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Gem
Skill

Active

Shock Nova

Overview

Casts a ring of Lightning around you, followed by a larger Lightning nova. Each effect hits enemies caught in their area with Lightning Damage.

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.

QuestClassesAmountReward item level
Sever the Right HandTemplar11

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

  • +10% to Maximum Effect of Shock
  • Ring always Shocks
  • Deals 15 to 137 Lightning Damage
At 20% quality

+10% to Maximum Effect of Shock

Acquisition

Related gem versions 1

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

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Lightning, Can Rapid Fire, Area Spell, Nova
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 94

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 SupportTrap SupportItem Rarity SupportFaster Casting SupportConcentrated Effect SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportIron Will SupportSpell Totem SupportBlastchain Mine SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportSpell Echo SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast on Death SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Stunned 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 SupportArcane Surge SupportSummon Phantasm SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportIntensify SupportUnleash SupportHigh-Impact Mine 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 Spell Echo SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportAwakened Unleash SupportArchmage SupportTrinity SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportOvercharge SupportSpellblade SupportDevour SupportSacrifice SupportSadism SupportGreater Spell Echo SupportCull the Weak SupportFrostmage SupportGreater Devour SupportGreater Unleash SupportUnholy Trinity SupportLiving Lightning Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
12815 Mana6%160%Deals 15 to 137 Lightning Damage199,3450
23116 Mana6%170%Deals 19 to 170 Lightning Damage285,815199,345
33418 Mana6%170%Deals 23 to 211 Lightning Damage401,344485,160
43719 Mana6%170%Deals 29 to 261 Lightning Damage554,379886,504
54019 Mana6%180%Deals 36 to 321 Lightning Damage477,4371,440,883
64220 Mana6%180%Deals 41 to 367 Lightning Damage583,7861,918,320
74420 Mana6%180%Deals 47 to 420 Lightning Damage710,3592,502,106
84621 Mana6%180%Deals 53 to 479 Lightning Damage1,355,5113,212,465
94821 Mana6%190%Deals 61 to 547 Lightning Damage1,138,8774,567,976
105023 Mana6%190%Deals 69 to 623 Lightning Damage1,368,2335,706,853
115223 Mana6%190%Deals 79 to 709 Lightning Damage1,638,3387,075,086
125424 Mana6%190%Deals 90 to 806 Lightning Damage1,956,6488,713,424
135624 Mana6%200%Deals 102 to 915 Lightning Damage3,655,18410,670,072
145825 Mana6%200%Deals 115 to 1038 Lightning Damage3,017,32714,325,256
156025 Mana6%200%Deals 131 to 1176 Lightning Damage7,759,99517,342,583
166226 Mana6%210%Deals 148 to 1332 Lightning Damage15,138,19325,102,578
176426 Mana6%210%Deals 168 to 1508 Lightning Damage26,083,82540,240,771
186628 Mana6%210%Deals 189 to 1705 Lightning Damage62,620,24766,324,596
196828 Mana6%210%Deals 214 to 1927 Lightning Damage211,708,088128,944,843
207029 Mana6%220%Deals 242 to 2176 Lightning Damage—340,652,931
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217230 Mana6%220%Deals 273 to 2456 Lightning Damage——
227430 Mana6%220%Deals 308 to 2770 Lightning Damage——
237631 Mana6%220%Deals 347 to 3123 Lightning Damage——
247831 Mana6%220%Deals 391 to 3519 Lightning Damage——
258033 Mana6%220%Deals 440 to 3963 Lightning Damage——
268233 Mana6%220%Deals 496 to 4460 Lightning Damage——
278434 Mana6%220%Deals 558 to 5018 Lightning Damage——
288634 Mana6%220%Deals 627 to 5643 Lightning Damage——
298835 Mana6%220%Deals 705 to 6342 Lightning Damage——
309035 Mana6%220%Deals 792 to 7126 Lightning Damage——
319135 Mana6%220%Deals 839 to 7552 Lightning Damage——
329236 Mana6%220%Deals 889 to 8003 Lightning Damage——
339336 Mana6%220%Deals 942 to 8480 Lightning Damage——
349436 Mana6%220%Deals 998 to 8985 Lightning Damage——
359536 Mana6%220%Deals 1058 to 9519 Lightning Damage——
369638 Mana6%220%Deals 1120 to 10083 Lightning Damage——
379738 Mana6%220%Deals 1187 to 10681 Lightning Damage——
389838 Mana6%220%Deals 1257 to 11312 Lightning Damage——
399938 Mana6%220%Deals 1331 to 11980 Lightning Damage——
4010039 Mana6%220%Deals 1410 to 12686 Lightning Damage——

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%+2.5% to Maximum Effect of Shock
10%+5% to Maximum Effect of Shock
15%+7.5% to Maximum Effect of Shock
20%+10% to Maximum Effect of Shock
23%+11.5% to Maximum Effect of Shock
30%+15% to Maximum Effect of Shock

Alternate effects 3

Rift Worm Shock Nova Effect

Your Shock Nova becomes a nova of purple rift worms.

Stormcult Shock Nova Effect

Your Shock Nova becomes a Stormcult Effect.

Temporal Shock Nova Effect

Your Shock Nova becomes a Temporal Effect.

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