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.
Lightning Tendrils is a channelingspell 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.
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
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
5
130%
96 to 1820
3.2m
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
5
130%
108 to 2059
3.2m
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
5
130%
123 to 2328
3.3m
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
5
130%
138 to 2630
3.3m
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
5
130%
156 to 2970
3.4m
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
5
130%
176 to 3353
3.4m
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
5
130%
199 to 3784
3.4m
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
5
130%
225 to 4268
3.5m
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
6
130%
253 to 4811
3.5m
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
6
130%
269 to 5108
3.5m
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
6
130%
285 to 5422
3.6m
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
6
130%
303 to 5755
3.6m
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
6
130%
321 to 6108
3.6m
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
6
130%
341 to 6482
3.6m
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
6
130%
362 to 6878
3.6m
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
6
130%
384 to 7298
3.7m
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
6
130%
408 to 7743
3.7m
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
6
130%
432 to 8214
3.7m
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
6
130%
459 to 8713
3.7m
N/A
N/A
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 corruptedlevel 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:
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 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%).
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%).
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.
IncinerateIncinerateSpell, Fire, Channelling, AoE
, 
FlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
and other channelled skills, Lightning Tendrils cannot be supported by trigger gems like 
Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
or 
Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger
. It also cannot be supported by 
Blastchain Mine SupportBlastchain Mine SupportSupport, Mine
or 
Trap SupportTrap SupportSupport, Trap
. The only trigger gems which will interact with it is 
Cast while Channelling SupportCast while Channelling SupportSupport, Channelling, Spell, Trigger
.
Marylene's FallacyMarylene's Fallacy
and 
The Winds of FateThe Winds of Fate
, 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.
The Cataclysm
The Cataclysm
13Level 21 Spell Gem
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.