Sorceress · Lightning Skills

Chain Lightning

Required level 18LightningClassic

What it does

creates a bolt of lightning that arcs through several targets.

How Chain Lightning works, in depthThe Sorceress's arcing bolt. A 1-to-281 damage range at level 20 whose minimum never moves, 9 hits at level 20 growing one every five levels, the 13.33-yard jump radius, the 4-frame next-hit delay that decides whether it chains back, and three synergies at 4% a hard point.

Items that give Chain Lightning

15 items

+ levels to the skillyour own class only

Spire of LazarusUnique · Gnarled Staff	+1 to Chain Lightning (Sorceress Only)	18

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

Holy ThunderRuneword	Level 7 Chain Lightning (60/60 Charges)	21
of Chain LightningSuffix	Chain Lightning charges (level and number set by item level)	48

Chance to castfires on its own when you hit, are hit, kill …

Rainbow FacetUnique · Jewel	100% Chance to cast level 47 Chain Lightning when you Die	49
DeathRuneword	100% Chance to cast level 44 Chain Lightning when you Die	55
InfinityRuneword	50% Chance to cast level 20 Chain Lightning when you Kill an Enemy	63
Cow King's HideSet item · Studded Leather	18% Chance to cast level 5 Chain Lightning when struck	18
Crescent MoonRuneword	10% Chance to cast level 17 Chain Lightning on striking	47
Naj's CircletSet item · Circlet	12% Chance to cast level 5 Chain Lightning when struck	28
StormriderUnique · Tabar	5% Chance to cast level 10 Chain Lightning on striking	41
of Chain LightningSuffix	8% Chance to cast level 3 Chain Lightning on attack	35
of Chain LightningSuffix	8% Chance to cast level 5 Chain Lightning on attack	45
of Chain LightningSuffix	5% Chance to cast level 3 Chain Lightning on attack	25
LightsabreUnique · Phase Blade	5% Chance to cast Chain Lightning on attack (level set by item level)	58
StormspireUnique · Giant Thresher	5% Chance to cast level 5 Chain Lightning when struck	70

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Lightning Damage	# hits	Mana cost
1	1-40	5	9
2	1-51	5	10
3	1-62	5	11
4	1-73	5	12
5	1-84	6	13
6	1-95	6	14
7	1-106	6	15
8	1-117	6	16
9	1-130	6	17
10	1-143	7	18
11	1-156	7	19
12	1-169	7	20
13	1-182	7	21
14	1-195	7	22
15	1-208	8	23
16	1-221	8	24
17	1-236	8	25
18	1-251	8	26
19	1-266	8	27
20	1-281	9	28
21	1-296	9	29
22	1-311	9	30
23	1-326	9	31
24	1-341	9	32
25	1-356	10	33
26	1-371	10	34
27	1-386	10	35
28	1-401	10	36
29	1-416	10	37
30	1-431	11	38

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

In the tools

Its cast breakpointsBreakpoints

Synergies

per hard point in

Charged Bolt: +4% Lightning Damage per Level
Nova: +4% Lightning Damage per Level
Lightning: +4% Lightning Damage per Level

Requires

LightningLevel 12

Leads to

Boosts

LightningLightning Skills

Source: skills.txt row “Chain Lightning” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.