Lightning Spells

Charged Bolt

Description: Creates multiple, randomly directed bolts of electrical energy.

Required Level: 1

Prerequisites: None

slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Lightning Damage:	2-4	2-4	3-5	3-5	4-6	4-6	5-7	5-7	6-9	7-10	8-12	9-13	10-15	11-16	12-18	13-19	16-25	19-31	22-37	25-43
Number of Bolts:	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13
Mana Cost:	3	3.5	4	4.5	5	5.5	6	6.5	7	7.5	8	8.5	9	9.5	10	10.5	11	11.5	12	12.5

Synergies:

Lightning Surge: +8% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Chain Lightning: +8% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Lightning Mastery

Patch Notes:

Projectile speed slowed at level 1 and increases with additional levels. (Jade #16)

Number of bolts changed from +1 each level to +1 every second level. (Edenite #12)

Compared with Vanilla D2, damage scaling increased moderately and added synergy from Chain Lightning. (Bedrock #1-hidden)

Static Field

Description: Creates an electrical field that reduces life of all nearby enemies.

Required Level: 6

Prerequisites: None

Deals 20% of remaining enemy life
Maximum Efficacy: 25%(N) / 50%(NM) / 75%(H) of maximum enemy life
slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Radius (y):	3.3	4	4.6	5.3	6	6.6	7.3	8	8.6	9.3	10	10.6	11.3	12	12.6	13.3	14	14.6	15.3	16
Mana Cost: 9

Synergies: None.

Patch Notes:

No longer reduces enemy life beyond (% of maximum): Normal 25% (was 0%), Nightmare 50% (was 33%) and Hell 75% (was 50%). (Kyanite #11)

Damage decreased from 25% to 20% of enemy life per cast. (Bedrock #1)

Telekinesis

Description: Uses the power of your mind to pick up items, use objects, and knockback enemies.

Required Level: 6

Prerequisites: None

Knockback
Skill Level	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45
Maximum lightning Damage: (Min dmg is equal to skill level.)	26	27	28	29	389	749	1109	1469	1829	2189	2549	2909	3269	3629	3989	4349	4709	5069	5429	5789	6149
Mana Cost: 7

Synergies:

Lightning Mastery

Patch Notes:

Compared with Vanilla D2, damage scaling at higher levels increased drastically. (Bedrock #1-hidden)

Nova

Description: Creates an expanding ring of lightning to shock nearby enemies.

Required Level: 12

Prerequisites: Static Field

slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Lightning Damage:	1-40	1-60	1-80	1-100	1-120	1-140	1-160	1-180	6-220	11-260	16-300	21-340	26-380	31-420	36-460	41-500	51-560	61-620	71-680	81-740
Mana Cost:	15	15.5	16	16.5	17	17.5	18	18.5	19	19.5	20	20.5	21	21.5	22	22.5	23	23.5	24	24.5

Synergies:

Discharge: +3% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Lightning Mastery

Patch Notes:

Nova mana cost per level lowered from 1 to 0.5. (Flint #18)

Discharge synergy reduced from +4% to +3% Lightning damage per level. (Graphite #15)

Damage scaling at level 28+ reduced slightly. (Graphite #15)

Discharge synergy decreased from +7% to +4% lightning damage per level. (Titanium #13)

Damage scaling at level 23+ reduced slightly. (Titanium #13)

Discharge synergy increased. (Beryl #7)

Compared with Vanilla D2, damage scaling increased drastically.
Added Discharge as a synergy. (Bedrock #1-hidden)

Lightning Surge

(Renamed from Lightning) Skill description: Creates a powerful lightning bolt to lay waste to your enemies.

Required Level: 12

Prerequisites: Charged Bolt

slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Lightning Damage:	1-195	1-257	1-319	1-382	1-444	1-507	1-569	1-631	1-725	1-819	1-912	1-1006	1-1099	1-1193	1-1287	1-1380	1-1505	1-1630	1-1755	1-1879
Mana Cost:	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27

Synergies:

Charged Bolt: +5% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Chain Lightning: +5% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Lightning Mastery

Patch Notes:

Renamed from 'Lightning' to 'Lightning Surge' to avoid confusion. (Pyrite #8)

Compared with Vanilla D2:
Damage scaling increased drastically.
Nova synergy removed and other synergies decreased slightly.
Mana cost raised moderately. (Bedrock #1-hidden)

Chain Lightning

Description: Creates a bolt of lightning that arcs through several enemies.

Required Level: 18

Prerequisites: Charged Bolt, Lightning Surge

Chains: 3
+1 chain per 5 levels
slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Lightning Damage:	1-169	1-212	1-254	1-296	1-339	1-381	1-424	1-466	1-517	1-568	1-619	1-669	1-720	1-771	1-822	1-873	1-932	1-992	1-1051	1-1110
Mana Cost:	10	11	13	14	16	17	19	20	22	23	25	26	28	29	31	32	34	35	37	38

Synergies:

Charged Bolt: +3% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Lightning Surge: +3% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Lightning Mastery

Patch Notes:

Compared with Vanilla D2, damage scaling increased drastically, removed nova synergy, other synergies decreased slightly. Mana cost raised moderately. (Bedrock #1-hidden)

Teleport

Description: Instantly moves to a destination within your line of sight.

Required Level: 18

Prerequisites: Telekinesis

slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost:	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Mana Drain Reduction:	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38
Minimum mana cost: 12
5% max mana drained per cast

Synergies: None

Patch Notes:

Mana drain reduction per level increased from 1 to 2 mana. (Zincite #19)

Teleport cost lowered to 12 mana at all levels. (Flint #18)

Teleport drains 5% of your maximum mana if the mana is available. (Flint #18)

Teleport mana drain reduces by 1 mana per level. (Flint #18)

Has a minimum mana cost. (Titanium #13)

Mana cost reduction scaling decreased from -1.0 to -0.5 mana per level. (Kyanite #11)

• Mana Drain Examples:

Note that mana drain cannot be reduced below 1.

slvl	max mana	max(max_mana * 0.05 - drain_reduction, 1) + mana_cost	total mana cost
0	1000	max(50 - 0, 1) + 12	62
10	1000	max(50 - 18, 1) + 12	44
20	1000	max(50 - 38, 1) + 12	24
30	1000	max(50 - 58, 1) + 12	13
13	500	max(25 - 24, 1) + 12	13
30	2000	max(100 - 58, 1) + 12	54
40	2000	max(100 - 78, 1) + 12	34

Discharge

Description: Unleashes a burst of electricity all around you.

Required Level: 24

Prerequisites: Static Field, Nova

slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Cooldown:	7.8s	7.6s	7.5s	7.3s	7.2s	7s	6.8s	6.7s	6.5s	6.4s	6.2s	6s	5.9s	5.7s	5.6s	5.4s	5.2s	5.1s	4.9s	4.8s
Lightning Damage:	87-278	103-328	119-378	135-428	151-477	168-527	184-577	200-627	216-677	233-727	249-777	265-827	281-876	298-926	314-976	330-1026	348-1075	365-1124	382-1172	400-1221
Mana Cost:	85	89	93	97	101	105	109	113	117	121	125	129	133	137	141	145	149	153	157	161

Synergies:

Nova: +3% lightning damage per hardpoint

Static Field: +3% lightning damage per hardpoint

Energy: +1% lightning damage per 2 points.

Lightning Mastery

Patch Notes:

Nova synergy decreased from +4% to +3% Lightning damage per level. (Graphite #15)

Damage scaling at levels 17+ reduced slightly. (Graphite #15)

Nova synergy decreased from +5% to +4% Lightning damage per level. (Titanuim #13)

Skill reworked as follows: starting damage reduced, initial cooldown shortened from 10 to 8 seconds, minimum cooldown shortened from 5 to 4 seconds, added synergy from Static Field, synergies decreased from +8% to +5% lightning damage per level and spread rate increased. (Kyanite #11)

Damage scaling at higher levels reduced. (Tanzanite #10)

Nova and Energy synergies decreased. (Tanzanite #10)

New skill added. (Beryl #7)

Thunder Storm

Description: Summons a thunderstorm that periodically blasts a nearby enemy with a bolt of lightning.

Required Level: 24

Prerequisites: Energy Shield, Teleport, Telekinesis, Chain Lightning, Lightning Surge, Charged Bolt

Duration: 6 seconds, +0.4 seconds per level
Base hit delay: 2.8 Seconds
slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Lightning Damage:	1-110	12-121	23-132	34-143	45-154	56-165	67-176	78-187	89-198	100-209	111-220	122-231	133-242	144-253	155-264	166-275	178-287	190-299	202-311	214-323
Mana Cost:	18	18.5	19	19.5	20	20.5	21	21.5	22	22.5	23	23.5	24	24.5	25	25.5	26	26.5	27	27.5

Synergies:

Teleport: -0.12 Seconds hit delay per level

Telekinesis: +20% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Lightning Surge: +20% Lightning damage per hardpoint

Lightning Mastery

Patch Notes:

Added synergy from Lightning Surge. (Jade #16)

Telekinesis synergy increased from +10% to +20% Lightning damage per level. (Jade #16)

Skill re-introduced with significant changes as follows: base hit delay lengthened and now scales down with new synergy from Teleport, added lightning damage synergies from Telekinesis and Lightning Surge, damage per level decreased accordingly. (Graphite #15)

Energy Shield

Description: Creates a magical shield that consumes mana instead of life when you take damage.

Required Level: 24

Prerequisites: Charged Bolt, Telekinesis, Lightning Surge, Chain Lightning, Teleport

Duration: 144 seconds, +60 seconds per level
Base Efficiency: 10%
Maximum Absorption: 85%
slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Absorbs:	12%	17%	22%	27%	32%	37%	42%	47%	49%	51%	53%	55%	57%	59%	61%	63%	64%	65%	66%	67%	68%	69%	70%	71%	72%	73%	74%	75%	76%	77%
Mana Cost: 5

Synergies:

Telekinesis: +4% Efficiency per point

Note: If you have 0 mana, Energy Shield goes off and needs to be recast.

Patch Notes:

Base efficiency increased from 0% to 10%. (Jade #16)

Telekinesis' efficency synergy decreased from 5% to 4%. (Jade #16)

Initial absorb decreased from 15% to 12%. (Titanium #13)

Maximum absorb decreased from 90% to 85%. (Edenite #12)

0% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is doubled (100%)

10% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is increased by 85.5%

20% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is increased by 75%

40% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is increased by 50%

60% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is increased by 25%

80% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is neither increased nor decreased

85% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is decreased by 6.25%

86% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is reduced by 7.5%

90% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is reduced by 12.5%

100% Efficiency = all damage absorbed to mana is reduced by 25%

Note: Highest possible efficiency % in vanilla is 100% and in PoD it's currently 86%.

Lightning Mastery

Description: Passive - Increases the damage of your lightning attacks by piercing enemies' resistance to lightning.

Required Level: 30

Prerequisites: None

slvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Lightning Pierce:	+1%	+2%	+3%	+4%	+5%	+6%	+7%	+8%	+9%	+10%	+11%	+12%	+13%	+14%	+15%	+16%	+17%	+18%	+19%	+20%
Lightning Damage:	+2%	+6%	+10%	+14%	+18%	+22%	+26%	+30%	+34%	+38%	+42%	+46%	+50%	+54%	+58%	+62%	+66%	+70%	+74%	+78%

Synergies: None

Patch Notes:

Damage scaling increased. (Kyanite #11)

Damage scaling increased and pierce scaling reduced. (Tanzanite #10)

Re-added lightning damage with scaling reduced greatly. (Obsidian #6)

Skill reworked as follows: lightning damage changed to lightning pierce with scaling reduced greatly. (Granite #3)