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Lightning Bolt Effects and How to Get

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Lightning Bolt is a Staff or Amulet skill in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). See the effects and requirements of Lightning Bolt, as well as how to get Lightning Bolt.

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Lightning Bolt Skill Overview

Lightning Bolt Stats

Lightning Bolt Icon Lightning Bolt
Type Spell
Critical Chance 10.00%
Cast Time 0.85 sec
Tags
AoE, Lightning
Description
Call down a Shocking bolt of Lightning to strike enemies in a small area.

Lightning Bolt Effects

Weapon Effects
・Deals 3–30 to 13–565 Lightning Damage
・200% more chance to Shock
・Impact radius is 0.8 metres
Quality Effects:
・0–40% more chance to Shock

Latest Patch Update

  • The following skills found as inherent skills on Wands and Staves now deal approximately 12% more Damage from skill level 11 onwards: Bone Blast, Chaos Bolt, Decompose, Firebolt, Freezing Shards, Lightning Bolt, Power Siphon, and Solar Orb.
  • Lightning Bolt (granted by Choir of the Storm Unique Amulet): Now correctly typed as a Triggered Skill. This means it will scale off of increases and reductions to Triggered Skill Damage as well as other similar stats, and also means it will no longer be capable of generating Energy to Trigger other Skills.

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How to Get Lightning Bolt

Equip Staff or Amulet That Can Use Lightning Bolt

Path of Exile 2 Voltaic Staff Voltaic Staff Path of Exile 2 Earthbound Voltaic Staff Earthbound Voltaic Staff Choir of the Storm Jade Amulet ImageChoir of the Storm Jade Amulet

Lightning Bolt is a skill that comes by equipping a Staff or Amulet that has Lightning Bolt as its implicit. Lightning Bolt is automatically equipped as a skill when using the equipment listed above.

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