Lightning Strike

Skill details

Lightning Strike

Campaign Core Profession Elementalist Attribute Air Magic Type Hex Spell

5 1 5

Full: Strike target foe for 5...41...50 lightning damage. This spell has 25% armor penetration. If you are Overcast, that foe is hexed with Lightning Strike for 3 seconds. When this hex ends, that foe is struck again for 5...41...50 lightning damage.

Concise: Deals 5...41...50 lightning damage. 25% armor penetration. Hex for 3 seconds if Overcast. End effect: deals 5...41...50 lightning damage.

Air Magic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Lightning damage	5	8	11	14	17	20	23	26	29	32	35	38	41	44	47	50	53	56	59	62	65	68

Acquisition

Skill Quests:

• Prophecies
  • Hungry Devourer (Beacon's Perch)
• Nightfall
  • Primary Training (Churrhir Fields)
  • Choose Your Secondary Profession (Nightfall) (Churrhir Fields)

Skill Trainers:

• Prophecies
  • Firstwatch Sergio (Lion's Arch)
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)
• Factions
  • Michiko (Kaineng Centre)
• Nightfall
  • Tohn (Kamadan, Jewel of Istan)

Notes

• The effectiveness of this spell is mainly its fast cast, low energy cost, generous damage and the fact that it cannot miss (unlike Lightning Javelin, for example).

Related skills

• Arc Lightning
• Lightning Bolt