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Gem
Skill

Active

Lightning Strike

AttackProjectileMeleeStrikeLightning

Overview

Infuses 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.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Green
Attribute
Dexterity
Drop level
12
Cast time
1 sec

Quest reward sources

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

QuestClassesAmountReward item level
The Siren's CadenceRanger11

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.

Mechanics at a glance

  • Projectiles deal 50% less Damage with Hits and Ailments
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  • Fires 3 Projectiles
At 20% quality

Fires +1 Projectile

Acquisition

The Siren's CadenceAct 1 quest reward · Ranger

Related gem versions 2

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

Lightning Strike of ArcingVaal Lightning Strike

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Attack, Ranged Attack, Projectile, Melee Single Target, Multistrikeable, Melee, Lightning, Projectiles Not From User
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.

Compatible support gems 137

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportFaster Attacks SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportMultiple Projectiles SupportFaster Projectiles SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportAdditional Accuracy SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportMana Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportPierce SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportItem Rarity SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Damage with Attacks SupportBloodlust SupportLife Gain on Hit SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportPoint Blank SupportIron Grip SupportDamage on Full Life SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportChain SupportFork SupportReturning Projectiles SupportMultistrike SupportMelee Splash SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCast on Melee Kill SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportSlower Projectiles SupportVicious Projectiles SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportFortify SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Bleed SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportMaim SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportRuthless SupportMomentum SupportAncestral Call SupportSummon Phantasm SupportWithering Touch SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportClose Combat SupportShockwave SupportImpale SupportPulverise SupportRage SupportNightblade SupportBarrage SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Ancestral Call SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Melee Physical Damage SupportAwakened Melee Splash SupportAwakened Multistrike SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Cast On Critical Strike SupportAwakened Chain SupportAwakened Cold Penetration SupportAwakened Deadly Ailments SupportAwakened Fork SupportAwakened Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportAwakened Void Manipulation SupportAwakened Vicious Projectiles SupportAwakened Added Chaos Damage SupportAwakened Added Lightning Damage SupportAwakened Controlled Destruction SupportAwakened Hextouch SupportAwakened Elemental Focus SupportAwakened Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportTrinity SupportBloodthirst SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportBehead SupportOvercharge SupportPrismatic Burst SupportTrauma SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportControlled Blaze SupportVolatility SupportSacred Wisps SupportOverexertion SupportRupture SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Ancestral Call SupportGreater Fork SupportGreater Chain SupportGreater Kinetic Instability SupportVoid Shockwave SupportGreater Multistrike SupportGreater Devour SupportUnholy Trinity SupportWindburst SupportKinetic Instability SupportLiving Lightning SupportExcommunicate SupportHallow Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
1126 Mana198.5%Fires 3 Projectiles15,2490
2156 Mana207.4%Fires 3 Projectiles41,51715,249
3197 Mana217.1%Fires 3 Projectiles81,98356,766
4237 Mana227.3%Fires 3 Projectiles147,968138,749
5277 Mana237.8%Fires 3 Projectiles250,557286,717
6318 Mana248.9%Fires 3 Projectiles405,086537,274
7358 Mana260.5%Fires 3 Projectiles447,718942,360
8388 Mana272.1%Fires 3 Projectiles615,3181,390,078
9418 Mana284.3%Fires 3 Projectiles834,6392,005,396
10448 Mana297%Fires 3 Projectiles1,570,7602,840,035
11479 Mana310.2%Fires 3 Projectiles1,633,9874,410,795
12509 Mana324.1%Fires 3 Projectiles2,151,0306,044,782
13539 Mana338.5%Fires 3 Projectiles2,812,1898,195,812
14569 Mana353.7%Fires 3 Projectiles5,099,36011,008,001
15599 Mana369.4%Fires 3 Projectiles9,400,73116,107,361
166210 Mana385.8%Fires 3 Projectiles15,273,36625,508,092
176410 Mana402.3%Fires 3 Projectiles26,286,58240,781,458
186610 Mana419.4%Fires 3 Projectiles62,890,59067,068,040
196810 Mana437.3%Fires 3 Projectiles212,046,017129,958,630
207010 Mana456%Fires 3 Projectiles—342,004,647
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Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217210 Mana475.5%Fires 3 Projectiles——
227410 Mana495.8%Fires 3 Projectiles——
237610 Mana516.9%Fires 3 Projectiles——
247811 Mana539%Fires 3 Projectiles——
258011 Mana562%Fires 3 Projectiles——
268211 Mana586%Fires 3 Projectiles——
278411 Mana610.9%Fires 3 Projectiles——
288611 Mana637%Fires 3 Projectiles——
298811 Mana664.1%Fires 3 Projectiles——
309011 Mana692.3%Fires 3 Projectiles——
319111 Mana734.8%Fires 3 Projectiles——
329211 Mana750.4%Fires 3 Projectiles——
339312 Mana766.4%Fires 3 Projectiles——
349412 Mana782.6%Fires 3 Projectiles——
359512 Mana799.3%Fires 3 Projectiles——
369612 Mana816.2%Fires 3 Projectiles——
379712 Mana833.6%Fires 3 Projectiles——
389812 Mana851.3%Fires 3 Projectiles——
399912 Mana869.3%Fires 3 Projectiles——
4010012 Mana887.8%Fires 3 Projectiles——

Additional skill effect 1

This effect has its own progression. Its values are kept separate from the primary effect.

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Quality progression

Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.

QualityEffects
0%No quality bonus
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20%Fires +1 Projectile
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Alternate effects 4

Myrmidon Lightning Strike Effect

Your Lightning Strike becomes a Myrmidon Effect.

Vulcan Lightning Strike Effect

Your Lightning Strike becomes a Vulcan Effect.

Void Emperor Lightning Strike Effect

Your Lightning Strike becomes a Void Emperor Effect.

Sawblade Lightning Strike Effect

Your Lightning Strike becomes a Sawblade Effect.

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