Ball Lightning

Ball Lightning
Summons three short range electrical orbs
Type	Projectile
Mana Drain	70
Cast Delay	+0.83
Damage (Electric)	12.5 (x 3)
Damage (Explosion)	6.25 (x 3)
Explosion Radius	15
Lifetime ⓘ	30
Spread	45.8
Speed	800
Recoil	=120
Additional Information
ID	BALL_LIGHTNING
Tags	lightningmultiprojectilepiercing
Spawning Behaviour
Spawn chance by Tier ⓘ	000 11/42010.24 21/34410.29 300 41/14210.70 51/12510.80 600 700 800 900 1000

Multiple Projectile Spells

Ball Lightning

Summons three short range electrical orbs

Flock Of Ducks

Summons a chaotic flock of spicy ducks

Freezing Gaze

A heart-freezingly sinister aura

Intense Concentrated Light

A spectral wand is summoned that casts a huge beam of light

Triplicate Bolt

A formation of three small, fast bolts

Infestation

A bunch of magical sparks that fly in every direction

Summon Fly Swarm

Summons five flies to aid you in battle

Summon Firebug Swarm

Summons four fire bugs to aid you in battle

Summon Wasp Swarm

Summon six wasps to aid you in battle

Spells that produce multiple projectiles per cast.

Lightning Spells

Lightning Bolt

The primordial force of nature

Thunder Charge

A projectile with immense stored electricity

Ball Lightning

Summons three short range electrical orbs

Lightning Bounce

Makes a projectile release powerful lightning as it bounces

Spells that create lightning effects.

Ball Lightning is an electrical projectile spell that launches 3 small electrical spheres that burst after a short distance. Each sphere travels a short distance forward and starts slowing down until coming to a complete stop, then explodes. The spheres are instantly stopped when hitting terrain, though this doesn't make them explode sooner.

Tips

• The short range limits the usefulness of the spell, but this can be alleviated with the use of a Trigger spell or Long-Distance Cast to launch the bolts at a distance.
• Similar to Lightning Bolt, it's easy to harm yourself when using this spell; be careful when casting it near liquids or metals without the Electricity Immunity or Electricity perk, especially when using it without triggers or other methods of increasing its range.
• The triple-projectile nature of the spell means that it synergizes well with all modifiers, as each is applied to the bolts separately.
• Speed modifiers like Speed Up will not increase the range, but rather shorten the time it takes to reach its maximum range.
• Unlike most other spells, the spread from Ball Lightning doesn't apply to other projectiles within the same cast. However, Reduce Spread will still work on Ball Lightning.
• Ball Lightning has an innate piercing effect, so a homing modifier significantly increases the damage dealt by the projectiles.
• Remove Explosion modifier can't remove its explosion.

Multiple Projectiles

Some spells, including Ball Lightning, produce several projectiles per cast. This property produces some useful effects and synergies.

• Modifiers that add damage will apply to all of the individual projectiles, multiplying their value.
• The Arc modifier spells, particularly Electric Arc, work well since they are more effective when many projectiles are cast together.

Gallery

Wand Appearance with Ball Lightning x3.

Testing Ball Lightning in the Holy Mountain.

Killing all the fish in the Holy Mountain with Ball Lightning.

See Also

• Lightning Bolt
• Thunder Charge

History

• Apr 8 2024: Changed the spawn probability on tier 2 from 0.2 to 0.4.
• Nov 24 2020: Added to the game.