Fireball

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"Tapping into the chaotic, hungry elemental force of fire, the caster sends a roaring ball of flame hurling at the target. This searing projectile flies unerringly outward, impacting with tremendous force, and burning not only the target, but adjacent foes as well. Skilled wielders of flame can ignite the enemy, causing them to burn for additional damage. A master of the fireball lays waste to all who beset him, reducing his enemies to cinders."

— Description on the official Path of Exile website

Skill Functions and Interactions

Area of Effect: The radius of the explosion caused by collision (with either an enemy or a terrain obstruction) is affected by all AoE increases. Full spell damage is done to any enemy in range of the explosion.

Piercing: A fireball that pierces an enemy and hits another enemy will only cause the AoE damage effect on the last enemy struck. Any enemies hit by the projectile which successfully pierce or fork will take full spell damage but the projectile won't explode.

Gem level progression

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 1 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 5 || 5–10 || 70 |- ! 2 | 2 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 6 || 7–11 || 308 |- ! 3 | 4 || 16 || 7 || 9–14 || 2,560 |- ! 4 | 8 || 25 || 8 || 13–19 || 8,813 |- ! 5 | 12 || 33 || 10 || 17–25 || 22,895 |- ! 6 | 16 || 41 || 11 || 23–34 || 68,427 |- ! 7 | 21 || 52 || 13 || 32–48 || 150,439 |- ! 8 | 26 || 62 || 15 || 44–67 || 581,328 |- ! 9 | 32 || 75 || 18 || 63–95 || 566,989 |- ! 10 | 38 || 88 || 20 || 89–133 || 1,143,783 |- ! 11 | 42 || 96 || 22 || 110–165 || 1,426,490 |- ! 12 | 46 || 104 || 23 || 135–203 || 2,737,323 |- ! 13 | 49 || 111 || 25 || 157–236 || 3,289,072 |- ! 14 | 52 || 117 || 26 || 183–274 || 3,351,223 |- ! 15 | 55 || 123 || 27 || 212–318 || 9,936,267 |- ! 16 | 58 || 130 || 28 || 245–368 || 21,346,397 |- ! 17 | 61 || 136 || 29 || 283–425 || 50,694,186 |- ! 18 | 64 || 142 || 30 || 326–489 || 90,050,815 |- ! 19 | 66 || 146 || 31 || 358–537 || 147,034,823 |- ! 20 | 68 || 151 || 32 || 393–590 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 21 | 68 || 151 || 33 || 431–647 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 68 || 151 || 34 || 472–709 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | 68 || 151 || 35 || 518–776 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 24 | 68 || 151 || 36 || 567–850 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 25 | 68 || 151 || 37 || 620–930 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 26 | 68 || 151 || 38 || 678–1017 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 27 | 68 || 151 || 39 || 741–1111 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 28 | 68 || 151 || 40 || 809–1214 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 29 | 68 || 151 || 41 || 884–1326 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 30 | 68 || 151 || 42 || 965–1447 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}

Quest reward

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Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Dragon Fireball EffectDragon Fireball EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Fireball becomes a flaming dragon whelp skeleton that explodes on impact	90	Replaces the standard effect on a Fireball gem with a flying, burning dragon. Preview

Version history

Version	Changes
1.1.0	Increased the damage of Fireball at low and high levels.
1.0.4	The area of effect has been increased by 12%. Damage has been increased at all levels (by around 20% at level one and around 23% at level 15).
0.10.0	Damage progression increased - now 14% increased by level 15.
0.9.12s	Damage progression increased. By skill level 15, it's doing 16% more damage than before.
0.9.7b	Increased the damage at higher levels.
0.9.7	The damage has been increased.
0.9.6	Increased the damage.
0.9.5g	Increased the Critical Strike chance.
0.9.3c	Reduced damage by 5%.
0.9.2	Fireball splash damage is now centered on the monster itself, rather than the point of impact (which was in front of the monster). Increased Fireball's splash Area of Effect. Increased its damage by 23%.