Flame Surge

Flame SurgeSpell, AoE, Fire
Radius: 30
Mana Cost: (5-15)
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Damage Effectiveness: 120%Requires Level 12Strikes enemies in front of you with a surge of flame. Burning enemies are dealt more damage.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Cast SpeedDeals (21-514) to (31-771) Fire Damage
(50-88)% more Damage with Hits against Burning enemies
Cannot IgnitePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 12Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Transmutation

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFlameWhip

Flame Surge is a spell that deals fire damage in narrow area of effect in front of caster. It deals more damage against burning enemies.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Area of Effect: Flame Surge fires a wave of flame in a very narrow cone, increasing the area of effect radius will increase the effective range of the skill.

Damage Bonus: All sources of burning enable the damage bonus. These include ignite, burning ground, Herald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration
Radius: 10
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Per 1% Quality:
0.75% increased Fire DamageGain 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
(9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage
(0-38)% more Burning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Searing BondSearing BondTotem, Spell, Fire
Mana Cost: (18-51)
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 12Summons a totem that casts a beam of fire at you and each other totem you control, dealing burning damage to enemies caught in the beam. Enemies near either end of a beam also suffer burning damage.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased totem lifeTotem lasts 8 seconds
Deals (23.6-1755.6) Base Fire Damage per second
+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
Summons a Totem which uses the Supported SkillPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Righteous FireRighteous FireSpell, AoE, Fire
Radius: 18
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 0.30 secRequires Level 16Engulfs you in magical fire that rapidly burns you and nearby enemies. Your spell damage is substantially increased while under this effect. The effect ends when you have 1 life remaining.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Spell DamageGrants (20-39)% more Spell Damage
Enemies Burn for 40% of your maximum Life per second as Fire Damage
You Burn for 90% of your maximum Life per second as Fire Damage
Enemies Burn for 40% of your maximum Energy Shield per second as Fire Damage
You Burn for 70% of your maximum Energy Shield per second as Fire Damage
+(0-5) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Scorching RayScorching RaySpell, Fire, Duration, Channelling
Mana Cost: (4-10)
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 12Unleash a beam of fire that burns enemies it touches, and decreases their fire resistance. Remaining in the beam intensifies the burning, adding a portion of the beam's damage in stages. Enemies who leave the beam continue to burn for a duration. Increasing cast speed also increases the rate at which the beam can turn.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased beam lengthDeals (8.2-388.3) Base Fire Damage per second
Base duration is 1.5 seconds
Additional Debuff stages add 60% of Damage
Burning Debuff can have a maximum of 8 stages
Debuff applies -3% Fire Resistance per stage
Total Fire Resistance penalty from all Beams cannot exceed -24%
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Fire Damage	More Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	5	21 to 31	50%	0	0
2	15	39	6	26 to 39	52%	15,249	15,249
3	19	48	6	35 to 52	54%	41,517	56,766
4	23	56	7	45 to 67	56%	81,983	138,749
5	27	64	7	57 to 86	58%	147,968	286,717
6	31	73	8	73 to 109	60%	250,557	537,274
7	35	81	9	91 to 137	62%	405,086	942,360
8	38	88	9	107 to 161	64%	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	94	10	126 to 189	66%	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	100	10	147 to 221	68%	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	106	11	171 to 257	70%	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	113	12	199 to 299	72%	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	119	12	231 to 346	74%	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	125	13	267 to 401	76%	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	132	13	308 to 462	78%	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	138	13	355 to 533	80%	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	142	13	390 to 585	82%	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	146	14	428 to 642	84%	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	151	15	469 to 703	86%	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	155	15	514 to 771	88%	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	159	15	563 to 844	90%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	15	616 to 923	92%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	16	673 to 1010	94%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	16	736 to 1104	96%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	17	804 to 1206	98%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	18	878 to 1317	100%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	18	958 to 1437	102%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	18	1045 to 1567	104%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	18	1139 to 1709	106%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	19	1242 to 1863	108%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	20	1296 to 1945	108%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	20	1353 to 2030	110%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	21	1412 to 2118	110%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	21	1474 to 2211	112%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	22	1538 to 2307	112%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	22	1604 to 2407	114%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	23	1674 to 2511	114%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	23	1746 to 2619	116%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	24	1821 to 2732	116%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	24	1900 to 2850	118%	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Flame Surge.

Name		Stats
EnchantmentFlameSurgeCriticalStrikeChance1	66	60% increased Flame Surge Critical Strike Chance
EnchantmentFlameSurgeCriticalStrikeChance2_	75	90% increased Flame Surge Critical Strike Chance
EnchantmentFlameSurgeDamage1	66	25% increased Flame Surge Damage
EnchantmentFlameSurgeDamage2	75	40% increased Flame Surge Damage
EnchantmentFlameSurgeVsBurningEnemies1	66	40% increased Flame Surge Damage against Burning Enemies
EnchantmentFlameSurgeVsBurningEnemies2_	75	60% increased Flame Surge Damage against Burning Enemies

Version history

Version	Changes
3.3.0	Now deals even more damage with hits against burning enemies as the gem levels up, up to 88% more at gem level 20 (up from 50% at all levels.) Now has an added damage effectiveness of 120% (up from 100%)
2.6.0	Mana cost reduced approximately by 40% at all Levels.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by around 20% at all levels.
2.0.0	Surge width increased by 20% (10 to 12). Cast time reduced to 500ms from 800ms. Damage reduced by 25% to compensate for the cast speed increase.
1.2.0	We have increased the width of the Flame Surge area of effect.
1.1.4	Introduced to the game.