Scorching Ray - Path of Exile

Scorching Ray Scorching Ray is an active skill gem.

Unleash a beam of fire that burns enemies it touches. Remaining in the beam intensifies the burning, adding a portion of the beam"s damage in stages. Inflicts Fire Exposure at maximum stages. Enemies who leave the beam continue to burn for a duration. Increasing cast speed also increases the rate at which the beam can turn.You are burning, taking fire damage over time from a Scorching Ray.

Spell, Fire, Duration, Channelling. Level: 1–20. Cost: 2–5 Mana. Cast Time: 0.25 sec. Requires Level 12.

  • Deals (13.4–780.7) Base Fire Damage per second
  • Base duration is 1.5 seconds
  • Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill"s Damage Over Time effect
  • Burning Debuff can have a maximum of 8 stages
  • Additional Debuff stages add 60% of Damage
  • Fire Exposure applies -25% to Fire Resistance

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Scorching Ray(0–10)% increased beam length50

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Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelIntelligenceCostDeals 13.4 Base Fire Damage per secondExperience
11233213.415,249
21539217.641,517
31948224.781,983
42356334147,968
52764346.2250,557
63173362405,086
73581382.4447,718
838883101.5615,318
941944124.5834,639
10441004152.11,570,760
11471064185.31,633,987
12501134225.22,151,030
13531194272.92,812,189
14561255329.95,099,360
15591325398.19,400,731
16621385479.415,273,366
17641425542.226,286,582
18661465612.662,890,590
19681515691.8212,046,017
20701555780.7
21725880.4
22746992.3
237661117.8
247861258.5
258061416.1
268261592.7
278461790.5
288662011.9
298862259.7
309072536.9
319172687.6
329272847
339373015.6
349473193.8
359573382.3
369673581.5
379773792.2
389874014.8
399974250.2
4010074499.1

Scorching Ray is a channelling fire spell skill that fires a beam that inflicts burning damage to targets in front of the caster and applies fire resistance exposure at maximum stages.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Applies the fire exposure debuff at max stacks, which lowers the target's fire resistance by 25%.
  • Touching an unaffected target by the beam at any point during a cast interval will apply the first stage of the debuff. If the target remains in the beam, the spell will apply the next stage of the debuff the instant it consumes mana from the player again. As a result, It is possible to inflict multiple debuff stacks in quick succession to targets with only brief contact such as when sweeping the beam across the screen.
  • Damage over time: Modifiers to Spell, Fire, Elemental, Burning Damage, Damage Over Time, and duration affect the damage over time component of this spell.
  • Scorching Ray does not hit and therefore cannot be supported by added damage supports such as Added Chaos Damage Support and cannot confer the effects of supports such as Blind Support or Hextouch Support.
  • While channeling Scorching Ray, the player has a reduced turning rate. Increasing scorching ray's cast speed will increase the rate at which the player can rotate while channeling it, up to a maximum +150% increased cast speed modifier.
  • Scorching Ray has a delay, equal to the cast time, between the pressing of the skill and the appearance of the beam.
  • Scorching Ray is not a projectile or an area of effect skill and therefore is not affected by modifiers to projectile damage, area damage, projectile speed, or area of effect.
  • Scorching Ray has the channelling tag and therefore cannot be supported by Spell Echo Support.

Item acquisition

Scorching Ray can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Scorching Ray 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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence
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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1
Nessa		 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Unique items

The following unique items are related to Scorching Ray:

Item Base Item Level Stats
Balefire Opal Sceptre 60 40% increased Elemental DamageGrants Level 25 Scorching Ray Skill
(12-20)% increased Cast Speed
Recover (1-3)% of Life on Kill
Recover (1-3)% of Mana on Kill
10% increased Scorching Ray beam length

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Scorching Ray.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Fire Beam Cast Speed 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 8% increased Scorching Ray Cast Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Fire Beam Cast Speed 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 12% increased Scorching Ray Cast Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Scorching Ray Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Scorching Ray Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Scorching Ray Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Scorching Ray Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Fire Beam Length 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 10% increased Scorching Ray beam length helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Fire Beam Length 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 15% increased Scorching Ray beam length helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Scorching Ray has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Radiant Scorching Ray Effect Your Scorching Ray becomes a Radiant effect.
Shaper Scorching Ray Effect Your Scorching Ray becomes a Shaper Effect.
Stygian Scorching Ray Effect Your Scorching Ray becomes a Stygian Effect.