Lightning Tendrils

Lightning TendrilsSpell, AoE, Lightning, Channelling
Radius: 22
Mana Cost: (2-7)
Cast Time: 0.23 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Damage Effectiveness: 35%While you channel this skill, it releases pulses of electrical energy, dealing lightning damage in a semicircular area in front of you.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Lightning DamageDeals (1-29) to (3-552) Lightning Damage
Stronger Pulses deal 50% more Damage with Hits and Ailments
Releases a Stronger Pulse every 4 Pulses
+(0-6) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 5Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

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

Lightning Tendrils is a channelled spell that releases surges of lightning damage from your hands in quick succession, damaging enemies in a semicircular area in front of you.

Skill functions and interactions

Area of Effect: Lightning Tendrils deals Area Damage in a semicircular arc with a base radius of 22 units. Modifiers such as increased Area of Effect will affect the radius of the cone but not the angle.

Channelled Skill: As of Version 3.1.0 Lightning Tendrils is now a channelled skill. It can no longer be linked to Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
Icon: k
Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, or skills which reserve mana.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills Repeat an additional time
Supported Skills have (51-70)% more Cast Speed
Supported Skills deal 10% less DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. as of Version 3.1.0b.

Trigger Gems: Similarly to IncinerateIncinerateSpell, Fire, Channelling, AoE
Mana Cost: (3-5)
Cast Time: 0.20 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Damage Effectiveness: 30%Requires Level 12Continuously launches a torrent of fire from your hand, repeatedly damaging enemies. As you channel this spell longer, the flames spread wider close to you and spread longer directly in front of you. When you stop channelling you release a wave of fire damage over a wide and long area that will apply a powerful Ignite.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Fire DamageDeals (3-129) to (4-194) Fire Damage
8 maximum stages
Final wave deals 500% more Damage with Ignite
Final wave deals 500% more Damage with Hits
25% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each stage
+4 to radius per stage, up to +15
100% increased angle per stage, up to 300%
Final wave always IgnitesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., FlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
Mana Cost: (3-6)
Cast Time: 0.20 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Damage Effectiveness: 50%Requires Level 28Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. The longer you channel, the larger the area of effect and damage of the explosion, up to 10 stages.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased DamageDeals (32-241) to (48-362) Fire Damage
110% more Spell Damage for each stage
90% more Damage with Ailments for each stage
+5% chance to Ignite for each StagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and other channelled skills, Lightning Tendrils cannot be supported by trigger gems like Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
Icon: !
Can store 1 use(s)
Cooldown Time: 0.25 secRequires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills that reserve mana cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageTrigger Supported Spells when you take a total of (528-3272) Damage
Supported Skills deal (-70-6)% more Damage
This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower
You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directlyThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
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Mana Multiplier: 140%
Can store 1 use(s)
Cooldown Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills that reserve mana cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 1% increased Critical Strike ChanceSupported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
Supported Skills deal (20-39)% more Spell Damage
You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directlyThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.. It also cannot be supported by Remote Mine SupportRemote Mine SupportSupport, Mine
Icon: Y
Mana Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will place a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Mine Laying SpeedPlaces a Remote Mine which uses the Supported Skill when detonated
Mine lasts 16 seconds
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Mine Damage
Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee WeaponsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Trap SupportTrap SupportSupport, Trap
Icon: T
Mana Multiplier: 110%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Trap Throwing SpeedTrap lasts 4 seconds
Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
Supported Skills have (0-10)% increased Trap Throwing SpeedThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.. The only Trigger Gem which will interact with it is Cast while Channelling SupportCast while Channelling SupportSupport, Channelling, Spell
Icon: W
Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills that reserve mana cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageTrigger a Supported Spell every (0.45-0.35) seconds while Channelling Supported Skills
You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directly
Supported Triggered Spells deal (0-9)% more DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Lightning Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	2	1 to 3	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	2	1 to 4	N/A	70	70
3	4	16	2	1 to 5	1	308	378
4	7	22	3	1 to 7	1	1,554	1,932
5	11	31	3	1 to 10	1	6,667	8,599
6	16	41	3	1 to 16	2	26,047	34,646
7	20	50	3	1 to 22	2	49,725	84,371
8	24	58	4	2 to 30	2	95,714	180,085
9	28	67	4	2 to 40	3	169,595	349,680
10	32	75	4	3 to 53	3	283,759	633,439
11	36	83	5	4 to 70	3	453,996	1,087,435
12	40	92	5	5 to 91	4	703,128	1,790,563
13	44	100	5	6 to 117	4	1,061,223	2,851,786
14	48	109	6	8 to 150	4	2,065,870	4,917,656
15	52	117	6	10 to 192	5	2,507,110	7,424,766
16	56	125	6	13 to 244	5	5,798,936	13,223,702
17	60	134	6	16 to 309	5	15,083,919	28,307,621
18	64	142	7	21 to 391	6	27,792,735	56,100,356
19	67	148	7	24 to 465	6	43,869,739	99,970,095
20	70	155	7	29 to 552	6	242,081,556	342,051,651
21	72	159	7	33 to 618	7	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	7	36 to 692	7	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	7	41 to 775	7	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	7	46 to 866	8	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	8	51 to 969	8	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	8	57 to 1082	8	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	8	64 to 1209	9	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	8	71 to 1350	9	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	8	79 to 1506	9	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	8	88 to 1680	10	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	9	93 to 1774	10	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	9	99 to 1873	10	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	10	104 to 1977	10	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	10	110 to 2087	10	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	10	116 to 2203	10	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	10	122 to 2326	11	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	10	129 to 2454	11	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	11	136 to 2590	11	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	11	144 to 2733	11	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	11	152 to 2884	11	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Quest reward

This skill is given as quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓

Vendor reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate 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 Lightning Tendrils.

Name		Stats
EnchantmentLightningTendrilsCriticalStrikeChance1	66	40% increased Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance
EnchantmentLightningTendrilsCriticalStrikeChance2	75	60% increased Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance
EnchantmentLightningTendrilsDamage1	66	25% increased Lightning Tendrils Damage
EnchantmentLightningTendrilsDamage2	75	40% increased Lightning Tendrils Damage
EnchantmentLightningTendrilsRadius1_	66	8% increased Lightning Tendrils Area of Effect
EnchantmentLightningTendrilsRadius2	75	12% increased Lightning Tendrils Area of Effect

Version history

Version	Changes
3.1.0	Lightning Tendrils has been reworked. It is now a channelled skill, and deals more damage on every 4th pulse. It has also received a visual overhaul. The new version hits slightly less frequently than previously, but has higher sustained damage overall.
2.6.0	Lightning Tendrils gains 1 additional unit of radius every 3 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by around 20% at all levels.
2.0.0	Damage reduced by 25% and area of effect reduced by 18% (from 26 to 22). Critical Strike Chance increased from 5% to 6%.
1.2.4	Lightning Tendrils has been added to the game