Ball Lightning

Ball Lightning is a Skill Gem (Intelligence) in Path of Exile 2. It is usable from character level 41 and can be cut from an Uncut Gem of level 11 or higher. Tags: Spell, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Chaining, Repeatable.

Gem level 1

Ball Lightning

Spell, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Chaining, Repeatable

Level: 1

Cost: 9 Mana

Cast Time: 1 sec

Critical Hit Chance: 9%

Fire a slow-moving Projectile that moves through enemies. The Projectile itself does not Hit enemies, but repeatedly discharges bolts of Lightning at nearby enemies. Consumes a Fire Infusion if possible to slow down over time, create Ignited Ground as it travels, and explode dealing Fire damage in an Area after it dissipates.

Bolts target enemies within 1.8 metres

375% more chance to Shock

Hits enemies in range every 0.2 seconds

Deals 1 to 4 Lightning Damage

Fire-Infused

Fire-Infused explosion radius is 2.6 metres

Fire-Infused explosion deals 19 to 29 Fire damage

Ignited Ground

+0.9 metres to Ignited Ground radius

Ignited Ground duration is 4 seconds

Ignites as though dealing 22 to 33 Fire damage

Type: Skill Gems
Attribute: Intelligence
Tags: Spell, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Chaining, Repeatable
Usable from character level: 41
Gemcutting: Uncut Gem level 11 or higher
Gemcutting category: Elemental
Levels: 1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

Bolts target enemies within +0.4 metres

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

-30% more Projectile Speed

Used in builds

None of our builds uses this yet.

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

			Ball Lightning	Fire-Infused	Ignited Ground
Level	Character level	Cost	Deals # to # Lightning Damage	Fire-Infused explosion deals # to # Fire damage	Ignites as though dealing # to # Fire damage
1	–	9 Mana	1–4	19–29	22–33
2	3	11 Mana	1–5	26–39	29–44
3	6	13 Mana	1–7	35–53	40–60
4	10	15 Mana	1–9	46–68	53–79
5	14	17 Mana	1–12	57–86	67–100
6	18	19 Mana	1–14	71–106	82–124
7	22	22 Mana	1–17	86–128	100–151
8	26	25 Mana	1–21	102–153	121–181
9	31	29 Mana	1–24	121–182	144–216
10	36	33 Mana	1–28	142–213	170–256
11	41	37 Mana	2–33	166–249	200–300
12	46	41 Mana	2–38	193–289	234–351
13	52	46 Mana	2–44	223–334	273–409
14	58	51 Mana	3–50	257–385	317–475
15	64	57 Mana	3–57	295–442	367–550
16	66	64 Mana	3–64	337–506	423–635
17	72	71 Mana	4–73	386–578	488–732
18	78	78 Mana	4–83	440–660	562–844
19	84	87 Mana	5–93	501–752	647–971
20	90	96 Mana	6–105	570–856	744–1116

Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)

			Ball Lightning	Fire-Infused	Ignited Ground
Level	Character level	Cost	Deals # to # Lightning Damage	Fire-Infused explosion deals # to # Fire damage	Ignites as though dealing # to # Fire damage
21	–	106 Mana	6–118	649–973	855–1282
22	–	116 Mana	7–133	737–1106	982–1472
23	–	128 Mana	8–150	838–1257	1127–1691
24	–	141 Mana	9–169	951–1427	1295–1942
25	–	155 Mana	10–189	1080–1621	1487–2231
26	–	170 Mana	11–213	1227–1840	1709–2563
27	–	186 Mana	13–239	1393–2090	1965–2947
28	–	204 Mana	14–268	1583–2374	2260–3389
29	–	223 Mana	16–301	1798–2698	2600–3901
30	–	244 Mana	18–338	2044–3067	2995–4492
31	–	267 Mana	20–380	2325–3488	3452–5178
32	–	292 Mana	22–427	2646–3969	3983–5974
33	–	319 Mana	25–480	3013–4519	4599–6898
34	–	348 Mana	28–539	3433–5149	5316–7973
35	–	379 Mana	32–607	3915–5872	6151–9226
36	–	413 Mana	36–683	4467–6701	7125–10688
37	–	450 Mana	40–769	5102–7654	8263–12395
38	–	490 Mana	46–866	5833–8750	9595–14392
39	–	533 Mana	51–977	6675–10012	11155–16733
40	–	580 Mana	58–1102	7645–11468	12986–19478