Fireball

Fireball is a Sorcerer skill from the Core skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Fire Dmg	Critical Strike Chance
Burning Dmg (DoT)
Core
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.

Fireball Mana Cost: 35 Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Hurl an exploding ball of fire, dealing 66% damage to surrounding enemies. Enchantment When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage. Damage: Fire Tags: Core, Pyromancy

Upgrades

Enhanced Fireball Casting Fireball increases its radius by 50% and Burns (DoT) enemies for 10% damage over 6 seconds.	Greater Fireball Fireball deals 10% Burning damage (DoT) you've applied to enemies as additional direct damage.
	Destructive Fireball Fireball'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 10 - 30% [+] 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 or Mastery Skill by 35 - 55%. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Domhainne Tunnels (Map)	Scosglen	Sorcerer
Aspect of Engulfing Flames	Offensive	You deal 6% increased Burning damage (DoT) to enemies for each second they remain Burning, up to 30% after 5 seconds. Additionally, you deal 10 - 30% [x] increased Burning damage to enemies that are not Healthy. 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 5 - 12% [x], up to 30% [x]. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Underroot (Map)	Scosglen	All
Assimilation Aspect	Resource	You have 8% increased Dodge Chance. When you Dodge, Fortify for 5 - 12% of your Maximum Life. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	All
Elementalist's Aspect	Offensive	Core Skills cast at or above 100 Mana gain a 25 - 45% [+] 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: Damage from your Pyromancy Skills has up to a 7 - 27% chance to restore 10 Mana. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Tomb of the Saints (Map)	Kehjistan	Sorcerer
Smiting Aspect	Offensive	You have 13 - 23% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain 25 - 45% [+] 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: Unique Amulet Class: All Classes Description: After you spend 275 of your Primary Resource, your next Core Skill is guaranteed to Overpower. Your Critical Strikes that Overpower deal [20 - 60]%[x] increased damage.	+25.0% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 925) [8.0 - 10.0]% Maximum Life +[50.0 - 60.0]% Overpower Damage +[7.0 - 9.0]% Attack Speed +[1 - 2] to Core Skills
	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: Unique Boots Class: Sorcerer Description: Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by 20 - 40% of your Movement Speed bonus.	Evade Grants +125% Movement Speed for 3.0 Seconds Affixes: +12.5 - 18% Movement Speed +57 - 75% Critical Strike Damage +8 - 12.5% Movement Speed for 7 Seconds After Killing an Elite +8 - 10% Resistance to All Elements
	Flamescar The burn may heal, but the pain is eternal. Type: Unique Wand Class: Sorcerer Description: While Channeling Incinerate, you periodically shoot embers that are attracted to enemies, each dealing [150 - 300] Fire damage.	+130 Life On Hit Lucky Hit: Up to a 40% Chance to Deal +6,000 Fire Damage Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[153 - 225] Intelligence +[8.0 - 12.5]% Lucky Hit Chance +[28.5 - 37.5]% Incinerate Size +[4 - 6] to Incinerate
	Frostburn A touch so frigid it stops the heart and chills the very soul. Type: Unique Gloves Class: All Classes Description: Lucky Hit: Up to a [20 - 60]% chance to Freeze enemies for 3 seconds.	+8.0% Lucky Hit Chance Affixes: (Item Power 925) Lucky Hit: Up to a 40% Chance to Deal +[900 - 2,400] Fire Damage Lucky Hit: Up to a 40% Chance to Deal +[900 - 2,400] Cold Damage +[142.5 - 182.1]% Fire and Cold Damage +[10.5 - 15.0]% Attack Speed
	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: Unique Boots Class: All Classes Description: Each enemy you Evade through reduces your active Ultimate Cooldown by [2.0 - 4.0] seconds, up to 10 seconds.	Attacks Reduce Evade's Cooldown by 2.5 Seconds Evade Grants +30% Movement Speed for 1.5 Seconds Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[12.5 - 18.0]% Movement Speed +[46.5 - 60.0]% Lightning Resistance [8.0 - 12.5]% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies +[219.0 - 300.0]% Ultimate Damage
	Gloves of the Illuminator After 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: Unique Gloves Class: Sorcerer Description: Fireball now bounces as it travels, exploding each time it hits the ground, but its explosion deals [30 - 0]% less damage.	Affixes: +[9.0 - 11.0]% Critical Strike Chance +[10.5 - 15.0]% Fireball Attack Speed +[1 - 2] Mana when a Fireball Explodes +[2 - 3] to Fireball
	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: Mythic Unique Amulet Class: All Classes Description: Gain 60 Maximum Resource. When taking damage, 75% is drained as 2 Resource for every 1% of Maximum Life you would have lost.	+3.0% Maximum Resistance to All Elements +30.0% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 925) 15.0% Damage Reduction while Healthy +15.0% Lucky Hit Chance +25.0% Movement Speed 15.0% Resource Generation
	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: Unique Ring Class: All Classes Description: If a Core Skill hits 4 or more enemies, 30 - 60% of the Resource cost is refunded.	+12.5% Resistance to All Elements +12.5% Shadow Resistance Affixes: +10.5 - 15% Attack Speed +7 - 8% Critical Strike Chance +7 - 8% Lucky Hit Chance +47 - 65 All Stats
	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: Unique Gloves Class: All Classes Description: Damaging enemies with a Non-Basic Skill cast 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 [100 - 200]%[x] increased damage.	Affixes: +[7.0 - 9.0]% Attack Speed +[2 - 4] to Basic Skills [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction Lucky Hit: Up to a +[13.5 - 22.5]% Chance to Stun (CC) for 2 Seconds
	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: Mythic Unique Ring Class: All Classes Description: Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource cost of your skills and increases your damage by x10% for 3 seconds, up to x50%.	+12.5% Resistance to All Elements +12.5% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: +17.5% Attack Speed +12.5% Critical Strike Chance +12.5% Lucky Hit Chance +2 to Core Skills
	Staff of Endless Rage "Leaving even blackened bones for your kin to mourn is too good an end for you." - Josiah Type: Unique Staff Class: Sorcerer Description: Every 3rd cast of Fireball launches 2 additional projectiles and deals [50 - 90]%[x] increased damage.	+170.0% Fire Damage Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[57.0 - 75.0]% Chance for Fireball Projectiles to Cast Twice +[37.0 - 55.0]% Fireball Projectile Speed +[4 - 6] to Fireball +[252 - 360] Intelligence
	Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop "Fool said he dug it out of the sands near Lut Gholein with a few other 'worthless trinkets'. I hid my delight at receiving such a treasure in exchange for a meager handful of coins." - Rakhaan Type: Unique Ring Class: Sorcerer Description: For each type of Elemental damage you deal, gain [10.0 - 20.0]%[x] increased damage for 4 seconds, up to [40.0 - 80.0]%[x] . Dealing Elemental damage refreshes all bonuses.	+10.0% Resistance to All Elements +4.0% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[57.0 - 75.0]% Non-Physical Damage [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction +[6.0 - 8.0]% Lucky Hit Chance +[2 - 3] to Potent Warding
	X'Fal's Corroded Signet Skulking in the shadows of the Realm of Destruction, the Scarred Baron plots the downfall of the mortal who banished him there. Type: Unique Ring Class: All Classes Description: Lucky Hit: Your damage over time effects have up to a 75% chance to erupt, dealing [1,350 - 1,950] damage of the same type to surrounding enemies.	+10.0% Resistance to All Elements +10.0% Fire Resistance Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[47 - 65] All Stats +[72.5 - 95.0]% Damage Over Time +[46.5 - 60.0]% Vulnerable Damage +[5.0 - 6.0]% Lucky Hit Chance

Paragon Glyphs

	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)
	Flamefeeder Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + 2% (lvl 1) - 10% (lvl 21) increased damage to Burning (DoT) targets.	Additional Bonus: You deal x 10% increased direct damage to Burning (DoT) enemies. Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)
	Pyromaniac Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Fire damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: Every Pyromancy Skill you cast or every second you channel Incinerate increases your Fire damage by x 3% for 6 seconds, up to x18%. Requirements: 25 Willpower (in radius range)
	Torch Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + 2% (lvl 1) - 10% (lvl 21) increased Burning damage (DoT).	Additional Bonus: You deal x 2.5% increased damage per Nearby Burning enemy, up to x 25%. 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
Ranks of Fireball [2 - 3]					✔
Core Skill Damage [12.5 - 19.5%]						✔
Core Skill Damage [25 - 39%]							✔
Damage Reduction from Burning Enemies [5.0 - 12.0%]			✔	✔				✔
Pyromancy Skill Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔		✔
Fire Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]		✔	✔
Damage Over Time [7.0 - 14.0%]		✔				✔
Damage Over Time [14 - 28%]							✔
Fire Damage Over Time [12.5 - 19.5%]	✔				✔
Damage to Burning Enemies [7- 14%]		✔				✔
Damage to Burning Enemies [14 - 28%]							✔
Critical Strike Chance [1.8 - 5.0%]		✔			✔			✔
Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies [3.0 - 8.0%]	✔				✔			✔
Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Off-Hand

Changes to Fireball

Patch 2.0, October 8, 2024

• Enhanced Fireball
  • Previous - Casting Fireball increases its radius by 50%.
  • New: Casting Fireball increases its radius by 50% and Burns enemies for 10% damage over 6 seconds

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.