Scorching Ray

Scorching RaySpell, Fire, Duration, Channelling
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (2-5) Mana
Cast Time: 0.25 secRequires Level 12Unleash a beam of fire that burns enemies it touches. Remaining in the beam raises the burning, adding a portion of the beam's damage in stages. Inflicts Fire Exposure at maximum stages. Enemies who leave the beam continue to burn for a duration. Increasing cast speed also increases the rate at which the beam turns.Deals (13.4-780.7) Base Fire Damage per second
Base duration is 1.50 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Burning Debuff can have a maximum of 8 stages
Additional Debuff stages add 60% of Damage
Fire Exposure applies -25% to Fire Resistance

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Additional Debuff stages add +(0.5-10)% of DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFireBeam

Scorching Ray is a channelling fire spell skill that fires a beam that inflicts burning damage to targets in front of the caster and applies fire exposure at maximum stages.

Skill functions and interactions

• Scorching Ray inflicts a damage over time debuff for a duration, which is refreshed while enemies are in the beam.
  • An entity can take damage from multiple Scorching Ray debuffs when inflicted by different exiles or totems. Each debuff gains stages individually, up to the maximum of 8.
• Scorching Ray has a delay, equal to the cast time, between the pressing of the skill and the appearance of the beam.
• Even a brief contact with the beam applies the first stage of the debuff against an unaffected target, allowing reliable application by quickly sweeping the beam across the screen. Additional stages are applied on each channelling tick, if targets remain in the beam.
• While channelling Scorching Ray, the player has a reduced turning rate. Increasing scorching ray's cast speed will increase the rate at which the player can rotate while channelling it, up to a maximum +150% increased cast speed modifier.
• Reaching maximum stacks applies the exposure debuff, which lowers the target's fire resistance by 25%.
  • This may be modified by stats like Fire Exposure you inflict applies an extra -5% to Fire Resistance when cast by the player. These stats do not currently apply when Scorching Ray is cast by a totem, possibly due to a bug.
• Despite its name, Scorching Ray cannot scorch enemies, as it does not hit.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Fire Damage per sec	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	2	13.4	0	0
2	15	39	2	17.6	15249	15249
3	19	48	2	24.7	41517	56766
4	23	56	3	34	81983	138749
5	27	64	3	46.2	147968	286717
6	31	73	3	62	250557	537274
7	35	81	3	82.4	405086	942360
8	38	88	3	101.5	447718	1390078
9	41	94	4	124.5	615318	2005396
10	44	100	4	152.1	834639	2840035
11	47	106	4	185.3	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	4	225.2	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	4	272.9	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	5	329.9	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	5	398.1	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	5	479.4	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	5	542.1	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	5	612.6	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	5	691.8	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	5	780.7	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	5	880.4	—	—
22	74	—	6	992.3	—	—
23	76	—	6	1117.8	—	—
24	78	—	6	1258.5	—	—
25	80	—	6	1416.1	—	—
26	82	—	6	1592.7	—	—
27	84	—	6	1790.5	—	—
28	86	—	6	2011.9	—	—
29	88	—	6	2259.7	—	—
30	90	—	7	2536.9	—	—
31	91	—	7	2687.6	—	—
32	92	—	7	2847	—	—
33	93	—	7	3015.6	—	—
34	94	—	7	3193.8	—	—
35	95	—	7	3382.2	—	—
36	96	—	7	3581.5	—	—
37	97	—	7	3792.2	—	—
38	98	—	7	4014.8	—	—
39	99	—	7	4250.2	—	—
40	100	—	7	4499.1	—	—

Item acquisition

Scorching Ray can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Scorching Ray 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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence 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 Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Unique items

The following unique items are related to Scorching Ray:

Item	Base item		Stats
BalefireBalefire Opal SceptreSceptre Physical Damage: 49-73 Critical Strike Chance: 8.00% Attacks per Second: 1.25 Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 60, 95 Str, 131 Int40% increased Elemental DamageGrants Level 25 Scorching Ray Skill (12-20)% increased Cast Speed Recover (1-3)% of Life on Kill Recover (1-3)% of Mana on Kill 10% increased Scorching Ray beam lengthAfter the fires swept down from the sky and swallowed the city, all that lingered, as if locked in time, was a memory of that which was gone, a whisper of deeds undone.	Opal Sceptre	60	40% increased Elemental DamageGrants Level 25 Scorching Ray Skill (12-20)% increased Cast Speed Recover (1-3)% of Life on Kill Recover (1-3)% of Mana on Kill 10% increased Scorching Ray beam length

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Scorching Ray.

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 Fire Beam Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	8% increased Scorching Ray Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Beam Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	12% increased Scorching Ray Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Scorching Ray Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Scorching Ray Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Scorching Ray Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Scorching Ray Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Beam Length 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Scorching Ray beam length	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Beam Length 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Scorching Ray beam length	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Scorching Ray has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Radiant Scorching Ray EffectRadiant Scorching Ray EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Scorching Ray becomes a Radiant effect.	Your Scorching Ray becomes a Radiant effect.
Shaper Scorching Ray EffectShaper Scorching Ray EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Scorching Ray becomes a Shaper Effect.	Your Scorching Ray becomes a Shaper Effect.
Stygian Scorching Ray EffectStygian Scorching Ray EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Scorching Ray becomes a Stygian Effect.	Your Scorching Ray becomes a Stygian Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now causes Additional Debuff stages to add +0-10% of Damage, instead of providing 0-10% increased beam length.
3.19.0	Scorching Ray now deals 13.4 Base Fire Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 12.8), up to 780.7 at gem level 20 (previously 696.3).
3.16.0	Now deals 12.8 Base Fire Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 11.7), up to 696.3 at gem level 20 (previously 439.4). Fixed a common client crash occurring with Scorching Ray.
3.14.0	Fixed a bug where Scorching Ray totems did not stack their damage correctly with other Scorching Ray totems.
3.13.1e	PvP Changes: now has an attack time override of 3 seconds.
3.13.0	Now has a base cast time of 0.25 seconds (from 0.5). Now has a mana cost of 2 at gem level 1 (from 4), up to 5 at gem level 20 (from 11). PvP Changes: Now has an attack time override of 0.5 seconds (from 0.2 seconds).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 11 (was 10). Now deals 13 base Fire damage per second at gem level 1 (up from 8.2) and 488.2 base Fire damage per second at gem level 20 (up from 388.3). No longer lowers enemy resistance with a stacking debuff. Now applies Fire Exposure at maximum stacks.
3.2.0b	Fixed a bug where Scorching Ray totems did not stack their damage correctly with other Scorching Ray totems.
2.4.2	Scorching Ray has been added to the game.