Shock Nova - Path of Exile

Shock Nova is an active skill gem.

Casts a ring of Lightning around you, followed by a larger Lightning nova. Each effect hits enemies caught in their area with Lightning Damage.

Spell, AoE, Lightning, Nova. Level: 1–20. Cost: 12–23 Mana. Cast Time: 0.70 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 190%. Requires Level 28.

Deals (34–537) to (101–1610) Lightning Damage
+10% to Maximum Effect of Shock
Ring always Shocks

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
Shock Nova	(0–40)% increased Shock Duration on enemies	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Shock Nova	(0–40)% increased Shock Duration on enemies	50
Anomalous Shock Nova	Ring Shocks as if dealing (0–100)% more Damage	50
Divergent Shock Nova	(0–20)% increased Lightning Damage	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 34 to 101 Lightning Damage	Experience
1	28	67	12	34, 101	199,345
2	31	73	13	42, 126	285,815
3	34	79	14	52, 156	401,344
4	37	85	15	64, 193	554,379
5	40	92	15	79, 237	477,437
6	42	96	16	91, 272	583,786
7	44	100	16	103, 310	710,359
8	46	104	17	118, 355	1,355,511
9	48	109	17	135, 404	1,138,877
10	50	113	18	154, 461	1,368,233
11	52	117	18	175, 524	1,638,338
12	54	121	19	199, 596	1,956,648
13	56	125	19	226, 677	3,655,184
14	58	130	20	256, 768	3,017,327
15	60	134	20	290, 870	7,759,995
16	62	138	21	328, 985	15,138,193
17	64	142	21	372, 1115	26,083,825
18	66	146	22	420, 1261	62,620,247
19	68	151	22	475, 1425	211,708,088
20	70	155	23	537, 1610
21	72		24	606, 1817
22	74		24	683, 2049
23	76		25	770, 2310
24	78		25	868, 2603
25	80		26	977, 2931
26	82		26	1100, 3299
27	84		27	1237, 3711
28	86		27	1391, 4173
29	88		28	1564, 4691
30	90		28	1757, 5270
31	91		28	1862, 5586
32	92		29	1973, 5919
33	93		29	2091, 6272
34	94		29	2215, 6645
35	95		29	2347, 7040
36	96		30	2486, 7458
37	97		30	2633, 7899
38	98		30	2789, 8366
39	99		30	2953, 8860
40	100		31	3127, 9382

Shock Nova is a lightning area of effect spell that deals lightning damage in an area around the caster, conjuring an initial ring followed by a larger circular area. Shock Nova has an innate chance to inflict shock and provides increased effectiveness of this ailment with higher gem levels.

Skill functions and interactions

Shock Nova has two damaging components: an initial ring, and then a larger, circular area - both dealing the same lightning damage. The initial ring has a fixed width (additional AOE scales the distance the ring appears from the caster and the outer circumference of the ring, but does not widen the ring's thickness), and monsters located within its area get hit by it. The subsequent damaging area has a larger radius than the initial ring, and all monsters located between the spell's center (the caster by default) up to that radius get hit. Therefore it is possible for monsters to receive damage from either both components, or just the larger area effect, if standing too close or too far away (see the image below for reference). Both parts of the spell can be independently blocked by monsters capable of blocking spells.

Added damage to spells benefits both the ring and larger pulse, giving this skill a 380% effectiveness of added damage per cast if both components hit. Thus, for optimal damage on single targets, the caster must position themselves at the correct distance away from their target.

Item acquisition

Shock Nova can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Shock Nova 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
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 ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Shock Nova.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Shock Nova Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Shock Nova Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shock Nova Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Shock Nova Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shock Nova Larger Ring Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Shock Nova ring deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shock Nova Larger Ring Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Shock Nova ring deals 60% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shock Nova Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Shock Nova Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shock Nova Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Shock Nova Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Shock Nova has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Rift Worm Shock Nova Effect	Your Shock Nova becomes a nova of purple rift worms.
Stormcult Shock Nova Effect	Your Shock Nova becomes a Stormcult Effect.