Charged Bolt

Description

Creates multiple bolts of electrical energy that move away from the caster along an erratic but non-random trajectory.

Charged Bolt belongs to the group of first skills a sorceress can learn and is among the few level 1 skills that scales well end game.
Unlike most other lightning skills, which do 1-x damage, Charged Bolt does very stable damage.
At its maximum potential, Charged Bolt casts a total of 24 bolts.
Each bolt is consumed as it hits, the rest passing through if the enemy dies without consuming all the bolts.
Usually the closer your enemy is to you, the more bolts they will absorb, while this also depends on the angle between you and the enemy.
Charged Bolt is also one of the best skills in the game for scaling with negative enemy resist gear.
Charged Bolt with an Infinity can kill Diablo or Baal or even Uber Diablo in less than 5 seconds in Hell difficulty.

If you are playing in Resurrected mode, this ability's projectiles provide a small radius of light, illuminating the dark slightly.

Values use the listed effective skill level; synergies are not included.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Mana Cost	3	3.5	4	4.5	5	5.5	6	6.5	7	7.5	8	8.5	9	9.5	10	10.5	11	11.5	12	12.5	13	13.5	14	14.5	15	15.5	16	16.5	17	17.5	18	18.5	19	19.5	20	20.5	21	21.5	22	22.5
Lightning Damage	2-4	2-4	3-5	3-5	4-6	4-6	5-7	5-7	6-8	6-8	7-9	7-9	8-10	8-10	9-11	9-11	10-12	11-13	12-14	13-15	14-16	15-17	17-19	18-20	20-22	21-23	23-25	24-26	26-28	28-30	30-32	32-34	34-36	36-38	38-40	40-42	42-44	44-46	46-48	48-50
Bolts	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24