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Gem
Skill

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Mana-Infused Staff

ArcaneSpellAoEDurationLightning

Overview

Infuses your staff with arcane energy, lowering your mana costs and increasing your chance to block. When you block, you release an arcane wave, damaging enemies in a ring-shaped area over a duration.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Blue
Attribute
Strength
Drop level
16

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
Intruders in BlackTemplar11

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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

  • Releases an Arcane Wave on Block no more than once every second
  • Base duration is 0.35 seconds
  • Mana Reservation of this Skill is always 30%
  • Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 35% of Maximum Mana
At 20% quality

+0.05 seconds to Base duration

Acquisition

Intruders in BlackAct 2 quest reward · Templar

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Requires Staff, Arcane, Totem Casts Alone, Buff, Has Reservation, Instant, Instant No Repeat When Held, Cooldown, Spell, Area, Damage, Duration, Lightning, 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.

Compatible support gems 77

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportItem Rarity SupportConcentrated Effect SupportMore Duration SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Proliferation SupportArrogance SupportCulling Strike SupportIron Will SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportLess Duration SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportSummon Phantasm SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Cold Penetration SupportAwakened Deadly Ailments SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportAwakened Void Manipulation SupportAwakened Added Chaos Damage SupportAwakened Added Lightning Damage SupportAwakened Controlled Destruction SupportAwakened Hextouch SupportAwakened Elemental Focus SupportAwakened Increased Area of Effect SupportAwakened Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportSecond Wind SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportOvercharge SupportSpellblade SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Devour SupportLiving Lightning Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCooldownMana reservationCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
1161 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 35% of Maximum Mana49,7250
2201 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 37% of Maximum Mana95,71449,725
3241 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 39% of Maximum Mana169,595145,439
4281 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 41% of Maximum Mana199,345315,034
5311 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 43% of Maximum Mana285,815514,379
6341 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 45% of Maximum Mana401,344800,194
7371 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 47% of Maximum Mana554,3791,201,538
8401 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 49% of Maximum Mana755,0491,755,917
9431 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 51% of Maximum Mana1,016,5332,510,966
10461 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 53% of Maximum Mana1,898,6023,527,499
11491 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 55% of Maximum Mana1,964,0195,426,101
12521 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 57% of Maximum Mana2,573,7317,390,120
13551 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 59% of Maximum Mana4,676,4399,963,851
14581 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 61% of Maximum Mana3,017,32714,640,290
15601 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 63% of Maximum Mana7,823,00117,657,617
16621 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 65% of Maximum Mana15,264,20825,480,618
17641 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 67% of Maximum Mana26,272,84540,744,826
18661 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 69% of Maximum Mana62,872,27467,017,671
19681 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 71% of Maximum Mana212,023,122129,889,945
20701 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 73% of Maximum Mana—341,913,067
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCooldownMana reservationCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
21721 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 75% of Maximum Mana——
22741 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 77% of Maximum Mana——
23761 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 79% of Maximum Mana——
24781 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 81% of Maximum Mana——
25801 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 83% of Maximum Mana——
26821 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 85% of Maximum Mana——
27841 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 87% of Maximum Mana——
28861 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 89% of Maximum Mana——
29881 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 91% of Maximum Mana——
30901 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 93% of Maximum Mana——
31911 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 94% of Maximum Mana——
32921 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 95% of Maximum Mana——
33931 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 96% of Maximum Mana——
34941 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 97% of Maximum Mana——
35951 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 98% of Maximum Mana——
36961 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 99% of Maximum Mana——
37971 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 100% of Maximum Mana——
38981 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 101% of Maximum Mana——
39991 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 102% of Maximum Mana——
401001 sec30%6%450%Deals base Lightning Damage equal to 103% of Maximum Mana——

Quality progression

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

QualityEffects
0%No quality bonus
5%+0.01 seconds to Base duration
10%+0.03 seconds to Base duration
15%+0.04 seconds to Base duration
20%+0.05 seconds to Base duration
23%+0.06 seconds to Base duration
30%+0.07 seconds to Base duration

Alternate effects 1

Invisible Buff Effect

Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.

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