Galvanic Shards

Galvanic ShardsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Lightning, Chaining
Tier: 5
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-61) ManaLoad your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. Using this skill again reloads the clip.Ammunition
50% less reload speed
5 Bolts loaded per clip

Projectile
Rapidly fire charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. Can fire a limited number of bursts before needing to reload.
Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
Knocks Back Enemies
Cannot Chain
Fires 6 fragments per shot
Multiple fragments can Hit the same target
Multiple Fragments hitting a target simultaneously will combine their damage into a single Hit

Beam
Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
Beam Chains to 1 enemy

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.1-2) Bolts loaded per clipSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.File:Load Galvanic Shards skill icon.png

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemGalvanicShards

Galvanic Shards is a lightning projectile attack skill which requires a crossbow.

Gem level progression

Level		Mana Cost
1	0	8
2	3	9
3	6	10
4	10	11
5	14	13
6	18	14
7	22	16
8	26	17
9	31	19
10	36	21
11	41	24
12	46	26
13	52	29
14	58	33
15	64	36
16	66	40
17	72	44
18	78	49
19	84	55
20	90	61

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I		Lightning AttunementLightning AttunementSupport, Attack, Lightning Category: Lightning Attunement Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Gain Lightning Damage but deal less Cold and Fire Damage.Supported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Lightning Damage Supported Attacks deal 50% less Cold and Fire DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II		ElectrocuteElectrocuteSupport, Lightning Category: Electrocute Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any Skill which can deal Damage. Lightning Damage from Supported Skills can inflict Electrocute, but Supported Skills cannot inflict Shock.Supported Skills Cannot inflict Shock Lightning Damage from Supported Skills Contributes to Electrocution BuildupPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Elemental FocusElemental FocusSupport Category: Elemental Focus Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Supported Skills deal 25% more Elemental Damage Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental AilmentsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Lightning ExposureLightning ExposureSupport, Lightning, Duration Category: Lightning Exposure Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when inflicting Shock.Supported Skills inflict Exposure for 8 seconds on Shocking a targetPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Neural OverloadNeural OverloadSupport, Lightning Category: Electrocute Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies. Nearby enemies are marked when they are Primed for Electrocution, and hitting a marked enemy with a supported skill will Electrocute them.Supported Skills Electrocute Primed enemies on HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

Galvanic Shards has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Galvanic Shards has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Galvanic Shards: Ammunition no longer has 50% less Reload Speed, and now has 1 Bolt loaded per clip (previously 5). Projectile Attack Damage is now 21-54% at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 14-31%), while the Beam Attack Damage is 107-272% (previously 71-156%). Now Fires 8 fragments per shot (previously 6), and has a Mana Cost of 10-48 at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 13-61). Quality now provides Fires +0-2 fragments per shot, instead of +0-2 Bolts loaded per clip.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Galvanic Shards now converts 60% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage (previously 40%).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.