Shock Nova

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 (28–70), (67–155) Int

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

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

Additional Effects From Quality:

+(0–10)% to Maximum Effect of Shock

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Quest /2

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
3	Sever the Right Hand	Quest Reward	Templar
3	Sever the Right Hand	Clarissa	Scion · Shadow · Templar · Witch

Genus

Shock Nova

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Ring always Shocks +10% to Maximum Effect of Shock (Base Maximum Effect of Shock is 50% increased Damage taken)

Level	Requires Level	Int	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

Attribute /9

Key	Value
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Chance
Acronym	Totem
DropLevel	28
BaseType	Shock Nova
Class	Skill Gems
TargetTypes	Any
Type	Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Lightning, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell, Nova
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemShockNova
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Crucible Weapon /2

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	All Damage from Shock Nova and Storm Call Hits can Ignite 15% chance for Ignites inflicted with Shock Nova or Storm Call to deal 100% more Damage
1000 (T5)	All Damage from Shock Nova and Storm Call Hits can Ignite 25% chance for Ignites inflicted with Shock Nova or Storm Call to deal 100% more Damage

Shock Nova Monster /39 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Bearded Shaman	50% reduced Cast Speed	Y
Bearded Bolter	50% reduced Cast Speed	Y
Bearded Skycaller	50% reduced Cast Speed	Y
Kuduku, the False God		Y
Rukuku, the Pagan God	4000% increased Quantity of Items Dropped 1000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped	Y
Kadaka, the Goddess of Luck	drop additional rare items [3]	Y
Kadaka, the Goddess of Luck		Y
Poporo, the Highest Spire	+2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems totem art variation [1] Monsters grant 100% increased Experience 15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
The Voltaic Seal		Y
Thunderskull	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience 15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped corpse cannot be destroyed [1] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
The Idol Beyond	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience 15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped 300% increased Global Critical Strike Chance +65% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Herald of Thunder	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience 15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped You can apply an additional Curse cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Vaal-Infused Totem		Y
Shrine Daemon		Y
Daemon		Y
Daemon	100% increased Cast Speed	Y
Daemon	+2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems base totem duration [10000]	Y
Sheaq, Maker of Floods	+2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems % increased Rarity of Items Dropped 50% increased Movement Speed 35% increased Cast Speed 500% increased Totem Life monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Sheaq, Maker of Floods	+2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems % increased Rarity of Items Dropped 50% increased Movement Speed 35% increased Cast Speed 500% increased Totem Life monster no map drops [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Sheaq, Maker of Floods	+2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems % increased Rarity of Items Dropped 50% increased Movement Speed 35% increased Cast Speed 500% increased Totem Life monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Haviri, Vaal Metalsmith	% increased Rarity of Items Dropped +7 to maximum number of Summoned Totems monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Haviri, Vaal Metalsmith	% increased Rarity of Items Dropped +7 to maximum number of Summoned Totems monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
The Teetering Mask	300% increased Quantity of Items Dropped 800% increased Rarity of Items Dropped monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Jikeji	300% increased Quantity of Items Dropped 800% increased Rarity of Items Dropped 500% increased Totem Life monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Herald of Thunder	Monsters grant 1000% increased Experience 1500% increased Quantity of Items Dropped 2000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped	Y
Musky "Two-Eyes" Grenn	30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits Monsters grant 100% increased Experience 15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Tempest Daemon		Y
Unending Storm	damage taken +% from arrow traps final [-100] Monsters do not grant Flask Charges when Slain monster casts shock nova text [1]	Y
Unending Storm	damage taken +% from arrow traps final [-100] Monsters do not grant Flask Charges when Slain level [0] monster casts shock nova text [1]	Y
Esh, Forked Thought	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience 15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Esh, Forked Thought	monster no drops or experience [1]	Y
Daemon	50% reduced Action Speed	Y
Shock Nova Tower Mk I	blight tower damage +% final vs lightning monster [-99]	Y
Shock Nova Tower Mk II	blight tower damage +% final vs lightning monster [-99]	Y
Shock Nova Tower Mk III	blight tower damage +% final vs lightning monster [-99]	Y
Effigy of the Storm		Y
Imperfect Spirit of Fortune		Y
Spirit of Fortune		Y
Perfect Spirit of Fortune		Y

Microtransactions /2 ⍟

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.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Shock Nova Damage 1	25% increased Shock Nova Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Shock Nova Damage 2	40% increased Shock Nova Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Shock Nova Larger Ring Damage 1	Shock Nova ring deals 40% increased Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Shock Nova Larger Ring Damage 2	Shock Nova ring deals 60% increased Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Shock Nova Area Of Effect 1	16% increased Shock Nova Area of Effect	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Shock Nova Area Of Effect 2	24% increased Shock Nova Area of Effect	100

Supported By /87 ⍟

Active Type: Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Lightning, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell, Nova

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
	Trap Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Faster Casting Support Supports non-instant spell skills.
	Concentrated Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
	Culling Strike Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
	Iron Will Support Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
	Spell Totem Support Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.
	Blastchain Mine Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
	Spell Echo Support Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Hextouch Support Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
	Cast on Death Support Each supported spell skill will be triggered when you die. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Cast when Damage Taken Support Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Cast when Stunned Support Each supported spell skill will have a chance to be triggered when you are stunned. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Ice Bite Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Innervate Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Arcane Surge Support Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.
	Summon Phantasm Support Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
	Intensify Support Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Unleash Support Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	High-Impact Mine Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Awakened Hextouch Support Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Spell Echo Support Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Awakened Unleash Support Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Archmage Support Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have no reservation. Cannot support arcane skills, Brand skills, Orb skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Trinity Support Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Spellblade Support Supports spells that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Sacrifice Support Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Community Wiki

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Shock Nova

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. Both effects can overlap, to deal significantly more damage. Shock Nova also has a high chance to 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 lightning damage. The initial ring has a fixed width, and only monsters located within its area get hit by it. The subsequent area effect has a larger radius than the initial ring, and all monsters located between the spell's center 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 (see the image below for reference).

Version history

Version	Changes
3.19.0	Shock Nova no longer has 20% chance to Shock Enemies, or increased Effect of Shock. Instead, it now has +10% to maximum Effect of Shock, and Ring always Shocks. Quality on Anomalous Shock Nova no longer provides "Ring has 0–40% chance to Shock".
3.17.0	Shock Nova now deals 34 to 101 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (previously 34 to 102), up to 537 to 1610 at gem level 20 (previously 371 to 1114). Now has 190% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 120%).
3.15.0	No longer has “Ring deals 50% less Damage”.
3.7.0	The ring now deals 50% less damage (from 80%). The ring is now closer to the centre of the nova.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 12 (was 13). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 26). Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.75). Now deals 34 to 102 Lightning damage at gem level 1 (from 26 to 79) and 371 to 1114 Lightning damage at gem level 20 (from 275 to 825). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 120% (from 60%).
2.6.0	Damage increased by 33% at level 1, scaling up to 49% increased damage by level 20. Additional damage dealt by the Shock Nova ring reduced to 20% of base damage (down from 50%).
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by 20% at level one, improving to a 35% increase in damage by level 20. Damage effectiveness increased from 50% to 60%.
1.0.0	Reduced mana cost.
0.10.0	Increased base critical strike chance from 3% to 4%. Mana cost has been reduced.
0.9.12s	Damage progression increased. By skill level 15, it's doing 14% more damage than before.
0.9.12	Damage increased by 14%.
0.9.9	Increased cast speed.
0.9.7	Improved the effects.
0.9.6	Shock Nova has been reimplemented so that it doesn't scale its damage with distance and doesn't hit monsters that are close to you.
0.9.5g	Increased the critical strike chance.
0.9.4c	Set the default critical strike chance of Shock Nova (2,6%).
0.9.3c	Now scales all damage from support gems in the same way as the main skill damage (based on distance). Shock Nova now deals its damage from outside (maximum damage) to inside (minimum/no damage). The outside damage is dealt first. It is a linear damage progression (not exponential) now.
0.9.2	Fixed a bug with Shock Nova's damage calculation if the Area of Effect was increased. Reduced upper Shock Nova damage by 30%.
0.9.1	Changed the damage equation for Shock Nova so that the deadzone immediately around the player works better. It's now much more important to have enemies at maximum range. Reduced damage and collision size.
0.8.7	Shock Nova added to the game.

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