Lightning Tendrils - Path of Exile

Lightning Tendrils is an active skill gem.

While you channel this skill, it releases pulses of electrical energy, dealing lightning damage in a semicircular area in front of you.

Spell, AoE, Lightning, Channelling. Level: 1–20. Cost: 1–5 Mana. Cast Time: 0.23 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Radius: 22. Requires Level 1.

Deals (1–55) to (4–1052) Lightning Damage
+(0–7) to radius
Releases a Stronger Pulse every 4 Pulses
Stronger Pulses deal 200% more Damage with Hits and Ailments

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

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Lightning Tendrils	(0–20)% increased Lightning Damage	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Lightning Tendrils	(0–20)% increased Lightning Damage	50
Anomalous Lightning Tendrils	(0–10)% increased Area of Effect	100
Divergent Lightning Tendrils	(0–10)% increased Cast Speed	100
Phantasmal Lightning Tendrils	Deals (0–15)% less Damage Stronger Pulses deal (0–250)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments	50

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 1 to 4 Lightning Damage	# to radius	Experience
1	1	10	1	1, 4	0	70
2	2	12	1	1, 5	0	308
3	4	16	1	1, 7	0	1,554
4	7	22	1	1, 10	1	6,667
5	11	31	2	1, 14	1	26,047
6	16	41	2	1, 23	2	49,725
7	20	50	2	2, 32	2	95,714
8	24	58	2	2, 45	2	169,595
9	28	67	2	3, 61	3	283,759
10	32	75	3	4, 83	3	453,996
11	36	83	3	6, 111	4	703,128
12	40	92	3	8, 147	4	1,061,223
13	44	100	3	10, 194	4	2,065,870
14	48	109	3	13, 254	5	2,507,110
15	52	117	4	17, 332	5	5,798,936
16	56	125	4	23, 432	6	15,083,919
17	60	134	4	29, 559	6	27,792,735
18	64	142	4	38, 721	6	43,869,739
19	67	148	4	46, 872	7	242,081,556
20	70	155	5	55, 1052	7
21	72		5	63, 1191	8
22	74		5	71, 1348	8
23	76		5	80, 1525	8
24	78		5	91, 1724	9
25	80		5	103, 1948	9
26	82		5	116, 2200	10
27	84		5	131, 2484	10
28	86		5	148, 2803	10
29	88		5	166, 3161	11
30	90		6	188, 3564	11
31	91		6	199, 3784	11
32	92		6	211, 4016	12
33	93		6	224, 4263	12
34	94		6	238, 4525	12
35	95		6	253, 4802	12
36	96		6	268, 5095	12
37	97		6	285, 5406	13
38	98		6	302, 5736	13
39	99		6	320, 6085	13
40	100		6	340, 6454	13

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 24 units. Modifiers such as increased Area of Effect will affect the radius of the cone but not the angle.

Trigger Gems: Similarly to Incinerate, Flameblast and other channelled skills, Lightning Tendrils cannot be supported by trigger gems like Cast when Damage Taken Support or Cast On Critical Strike Support. It also cannot be supported by Blastchain Mine Support or Trap Support. The only trigger gems which will interact with it is Cast while Channelling Support.

Item acquisition

Lightning Tendrils can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Lightning Tendrils 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 ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓

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 ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lightning Tendrils.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	40% increased Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	60% increased Lightning Tendrils Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Lightning Tendrils Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Lightning Tendrils Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Lightning Tendrils Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Tendrils Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Lightning Tendrils Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0