4
23
35
24
7
227.3%
227.3%
81983
138749
5
27
41
28
7
237.8%
237.8%
147968
286717
6
31
46
32
8
248.9%
248.9%
250557
537274
7
35
51
36
8
260.5%
260.5%
405086
942360
8
38
55
38
8
272.1%
272.1%
447718
1390078
9
41
59
41
8
284.3%
284.3%
615318
2005396
10
44
63
44
8
297%
297%
834639
2840035
11
47
67
47
9
310.2%
310.2%
1570760
4410795
12
50
71
49
9
324.1%
324.1%
1633987
6044782
13
53
75
52
9
338.5%
338.5%
2151030
8195812
14
56
79
55
9
353.7%
353.7%
2812189
11008001
15
59
83
58
9
369.4%
369.4%
5099360
16107361
16
62
87
60
10
385.8%
385.8%
9400731
25508092
17
64
90
62
10
402.3%
402.3%
15273366
40781458
18
66
92
64
10
419.4%
419.4%
26286582
67068040
19
68
95
66
10
437.3%
437.3%
62890590
129958630
20
70
98
68
10
456%
456%
212046017
342004647
21
72
100
70
10
475.5%
475.5%
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
10
495.8%
495.8%
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
10
516.9%
516.9%
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
11
539%
539%
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
11
562%
562%
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
11
586%
586%
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
11
610.9%
610.9%
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
11
637%
637%
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
11
664.1%
664.1%
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
11
692.3%
692.3%
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
11
734.8%
734.8%
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
11
750.4%
750.4%
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
12
766.4%
766.4%
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
12
782.6%
782.6%
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
12
799.3%
799.3%
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
12
816.2%
816.2%
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
12
833.6%
833.6%
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
12
851.3%
851.3%
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
12
869.3%
869.3%
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
12
887.8%
887.8%
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Lightning Strike can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Lightning Strike can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
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:
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.
Lightning Strike now Fires 2 additional Projectiles at all gem levels (previously 4 at gem level 1, up to 7 at gem level 20). Quality on Lightning Strike no longer provides 0-20% increased Damage.
Quality on Divergent Lightning Strike no longer provides "Fire 0-2 additional Projectiles." Instead, it now provides 0-20% chance to Shock enemies.
Labyrinth Helmet Enchantments that cause Lightning Strike to fire additional Projectiles now have values of 1 and 2 (previously 2 and 3).
Reduced the terrain collision size of Spark and Lightning Strike projectiles by 50%. This also fixes a longstanding bug where Spark projectiles sometimes weren't created if cast up against a wall.
Fixed a bug where Lightning Strike could hit a single target twice from one attack. (This fixed the "triple hit" interaction; Lightning Strike's interaction additional Strikes is unchanged.[4])
Lightning ArrowLightning ArrowAttack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (149-177)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (149-177)% Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 12Fires a charged arrow which damages enemies by causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning, which also damages a number of surrounding enemies.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Hits up to 3 additional enemies near the target Shocks Enemies as though dealing (100-290)% more Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Hits up to (0.1-2) additional enemies near the targetPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Lightning Strike have brand new effects.
Now deals 225% of Base Damage, and has 225% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 180%).
Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
Lightning Strike has been substantially reworked. It is now a Dexterity Gem that starts at player level 12. It shoots five projectiles at level 1, increasing as it levels. Its damage has been increased. It went from dealing 70% of base damage to 75% of base damage.
The mana costs of Elemental HitElemental HitAttack, Melee, Strike, Fire, Cold, Lightning, AoE, Prismatic Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana AoE Radius: 10Requires Level 12Each attack with a melee weapon will choose an element at random, and will only be able to deal damage of that element. If the attack hits an enemy, it will deal damage in an area around them, with the radius being larger if that enemy is suffering from an ailment of the chosen element. It will avoid choosing the same element twice in a row.(21-609) to (40-1133) Added Cold Damage (26-748) to (49-1389) Added Fire Damage (4-118) to (80-2287) Added Lightning Damage Only Deals Damage of the chosen Element Deals no Damage of other Damage Types (30-49)% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite Base radius is 1 metre 80% more Area Radius against Enemies affected by an Ailment of the chosen Element 10% more Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on the Enemy
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.25-5)% more Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on the EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Glacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (218-622)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (218-622)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If a non-unique enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.25% chance to Freeze enemies 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage 35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments (10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (5-100)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Infernal BlowInfernal BlowAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (164-377)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (164-377)% AoE Radius: 15Requires Level 12Attacks with your weapon, applying a charged debuff to enemies hit by your strike, and an uncharged debuff to any other enemies hit. Upon reaching 6 charges, expiring, or the enemy's death, the charged debuff is removed to damage that and other surrounding enemies. Enemies with either debuff explode when they die, damaging other surrounding enemies. Damage from this explosion cannot be reflected. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.Base duration is 0.80 seconds Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Base radius is 2.4 metres Base explosion radius is 1.8 metres Debuff deals 66% of Damage per Charge
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Debuff deals +(0.5-10)% of Damage per ChargePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Lightning Strike have been reduced.
Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
or 
Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
support gem will multiplicatively reduce the damage of each projectile and spread further projectiles out within the 85 degree arc.
Melee Physical Damage SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportMelee, Physical, Support, Attack
will not actually increase the projectile damage; the projectile damage is not "converted melee damage", a common misconception. Do not be deceived by the tooltip DPS of this skill which will change if you apply a melee-exclusive modifier; the tooltip DPS only shows the DPS of the melee portion of the attack and things that modify that, but not the projectile part of the attack.
Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
), however they won't chain if they pierce.
Behead SupportBehead SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike
: Lightning Strike can be linked with Behead Support. Both the melee strike and projectile portions of Lightning Strike can grant the Behead buff on killing blow as well as refresh the buff on hit.
The Fox
The Fox
6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Gemcutter's Promise
3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Myrmidon Lightning Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Strike becomes a Myrmidon Effect.
Void Emperor Lightning Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Strike becomes a Void Emperor Effect.
Vulcan Lightning Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Strike becomes a Vulcan Effect.
