Spark

Spark is a Sorcerer skill from the Basic skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Lightning Dmg	Critical Strike Dmg
Critical Strike Chance
+ Crackling Energy
Basic
Shock

'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.

Spark Details and Upgrades

Spark Launch a bolt of lightning that shocks an enemy 4 times, dealing 10% damage on each hit. Enchantment Slot Effect Killing an enemy has a 10% chance to form a Crackling Energy. Damage: Lightning Lucky Hit Chance: 9% Tags: Basic, Shock

Upgrades

Enhanced Spark Each time Spark hits its primary target, it has 40% chance to hit to 3 additional enemies dealing 6% damage. If there are no other enemies to hit, Spark instead deals x 20% increased damage to its primary target.	Glinting Spark Spark grants + 2% increased Critical Strike Chance per cast for 5 seconds, up to + 8%.
	Flickering Spark Each time Spark hits an enemy it has a 4% chance to spawn a Crackling Energy.

Items that work with Spark

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Spark
• Create a condition Spark can exploit
• Exploit a condition Spark creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Abundant Energy	Offensive	Crackling Energy has a 30 - 40% chance to chain to an additional enemy. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer
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 Might	Defensive	Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for 2 - 6 seconds. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Dark Ravine (Map)	Dry Steppes	All
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
Charged Aspect	Mobility	Collecting Crackling Energy increases your Movement Speed by 10 - 15% for 8 seconds. Boots, Amulet (+50%)	Maddux Watch (Map)	Scosglen	Sorcerer
Rapid Aspect	Offensive	Basic skills gain + 15 - 30% Attack Speed. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Buried Halls (Map)	Dry Steppes	All
Stable Aspect	Offensive	While Unstable Currents is not active, your Shock skills have a 7 - 12% chance to trigger a free cast from it. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer

Unique Items

	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 Class: All Description: If a Core Skill hits 4 or more enemies, 30% - 50% of the Resource cost is refunded.	Affixes: + % Resist All + % Shadow Resistance + # All Stats + % Maximum Life + % Critical Strike Damage
	Paingorger's Gauntlets Crafted 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 Class: All 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.	Affixes: + % Critical Strike Chance + % Attack Speed + 8 - 14 All Stats + % Basic Skill Damage
	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 Class: All Description: Spending resources reduces your resource costs and increases your damage by x10% for 3 seconds, up to 40%.	+ % All Resistances Affixes: + % Lucky Hit Chance + % Critical Strike Chance + % Critical Strike Damage + % Core Skill Damage

Paragon Glyphs

	Ruin Magic: Barbarian / Druid / Necromancer / Rogue / Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity (Barb, Druid, Necro, Sorc) / Intelligence (Rogue) purchased within range, you gain + 1.1% increased Critical Strike Damage.
	Charged Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence within range, Crackling Energy deals + 2% (lvl 1) - 13% (lvl 21_ increased damage.	Additional Bonus: Picking up Crackling Energy grants you x 5% increased damage for 5 seconds, up to x 15%. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)
	Destruction Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + 4% (lvl 1) - 20% (lvl 21) increased Critical Strike Damage.	Additional Bonus: Critical Strikes increase all damage the enemy takes from you by x 2% for 10 seconds, up to x 12%. Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)
	Electrocute Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Lightning damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: Your Lightning damage has a + 5% increased chance to Critically Strike enemies who are Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC), or Frozen (CC). Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)
	Elementalist Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Non-physical damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: Dealing Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage to an enemy increases all damage you deal to them by x 5% for 10 seconds, stacking once per element. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)
	Enchanter Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +2% (lvl 1) -10% (lvl 21) increased Non-physical damage.	Additional Bonus: For each skill equipped in your Enchantment Slots, gain + 5% Maximum Resistance to that Skill's element. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)

Item Affixes

The following Affixes are particularly useful with Spark

Attribute	Ring	Helm	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Boots	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Off-Hand
Basic Skill Damage [18.5 - 39.5%]							✔		✔
Basic Skill Damage [37 - 79%]								✔
Basic Skill Attack Speed [4.4 - 10%]		✔							✔
Shock Skill Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]			✔
Crackling Energy Damage [14 - 28%]	✔			✔		✔			✔
Lightning Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔		✔
Lightning Critical Strike Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔				✔		✔
Lightning Critical Strike Damage [28 - 42%]								✔
Critical Strike Damage [10.5 - 17.5]	✔						✔
Critical Strike Damage [28 - 42%]								✔
Attribute	Ring	Helm	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Boots	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Off-Hand

Changes to Spark

Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

• Base damage increased from 8% to 10%.
• Enhanced Spark damage increased from 5.6% to 7%.
• Flickering Spark chance increased from 3% to 4%.