Lightning ArrowAttack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (149-177)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (149-177)% Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 12Fires a charged arrow which damages enemies by causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning, which also damages a number of surrounding enemies.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Hits up to 3 additional enemies near the target Shocks Enemies as though dealing (100-290)% more Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Hits up to (0.1-2) additional enemies near the target
Lightning Arrow is a bowattackskill that fires an arrow which causes enemies to be struck with a bolt of lightning. The lightning bolt can hit nearby enemies.
Contents
1 Skill functions and interactions
2 Gem level progression
3 Item acquisition
3.1 Recipes
3.2 Quest reward
3.3 Vendor reward
4 Related helmet enchantments
5 Alternate skill effects
6 Version history
Skill functions and interactions
Hits Additional Targets: When an arrow strikes a target, up to 3 randomly chosen enemies (up to 5 with 20% gem quality) within an area around that target will also be struck for the same amount of damage. The area within which Lightning Arrow can hit additional targets has a base radius of 18 and is affected by area of effect modifiers. However, this damage is not affected by modifiers to area damage.
Damage conversion: Like all converted damage, the lightning portion of Lightning Arrow's converted physical damage will be modified by both lightning damage and physical damage increases.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Damage Effectiveness
Attack Damage
Shock Amplifier
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
12
33
6
149.5%
149.5%
100%
0
0
2
15
39
6
151%
151%
110%
15249
15249
3
19
48
7
152.4%
152.4%
120%
41517
56766
4
23
56
7
153.9%
153.9%
130%
81983
138749
5
27
64
7
155.4%
155.4%
140%
147968
286717
6
31
73
8
156.7%
156.7%
150%
250557
537274
7
35
81
8
158.2%
158.2%
160%
405086
942360
8
38
88
8
159.6%
159.6%
170%
447718
1390078
9
41
94
8
161.1%
161.1%
180%
615318
2005396
10
44
100
8
162.6%
162.6%
190%
834639
2840035
11
47
106
9
164%
164%
200%
1570760
4410795
12
50
113
9
165.5%
165.5%
210%
1633987
6044782
13
53
119
9
167%
167%
220%
2151030
8195812
14
56
125
9
168.4%
168.4%
230%
2812189
11008001
15
59
132
9
169.9%
169.9%
240%
5099360
16107361
16
62
138
10
171.2%
171.2%
250%
9400731
25508092
17
64
142
10
172.7%
172.7%
260%
15273366
40781458
18
66
146
10
174.2%
174.2%
270%
26286582
67068040
19
68
151
10
175.6%
175.6%
280%
62890590
129958630
20
70
155
10
177.1%
177.1%
290%
212046017
342004647
21
72
159
10
178.6%
178.6%
300%
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
10
180%
180%
310%
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
10
181.5%
181.5%
320%
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
11
183%
183%
330%
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
11
184.3%
184.3%
340%
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
11
185.8%
185.8%
350%
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
11
187.2%
187.2%
360%
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
11
188.7%
188.7%
370%
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
11
190.2%
190.2%
380%
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
11
191.6%
191.6%
390%
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
11
192.4%
192.4%
400%
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
11
193.1%
193.1%
410%
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
12
193.8%
193.8%
420%
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
12
194.6%
194.6%
430%
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
12
195.3%
195.3%
440%
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
12
196%
196%
450%
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
12
196.8%
196.8%
460%
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
12
197.5%
197.5%
470%
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
12
198.1%
198.1%
480%
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
12
198.8%
198.8%
490%
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Lightning Arrow can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Lightning Arrow can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
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
✓
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Arrow.
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.
Your Lightning Arrow becomes a Void Emperor Effect.
Version history
Version
Changes
3.25.0
No longer has Added Lightning Damage at all gem levels.
It now has 149% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 130%), scaling up to 177% at gem level 20 (previously 154%).
Now has a Mana cost of 6 at gem level 1 (previously 7), scaling up to 10 at gem level 20 (previously 11).
3.24.0
Fixed a longstanding bug with Lightning Arrow's visual effects where the lightning strike effect from the sky played on targets hit by the Arrow was also unintentionally played on the extra targets, in addition to (and sometimes making it hard to see) the "beam" style effects between them and the main target.
3.23.0
Quality now causes the skill to hit up to +0-2 additional enemies near the target, instead of providing 0-20% chance to Shock enemies.
3.15.0
* Lightning Arrow and Lightning StrikeLightning StrikeAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (198-456)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (198-456)%Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hit a target.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Fires 3 Projectiles
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Fires +(0.05-1) Projectiles
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. have brand new effects.
No longer has “10-29% Increased Effect of Lightning Ailments”.
Now Shocks Enemies as though dealing 100% more Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 290% more Damage at gem level 20 (previously 195%).
Now deals 130% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 110%), up to 154% of base Attack Damage at gem level 20 (previously 134%).
Now has 130% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 110%), up to 154% at gem level 20 (previously 134%).
3.9.0
Now deals 110% of base damage at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 134% at gem level 20 (from 119%).
Now Shocks enemies as though dealing 100% more damage at gem level 1, up to 195% at gem level 20.
Now gains increased effect of Shock as the gem levels, up to 29% at gem level 20.
3.8.0
Now has 1 to 13 added Attack Lightning Damage at gem level 1, up to 9 to 179 at gem level 20 (previously none).
Now gains 1% chance to Shock per 1% gem quality (from 0.5% per 1% quality).
2.3.0
The Merciless Labyrinth Helmet enchantment for additional targets hit by Lightning Arrow is now +1 rather than +2.
2.1.0
Lightning Arrow's base damage has been increased by a flat 10% at all levels. The mana cost at level one has been reduced from 8 to 7.
2.0.0
Base damage increased from 70% to 90%.
Radius of the lighting effect increased by 12.5% (from 16 to 18).
Now grants 0.5% increased chance to shock per 1% quality instead of increased shock duration.
1.1.0
Fixed a bug where secondary hits from Lightning Arrow would not check evasion.
0.10.2
Improved the Ice Spear and Lightning Arrow effects.
0.10.0
Has been moved to level 10 (from 1).
Its mana cost and progression have been flattened.
The chance to Shock has been removed.
A damage bonus as it levels up has been added.
The number of targets is now always 3.
Fixed a targeting bug with Lightning Arrow.
0.9.7b
Now explodes when hitting terrain as well as monsters.
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The Fox
The Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Gemcutter's Promise3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
