Skill

Active

Ball Lightning

Overview

Fires a slow-moving projectile that damages each enemy in an area around it repeatedly with bolts of lightning.

Properties

Gem type: Active
Colour: Blue
Attribute: Intelligence
Drop level: 28
Cast time: 0.6 sec

Quest reward sources

These are reward options. Availability can depend on your class and quest choices. A blank class restriction remains unspecified.

Quest	Classes	Amount	Reward item level
Sever the Right Hand	Witch	1	1
Sever the Right Hand	Shadow	1	1

Compare gem levels and variants

Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.

First levelCompare withSecond levelQuality for both

Mechanics at a glance

Base radius is 2 metres
Deals 2 to 47 Lightning Damage

At 20% quality

Base radius is 0.2 metres

Acquisition

Sever the Right HandAct 3 quest reward · Witch Sever the Right HandAct 3 quest reward · Shadow

Related gem versions 2

Regular, transfigured, Vaal, and awakened versions are joined from the game records.

Ball Lightning of Orbiting

Ball Lightning of Static

Compatibility inputs

Skill types: Spell, Damage, Projectile, Projectiles From User, Area, Totemable, Trappable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Lightning, Can Rapid Fire, Area Spell
Granted minion skill types: None recorded
Can be supported: Yes

Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
1	28	15 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 2 to 47 Lightning Damage	199,345	0
2	31	16 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 3 to 58 Lightning Damage	285,815	199,345
3	34	18 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 4 to 71 Lightning Damage	401,344	485,160
4	37	19 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 5 to 87 Lightning Damage	554,379	886,504
5	40	19 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 6 to 105 Lightning Damage	477,437	1,440,883
6	42	20 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 6 to 119 Lightning Damage	583,786	1,918,320
7	44	20 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 7 to 135 Lightning Damage	710,359	2,502,106
8	46	21 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 8 to 153 Lightning Damage	1,355,511	3,212,465
9	48	21 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 9 to 172 Lightning Damage	1,138,877	4,567,976
10	50	23 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 10 to 194 Lightning Damage	1,368,233	5,706,853
11	52	23 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 12 to 219 Lightning Damage	1,638,338	7,075,086
12	54	24 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 13 to 247 Lightning Damage	1,956,648	8,713,424
13	56	24 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 15 to 277 Lightning Damage	3,655,184	10,670,072
14	58	25 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 16 to 312 Lightning Damage	3,017,327	14,325,256
15	60	25 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 18 to 350 Lightning Damage	7,759,995	17,342,583
16	62	26 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 21 to 393 Lightning Damage	15,138,193	25,102,578
17	64	26 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 23 to 440 Lightning Damage	26,083,825	40,240,771
18	66	28 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 26 to 493 Lightning Damage	62,620,247	66,324,596
19	68	28 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 29 to 552 Lightning Damage	211,708,088	128,944,843
20	70	29 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 32 to 617 Lightning Damage	—	340,652,931

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
21	72	30 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 36 to 690 Lightning Damage	—	—
22	74	30 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 41 to 771 Lightning Damage	—	—
23	76	31 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 45 to 861 Lightning Damage	—	—
24	78	31 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 51 to 961 Lightning Damage	—	—
25	80	33 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 56 to 1072 Lightning Damage	—	—
26	82	33 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 63 to 1195 Lightning Damage	—	—
27	84	34 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 70 to 1331 Lightning Damage	—	—
28	86	34 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 78 to 1483 Lightning Damage	—	—
29	88	35 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 87 to 1651 Lightning Damage	—	—
30	90	35 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 97 to 1837 Lightning Damage	—	—
31	91	35 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 102 to 1938 Lightning Damage	—	—
32	92	36 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 108 to 2044 Lightning Damage	—	—
33	93	36 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 113 to 2156 Lightning Damage	—	—
34	94	36 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 120 to 2273 Lightning Damage	—	—
35	95	36 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 126 to 2396 Lightning Damage	—	—
36	96	38 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 133 to 2527 Lightning Damage	—	—
37	97	38 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 140 to 2663 Lightning Damage	—	—
38	98	38 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 148 to 2807 Lightning Damage	—	—
39	99	38 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 156 to 2959 Lightning Damage	—	—
40	100	39 Mana	5%	60%	Deals 164 to 3119 Lightning Damage	—	—

Quality	Effects
0%	No quality bonus
5%	Base radius is 0.05 metres
10%	Base radius is 0.1 metres
15%	Base radius is 0.15 metres
20%	Base radius is 0.2 metres
23%	Base radius is 0.23 metres
30%	Base radius is 0.3 metres

Ball Lightning

Overview

Properties

Quest reward sources

Compare gem levels and variants

Mechanics at a glance

Acquisition

Related gem versions 2

Compatibility inputs

Compatible support gems 110

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Quality progression

Alternate effects 3

Divine Ball Lightning Effect

Celestial Ball Lightning Effect

Automaton Ball Lightning Effect