Skill

Active

Orb of Storms

Overview

Creates a stationary electrical orb that strikes enemies in its area of effect with beams of lightning that can then split to hit more enemies. Modifiers to cast speed will increase how frequently it does this. Casting this skill again will replace the previous orb.

Properties

Gem type: Active
Colour: Blue
Attribute: Intelligence
Drop level: 5
Cast time: 0.4 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
Breaking Some Eggs	Witch	1	1
Breaking Some Eggs	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.

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Mechanics at a glance

Base radius is 2.8 metres
Beams Split towards targets within a base radius of 3.5 metres
Strikes every 0.5 seconds while Channelling a Lightning Skill near the Orb
Projectiles Split towards 3 targets
Deals 3 to 8 Lightning Damage
Orb disappears after 10 Strikes
Strikes every 3.5 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb

At 20% quality

Projectiles Split towards 2 targets

Acquisition

Breaking Some EggsAct 1 quest reward · Witch Breaking Some EggsAct 1 quest reward · Shadow

Related gem versions 1

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

Orb of Storms of Squalls

Compatibility inputs

Skill types: Spell, Damage, Lightning, Area, Chains, Triggerable, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, Area Spell, Cooldown, Orb, Multicastable
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	Cooldown	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
1	4	5 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	80%	Deals 3 to 8 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 10 Strikes Strikes every 3.5 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	841	0
2	6	6 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	80%	Deals 3 to 10 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 11 Strikes Strikes every 3.45 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	3,099	841
3	9	6 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	90%	Deals 5 to 14 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 12 Strikes Strikes every 3.4 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	7,433	3,940
4	12	8 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	90%	Deals 6 to 18 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 13 Strikes Strikes every 3.35 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	22,895	11,373
5	16	9 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	90%	Deals 9 to 26 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 14 Strikes Strikes every 3.3 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	49,725	34,268
6	20	9 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	90%	Deals 12 to 36 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 15 Strikes Strikes every 3.25 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	95,714	83,993
7	24	10 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	90%	Deals 16 to 48 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 16 Strikes Strikes every 3.2 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	169,595	179,707
8	28	11 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	90%	Deals 22 to 65 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 17 Strikes Strikes every 3.15 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	283,759	349,302
9	32	13 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	90%	Deals 29 to 86 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 18 Strikes Strikes every 3.1 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	453,996	633,061
10	36	13 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	—	Deals 38 to 113 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 19 Strikes Strikes every 3.05 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	703,128	1,087,057
11	40	14 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	—	Deals 49 to 147 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 20 Strikes Strikes every 3 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	1,061,223	1,790,185
12	44	15 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	—	Deals 63 to 190 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 21 Strikes Strikes every 2.95 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	2,065,870	2,851,408
13	48	15 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	—	Deals 82 to 245 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 22 Strikes Strikes every 2.9 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	2,507,110	4,917,278
14	52	16 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	—	Deals 105 to 314 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 23 Strikes Strikes every 2.85 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	2,573,731	7,424,388
15	55	18 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	—	Deals 126 to 377 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 24 Strikes Strikes every 2.8 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	7,611,351	9,998,119
16	58	18 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	—	Deals 150 to 451 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 25 Strikes Strikes every 2.75 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	13,437,908	17,609,470
17	61	19 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 180 to 540 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 26 Strikes Strikes every 2.7 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	25,052,147	31,047,378
18	64	19 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 215 to 644 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 27 Strikes Strikes every 2.65 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	43,869,436	56,099,525
19	67	20 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 256 to 768 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 28 Strikes Strikes every 2.6 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	242,081,178	99,968,961
20	70	20 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 304 to 913 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 29 Strikes Strikes every 2.55 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	342,050,139

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Cooldown	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
21	72	21 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 342 to 1025 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 30 Strikes Strikes every 2.5 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
22	74	21 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 383 to 1149 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 31 Strikes Strikes every 2.45 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
23	76	23 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 429 to 1288 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 32 Strikes Strikes every 2.4 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
24	78	23 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 481 to 1442 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 33 Strikes Strikes every 2.35 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
25	80	23 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 538 to 1615 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 34 Strikes Strikes every 2.3 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
26	82	24 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 602 to 1807 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 35 Strikes Strikes every 2.25 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
27	84	24 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 674 to 2021 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 36 Strikes Strikes every 2.2 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
28	86	24 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 753 to 2259 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 37 Strikes Strikes every 2.15 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
29	88	25 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 841 to 2524 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 38 Strikes Strikes every 2.1 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
30	90	25 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 940 to 2819 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 39 Strikes Strikes every 2.05 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
31	91	25 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 993 to 2979 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 39 Strikes Strikes every 2 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
32	92	25 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1049 to 3148 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 40 Strikes Strikes every 1.95 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
33	93	26 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1108 to 3325 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 40 Strikes Strikes every 1.9 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
34	94	26 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1171 to 3513 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 41 Strikes Strikes every 1.85 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
35	95	26 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1237 to 3711 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 41 Strikes Strikes every 1.8 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
36	96	26 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1306 to 3919 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 42 Strikes Strikes every 1.75 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
37	97	26 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1380 to 4139 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 42 Strikes Strikes every 1.7 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
38	98	28 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1457 to 4371 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 43 Strikes Strikes every 1.65 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
39	99	28 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1538 to 4615 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 43 Strikes Strikes every 1.6 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—
40	100	28 Mana	0.5 sec	5%	110%	Deals 1624 to 4873 Lightning Damage Orb disappears after 44 Strikes Strikes every 1.55 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb	—	—

Quality	Effects
0%	No quality bonus
5%	Projectiles Split towards 0.5 targets
10%	Projectiles Split towards 1 targets
15%	Projectiles Split towards 1.5 targets
20%	Projectiles Split towards 2 targets
23%	Projectiles Split towards 2.3 targets
30%	Projectiles Split towards 3 targets

Orb of Storms

Overview

Properties

Quest reward sources

Compare gem levels and variants

Mechanics at a glance

Acquisition

Related gem versions 1

Compatibility inputs

Compatible support gems 90

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Quality progression

Alternate effects 2

Celestial Orb of Storms Effect

Demonic Orb of Storms Effect