Penance Brand of Conduction

Penance Brand of ConductionSpell, AoE, Physical, Lightning, Duration, Brand
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-27) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (95-110)%Requires Level 28Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, adding energy to the branded enemy and nearby enemies who do not have energy. When the brand is detached, all enemies with energy are dealt damage.Deals (35-509) to (53-764) Physical Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Activates every 0.15 seconds while Attached
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6.00 seconds
Can be Attached for a total Duration of 0.50 seconds
Deals 100% more Damage with Hits against Branded Enemy
Up to +(0-0.9) metres to Energy spread radius, scaled by distance from Brand

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Deals +(1-20)% more Damage with Hits against Branded EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 28
This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem

Penance Brand of Conduction is a spell that creates a brand at the target location, which when attached to an enemy adds Energy to the branded enemy and nearby enemies that don't have Energy. When the brand is detached by any means, enemies with Energy are dealt damage.

It is a transfigured version of Penance BrandPenance BrandSpell, AoE, Physical, Lightning, Duration, Brand
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-27) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (470-570)%Requires Level 28Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, adding energy to the branded enemy. When the branded enemy reaches 20 energy, a large explosion occurs and the brand is removed. All energy is removed from the enemy when the brand is detached.Deals (177-2541) to (265-3811) Physical Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Activates every 0.1 seconds while Attached
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
30% less Damage with Ailments
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6.00 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Deals +(0.5-10)% more Damage with Hits against Branded EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Changes from default version

Unlike the original skill, this transfigured version has a short, limited Attached duration. It does not apply stacks of energy nor does it explode. It instead adds Energy to nearby enemies upon activation and deals damage when the brand is Detached. Compared to the original, it has lower damage and damage effectiveness, but more damage with Hits to the branded enemy and no penalty to damage with Ailments.

Skill functions and interactions

• Energy: Penance Brands of Conduction apply Energy to targets they are attached to and to nearby targets without Energy on each activation. When the brand is detached — whether by the duration expiring, casting Brand RecallBrand RecallBrand, Spell
  Level: (1-6)
  Cost: (7-16) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Recall your brands to you, detaching them from enemies and increasing attachment range until they next attach to an enemy. Spends a portion of each recalled brand's cost to cause it to activate.(0-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
  Spends 20% of Brand's Cost
  Brands gain (25-45)% increased Attachment Range
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., the death of the branded enemy, or the Brand Mastery passive "Brands Attach to a new Enemy each time they Activate, no more than once every 0.3 seconds" — enemies who have received Energy from the brand will take damage.
  • Branded enemies visually become more "charged" the longer it is attached, however, this has no effect on damage dealt as it does not increase with energy added after the first.
  • Since only the first activation of Energy is necessary to deal full damage, this skill synergizes with ways to quickly expire/detach brands such as Swiftbrand SupportSwiftbrand SupportBrand, Support
    Icon: t
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports skills which create brands.Supported Skills have 65% less Attached Duration
    Supported Skills have 65% less Detached Duration
    Supported Skills have (30-44)% more Activation frequency
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% more Activation frequencyThis 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 aforementioned Brand Mastery passive, and Brand Recall.
  • Monsters will take damage in the order that they received energy, resulting in a wildfire-like spread of damage. Despite the explosion on each monster, it only deals damage to the monster which had energy.
  • Energy does not appear to be gained by all enemies within range of the brand if another monster breaks line of sight to the brand. Instead, the first monster in line of sight will gain energy and the second - assuming it has line of sight with the first monster - will then gain energy.
• Multiple brands: Each brand adds its own Energy to enemies, and enemies can have multiple sources of Energy on it. When a brand is detached, only the Energy added by it deals damage; other brands' Energy is not consumed.
  • Runebinder
  • Remarkable
• Duration: Like most brands, modifiers to duration effect both the attached duration and detached duration.
  • Aside from Armageddon Brand of VolatilityArmageddon Brand of VolatilitySpell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Brand
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (15-27) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.80 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 7.50%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (330-370)%Requires Level 28Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It activates once, causing a fiery meteor to fall from the sky, then is destroyed.Deals (125-1676) to (188-2514) Fire Damage
    Base radius is 2.6 metres
    Cannot be Recalled
    Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6.00 seconds
    Activates once when Attached, then is Destroyed
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Penance BrandPenance BrandSpell, AoE, Physical, Lightning, Duration, Brand
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (15-27) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.75 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (470-570)%Requires Level 28Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, adding energy to the branded enemy. When the branded enemy reaches 20 energy, a large explosion occurs and the brand is removed. All energy is removed from the enemy when the brand is detached.Deals (177-2541) to (265-3811) Physical Damage
    50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
    Activates every 0.1 seconds while Attached
    Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
    30% less Damage with Ailments
    Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6.00 seconds
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Deals +(0.5-10)% more Damage with Hits against Branded EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. which effectively have no attached duration, Penance Brand of Conduction has the highest delta between the base values of attached duration and detached duration. This means that a substantial investment in duration modifiers would need to be made in order to appreciably modify the attached duration.
  • Effective energy spread radius through brand activation and single target damage are inversely proportional; reducing brand attachment duration will result in fewer brand activations and therefore less effective energy spread radius.
  • Due to its low attachment duration, favorable synergies may exist with brand masteries "Recover 10% of Mana when a Brand expires while Attached" and "Brands have 30% increased Area of Effect if 50% of Attached Duration expired" or Sign of Purpose.
• Single Target Damage: Penance Brand of Conduction is generally suited for clearing large packs of monsters, but some methods exist to increase single target damage viability.
  • Shackled Phantasms spawned from The Hateful AccuserThe Hateful Accuser
    Nameless RingRequires Level 5050% increased Elemental Ailment Duration on you
    50% reduced Effect of Curses on youGrants level 20 Penance Mark
    (6-12)% increased Cast Speed
    +(30-60) to maximum Life
    +(7-19)% to Chaos ResistanceIn truth, they point the finger at themselves. can be a way to trigger on-kill effects such as explode or with sufficient cast speed provide the means of consistently damaging the monster with more than two brands.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Physical Damage	Energy Spread Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	29	42	15	95%	35 to 53	—	0	0
2	31	32	46	15	95%	44 to 66	—	199345	199345
3	34	35	50	16	95%	54 to 81	0.1m	285815	485160
4	37	37	54	17	100%	66 to 99	0.1m	401344	886504
5	40	40	58	18	100%	81 to 121	0.2m	554379	1440883
6	42	42	60	19	100%	92 to 138	0.2m	477437	1918320
7	44	44	63	19	100%	105 to 157	0.3m	583786	2502106
8	46	46	66	20	100%	119 to 179	0.3m	710359	3212465
9	48	48	68	21	100%	135 to 203	0.4m	1355511	4567976
10	50	49	71	21	100%	153 to 230	0.4m	1138877	5706853
11	52	51	74	22	110%	173 to 260	0.5m	1368233	7075086
12	54	53	76	22	110%	196 to 294	0.5m	1638338	8713424
13	56	55	79	23	110%	222 to 332	0.6m	1956648	10670072
14	58	57	82	24	110%	250 to 375	0.6m	3655184	14325256
15	60	59	84	24	110%	282 to 423	0.7m	3017327	17342583
16	62	60	87	25	110%	318 to 477	0.7m	7759995	25102578
17	64	62	90	25	110%	358 to 537	0.8m	15138193	40240771
18	66	64	92	26	110%	403 to 605	0.8m	26083825	66324596
19	68	66	95	27	110%	453 to 680	0.9m	62620247	128944843
20	70	68	98	27	110%	509 to 764	0.9m	211708088	340652931
21	72	70	100	28	110%	572 to 858	1m	—	—
22	74	—	—	28	110%	642 to 963	1m	—	—
23	76	—	—	29	110%	720 to 1080	1.1m	—	—
24	78	—	—	30	110%	807 to 1211	1.1m	—	—
25	80	—	—	30	110%	905 to 1357	1.2m	—	—
26	82	—	—	31	110%	1013 to 1520	1.2m	—	—
27	84	—	—	31	110%	1135 to 1702	1.3m	—	—
28	86	—	—	32	110%	1270 to 1904	1.3m	—	—
29	88	—	—	32	110%	1420 to 2130	1.4m	—	—
30	90	—	—	33	110%	1588 to 2381	1.4m	—	—
31	91	—	—	33	110%	1678 to 2518	1.5m	—	—
32	92	—	—	34	110%	1774 to 2661	1.5m	—	—
33	93	—	—	34	110%	1875 to 2813	1.5m	—	—
34	94	—	—	34	110%	1982 to 2973	1.5m	—	—
35	95	—	—	35	110%	2095 to 3142	1.6m	—	—
36	96	—	—	35	110%	2214 to 3320	1.6m	—	—
37	97	—	—	35	110%	2339 to 3508	1.6m	—	—
38	98	—	—	35	110%	2471 to 3707	1.6m	—	—
39	99	—	—	36	110%	2611 to 3916	1.7m	—	—
40	100	—	—	36	110%	2758 to 4136	1.7m	—	—

Item acquisition

Penance Brand of Conduction has restrictions on where or how it can drop. This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.

Recipes

Penance Brand of Conduction can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
4	The Blessing of MooshThe Blessing of Moosh4Level 21 Transfigured Gem CorruptedWhile the Labyrinth traps have claimed countless adventurers, they were not designed with felines in mind.	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem	A
8	The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Transfigured Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 23% quality	A
3	Doryani's EpiphanyDoryani's Epiphany3Level 21 Transfigured Gem Quality: +20% Corrupted"Virtue gems have facets beyond those that can be seen by the mortal eye. Let us look deeper..."	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 20% quality	A
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Transfigured Gem Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	level 19 transfigured gem with 19% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Penance Brand.

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 Penance Brand Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Penance Brand has 8% increased Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Penance Brand Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Penance Brand has 12% increased Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Penance Brand Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Penance Brand deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Penance Brand Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Penance Brand deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Penance Brand Radius 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Penance Brand has 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Penance Brand Radius 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Penance Brand has 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Penance Brand of Conduction has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Celestial Brand EffectCelestial Brand EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Brand becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Brand becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has 95% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 110% at gem level 20 (previously 110% at gem level 20).
3.24.0	Fixed a bug where Penance Brand (and its transfigured versions) could fail to remove energy from a target when detaching.
3.23.0	Added to the game.