Lightning Spells

Charged Bolt

Description: Creates multiple, randomly directed bolts of electrical energy Required Level: 1 Prerequisites: None

Synergies Bonus to skill Lightning Surge +8% Lightning damage per hardpoint Chain Lightning +8% Lightning damage per hardpoint Lightning Mastery Skill level 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 Version Name Patch Notes #17 Tourmaline Charged Bolt travel speed no longer increases per level. (The listed scaling was not accurate and the documentation on travel speed per level is wrong. I wanted to slow down speeds at higher levels but couldn’t get it to work. Ultimately this achieves the same effect) Older Versions Expand #16 Jade Charged Bolt’s travel speed has been reduced at level 1 and will now increase per level #12 Edenite Charged Bolt now gains an extra bolt every two levels (instead of every level) #1 Bedrock 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 Skill level 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 Skill level 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 Skill level 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 Skill level 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 Skill level 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. Skill level 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 Synergies Bonus to skill Nova +3% lightning damage per hardpoint Static Field +3% lightning damage per hardpoint Energy: +1% lightning damage per 2 energy Lightning Mastery Skill level 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 energy 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 Skill level 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% Skill level 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 hardpoint 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 Skill level 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)