PoE Ref

Overview

Calls lightning down to infuse your weapon, then performs a melee attack and causes lightning to strike nearby enemies, dealing damage in an area. Hitting an enemy grants an aura for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Properties

Gem type
Vaal
Colour
Red
Attribute
Strength
Drop level
1
Cast time
1 sec

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

  • Base radius is 1.5 metres
  • Base Aura radius is 3.6 metres
  • Lightning strikes 30 targets within 10 metres
  • Aura makes Smite strike +1 target with lightning
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  • Base duration is 8 seconds
  • Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
  • Can't be Evaded
  • Aura grants 1 to 7 added Lightning Damage
  • Aura grants 10% chance to Shock
At 20% quality

+10% more Area Damage

Related gem versions 2

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

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Melee, Attack, Area, Duration, Damage, Melee Single Target, Aura, Buff, Lightning, Vaal, Never Exertable
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 115

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportFaster Attacks SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportAdditional Accuracy SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportMana Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportItem Rarity SupportConcentrated Effect SupportMore Duration SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Damage with Attacks SupportBloodlust SupportLife Gain on Hit SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportDamage on Full Life SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportMelee Splash SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCast on Melee Kill SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportLess Duration SupportGenerosity 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 SupportSummon Phantasm SupportWithering Touch SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportClose Combat SupportShockwave SupportImpale SupportPulverise SupportRage SupportNightblade SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Generosity SupportAwakened Melee Physical Damage SupportAwakened Melee Splash SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Cast On Critical Strike 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 SupportTrinity SupportBloodthirst SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportBehead SupportOvercharge SupportPrismatic Burst SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportControlled Blaze SupportVolatility SupportRupture SupportCull the Weak SupportVoid Shockwave SupportGreater Devour SupportUnholy Trinity SupportWindburst SupportLiving Lightning SupportExcommunicate SupportHallow Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelVaal soulsSoul gain preventionDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
11206 sec345%Aura grants 1 to 7 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 10% chance to Shock700
22206 sec359.5%Aura grants 1 to 7 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 10% chance to Shock30870
34206 sec374.6%Base radius is 0.1 metres Base secondary radius is 0.1 metres Aura grants 1 to 9 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 11% chance to Shock1,554378
47206 sec390.3%Base radius is 0.1 metres Base secondary radius is 0.1 metres Aura grants 1 to 12 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 11% chance to Shock6,6671,932
511206 sec406.7%Base radius is 0.1 metres Base secondary radius is 0.1 metres Aura grants 1 to 17 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 12% chance to Shock26,0478,599
616206 sec423.8%Base radius is 0.2 metres Base secondary radius is 0.2 metres Aura grants 1 to 24 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 12% chance to Shock49,72534,646
720206 sec441.6%Base radius is 0.2 metres Base secondary radius is 0.2 metres Aura grants 2 to 31 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 13% chance to Shock95,71484,371
824206 sec460.1%Base radius is 0.2 metres Base secondary radius is 0.2 metres Aura grants 2 to 39 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 13% chance to Shock169,595180,085
928206 sec479.5%Base radius is 0.3 metres Base secondary radius is 0.3 metres Aura grants 3 to 49 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 14% chance to Shock283,759349,680
1032206 sec499.6%Base radius is 0.3 metres Base secondary radius is 0.3 metres Aura grants 3 to 61 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 14% chance to Shock453,996633,439
1136206 sec520.6%Base radius is 0.3 metres Base secondary radius is 0.3 metres Aura grants 4 to 74 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 15% chance to Shock703,1281,087,435
1240206 sec542.5%Base radius is 0.4 metres Base secondary radius is 0.4 metres Aura grants 5 to 90 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 15% chance to Shock1,061,2231,790,563
1344206 sec565.2%Base radius is 0.4 metres Base secondary radius is 0.4 metres Aura grants 6 to 109 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 16% chance to Shock2,065,8702,851,786
1448206 sec589%Base radius is 0.4 metres Base secondary radius is 0.4 metres Aura grants 7 to 130 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 16% chance to Shock2,507,1104,917,656
1552206 sec613.7%Base radius is 0.5 metres Base secondary radius is 0.5 metres Aura grants 8 to 156 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 17% chance to Shock5,798,9367,424,766
1656206 sec639.5%Base radius is 0.5 metres Base secondary radius is 0.5 metres Aura grants 10 to 185 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 17% chance to Shock15,083,91913,223,702
1760206 sec666.4%Base radius is 0.5 metres Base secondary radius is 0.5 metres Aura grants 12 to 219 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 18% chance to Shock27,792,73528,307,621
1864206 sec694.3%Base radius is 0.6 metres Base secondary radius is 0.6 metres Aura grants 14 to 259 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 18% chance to Shock43,869,73956,100,356
1967206 sec723.5%Base radius is 0.6 metres Base secondary radius is 0.6 metres Aura grants 15 to 293 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 19% chance to Shock242,081,55699,970,095
2070206 sec753.9%Base radius is 0.6 metres Base secondary radius is 0.6 metres Aura grants 17 to 330 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 19% chance to Shock—342,051,651
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelVaal soulsSoul gain preventionDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
2172206 sec785.5%Base radius is 0.7 metres Base secondary radius is 0.7 metres Aura grants 19 to 358 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 20% chance to Shock——
2274206 sec818.5%Base radius is 0.7 metres Base secondary radius is 0.7 metres Aura grants 20 to 387 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 20% chance to Shock——
2376206 sec852.9%Base radius is 0.7 metres Base secondary radius is 0.7 metres Aura grants 22 to 419 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 21% chance to Shock——
2478206 sec888.7%Base radius is 0.8 metres Base secondary radius is 0.8 metres Aura grants 24 to 453 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 21% chance to Shock——
2580206 sec926.1%Base radius is 0.8 metres Base secondary radius is 0.8 metres Aura grants 26 to 490 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 22% chance to Shock——
2682206 sec965%Base radius is 0.8 metres Base secondary radius is 0.8 metres Aura grants 28 to 529 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 22% chance to Shock——
2784206 sec1005.5%Base radius is 0.8 metres Base secondary radius is 0.8 metres Aura grants 30 to 572 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 23% chance to Shock——
2886206 sec1047.7%Base radius is 0.9 metres Base secondary radius is 0.9 metres Aura grants 32 to 617 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 23% chance to Shock——
2988206 sec1091.7%Base radius is 0.9 metres Base secondary radius is 0.9 metres Aura grants 35 to 666 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 24% chance to Shock——
3090206 sec1137.6%Base radius is 0.9 metres Base secondary radius is 0.9 metres Aura grants 38 to 718 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 24% chance to Shock——
3191206 sec1210.3%Base radius is 1 metre Base secondary radius is 1 metre Aura grants 39 to 745 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 24% chance to Shock——
3292206 sec1235.7%Base radius is 1 metre Base secondary radius is 1 metre Aura grants 41 to 774 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 25% chance to Shock——
3393206 sec1261.6%Base radius is 1 metre Base secondary radius is 1 metre Aura grants 42 to 803 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 25% chance to Shock——
3494206 sec1288.1%Base radius is 1 metre Base secondary radius is 1 metre Aura grants 44 to 834 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 25% chance to Shock——
3595206 sec1315.2%Base radius is 1 metre Base secondary radius is 1 metre Aura grants 46 to 865 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 25% chance to Shock——
3696206 sec1342.8%Base radius is 1 metre Base secondary radius is 1 metre Aura grants 47 to 898 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 26% chance to Shock——
3797206 sec1371%Base radius is 1.1 metres Base secondary radius is 1.1 metres Aura grants 49 to 932 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 26% chance to Shock——
3898206 sec1399.8%Base radius is 1.1 metres Base secondary radius is 1.1 metres Aura grants 51 to 967 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 26% chance to Shock——
3999206 sec1429.2%Base radius is 1.1 metres Base secondary radius is 1.1 metres Aura grants 53 to 1003 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 26% chance to Shock——
40100206 sec1459.2%Base radius is 1.1 metres Base secondary radius is 1.1 metres Aura grants 55 to 1041 added Lightning Damage Aura grants 27% chance to Shock——

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% more Area Damage
10%+5% more Area Damage
15%+7.5% more Area Damage
20%+10% more Area Damage
23%+11.5% more Area Damage
30%+15% more Area Damage

Alternate effects 2

Valkyrie Smite Effect

Your Smite becomes a Valkyrie Effect.

Annihilation Smite Effect

Your Smite becomes an Annihilation Effect.

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