Chain Lightning

Mage skill · Lightning line · tier 2

Beta 0.7.2

The bolt jumps from one to the next without asking.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 9 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Chain Lightning scales with Lightning Damage. Its value at each rank is 13.5 + 3.9 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	17.4	21.3	25.2	29.1	33	36.9	40.8	44.7	48.6	52.5

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Lightning skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Rank 5 in Spark Tier 1 of the Lightning line.
2
Hero level 12 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Chain Lightning opens Static.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Lightning skills makes Chain Lightning 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Chain Lightning has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Lightning line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Spark	1	Direct damage	6 s	Lightning Damage
Chain Lightning	2	Area damage	9 s	Lightning Damage
Neural Overload	3	Debuff	10 s	Shock
Static	4	Buff	14 s	Lightning Damage
Tempest	5	Ultimate	16 s	Lightning Damage