Fireball is a Sorcerer skill from the Core skill tree. Its features are:
Grants Player | Exploits Condition |
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Fire Dmg | Critical Strike Chance |
Burning Dmg (DoT) | |
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Pyromancy |
'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.
FireballHurl an exploding ball of fire, dealing 60% damage to surrounding enemies. Mana Cost: 35 Enchantment Slot EffectWhen you kill and enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage. Damage: Fire Lucky Hit Chance: 33% |
Upgrades
Enhanced FireballFireball radius is increased based on distance travelled, up to 50%. |
Greater FireballFireball deals 10% Burning damage (DoT) you've applied to enemies as additional direct damage. |
Destructive FireballFireball's Critical Strike Damage is increased by + 20%, increased to + 30%, when hitting at least 3 enemies. |
Items that work with Fireball
The following items either:
- Grant a bonus when using Fireball
- Create a condition Fireball can exploit
- Exploit a condition Fireball creates
Legendary Aspects
Accelerating Aspect |
Offensive | Critical Strikes with Core skills increase your Attack Speed by 15 - 25% for 5 seconds.
Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) |
N/A | Extraction | All |
Aspect of Efficiency |
Resource | Casting a Basic Skill reduces the Mana cost of your next Core Skill by 10 - 20%.
Ring |
Domhainne Tunnels (Map) |
Scosglen | Sorcerer |
Aspect of Engulfing Flames |
Offensive | You deal x 10 - 30% increased Burning damage (DoT) to enemies below 50% Life While enemies are affected by more Damage over Time than their total Life, you deal x 80 - 100% increased Burning damage to them. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) |
N/A | Extraction | Sorcerer |
Aspect of the Expectant |
Offensive | After Attacking enemies with a Basic skill, increase the damage of your next Core skill cast within 5 seconds by x 5 - 10%, up to x 30%.
Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) |
Underroot (Map) |
Codex of Power | All |
Assimilation Aspect |
Resource | You have + 8% increased Dodge Chance versus enemies affected by Damage over Time effects. When you Dodge you gain 5 - 10 of your Primary Resource.
Ring |
N/A | Extraction | All |
Elementalist's Aspect |
Offensive | Core or Mastery skills cast at or above 100 Mana gain a 20 - 40% increased Critical Strike Chance.
Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) |
Pallid Delve (Map) |
Dry Steppes | Sorcerer |
Incendiary Aspect |
Resource | Lucky Hit: Burning damage (DoT) has up to a 12 - 17% chance to restore 10 Mana.
Ring |
Tomb of the Saints (Map) |
Kehjistan | Sorcerer |
Smiting Aspect |
Offensive | You have x 10 - 20% increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain x 20 - 40% increased Crowd Control Duration.
Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) |
N/A | Extraction | All |
Unique Items
Banished Lord's Talisman"His name has been lost to history, but to have been exiled from a land as cursed as Hawezar, his deeds must have been truly depraved." - Scholar's Notes Type: Amulet Description: After you spend 300 of your Primary Resource, your next Core Skill is guaranteed to Overpower. Your Critical Strikes that Overpower deal %[x] increased damage.
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Esu's Heirloom"While scholars have proven these boots were not created by Esu herself, it is noteworthy that they have been passed down since the formation of the Mage Clans." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Boots Description: Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by 20 - 30% of your Movement Speed bonus. |
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FlamescarThe burn may heal, but the pain is eternal. Type: Wand Description: While Channeling Incinerate, you periodically shoot embers that are attracted to enemies, each dealing # Fire damage. |
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FrostburnA touch so frigid it stops the heart and chills the very soul. Type: Gloves Description: Lucky Hit: Up to a 15 - 25% chance to Freeze (CC) enemies for 2 seconds. |
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Flickerstep""Considered a failure by their creator, it wasn't until the assassination of an "untouchable" Caldeum noble that these boots' true power was understood." - Barrett's Book of Implements" Type: Boots Description: Each enemy you Evade through reduces your active Ultimate Cooldown by # seconds, up to 10 seconds.
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Gloves of the IlluminatorAfter Inarius returned to Sanctuary, he sought a way back to the High Heavens. His first step was to reignite the religion he had abandoned millennia before: the Cathedral of Light. Type: Gloves Description: Fireball now bounces as it travels, exploding each time it hits the ground, but its explosion deals 35 - 25% less damage. |
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Melted Heart of Selig"Do not allow your passions to become obsessions. Fuel the fire that burns within you, but it is madness to allow yourself to become ash to please an uncaring universe." - Last words of Master Selig Type: Amulet - Uber Unique Description: Gain 60 Maximum Resource. 75% of incoming damage drains 2 Resource for every 1% of Life you would have lost instead. |
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Mother's Embrace"Every tome, every scroll, every book in this temple produces the same answer. The only being willing to stand against the Eternal Conflict, against the Prime Evils, was Lilith." - Elias Type: Ring Description: If a Core Skill hits 4 or more enemies, 30% - 50% of the Resource cost is refunded. |
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Paingorger's GauntletsCrafted from fragments of Duriel's carapace, wearing these gloves, or being struck by them, causes an agonizing sensation akin to pushing one's hands through a thousand shards of glass. Type: Gloves Description: Damaging enemies with a cast Non–Basic Skill marks them for 3 seconds. When a Basic Skill first hits a marked enemy, the Basic Skill’s damage is echoed to all marked enemies, dealing x 100 – 200% increased damage. |
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Ring of Starless Skies"Yours is the power to pluck the stars from the heavens with the ease of a child gathering fruit from the bough." - Unknown Type: Ring - Uber Unique Description: Spending resources reduces your resource costs and increases your damage by x10% for 3 seconds, up to 40%. |
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Staff of Endless Rage"Leaving even blackened bones for your kin to mourn is too good an end for you." - Josiah Type: Staff Description: Every 3rd cast of Fireball launches 2 additional projectiles and deals x 20 - 40% increased damage. |
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Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop"Fool said he dug it out of the sands near Lut Gholem with a few other worthless trinkets. I hid my delight at receiving such as treasure in exchange for a meager handful of coins" - Rakhaan Type: Ring Description: For each type of elemental damage you deal, gain [X] 14% increased damage for 4 seconds. Dealing Elemental damage refreshes all bonuses. (Sorcerer Only) |
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X'Fal's Corroded SignetSkulking in the shadows of the Realm of Destruction, the Scarred Baron plots the downfall of the mortal who banished him there. Type: Ring Description: Your Damage over Time effects have up to a 50% chance to erupt, dealing # damage of the same type to Nearby enemies. |
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Paragon Glyphs
ElementalistRare: Sorcerer Bonus:
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Additional Bonus:
Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range) | |
EnchanterRare: Sorcerer Bonus:
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Additional Bonus:
Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range) | |
FlamefeederRare: Sorcerer Bonus:
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Additional Bonus:
Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range) | |
PyromaniacRare: Sorcerer Bonus:
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Additional Bonus:
Requirements: 25 Willpower (in radius range) | |
TorchRare: Sorcerer Bonus:
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Additional Bonus:
Requirements: 25 Willpower (in radius range) |
Item Affixes
The following Affixes are particularly useful with Fireball
Attribute | Amulet | Ring | Chest | Legs | Gloves | Weap 1H | Weap 2H | Off-Hand |
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Ranks of Fireball [2 - 3] |
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Core Skill Damage [12.5 - 19.5%] |
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Core Skill Damage [25 - 39%] |
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Damage Reduction from Burning Enemies [5.0 - 12.0%] |
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Pyromancy Skill Damage [10.5 - 17.5%] |
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Fire Damage [10.5 - 17.5%] |
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Damage Over Time [7.0 - 14.0%] |
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Damage Over Time [14 - 28%] |
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Fire Damage Over Time [12.5 - 19.5%] |
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Damage to Burning Enemies [7- 14%] |
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Damage to Burning Enemies [14 - 28%] |
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Critical Strike Chance [1.8 - 5.0%] |
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Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies [3.0 - 8.0%] |
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Attribute | Amulet | Ring | Chest | Legs | Gloves | Weap 1H | Weap 2H | Off-Hand |
Changes to Fireball
Patch 1.1.1, August 8, 2023
- Enhanced Fireball - Casting Fireball increases its radius by 50%.
- Destructive Fireball - Fireball’s Critical Strike Damage is increased by 20%. This bonus is increased to 30% if Fireball hits at least 3 enemies.
Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023
- Mana cost decreased from 40 to 35.