Voltaxic Burst

Voltaxic BurstSpell, AoE, Chaos, Lightning, Nova, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 230%Requires Level 12Each cast of this spell waits for a short duration, releasing a burst of lightning and chaos spell damage in an area around you when that duration ends. Enemies killed by this damage, or shortly after, will explode. The explosions of the corpses are not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Area of Effect2% increased Damage
1% increased Skill Effect DurationGain 0.25% of Lightning Damage as Extra Chaos DamageBase duration is 2.5 seconds
Deals (20-906) to (38-1683) Lightning Damage
40% of Lightning Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Explosion deals base Lightning Damage equal to 6% of corpse's Maximum Life
1% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each Cast of this Spell currently waiting
+(0-3) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Drop level: 12Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVoltaxicBurst Voltaxic Burst is a spell skill gem which, after casting, waits for a short duration before releasing a burst of lightning and chaos spell damage in an area around you, exploding enemies killed by it.

Skill functions and interactions

Area of Effect: Increased AoE will increase both the area of the burst and the area of the secondary explosions.

Duration: Increases and reductions to duration will affect the time between the cast and the burst. Reducing the duration will allow you to deal damage sooner, while increasing the duration might allow you to make better use of 1% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each Cast of this Spell currently waiting.

Conversion: 40% of Lightning Damage Converted to Chaos Damage can be combined with Voltaxic RiftVoltaxic Rift
Spine BowBow
Physical Damage: 38-115
Elemental Damage: 1 to (275-325)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Attacks per Second: (1.54-1.61)
Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 64, 212 DexAdds 1 to (275-325) Lightning Damage
(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
60% of Lightning Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
10% chance to Shock
Your Chaos Damage can Shock
Shock Enemies as though dealing 300% more Damage
Your Shocks can increase Damage taken by up to a maximum of 100%The eldritch storm descended upon us, and bruised lightning
rained down. Metal withered and flesh melted before its
arcane power. There was no escape, no shelter. Only despair.'s 60% of Lightning Damage Converted to Chaos Damage to fully convert the damage dealt to chaos, allowing better scaling.

Explosion: The corpse explosion deals secondary damage in an area and cannot be reflected.

Astral ProjectorAstral Projector
Topaz RingRequires Level 40+(20-30)% to Lightning Resistance+(30-50) to Intelligence
(20-25)% increased Spell Damage
30% chance to Avoid Elemental Ailments
Nova Spells have 20% less Area of Effect
Nova Spells deal 30% less Damage to Players
Nova Spells Cast at the targeted location instead of around youThe body stands, but the spirit soars.: Does work with Voltaxic Burst. The damage when the duration expires occurs where you targeted the spell rather than around you.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Lightning Damage	Additional Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	14	21	6	20–38	N/A	0	0
2	15	17	25	6	26–49	N/A	15249	15249
3	19	21	30	7	36–68	N/A	41517	56766
4	23	24	35	8	49–91	N/A	81983	138749
5	27	28	41	9	66–122	N/A	147968	286717
6	31	32	46	9	86–160	N/A	250557	537274
7	35	36	51	10	113–209	1	405086	942360
8	38	38	55	11	137–254	1	447718	1390078
9	41	41	59	11	165–307	1	615318	2005396
10	44	44	63	12	199–370	1	834639	2840035
11	47	47	67	12	240–445	1	1570760	4410795
12	50	49	71	13	287–533	1	1633987	6044782
13	53	52	75	13	343–637	2	2151030	8195812
14	56	55	79	14	409–759	2	2812189	11008001
15	59	58	83	14	486–903	2	5099360	16107361
16	62	60	87	15	578–1073	2	9400731	25508092
17	64	62	90	15	647–1202	2	15273366	40781458
18	66	64	92	16	724–1345	2	26286582	67068040
19	68	66	95	16	810–1505	3	62890590	129958630
20	70	68	98	16	906–1683	3	212046017	342004647
21	72	70	100	17	1012–1880	3	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	17	1130–2099	3	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	18	1261–2342	3	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	18	1407–2613	3	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	18	1568–2912	4	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	19	1747–3245	4	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	19	1946–3614	4	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	19	2166–4023	4	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	20	2410–4476	4	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	20	2681–4979	4	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	20	2827–5250	5	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	20	2980–5535	5	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	21	3142–5836	5	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	21	3312–6152	5	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	21	3491–6484	5	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	21	3680–6834	5	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	21	3878–7202	5	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	22	4087–7589	5	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	22	4306–7997	5	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	22	4537–8425	5	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Voltaxic Burst can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Voltaxic Burst can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
3	The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.	Random corrupted superior level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality	A
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternate 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.	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters. Shift click to unstack.	Random superior 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
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
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 superior gem with 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	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Voltaxic Burst.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Voltaxic Burst Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Voltaxic Burst Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Voltaxic Burst Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Voltaxic Burst Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Voltaxic Burst Damage per 0.1s Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Voltaxic Burst deals 2% increased Damage per 0.1 seconds of Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Voltaxic Burst Damage per 0.1s Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Voltaxic Burst deals 3% increased Damage per 0.1 seconds of Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Voltaxic Burst Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Voltaxic Burst Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Voltaxic Burst Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Voltaxic Burst Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Voltaxic Burst has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Voltaxic Burst now deals 20 to 38 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 906 to 1683 at gem level 20 (previously 611 to 1134). Now has 230% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 160%).
3.16.0	Voltaxic Burst now has "1% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each Cast of this Spell currently waiting" at all gem levels, and a base Critical Strike Chance of 6.5% (previously 5%).
3.15.0	Voltaxic Burst has been added to the game.