Lightning Tendrils

Lightning TendrilsCritical, Spell, AoE, Lightning, Channelling
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (1-5) Mana
Cast Time: 0.23 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (70-130)%
AoE Radius: 22While you channel this skill, it releases pulses of electrical energy, dealing lightning damage in a semicircular area in front of you.Deals (1-75) to (6-1420) Lightning Damage
Releases a Stronger Pulse every 3 Pulses
Stronger Pulses always Critically Strike
Base radius is (2.4-3.1) metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(2-40)% to Critical Strike MultiplierPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemLightningTendrils

Lightning Tendrils is a channeling spell that releases surges of lightning damage in quick succession in an arc in front of you, with every third surge always dealing a critical strike.

Skill functions and interactions

Area of Effect: Lightning Tendrils deals Area Damage in a semicircular arc with a base radius of 24 units. Modifiers such as increased Area of Effect will affect the radius of the cone but not the angle.

Trigger Gems: Similarly to IncinerateIncinerateSpell, Fire, Channelling, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (2-4) Mana
Cast Time: 0.20 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 50%Requires Level 12Continuously launches a torrent of fire from your hand, repeatedly damaging enemies. As you channel this spell longer, the flames spread wider close to you and spread longer directly in front of you. When you stop channelling you release a wave of fire damage over a wide and long area that will apply a powerful Ignite.Deals (3-207) to (5-311) Fire Damage
25% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each stage
100% increased angle per stage, up to 300%
Final wave always Ignites
8 maximum Stages
+(0.4-0.5) metres to radius per stage, up to a maximum of +(1.5-1.9) metres
Final wave deals 500% more Damage with Hits
Final wave deals 250% more Damage with Ignite

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.1-2) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., FlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-7) Mana
Cast Time: 0.20 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90%Requires Level 28Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. The longer you channel, the larger the area of effect and damage of the explosion.Deals (31-405) to (46-608) Fire Damage
50% chance to Ignite enemies
165% more Spell Damage for each stage
60% more Damage with Ailments for each stage
10 maximum Stages
+0.3 metres to radius per Stage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.05-1) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and other channelled skills, Lightning Tendrils cannot be supported by trigger gems like Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
Icon: !
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 250%
Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower
Supported Skills deal (65-27)% less Damage
Trigger Supported Spells when you take (528-3272) total Damage from Hits

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills require (0.5-10)% reduced amount of Damage taken to TriggerThis 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 Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger
Icon: &
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Cooldown Time: 0.15 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Supported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
Supported Skills deal (19-10)% less Spell Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance
Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Spell Critical Strike ChanceThis 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.. It also cannot be supported by Blastchain Mine SupportBlastchain Mine SupportSupport, Mine
Icon: Y
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 50%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
Supported Skills deal (59-53)% less Damage
Mine lasts 5 seconds
Supported Skills have a Base Mine Detonation Time of 0.25 seconds
Supported Skills gain a Base Reservation equal to Base Mana and Life Cost
Supported Skills deal 5% more Damage for each prior Mine in Detonation Sequence

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Mine 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 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.. The only trigger gems which will interact with it is 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..

Stronger pulses: Every third pulse is guaranteed to deal a critical strike. Effects which reduce or limit maximum critical strike chance, such as Marylene's FallacyMarylene's Fallacy
Lapis AmuletRequires Level 40+(20-30) to Intelligence+(80-120) to Accuracy Rating
+(210-240)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
+(80-100) to Evasion Rating
(10-15)% increased Light Radius
40% less Critical Strike Chance
Critical Strikes have Culling Strike"Marylene stroked the medallion at her breast before every duel and every cast of the die."
- Victario, the People's Poet and The Winds of FateThe Winds of Fate
Foul StaffWarstaff
Physical Damage: (520-585) to (968-1089)
Critical Strike Chance: 7.50%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 55, 94 Str, 94 Int+22% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff(700-800)% increased Physical Damage
+100% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
75% of Physical Damage converted to a random Element
25% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Maximum Critical Strike Chance is 50%
Non-Critical Strikes deal no DamageLife... Death...
The whim of the cosmos., will not affect its chance to deal a critical strike on the 3rd pulse. However, effects that entirely prevent crits from happening (such as Resolute Technique) will prevent the 3rd pulse from critting.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Lightning Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	1	70%	1 to 6	2.4m	0	0
2	2	0	1	70%	1 to 7	2.4m	70	70
3	4	16	1	80%	1 to 9	2.4m	308	378
4	7	22	1	80%	1 to 13	2.5m	1554	1932
5	11	31	2	80%	1 to 20	2.5m	6667	8599
6	16	41	2	80%	2 to 31	2.6m	26047	34646
7	20	50	2	90%	2 to 44	2.6m	49725	84371
8	24	58	2	90%	3 to 61	2.6m	95714	180085
9	28	67	2	90%	4 to 83	2.7m	169595	349680
10	32	75	3	100%	6 to 112	2.7m	283759	633439
11	36	83	3	100%	8 to 150	2.8m	453996	1087435
12	40	92	3	100%	10 to 199	2.8m	703128	1790563
13	44	100	3	110%	14 to 262	2.8m	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	3	110%	18 to 344	2.9m	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	4	110%	24 to 448	2.9m	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	4	120%	31 to 583	3m	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	4	120%	40 to 754	3m	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	4	130%	51 to 974	3m	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	4	130%	62 to 1177	3.1m	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	5	130%	75 to 1420	3.1m	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	5	130%	85 to 1608	3.2m	—	—
22	74	—	5	130%	96 to 1820	3.2m	—	—
23	76	—	5	130%	108 to 2059	3.2m	—	—
24	78	—	5	130%	123 to 2328	3.3m	—	—
25	80	—	5	130%	138 to 2630	3.3m	—	—
26	82	—	5	130%	156 to 2970	3.4m	—	—
27	84	—	5	130%	176 to 3353	3.4m	—	—
28	86	—	5	130%	199 to 3784	3.4m	—	—
29	88	—	5	130%	225 to 4268	3.5m	—	—
30	90	—	6	130%	253 to 4811	3.5m	—	—
31	91	—	6	130%	269 to 5108	3.5m	—	—
32	92	—	6	130%	285 to 5422	3.6m	—	—
33	93	—	6	130%	303 to 5755	3.6m	—	—
34	94	—	6	130%	321 to 6108	3.6m	—	—
35	95	—	6	130%	341 to 6482	3.6m	—	—
36	96	—	6	130%	362 to 6878	3.6m	—	—
37	97	—	6	130%	384 to 7298	3.7m	—	—
38	98	—	6	130%	408 to 7743	3.7m	—	—
39	99	—	6	130%	432 to 8214	3.7m	—	—
40	100	—	6	130%	459 to 8713	3.7m	—	—

Item acquisition

Lightning Tendrils can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Lightning Tendrils 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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1

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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Tendrils.

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 Tendrils Critical Strike Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	40% increased Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	60% increased Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Lightning Tendrils Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Lightning Tendrils Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Lightning Tendrils Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Lightning Tendrils Area of Effect	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has 70% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 130% at gem level 20 (previously 130% at all gem levels).
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0-40% to Critical Strike Multiplier, instead of 0-20% increased Lightning Damage.
3.21.0	Lightning Tendrils now deals 1 to 6 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (previously 1 to 4), scaling up to 75 to 1420 at gem level 20 (previously 55 to 1052), and has 130% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 100%). Stronger Pulses no longer deal 200% more Damage with Hits, instead Stronger Pulses always Critically Strike. Now releases a Stronger Pulse every 3 Pulses (previously every 4). Quality on Phantasmal Lightning Tendrils now provides "Deals 0-30% less Damage" (previously 0-15%), and "Stronger Pulses deal 0-150% more Damage with Hits and Ailments" (previously 0-250%).
3.17.0	Lightning Tendrils now deals 1 to 4 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 55 to 1052 at gem level 20 (previously 37 to 703). Stronger Pulses now deal 200% more Damage with Hits and Ailments (previously 100%). Now has 100% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 65%). Phantasmal Lightning Tendrils: Quality now provides "Deals 0-15% less Damage" (previously 0-40%), and "Stronger Pulses deal 0-250% more Damage with Hits and Ailments" (previously 0-200%).
3.15.0	Stronger Pulses now deal 100% more Damage with Hits and Ailments (previously 50%).
3.9.0	Lightning Tendrils has received visual improvements.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 1 (was 2). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 5 (was 7). Now deals 1 to 4 Lightning damage at gem level 1 (from 1 to 3) and 37 to 703 Lightning damage at gem level 20 (from 29 to 552). Now has a base radius of 24 (from 22) and gains up to +7 radius by gem level 20 (from +6). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 65% (from 35%).
3.1.0	Lightning Tendrils has been reworked. It is now a channelled skill, and deals more damage on every 4th pulse. It has also received a visual overhaul. The new version hits slightly less frequently than previously, but has higher sustained damage overall.
2.6.0	Lightning Tendrils gains 1 additional unit of radius every 3 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by around 20% at all levels.
2.0.0	Damage reduced by 25% and area of effect reduced by 18% (from 26 to 22). Critical Strike Chance increased from 5% to 6%.
1.2.4	Lightning Tendrils has been added to the game