Lightning Spells

This page lists Sorceress skills from the Lightning Spells skill tree. Other Sorceress skills: Cold Spells, Fire Spells, All Sorceress Skills

Charged Bolt

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

Charged Bolt receives bonuses from:
 * Telekinesis: +6% Lightning Damage per Level
 * Lightning: +6% Lightning Damage per Level

Telekinesis

 * Description: Uses the power of your mind to pick up items, use objects, and knock back enemies
 * Required Level: 1
 * Required Skills: None

Mana Cost: 7

Telekinesis receives bonuses from:
 * Charged Bolt: +14% Lightning Damage per Level
 * Nova: +14% Lightning Damage per Level

Static Field

 * Description: Creates an electrical field that reduces life of all nearby enemies. Lowers enemy lightning resistances for a short duration
 * Required Level: 1
 * Required Skills: None

Reduces remaining enemy life by up to 25% down to a minimum of 55%/70%/85% in normal/nightmare/hell

Mana Cost: 9

Duration: 5 seconds

Resistances are reduced at 1/2 effectiveness when those resistances are above 99% (immunes) or below 0%

Static Field receives bonuses from:
 * Lightning Mastery: +0.2 Seconds Duration per Level

Nova

 * Description: Creates an expanding ring of lightning to shock nearby enemies
 * Required Level: 12
 * Required Skills: Charged Bolt [1]

Nova receives bonuses from:
 * Charged Bolt: +3% Lightning Damage per Level
 * Telekinesis: +3% Lightning Damage per Level

Lightning

 * Description: Creates a powerful lightning bolt to lay waste to your enemies
 * Required Level: 12
 * Required Skills: Charged Bolt [1]

Lightning receives bonuses from:
 * Charged Bolt: +6% Lightning Damage per Level
 * Chain Lightning: +6% Lightning Damage per Level

Teleport

 * Description: Instantly moves to a destination and reduces the spell damage you deal for 1 second
 * Required Level: 18
 * Required Skills: Telekinesis [1]

Chain Lightning

 * Description: Creates a bolt of lightning that arcs through several targets
 * Required Level: 24
 * Required Skills: Charged Bolt [1], Lightning [12]

Chain Lightning receives bonuses from:
 * Charged Bolt: +6% Lightning Damage per Level
 * Lightning: +6% Lightning Damage per Level

Thunder Storm

 * Description: Summons a deadly thunderstorm that strikes your enemies with bolts of lightning
 * Required Level: 24
 * Required Skills: Charged Bolt [1], Lightning [12], Nova [12]

Mana Cost: 19

Thunder Storm receives bonuses from:
 * Charged Bolt: +6% Lightning Damage per Level
 * Nova: +6% Lightning Damage per Level

Energy Shield

 * Description: Creates a magical shield that consumes mana instead of health when you take damage
 * Required Level: 30
 * Required Skills: Charged Bolt [1], Telekinesis [1], Lightning [12], Teleport [18], Chain Lightning [24]

Mana Cost: 5

The energy shield buff will end if the character is reduced to zero mana.

The Absorbed Damage Multiplier affects how much of the absorbed damage is dealt to mana. 100% of the original damage is taken with 20 points in Telekinesis, whereas the character will take up to 2.25 times the original damage without any points in Telekinesis.

Energy Shield receives bonuses from:
 * Telekinesis (-6.25% Absorbed Damage Multiplier per level)

Lightning Mastery

 * Description: Passive - Increases all damage caused by your lightning spells
 * Required Level: 30
 * Required Skills: None