Shock Nova Spell, AoE, Lightning, Nova

Radius: 26 / 14

Mana Cost: (12-23)

Cast Time: 0.70 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120% Radius:Mana Cost: (12-23)Cast Time: 0.70 secCritical Strike Chance: 6.00%Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120% Requires Level 28 Casts a ring of Lightning around you, followed by a larger Lightning nova. Each effect hits enemies caught in their area with Lightning Damage. Per 1% Quality:

2% increased Shock Duration on enemies Deals (34-371) to (102-1114) Lightning Damage

Ring deals 50% less Damage

20% chance to Shock enemies

(20-39)% increased Effect of Shock Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. Acquisition

Level: 28 Purchase Costs

Normal 1x Orb of Chance

Sell Price

1x 1x Scroll Fragment Miscellaneous

Item class: Active Skill Gems

Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemShockNova



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

Shaded region indicates initial ring, outer circle indicates radius of secondary area damage. Red enemies are hit twice for 150% of base damage, orange enemies are hit once for 100% of base damage, white enemies are not hit.

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).

Gem level progression

Level Mana

Cost Lightning

Damage Shock

Effect Exp. Total Exp. 1 28 67 12 34 to 102 20% 0 0 2 31 73 13 41 to 124 21% 199,345 199,345 3 34 79 14 50 to 150 22% 285,815 485,160 4 37 85 15 60 to 180 23% 401,344 886,504 5 40 92 15 72 to 215 24% 554,379 1,440,883 6 42 96 16 81 to 242 25% 477,437 1,918,320 7 44 100 16 91 to 272 26% 583,786 2,502,106 8 46 104 17 102 to 305 27% 710,359 3,212,465 9 48 109 17 114 to 341 28% 1,355,511 4,567,976 10 50 113 18 127 to 382 29% 1,138,877 5,706,853 11 52 117 18 142 to 427 30% 1,368,233 7,075,086 12 54 121 19 159 to 476 31% 1,638,338 8,713,424 13 56 125 19 177 to 531 32% 1,956,648 10,670,072 14 58 130 20 197 to 592 33% 3,655,184 14,325,256 15 60 134 20 220 to 659 34% 3,017,327 17,342,583 16 62 138 21 244 to 733 35% 7,759,995 25,102,578 17 64 142 21 272 to 815 36% 15,138,193 40,240,771 18 66 146 22 302 to 905 37% 26,083,825 66,324,596 19 68 151 22 335 to 1004 38% 62,620,247 128,944,843 20 70 155 23 371 to 1114 39% 211,708,088 340,652,931 21 72 159 24 412 to 1235 40% N/A N/A 22 74 N/A 24 456 to 1368 41% N/A N/A 23 76 N/A 25 505 to 1515 42% N/A N/A 24 78 N/A 25 559 to 1676 43% N/A N/A 25 80 N/A 26 618 to 1854 44% N/A N/A 26 82 N/A 26 683 to 2050 45% N/A N/A 27 84 N/A 27 755 to 2265 46% N/A N/A 28 86 N/A 27 834 to 2501 47% N/A N/A 29 88 N/A 28 921 to 2762 48% N/A N/A 30 90 N/A 28 1016 to 3047 49% N/A N/A 31 91 N/A 28 1067 to 3201 49% N/A N/A 32 92 N/A 29 1120 to 3361 50% N/A N/A 33 93 N/A 29 1177 to 3530 50% N/A N/A 34 94 N/A 29 1236 to 3707 51% N/A N/A 35 95 N/A 29 1297 to 3892 51% N/A N/A 36 96 N/A 30 1362 to 4085 52% N/A N/A 37 97 N/A 30 1430 to 4289 52% N/A N/A 38 98 N/A 30 1500 to 4501 53% N/A N/A 39 99 N/A 30 1575 to 4725 53% N/A N/A 40 100 N/A 31 1653 to 4958 54% N/A N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:



Amount Ingredient General

Notes Type 6 The Fox The Fox 6 Level 20 Gem "Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."

- Ezomyte Proverb random level 20 gem Automatic 13 The Cataclysm The Cataclysm 13 Level 21 Spell Gem

Corrupted The mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all. random corrupted level 21 Spell gem Automatic 3 Gemcutter's Promise Gemcutter's Promise 3 Superior Gem

Quality: +20% "I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter random superior gem (Q20) Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Shock Nova.

Alternate skill effects

Shock Nova has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s) Rift Worm Shock Nova Effect Rift Worm Shock Nova Effect Skill Gem Effect Your Shock Nova becomes a nova of purple rift worms. Your Shock Nova becomes a nova of purple rift worms.

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