This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 5 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.
PoE2 skill gem
Galvanic Shards
Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. These fragments can Merge.
Catalog version 0.5.4d
No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.
Effects
8 effectsAmmunition
- 1 Bolt loaded per clip
Projectile
- Rapidly fire charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. Can fire a limited number of bursts before needing to reload. These fragments can Merge.
- Cost: 0 Mana
- Attack Damage: (15-54)% of base
- Projectile Speed: 50 metres per Second
- Converts 60% of Physical damage to Lightning damage
- Fires 8 fragments per shot
Requirements and restrictions
2 requirement groupsSource requirement text
Requires: Level (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Dex
Requires: Crossbows
Gem level progression
40 levels| Level | Requires Level | Str | Dex | Mana | Base Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 15%, 75% |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 16%, 82% |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 18%, 91% |
| 4 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 20%, 99% |
| 5 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 21%, 107% |
| 6 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 23%, 116% |
| 7 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 25%, 125% |
| 8 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 27%, 133% |
| 9 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 17 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 28%, 140% |
| 10 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 30%, 148% |
| 11 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 21 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 31%, 157% |
| 12 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 23 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 33%, 166% |
| 13 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 25 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 35%, 176% |
| 14 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 27 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 37%, 187% |
| 15 | 64 | 62 | 62 | 30 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 40%, 198% |
| 16 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 32 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 42%, 211% |
| 17 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 35 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 45%, 224% |
| 18 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 38 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 48%, 239% |
| 19 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 41 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 51%, 255% |
| 20 | 90 | 86 | 86 | 44 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 54%, 272% |
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
| Level | Requires Level | Str | Dex | Mana | Base Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 48 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 58%, 290% |
| 22 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 52 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 62%, 309% |
| 23 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 56 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 66%, 330% |
| 24 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 60 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 70%, 352% |
| 25 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 64 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 75%, 375% |
| 26 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 69 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 80%, 400% |
| 27 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 74 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 85%, 427% |
| 28 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 80 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 91%, 455% |
| 29 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 85 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 97%, 485% |
| 30 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 91 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 104%, 518% |
| 31 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 98 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 110%, 552% |
| 32 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 104 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 118%, 589% |
| 33 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 112 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 126%, 628% |
| 34 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 119 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 134%, 670% |
| 35 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 127 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 143%, 715% |
| 36 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 136 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 152%, 762% |
| 37 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 145 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 163%, 813% |
| 38 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 154 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 173%, 867% |
| 39 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 164 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 185%, 925% |
| 40 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 175 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 197%, 987% |
Quality effects
3 effectsAmmunition standard quality
- +(0-2) Bolts loaded per clip
Projectile standard quality
- Fires (0-2) fragments per shot
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.
- +2 Bolts loaded per clipQuality scaling: +(0-2) Bolts loaded per clip
Recommended support gems
15 supportsRecommendation tier 1
Recommendation tier 2
Recommendation tier 3
Recommendation tier 4
Compatible support gems
214 source recordsShow 191 more compatible gems
Compatibility rules
Active Type: CrossbowAmmoSkill, ReservesManually, Attack, UsableWhileMoving
Acquisition
1 sources- Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 5
How to engrave this skill
1 categoryVaal Orb outcomes
4 outcomes / 0 enchantmentsVaal Orb can corrupt Galvanic Shards. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.
Patch history
2 changesGalvanic Shards: Ammunition no longer has 50% less Reload Speed, and now has 1 Bolt loaded per clip (previously 5). Projectile Attack Damage is now 21-54% at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 14-31%), while the Beam Attack Damage is 107-272% (previously 71-156%). Now Fires 8 fragments per shot (previously 6), and has a Mana Cost of 10-48 at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 13-61). Quality now provides Fires +0-2 fragments per shot, instead of +0-2 Bolts loaded per clip.
Galvanic Shards now converts 60% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage (previously 40%).
