Sorceress · Lightning Skills

Charged Bolt

Required level 1LightningClassic

What it does

creates multiple, randomly directed bolts of electrical energy.

How Charged Bolt works, in depthThe Sorceress's spray of lightning bolts. How many bolts it fires at every level and the cap of 24, the damage of each bolt and the brackets it grows by, why it is a close-range skill, and what Lightning's hard points add.

Items that give Charged Bolt

11 items

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

of Charged BoltSuffix	Charged Bolt charges (level and number set by item level)	14

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

StormspikeUnique · Stiletto	25% Chance to cast level 3 Charged Bolt when struck	41
Last WishRuneword	20% Chance to cast level 20 Charged Bolt on attack	65
StormriderUnique · Tabar	15% Chance to cast level 5 Charged Bolt when struck	41
of Charged BoltSuffix	14% Chance to cast level 5 Charged Bolt when struck	26
of Charged BoltSuffix	12% Chance to cast level 4 Charged Bolt when struck	16
Immortal King's ForgeSet item · War Gauntlets	12% Chance to cast level 4 Charged Bolt when struck	30
ChaosRuneword	11% Chance to cast level 9 Charged Bolt on striking	57
of Charged BoltSuffix	10% Chance to cast level 3 Charged Bolt when struck	6
StormriderUnique · Tabar	10% Chance to cast Charged Bolt on striking (level set by item level)	41
StormspireUnique · Giant Thresher	2% Chance to cast Charged Bolt when struck (level set by item level)	70

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Lightning Damage	# bolts	Mana cost
1	2-4	3	3
2	2-4	4	3.5
3	3-5	5	4
4	3-5	6	4.5
5	4-6	7	5
6	4-6	8	5.5
7	5-7	9	6
8	5-7	10	6.5
9	6-8	11	7
10	6-8	12	7.5
11	7-9	13	8
12	7-9	14	8.5
13	8-10	15	9
14	8-10	16	9.5
15	9-11	17	10
16	9-11	18	10.5
17	10-12	19	11
18	11-13	20	11.5
19	12-14	21	12
20	13-15	22	12.5
21	14-16	23	13
22	15-17	24	13.5
23	17-19	24	14
24	18-20	24	14.5
25	20-22	24	15
26	21-23	24	15.5
27	23-25	24	16
28	24-26	24	16.5
29	26-28	24	17
30	28-30	24	17.5

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Lightning: +6% Lightning Damage per Level

Leads to

LightningLevel 12

Boosts

Source: skills.txt row “Charged Bolt” 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.