Lightning Tendrils

Lightning Tendrils is a channeling spell that releases surges of lightning damage in quick succession in an arc in front of you, with every fourth surge dealing more damage.

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.

Trigger Gems: Similarly to , and other channelled skills, Lightning Tendrils cannot be supported by trigger gems like or . It also cannot be supported by or . The only trigger gems which will interact with it is .

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Lightning Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	1	1 to 4	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	1	1 to 5	N/A	70	70
3	4	16	1	1 to 7	N/A	308	378
4	7	22	1	1 to 9	+1	1554	1932
5	11	31	2	1 to 14	+1	6667	8599
6	16	41	2	1 to 21	+2	26047	34646
7	20	50	2	2 to 29	+2	49725	84371
8	24	58	2	2 to 39	+2	95714	180085
9	28	67	2	3 to 53	+3	169595	349680
10	32	75	3	4 to 69	+3	283759	633439
11	36	83	3	5 to 91	+4	453996	1087435
12	40	92	3	6 to 118	+4	703128	1790563
13	44	100	3	8 to 151	+4	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	3	10 to 194	+5	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	4	13 to 247	+5	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	4	17 to 314	+6	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	4	21 to 397	+6	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	4	26 to 500	+6	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	4	31 to 593	+7	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	5	37 to 703	+7	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	5	41 to 787	+8	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	5	46 to 881	+8	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	5	52 to 984	+8	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	5	58 to 1100	+9	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	5	65 to 1228	+9	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	5	72 to 1371	+10	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	5	80 to 1529	+10	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	5	90 to 1705	+10	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	5	100 to 1901	+11	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	6	111 to 2118	+11	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	6	118 to 2235	+11	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	6	124 to 2358	+12	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	6	131 to 2489	+12	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	6	138 to 2626	+12	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	6	146 to 2770	+12	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	6	154 to 2922	+12	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	6	162 to 3082	+13	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	6	171 to 3250	+13	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	6	180 to 3428	+13	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	6	190 to 3615	+13	N/A	N/A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Tendrils.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Stronger Pulses now deal 100% more Damage with Hits and Ailments (previously 50%).
3.9.0	Lightning Tendrils has received visual improvements.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 1 (was 2). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 5 (was 7). Now deals 1 to 4 Lightning damage at gem level 1 (from 1 to 3) and 37 to 703 Lightning damage at gem level 20 (from 29 to 552). Now has a base radius of 24 (from 22) and gains up to +7 radius by gem level 20 (from +6). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 65% (from 35%).
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