PoE2 skill gem

Ball Lightning

Fire a slow-moving Projectile that moves through enemies. The Projectile itself does not Hit enemies, but repeatedly discharges bolts of Lightning at nearby enemies. Consumes a Fire Infusion if possible to slow down over time, create Ignited Ground as it travels, and explode dealing Fire damage in an Area after it dissipates.

Current series

Relevant updates in 0.5

0.5.0
Related system change

Fixed a bug where Lightning Warp was prioritising selected targets instead of cullable enemies or Ball Lightning projectiles.

Full patch history

Effects

13 effects
  • 375% more chance to Shock
  • Bolts target enemies within 1.8 metres
  • Hits enemies in range every 0.2 seconds

Ball Lightning

  • Deals (1-6) to (4-105) Lightning Damage
  • Hits enemies in range every 0.2 seconds
  • 375% more chance to Shock
  • Bolts target enemies within 1.8 metres

Fire-Infused

Ignited Ground

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Int
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Int

Gem level progression

40 levels
Ball Lightning levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase DamageDeals 1 to 4 Lightning DamageDeals 19 to 29 Fire DamageFire-Infused explosion deals 22 to 33 Fire damage
1049100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 419, 2922, 33
23911100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 526, 3929, 44
361413100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 735, 5340, 60
4102115100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 946, 6853, 79
5142817100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 1257, 8667, 100
6183519100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 1471, 10682, 124
7224122100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 1786, 128100, 151
8264825100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 21102, 153121, 181
9315729100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 24121, 182144, 216
10366533100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1, 28142, 213170, 256
11417437100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%2, 33166, 249200, 300
12468241100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%2, 38193, 289234, 351
13529246100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%2, 44223, 334273, 409
145810351100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%3, 50257, 385317, 475
156411357100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%3, 57295, 442367, 550
166611664100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%3, 64337, 506423, 635
177212671100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 73386, 578488, 732
187813778100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 83440, 660562, 844
198414787100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%5, 93501, 752647, 971
209015796100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6, 105570, 856744, 1116
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Ball Lightning levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase DamageDeals 1 to 4 Lightning DamageDeals 19 to 29 Fire DamageFire-Infused explosion deals 22 to 33 Fire damage
21Not applicableNot applicable106100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6, 118649, 973855, 1282
22Not applicableNot applicable116100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%7, 133737, 1106982, 1472
23Not applicableNot applicable128100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%8, 150838, 12571127, 1691
24Not applicableNot applicable141100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%9, 169951, 14271295, 1942
25Not applicableNot applicable155100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%10, 1891080, 16211487, 2231
26Not applicableNot applicable170100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%11, 2131227, 18401709, 2563
27Not applicableNot applicable186100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%13, 2391393, 20901965, 2947
28Not applicableNot applicable204100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%14, 2681583, 23742260, 3389
29Not applicableNot applicable223100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%16, 3011798, 26982600, 3901
30Not applicableNot applicable244100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%18, 3382044, 30672995, 4492
31Not applicableNot applicable267100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%20, 3802325, 34883452, 5178
32Not applicableNot applicable292100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%22, 4272646, 39693983, 5974
33Not applicableNot applicable319100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%25, 4803013, 45194599, 6898
34Not applicableNot applicable348100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%28, 5393433, 51495316, 7973
35Not applicableNot applicable379100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%32, 6073915, 58726151, 9226
36Not applicableNot applicable413100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%36, 6834467, 67017125, 10688
37Not applicableNot applicable450100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%40, 7695102, 76548263, 12395
38Not applicableNot applicable490100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%46, 8665833, 87509595, 14392
39Not applicableNot applicable533100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%51, 9776675, 1001211155, 16733
40Not applicableNot applicable580100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%58, 11027645, 1146812986, 19478

Quality effects

2 effects

Ball Lightning standard quality

  • Bolts target enemies within +(0-0.4) metres

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Spell, Damage, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Area, Totemable, Trappable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Lightning, Unleashable, AreaSpell, UsableWhileMoving, Sustained, CreatesGroundEffect, Duration

Elemental Infusions

This gem has a direct interaction with the Elemental Infusion mechanic.

1 interaction
ConsumesFire

Consumes: Fire a slow-moving Projectile that moves through enemies. The Projectile itself does not Hit enemies, but repeatedly discharges bolts of Lightning at nearby enemies. Consumes a Fire Infusion if possible to slow down over time, create Ignited Ground as it travels, and explode dealing Fire damage in an Area after it dissipates.

Open Elemental Infusion rules and connected skills

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 11

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Elemental, tier 11

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 11 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Elemental

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Ball Lightning. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
View every corruption outcome and enchantment

Patch history

7 changes
0.2.0f
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Ball Lightning could not be supported by Chain support.

0.1.0
Direct change

Reduced the damage of Ball Lightning Explosions in the Uxmal, the Beastlord Ultimatum boss fight.

0.5.0
Related system change

Fixed a bug where Lightning Warp was prioritising selected targets instead of cullable enemies or Ball Lightning projectiles.

0.4.0
Direct change

Ball Lightning: Now deals 2 to 33 Lightning Damage at Gem level 11 (previously 1 to 19), scaling up to 6 to 105 Lightning Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 4 to 70). Now has 375% more chance to Shock (previously 750%). Fire-Infused Explosion now deals 166 to 249 Fire Damage at Gem level 11 (previously 90 to 135), scaling up to 570 to 856 Fire Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 287 to 431). Ignited Ground now ignites as though dealing 200 to 300 Fire Damage at Gem level 11 (previously 114 to 172), scaling to 744 to 1116 Fire Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 425 to 638).

0.3.0
Direct change

Ball Lightning: Can now consume a Fire Infusion to leave a trail of ignited ground and explode at the end of its travel.

0.2.0
Direct change

Improved Ball Lightning's description to clarify that the ball itself does not hit enemies.

0.2.0
Direct change

Lightning Warp no longer creates Shocked Ground if targeting a Ball Lightning projectile.

Monster skill variants

4 monsters

These monsters use source skill records whose exact name, external key, or reviewed implementation ID resolves to Ball Lightning. Monster-specific values remain on each monster page.

Bahlak, the Sky Seer

Chaos God Owl Boss Ball Lightning

Serpent Shaman

EG Serpent Clan Caster Runemarked Ball Lightning Slow, GS Serpent Clan Caster Runemarked Ball Lightning Impact, MPS Serpent Clan Caster Runemarked Ball Lightning

Surgical Experimentalist

Vaal Stormcaller Ball Lightning

Winged Horror

GPS Winged Creature Ball Lightning, GS Winged Creature Ball Lightning