Lightning Warp

Lightning WarpSpell, AoE, Duration, Movement, Lightning, Travel
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-26) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90%
AoE Radius: 16Requires Level 10Waits for a duration before teleporting to a targeted destination, with the duration based on the distance and your movement speed. When the teleport occurs, lightning damage is dealt to the area around both where the player was and where they teleported to. Casting again will queue up multiple teleportations to occur in sequence.Deals (1-51) to (19-965) Lightning Damage
+(0-0.4) metres to radius
(30-49)% reduced Duration
Can queue up to 50 uses

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.

Acquisition
Drop level: 10Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemLightningWarp

Lightning Warp is a movement travel spell that causes the player character (or totem when supported by Spell TotemSpell Totem SupportSupport, Spell, Totem
Icon: T
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%Requires Level 8Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.Supported Skills deal (49-40)% less Damage
Supported Skills will summon a Totem which uses that Skill
Totem lasts 8 seconds
Supported Skills have 40% less Cast Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Totem Placement 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.) to teleport to a location after a delay. When the teleport occurs, lightning damage is dealt in a small area around both the previous location and the new location.

Skill functions and interactions

• Description: When the skill is cast, the exit point is set. The caster can then attack, cast, or move until the teleport executes. The AoE lightning damage will occur wherever the player was standing when the teleport resolves and wherever the caster teleports to.
• Distance travelled: Maximum travel distance is 75 units at all gem levels.
• Usage time and stats: Total usage time consists of casting time and delay time. Casting time is standard casting with base time of 0.7 second. It can be modified by cast speed stats. Delay time is skill effect duration and is affected by skill effect duration stats including skill gem's one. Base time for delay is calculated as a time needed for character to normally run the euclidean distance between position where the spell was cast and exit position with character's current movement speed. Because of that movement speed stats (including conditional ones, auras, etc) also affects delay time. It is not possible to completely eliminate this delay because there is a hidden 0.05 second delay added to it.
• Duration calculation: when repeatedly casting Lightning Warp, it is beneficial to ensure that the travel duration is less than the cast or trigger rate, so that you will always move to a new location before using the skill again. The duration can be calculated as $\color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}{\frac {distance}{38\times movespeed}}\times (1-reduced)\times (1-less)+0.05$ For example, a character with 60% increased move speed and level 21 Lightning Warp (50% reduced duration) linked to a level 21, 20 quality Less Duration Support (60% less duration), travelling the maximum possible distance (75 units) would take 75/(38*1.6)*.5*.4 + 0.05 ≈ 0.3 seconds
• Sequence of operations: The lightning explosion occurs before the caster leaves and after the caster arrives. This will, for example, cause the caster to take damage from monsters that explode on death that are killed by Lightning Warp.
• Death: If the caster dies before the teleport executes, the teleport will still execute, transporting the caster's corpse to the targeted location.
• Stationary/Moving: Like other teleports, Lightning Warp causes the player to move (resetting per second you've been stationary bonuses and removing Grasping Vines), but because it does so instantly, the skill does not cause the player to be moving for any amount of time. If the player only moves by casting Lightning Warp, they will benefit from while stationary bonuses at all times.
• Can be used in left mouse button slot to cast and move.

Strategy

Lightning Warp is primarily used as a movement skill. To improve Lightning Warp's effectiveness as a movement skill, it can be supported with Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: d
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration.Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage
Supported Skills have (40-49)% less Skill Effect Duration

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% less Skill Effect DurationThis 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., 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., and Swift Affliction SupportSwift Affliction SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: r
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Damage over Time
25% less Duration of Supported Skills and Damaging Ailments they inflict

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage over TimeThis 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.. If only one support gem can be used, Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: d
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration.Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage
Supported Skills have (40-49)% less Skill Effect Duration

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% less Skill Effect DurationThis 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 generally result in faster travel. Taking increased Skill Effect Duration passives will render Lightning Warp much less useful as a movement skill, in which case alternatives such as Flame DashFlame DashSpell, Movement, Duration, Fire, Travel, Blink
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.50 sec
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (80-140)%Requires Level 10Teleport to a location, damaging enemies and leaving a trail of burning ground. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.Deals (19.7-1738.6) Base Fire Damage per second
Base duration is 4.00 seconds
Deals (7-659) to (11-988) Fire Damage
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
(0-19)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Leap SlamLeap SlamAttack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-10) Mana
Attack Damage: (136-314)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (136-314)%
AoE Radius: 15Requires Level 10Jump through the air, damaging and knocking back enemies with your weapon where you land. Enemies you would land on are pushed out of the way. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Sword or Staff.(20-39)% increased Stun Duration against Enemies that are on Full Life
+0.55 seconds to Attack Time
Base radius is 1.5 metres
Damaging Hits always Stun Enemies that are on Full Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Stun Duration against Enemies that are on Full LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., or Whirling BladesWhirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-10) Mana
Attack Damage: (136-314)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (136-314)%Requires Level 10Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. If dual wielding attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one hit. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% Damage from each Weapon combined
+0.6 seconds to Attack Time

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can be considered.

The skill's inherent reduced duration (50% at level 21) is additive with other sources of reduced duration such as TimeclaspTimeclasp
Moonstone RingRequires Level 25+(15-25) to maximum Energy Shield(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
(10-15)% increased Cast Speed
(6-12)% of Damage taken Recouped as Life
(6-12)% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana
(-20-20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
Unaffected by Temporal Chains"To us mere mortals, time is slippery.
I'm just evening things out."
- Doryani, Queen's Thaumaturgist, Warped TimepieceWarped Timepiece
Turquoise AmuletRequires Level 50+(16-24) to Dexterity and Intelligence(10-25)% increased Attack Speed
(10-25)% increased Cast Speed
(10-15)% increased Movement Speed
(20-10)% reduced Skill Effect Duration
Debuffs on you expire 100% fasterAs you have lived, so you shall die
forever trying to keep up with me.
Your blood on these hands of mine
forever makes me the public enemy., or Window of Opportunity and its adjacent small passives. With 100% reduced duration only the 50ms added delay will apply, allowing the skill to be cast or triggered up to 20 times per second without causing movement stuttering.

Compared with Leap Slam, Lightning Warp has the advantages of not requiring any particular weapon, potentially higher speed, and slightly longer range. However, it costs more mana and requires three support gems to be fully effective. Compared with Flame Dash, Lightning Warp has the advantage of being able to be cast as many times as possible, but costs slightly more mana and has a noticeable delay.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Lightning Damage	Reduced Duration	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	10	29	9	1–19	30%	—	0	0
2	13	35	10	1–25	31%	—	9569	9569
3	17	43	11	2–34	32%	—	28189	37758
4	21	52	12	2–47	33%	+0.1m	59146	96904
5	25	60	13	3–62	34%	+0.1m	111192	208096
6	29	69	14	4–82	35%	+0.1m	193800	401896
7	33	77	16	6–108	36%	+0.1m	320280	722176
8	36	83	16	7–131	37%	+0.2m	359090	1081266
9	39	90	17	8–159	38%	+0.2m	498508	1579774
10	42	96	18	10–191	39%	+0.2m	682057	2261831
11	45	102	19	12–230	40%	+0.2m	921777	3183608
12	48	109	20	14–275	41%	+0.2m	1727879	4911487
13	51	115	21	17–329	42%	+0.3m	1791769	6703256
14	54	121	22	21–391	43%	+0.3m	2353679	9056935
15	57	127	23	24–465	44%	+0.3m	3070912	12127847
16	60	134	23	29–552	45%	+0.3m	9095466	21223313
17	63	140	24	34–654	46%	+0.4m	16039890	37263203
18	66	146	25	41–774	47%	+0.4m	29817117	67080320
19	68	151	26	45–864	48%	+0.4m	62895056	129975376
20	70	155	26	51–965	49%	+0.4m	212051599	342026975
21	72	159	27	57–1077	50%	+0.5m	—	—
22	74	—	27	63–1200	51%	+0.5m	—	—
23	76	—	28	70–1338	52%	+0.5m	—	—
24	78	—	29	78–1490	53%	+0.5m	—	—
25	80	—	29	87–1659	54%	+0.5m	—	—
26	82	—	30	97–1846	55%	+0.6m	—	—
27	84	—	30	108–2053	56%	+0.6m	—	—
28	86	—	31	120–2282	57%	+0.6m	—	—
29	88	—	32	133–2536	58%	+0.6m	—	—
30	90	—	32	148–2817	59%	+0.7m	—	—
31	91	—	32	156–2968	60%	+0.7m	—	—
32	92	—	33	165–3128	60%	+0.7m	—	—
33	93	—	33	173–3295	61%	+0.7m	—	—
34	94	—	33	183–3471	61%	+0.7m	—	—
35	95	—	34	192–3656	62%	+0.7m	—	—
36	96	—	34	203–3851	62%	+0.7m	—	—
37	97	—	34	213–4056	63%	+0.7m	—	—
38	98	—	34	225–4271	63%	+0.7m	—	—
39	99	—	35	237–4497	64%	+0.8m	—	—
40	100	—	35	249–4735	64%	+0.8m	—	—

Item acquisition

Lightning Warp can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Lightning Warp 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

Usage in recipes

Lightning Warp is used in the following recipes:

Result	Amount	Part	Notes	Description	Meta
Star of WraeclastStar of Wraeclast Ruby AmuletRequires Level 28+(20-30)% to Fire ResistanceGrants Level 10 Frostblink Skill (30-50)% increased Cold Damage +(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances 60% increased Area of Effect of Hex Skills You cannot be Cursed with Silence Frostblink has 50% increased DurationCorrupted"I offer to you an eternal oath that binds your heart to mine; a bond that not even death will break. Will you accept?" - Daresso, to his beloved	1	Ruby RingRuby RingRequires Level 16+(20-30)% to Fire Resistance	Any uncorrupted unique variant.	Always gave corrupted Star of Wraeclast. Can use Influenced items (excluding gem) to yield Star of Wraeclast on influenced base.	M
	1	Onyx AmuletOnyx AmuletRequires Level 20+(10-16) to all Attributes	Can be of any rarity.
	1	Lightning WarpLightning WarpSpell, AoE, Duration, Movement, Lightning, Travel Level: (1-20) Cost: (9-26) Mana Cast Time: 0.70 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90% AoE Radius: 16Requires Level 10Waits for a duration before teleporting to a targeted destination, with the duration based on the distance and your movement speed. When the teleport occurs, lightning damage is dealt to the area around both where the player was and where they teleported to. Casting again will queue up multiple teleportations to occur in sequence.Deals (1-51) to (19-965) Lightning Damage +(0-0.4) metres to radius (30-49)% reduced Duration Can queue up to 50 uses 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.	level 20 corrupted (Vaal Lightning Warp or level 21 Lightning Warp gem will not work)

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute 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 ↓
The Caged Brute Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Ruthless mode

This item cannot be obtained in leagues with Ruthless mode enabled. This skill can still be triggered by equipping Moonbender's WingMoonbender's Wing
TomahawkOne Handed Axe
Physical Damage: (32.5-37.5) to (59.8-69)
Critical Strike Chance: (6.50-7.50)%
Attacks per Second: 1.50
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 39, 81 Str, 56 DexTrigger Level 15 Lightning Warp on Hit with this Weapon
(30-50)% increased Physical Damage
(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance
Hits with this Weapon gain (75-100)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold or Lightning DamageBeneath the cold light of the moon,
the wing moves faster than the eye., albeit with an increased cooldown.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Warp.

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 Warp Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	8% increased Lightning Warp Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Warp Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	12% increased Lightning Warp Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Warp Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Lightning Warp Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Warp Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Lightning Warp Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Warp Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% reduced Lightning Warp Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Lightning Warp Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% reduced Lightning Warp Duration	helmet 100

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Lightning Warp:

Item	Base item		Stats
Moonbender's WingMoonbender's Wing TomahawkOne Handed Axe Physical Damage: (32.5-37.5) to (59.8-69) Critical Strike Chance: (6.50-7.50)% Attacks per Second: 1.50 Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 39, 81 Str, 56 DexTrigger Level 15 Lightning Warp on Hit with this Weapon (30-50)% increased Physical Damage (30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance Hits with this Weapon gain (75-100)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold or Lightning DamageBeneath the cold light of the moon, the wing moves faster than the eye.	Tomahawk	39	Trigger Level 15 Lightning Warp on Hit with this Weapon (30-50)% increased Physical Damage (30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance Hits with this Weapon gain (75-100)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold or Lightning Damage

Alternate skill effects

Lightning Warp has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Automaton Lightning Warp EffectAutomaton Lightning Warp EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Warp becomes an Automaton Effect.	Your Lightning Warp becomes an Automaton Effect.
Blood Guard Lightning Warp EffectBlood Guard Lightning Warp EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Warp becomes a Blood Guard Effect.	Your Lightning Warp becomes a Blood Guard Effect.
Demonic Lightning Warp EffectDemonic Lightning Warp EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Warp becomes a Demonic Effect.	Your Lightning Warp becomes a Demonic Effect.
Innocence Lightning Warp EffectInnocence Lightning Warp EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Warp becomes an innocence effect.	Your Lightning Warp becomes an innocence effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Lightning Warp now deals 1 to 19 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 51 to 965 at gem level 20 (previously 37 to 707). Now has 90% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 60%).
3.13.0	Now gains additional radius as the gem levels, up to +4 at gem level 20.
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved.
3.10.0	Now has a base cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8). Now has 30% reduced duration at gem level 1 (from 20%), up to 49% at gem level 20 (from 39%).
3.9.0	If you now cast multiple Lighting Warps rapidly, you will travel between all of them as they trigger the warp. The timing for each subsequent warp is based on the distance from the previous warp.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 9 (was 15). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 26 (was 33). Now has a cast time of 0.8 seconds (from 0.85).
3.4.0	Base cast time lowered to 0.85 seconds (from 1 second). Now has 20% reduced duration at gem level 1 (from 0%), up to 39% reduced duration at gem level 20 (up from 38%)
2.3.2	Fixed an issue where Lightning Warp could sometimes bypass projectile blocking walls.
2.2.1d	Fixed a bug where Lightning Warp would often not show its effects when being cast in quick succession while using Lockstep networking mode.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by around 20% at all levels. Damage effectiveness increased from 50% to 60%.
2.0.0	Reduced the mana cost slightly at all levels. Now grants 1% increased cast speed per 1% quality (down from 1.5% per 1% quality).
1.1.5b	Fixed a bug where Lightning Warp would not trigger with Trigger Gems.
1.0.2	Fixed a bug where Lightning Warp cast at the caster's feet would always default to casting in the same direction.
0.11.5	Fixed a bug where Lightning Warp was not affected by More Duration SupportMore Duration SupportSupport, Duration Icon: D Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Supported Skills have (30-39)% more Skill Effect Duration Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% more Skill Effect DurationThis 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..
0.11.2	Added a very short delay to Lightning Warp, to prevent a situation where rapidly casting Lightning Warp could play its visual effect without actually casting.
0.10.8	Lightning Warp now has increased damage at high levels and it now has a 3% reduced skill effect duration per level after the first.
0.10.0	Fixed a client crash related to Lightning Warp.
0.9.11l	Fixed problems with targeting of Lightning Warp.
0.9.11j	Fixed bugs with Lightning Warp's ability to target certain locations.
0.9.3d	Lightning Warp now lets you travel up and down cliffs or across chasms. Fixed a bug that would make it easy to get out of sync with Lightning Warp.
0.9.3	Added new skill prototype - Lightning Warp: Casts a delayed teleport to a target destination. When the teleport occurs, lightning damage is dealt to the area around both where the player was and where they teleported to.