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 intensifies 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 can turn.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased beam length1% increased Skill Effect Duration2% increased Cast Speed
2% less Skill Effect DurationDeals (11.7-439.4) Base Fire Damage per second
Base duration is 1.5 seconds
Additional Debuff stages add 60% of Damage
Burning Debuff can have a maximum of 8 stages
Fire Exposure applies -25% to Fire Resistance
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
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 resistance exposure at maximum stages.

Skill functions and interactions

• Applies the fire exposure debuff at max stacks, which lowers the target's fire resistance by 25%.
• Touching an unaffected target by the beam at any point during a cast interval will apply the first stage of the debuff. If the target remains in the beam, the spell will apply the next stage of the debuff the instant it consumes mana from the player again. As a result, It is possible to inflict multiple debuff stacks in quick succession to targets with only brief contact such as when sweeping the beam across the screen.
• Damage over time: Modifiers to Spell, Fire, Elemental, Burning Damage, Damage Over Time, and duration affect the damage over time component of this spell.
• Scorching Ray does not hit and therefore cannot be supported by added damage supports such as Added Chaos Damage SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportChaos, Support
  Icon: H
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos DamageSupported Skills Penetrate 0.25% Chaos ResistanceSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamageSupported Skills have (17-170) to (26-255) added Chaos 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. and cannot confer the effects of supports such as Blind SupportBlind SupportSupport
  Icon: x
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Blinding durationSupported Skills have 0.5% chance to Blind enemies on hitSupported Skills have 2% increased Critical Strike Chance against Blinded EnemiesSupported Skills have 10% chance to Blind enemies on hit
  Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Blinding 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportTrigger, Support, Hex
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of Supported CursesSupported Skills deal 1% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments per Curse on Enemy0.5% reduced Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have 2% increased Curse DurationSupported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
  Supported Skills have (50-12)% reduced Curse Duration
  You cannot Cast Supported Curse SpellsThis 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..
• While channeling 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 channeling it, up to a maximum +150% increased cast speed modifier.
• Scorching Ray has a delay, equal to the cast time, between the pressing of the skill and the appearance of the beam.
• Scorching Ray is not a projectile or an area of effect skill and therefore is not affected by modifiers to projectile damage, area damage, projectile speed, or area of effect.
• Scorching Ray has the channelling tag and therefore cannot be supported by Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
  Icon: k
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills which reserve mana.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills deal 1% less Damage
  Final Repeat of Supported Skills deals 3% more DamageSupported Skills Repeat an additional time
  Supported Skills have (51-70)% more Cast Speed
  Supported Skills deal 10% less 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..
• See Channelling for more information.

Gem level progression

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	Fire Damage per sec	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	0	0	33	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.7	0	0
2	15	0	0	39	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15	15249	15249
3	19	0	0	48	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	20.4	41517	56766
4	23	0	0	56	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27.3	81983	138749
5	27	0	0	64	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	36	147968	286717
6	31	0	0	73	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	46.9	250557	537274
7	35	0	0	81	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	60.4	405086	942360
8	38	0	0	88	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	72.7	447718	1390078
9	41	0	0	94	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	87.2	615318	2005396
10	44	0	0	100	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	104.2	834639	2840035
11	47	0	0	106	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	124.1	1570760	4410795
12	50	0	0	113	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	147.4	1633987	6044782
13	53	0	0	119	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	174.6	2151030	8195812
14	56	0	0	125	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	206.4	2812189	11008001
15	59	0	0	132	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	243.5	5099360	16107361
16	62	0	0	138	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	286.6	9400731	25508092
17	64	0	0	142	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	319.3	15273366	40781458
18	66	0	0	146	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	355.4	26286582	67068040
19	68	0	0	151	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	395.3	62890590	129958630
20	70	0	0	155	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	439.4	212046017	342004647
21	72	0	0	159	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	488.1	-342004647	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	541.8	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	601.2	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	666.7	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	738.9	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	818.6	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	906.4	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1003.2	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1109.9	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1227.4	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1290.5	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1356.7	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1426.2	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1499.2	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1575.7	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1655.9	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1740.1	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1828.4	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1921	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2018.2	0	0

Unique items

The following unique items are related to Scorching Ray:

Item	Base Item		Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Scorching Ray. No results found

Alternate skill effects

Scorching Ray has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
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
3.13.1e	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.
2.4.2	Scorching Ray has been added to the game.