The Wand of Lightning is a wand.
Its class name in the save files is "com.watabou.pixeldungeon.items.wands.WandOfLightning".
Description[]
| Wand of Lightning | ||
| This wand conjures forth deadly arcs of electricity, which deal damage to several creatures standing close to each other. | ||
Use[]
Shooting a character with this wand will deal electric damage.
If the character is on water, the damage of the attack will be multiplied by 2.
Characters standing next to the electrocuted enemy will also take between half (rounded down) and all minus 1 damage done to the electrocuted character.
Lightning zap
Obtaining[]
The Wand of Lightning can be found randomly in generated levels. A random wand has a 15/113 or 13.27% chance of being the Wand of Lightning
Tips[]
- Do not use it on nearby walls, or enemies, because the Hero will incur damage.
- This action is especially not advisable while being low on health, or standing on water.
- Can be used tactically with the Wand of Reach, when a non-flying enemy is standing on dry floor & the Hero is standing on water.
Damage details[]
- Normal damage: 10+Level/2
- Damage in water: 10+Level/2×2
The Wand of Lightning's damage is uniformly distributed between 5+Level/2 and 10+Level.
Dry Floor damage; multiply damage values in table below by 2, for water-amplified damage.
| Level | Min | Max | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| +0 | 5 | 10 | 7.5 |
| +1 | 5.5 | 11 | 8.3 |
| +2 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| +3 | 6.5 | 13 | 9.8 |
| +4 | 7 | 14 | 10.5 |
| +5 | 7.5 | 15 | 11.3 |
| +6 | 8 | 16 | 12 |
| +7 | 8.5 | 17 | 12.8 |
| +8 | 9 | 18 | 13.5 |
| +9 | 9.5 | 19 | 14.3 |
Durability rate[]
This chart displays the rate at which the Wand of Lightning degrades at each upgrade level.
| Level | Durability
|
|---|---|
| +0 | 96 |
| +1 | 90 |
| +2 | 84 |
| +3 | 78 |
| +4 | 72 |
| +5 | 66 |
| +6 | 60 |
| +7 | 54 |
| +8 | 48 |
| +9 | 42 |
| +10 | 36 |
| +11 | 30 |
| +12 | 24 |
| +13 | 18 |
| +n | 6×(16-n) |
History[]
| Update | Change |
|---|---|
| 1.7.0 | Changed: Wand of Lightning is buffed!
(Water Damage Multiplier: 1.5 → 2; Damage to neighbors: 0 to dmg-1 → dmg/2 to dmg-1) |