Lightning Conduit - Path of Exile

Lightning Conduit Lightning Conduit is a Intelligence Skill Gem.

Lightning strikes all Shocked enemies around a targeted location, then removes Shock from those enemies. Shocks cannot expire on enemies in range while casting this spell. Cannot be supported by Spell Cascade or Unleash.

Spell, AoE, Lightning. Level: 1–20. Cost: 6–16 Mana. Cast Time: 0.50 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%. Requires Level 28.

  • Deals (33–387) to (98–1161) Lightning Damage
  • Cannot inflict Shock
  • This Spell"s Cast Time is added to its Cooldown if Triggered
  • (10–20)% more Damage with Hits per 5% Shock Effect on Enemy

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Lightning Conduit(0–20)% increased Damage50

PoE 3.20 Changes

Lightning Conduit
Modified
  • New: Effectiveness of Added Damage 140%
  • Old: Effectiveness of Added Damage 190%
  • New: Deals 387 to 1161 Lightning Damage
  • Old: Deals 516 to 1548 Lightning Damage

PoE 3.20: Lightning Conduit now deals 33 to 98 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (previously 43 to 130), up to 387 to 1161 at gem level 20 (previously 516 to 1548). It now has 140% Effectiveness of Added Damage (previously 190%).

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Related Gems

PoE Lightning Conduit Build 3.19

Lightning Conduit is another new shock themed spell. A wave propagates out from the target location, causing lightning bolts to strike all shocked enemies in a large area. The damage is scaled by the strength of the shock on each enemy.

Lightning Conduit cannot itself shock and won’t hit non shocked enemies at all. So the challenge with this skill is to find a way to consistently apply powerful shocks to your targets to make the most of Lightning Conduit’s high damage potential and area of effect.

PoE Lightning Conduit Build 3.19

This high level build uses Wave of Conviction to shock enemies before casting Lightning Conduit until they’re obliterated.

For longer fights, it can employ Galvanic Field Galvanic Field to create a constant source of lightning damage.

Supports

Overcharge Support Overcharge Support is a new support gem that causes supported skills to deal less damage but makes them inflict much stronger shocks and grants them a higher chance to shock. Overcharge lets many different lightning skills create powerful shocks. Use this to take advantage of shock’s large damage multiplier or to activate Lightning Conduit Lightning Conduit and Galvanic Field Galvanic Field.

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelIntelligenceCostDeals 43 to 130 Lightning Damage10% more Damage with Hits per 5% Shock Effect on EnemyExperience
12867643, 13010199,345
23173653, 15910285,815
33479764, 19311401,344
43785878, 23311554,379
54092994, 28112477,437
642969106, 31712583,786
74410010119, 35813710,359
84610411134, 403131,355,511
94810911151, 453141,138,877
105011312170, 509151,368,233
115211712190, 571151,638,338
125412113214, 641161,956,648
135612513239, 717163,655,184
145813014268, 803173,017,327
156013414299, 897177,759,995
166213815334, 10021815,138,193
176414215373, 11181826,083,825
186614616416, 12471962,620,247
196815116463, 139019211,708,088
207015516516, 154820
217217574, 172220
227417639, 191620
237618710, 213020
247818789, 236620
258018876, 262820
268219972, 291720
2784191079, 323621
2886191196, 358921
2988201326, 397821
3090201469, 440721
3191201546, 463821
3292201627, 488121
3393211712, 513621
3494211801, 540421
3595211895, 568521
3696211993, 598021
3797212097, 629022
3898222205, 661622
3999222319, 695822
40100222439, 731722

Skill functions and interactions

  • Targeting: Lightning Conduit targets enemies in a radius around the player dependent on AoE. The hit itself is not considered AoE and does not scale with Area Damage modifiers. Concentrated Effect Support will reduce the targeting range but does not affect damage. The spell will always attempt to cast when used; however, if no shocked enemies are in range, it will not hit any enemies. It will still count as a skill use however, and trigger effects such as Orb of Storms' additional bolts (allowing it to re-shock an enemy right away). It will also trigger "on skill use" effects and consume the cost of the spell.
  • Cooldown: The skill's tooltip cast time will be added onto any cooldowns triggering this skill, including any modifiers to cast speed. Attaching Faster Casting Support will reduce the overall cooldown, unlike typical triggers. Action Speed modifiers are disregarded for this interaction. Cooldown Recovery Rate modifiers will affect the sum of the original trigger's cooldown and Lightning Conduit's additional cooldown.
  • Cast While Channelling: Cast while Channelling Support (and Awakened Cast While Channelling Support) function differently from typical triggers due to the line Trigger a Supported Spell every (0.45-0.35) seconds while Channelling Supported Skills. This trigger interval is not considered a Cooldown (therefore not affected by Cooldown Recovery Rate). Because of this, Lightning Conduit will add its additional CD to a base of 0 CD. The skill will then depend on both the trigger interval and the CD. By reducing the CD below the trigger interval (account for server ticks of 0.033 sec) it is possible to not lose any casts.
  • Shock Removal: Lightning Conduit removes the Shock from targets after hitting it. Effects dependant on Shock will apply to the hit, such as #% of Damage Leeched as Life against Shocked Enemies. Effects such as Summon Skitterbots or Corpse Pact with Desecrate that make nearby enemies Shocked will not reapply the Shock after removal unless the enemy (or the Skitterbots) move out of range of the Shocking radius and re-enter. This can be partially bypassed with a trigger loop setup to cast corpses, or continuously moving with Corpsewalker.
  • Hydrosphere: Lightning Conduit will target and remove Shock from a Hydrosphere. This will cause the Hydrosphere to stop pulsing, even if it was previously simultaneously Frozen, Sapped, or Brittle. Skills like Orb of Storms will chain to the Hydrosphere to re-shock it, making it an effective ailment loop, especially in a trigger setup.
  • Divergent Quality: 100% chance to Destroy Corpses on Kill - enemies killed by Lightning Conduit will not leave corpses and will simply vanish.

Item acquisition

Lightning Conduit can drop anywhere. Drop level: 28.

Recipes

Lightning Conduit can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
13 The Cataclysm Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3
Clarissa

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Conduit.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Area of Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Lightning Conduit has 16% increased Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Area of Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Lightning Conduit has 24% increased Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Cast Speed 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Lightning Conduit has 8% increased Cast Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Cast Speed 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Lightning Conduit has 12% increased Cast Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Lightning Conduit deals 25% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Lightning Conduit Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Lightning Conduit deals 40% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0

Update Before Releasing

After further review of Lightning Conduit, we're making the tough call of adjusting its balance away from the values revealed in the gem post. We've focused on lowering the base hit damage while slightly raising the shock scaling, to reduce its power with builds that have low shock investment.

We've lowered the base hit damage of the skill by 35% and have raised the hit damage multiplier that is based on the Shock strength from 15% to 20% per 5% at gem level 20. Damage Effectiveness has been updated to 190%.

We understand this has a big impact on builds that you're preparing for launch, so we don't make this change lightly. In the future we will take more steps to make sure that our balance review process is completed before we reveal new gems.

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