Vaal Lightning Trap

Trap, Critical, Spell, Projectile, Duration, Vaal, Lightning

Level: (1–20)

Souls Per Use: 20

Can Store 3 Use

Soul Gain Prevention: 4 sec

Cast Time: 1.00 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 250%

Requires Level (12–70), (14–68) Dex, (21–98) Int

Throws a trap that launches a ring of projectiles through the enemy that set it off, dealing lightning damage to them and subsequent targets and leaving a trail of shocked ground.

Deals (26–686) to (79–2057) Lightning Damage
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Trap lasts 4 seconds
Base duration is 4 seconds
Fires 9 Projectiles
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Fires Projectiles in a circle
Projectiles leave Shocked Ground
Shocked Ground causes 15% increased Damage taken

Corrupted

Additional Effects From Quality:

Shocked Ground causes (0–5)% increased Damage taken

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

Genus

Lightning Trap

Lightning Trap of Sparking

Vaal Lightning Trap

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Trap lasts 4 seconds Fires 9 Projectiles Base duration is 4 seconds Shocked Ground causes 15% increased Damage taken Fires Projectiles in a circle Projectiles leave Shocked Ground Projectiles Pierce all Targets Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention

Level	Requires Level	Int	Dex	Deals 26 to 79 Lightning Damage	Experience
1	12	21	14	26, 79	15,249
2	15	25	17	33, 99	41,517
3	19	30	21	44, 132	81,983
4	23	35	24	57, 172	147,968
5	27	41	28	74, 222	250,557
6	31	46	32	94, 281	405,086
7	35	51	36	118, 353	447,718
8	38	55	38	139, 417	615,318
9	41	59	41	164, 491	834,639
10	44	63	44	192, 576	1,570,760
11	47	67	47	224, 673	1,633,987
12	50	71	49	261, 784	2,151,030
13	53	75	52	304, 911	2,812,189
14	56	79	55	352, 1056	5,099,360
15	59	83	58	407, 1222	9,400,731
16	62	87	60	471, 1412	15,273,366
17	64	90	62	518, 1553	26,286,582
18	66	92	64	569, 1707	62,890,590
19	68	95	66	625, 1874	212,046,017
20	70	98	68	686, 2057
21	72			752, 2256
22	74			824, 2473
23	76			903, 2709
24	78			989, 2967
25	80			1082, 3247
26	82			1184, 3551
27	84			1294, 3882
28	86			1414, 4243
29	88			1545, 4634
30	90			1687, 5060
31	91			1762, 5287
32	92			1841, 5523
33	93			1923, 5769
34	94			2008, 6025
35	95			2098, 6293
36	96			2190, 6571
37	97			2287, 6862
38	98			2388, 7164
39	99			2493, 7479
40	100			2603, 7808

Attribute /8

Key	Value
Acronym	Duration, Trap, Projectile, Pierce, Damage taken, Shock, Modifiers
DropLevel	12
BaseType	Vaal Lightning Trap
Class	Skill Gems
TargetTypes	Enemy
Type	Spell, Damage, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Trapped, Mineable, Duration, Vaal, Lightning
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalLightningTrap
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Vaal Lightning Trap Monster /2 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Vagan's Companion	Traps cannot be Damaged for +4 seconds after being Thrown Mines cannot be Damaged for +4 seconds after being thrown kill traps mines and totems on death [1] 20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Torment Daemon	monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-25]	Y

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Celestial Lightning Trap Effect

Your Lightning Trap becomes a Celestial Effect.

Supported By /87 ⍟

Active Type: Spell, Damage, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Trapped, Mineable, Duration, Vaal, Lightning

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Faster Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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.
	Pierce Support Supports projectile skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Faster Casting Support Supports non-instant spell skills.
	Increased Duration Support Supports any skill with a duration.
	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.
	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.
	Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Returning Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	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.
	Multiple Traps Support Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps in a line.
	Slower Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Less Duration Support Supports any skill that has a duration.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Trap and Mine Damage Support Supports skills which throw 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.
	Cluster Traps Support Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps randomly around the targeted location.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Advanced Traps Support Supports skills which throw traps.
	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.
	Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
	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.
	Charged Traps Support Supports skills which throw traps.
	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.
	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.
	Swift Assembly Support Supports skills which throw Traps or Mines.
	Greater Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
	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 Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	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 Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	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 Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	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.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Lightning Trap

Level: (1–40)

Cost: (8–31) Mana

Cast Time: 1.00 sec

Projectile Speed: 960

Requires Level (12–100)

Throws a trap that launches a ring of projectiles through the enemy that set it off, dealing lightning damage to them and subsequent targets.

Deals (15–3227) to (46–9680) Lightning Damage
Trap lasts 4 seconds
Fires 9 Projectiles
Fires Projectiles in a circle
20% chance to Shock enemies
(80–148)% increased Critical Strike Chance against Shocked Enemies
(0–34)% increased Effect of Shock
base is projectile [1]
base skill is trapped [1]
base skill show average damage instead of dps [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–15)% Chance for Trap to Trigger an additional time

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Trap lasts 4 seconds Fires 9 Projectiles 20% chance to Shock enemies Fires Projectiles in a circle (Shock increases Damage taken by up to 50%, depending on the amount of Lightning Damage in the hit, for 2 seconds)

Level	Requires Level	Cost	Deals 15 to 46 Lightning Damage	#% increased Effect of Shock	80% increased Critical Strike Chance against Shocked Enemies
1	12	8	15, 46		80
2	15	8	20, 60	1	82
3	19	9	28, 83	2	84
4	23	10	37, 111	3	86
5	27	10	49, 148	4	88
6	31	11	65, 194	5	90
7	35	11	84, 253	6	92
8	38	12	102, 306	7	94
9	41	13	123, 369	8	96
10	44	14	148, 444	9	98
11	47	14	177, 532	10	100
12	50	15	212, 636	11	102
13	53	16	253, 758	12	104
14	56	16	301, 902	13	106
15	59	17	357, 1071	14	108
16	62	18	423, 1269	15	110
17	64	18	473, 1419	16	112
18	66	19	529, 1586	17	114
19	68	19	591, 1772	18	116
20	70	20	659, 1978	19	118
21	72	20	736, 2207	20	120
22	74	21	820, 2460	21	122
23	76	21	914, 2741	22	124
24	78	21	1018, 3053	23	126
25	80	22	1133, 3398	24	128
26	82	23	1260, 3780	25	130
27	84	23	1401, 4203	26	132
28	86	23	1557, 4672	27	134
29	88	24	1730, 5190	28	136
30	90	24	1921, 5764	29	138
31	91	26	2024, 6073	29	139
32	92	26	2133, 6399	30	140
33	93	27	2247, 6741	30	141
34	94	27	2367, 7100	31	142
35	95	28	2493, 7478	31	143
36	96	29	2625, 7876	32	144
37	97	29	2765, 8294	32	145
38	98	30	2911, 8733	33	146
39	99	30	3065, 9195	33	147
40	100	31	3227, 9680	34	148

Attribute /6

Key	Value
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 3xArmourer's Scrap · Normal: 10000xGold
Acronym	Ignite
BaseType	Lightning Trap
TargetTypes	Enemy
Type	Spell, Damage, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Trapped, Mineable, Lightning
ActiveSkillsCode	lightning_projectile_trap

Crucible Weapon /2

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Ice Trap and Lightning Trap Damage Penetrates 15% of Enemy Elemental Resistances Ice Traps and Lightning Traps are triggered by your Warcries Ice Traps and Lightning Traps cannot be triggered by Enemies
1000 (T5)	Ice Trap and Lightning Trap Damage Penetrates 25% of Enemy Elemental Resistances Ice Traps and Lightning Traps are triggered by your Warcries Ice Traps and Lightning Traps cannot be triggered by Enemies

Supported By /85

Active Type: Spell, Damage, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Trapped, Mineable, Lightning

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Faster Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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.
	Pierce Support Supports projectile skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Faster Casting Support Supports non-instant spell skills.
	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.
	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.
	Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Returning Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	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.
	Multiple Traps Support Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps in a line.
	Slower Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Trap and Mine Damage Support Supports skills which throw 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.
	Cluster Traps Support Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps randomly around the targeted location.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Advanced Traps Support Supports skills which throw traps.
	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.
	Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
	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.
	Charged Traps Support Supports skills which throw traps.
	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.
	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.
	Swift Assembly Support Supports skills which throw Traps or Mines.
	Greater Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
	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 Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	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 Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	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 Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	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.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.

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Vaal Lightning Trap

Vaal Lightning Trap is a Vaal skill. It creates a trap that launches a ring of projectiles when triggered. The projectiles pierce through all targets, dealing lightning damage and leaving behind a narrow trail of shocking ground for a duration.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Chaining: Since Vaal Lightning Trap's projectiles always pierce, then they cannot chain, so supporting it with Chain Support will have no effect.
Multiple Traps: When Vaal Lightning Trap is linked with Multiple Traps Support or Cluster Traps Support, additional traps are only placed if Vaal Lightning Trap has sufficient souls to do so.
Duration: Increased Duration increases both the trap duration and the duration of the shocking ground effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.14.0	Now deals 26 to 79 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (previously 18 to 54) and 686 to 2057 Lightning Damage at gem level 20 (previously 466 to 1399). Now has added damage effectiveness of 250% (previously 170%). Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 4 seconds (previously 6). Vaal Skill Gems can now only be obtained from a set of specific methods such as Corrupting Gems, Vaal Side Areas, Divination Cards (that specifically grant Vaal Skill Gems) and the Lapidary Lens in the Temple of Atzoatl.
3.11.0	Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 170% (from 135%).
3.2.0	Base duration lowered to 4 seconds (from 16).Trap will now trigger at the end of its duration.
2.0.0	Damage increased by 33%. Projectiles from Vaal Lightning Trap now also have 100% pierce chance. Critical Strike Chance increased from 4% to 5%.
1.1.5	Introduced to the game.

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