Solar Orb

Solar OrbSpell, AoE, Sustained, Fire, Duration, Orb
Level: 1Creates a fiery Orb that periodically releases fiery pulses. Enemies that are very close to the Orb are Ignited.Deals 46 to 69 Fire Damage
Pulses every 1.4 seconds
Explosion radius is 2.5 metres
Orb duration is 10 seconds
Limit 1 Solar OrbPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Granted as an inherent weapon skill from a Pyrophyte StaffPyrophyte StaffStaffRequires Level 16Grants Skill: Level (5-20) Solar Orb.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemSolarOrb

Solar Orb is a fire spell skill.

It is granted as an inherent weapon skill from a Pyrophyte StaffPyrophyte StaffStaffRequires Level 16Grants Skill: Level (5-20) Solar Orb.

Gem level progression

Level
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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		Controlled DestructionControlled DestructionSupport, Spell Category: Controlled Destruction Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells that Hit enemies, boosting their damage but preventing them from dealing Critical Hits.Supported Spells deal 25% more Hit Damage Supported Skills cannot deal Critical HitsPlace 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	Fiery DeathFiery DeathSupport, Spell, AoE, Fire Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing enemies it Ignites to have a chance to explode on death.Enemies Ignited by Supported Skills have 60% chance to explode on death Explosion Cast Time: 1.00 sec Critical Hit Chance: 8.00% Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 10% of the Corpse's Maximum Life Explosion radius is 2 metresPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.		PotentialPotentialSupport Category: PotentialSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills that you use yourself. Supported Skills will consume a Power Charge on use if possible, and will be much more likely to Critically Hit if they do. Supported Skills cannot generate Power Charges.Supported Skills cannot generate Power Charges Supported Skills will consume a Power Charge on use if possible Supported Skills have 40% more chance to Critically Hit when consuming Power ChargesPlace 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.	ExecrateExecrateSupport Category: Grants Cooldown Tier: 3 Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any damaging Skill that you use yourself, granting it significantly higher chance to inflict Ailments on hit, but causing it to gain a long cooldown. Cannot support Skills which already have a cooldown.Supported Skills have 100% more chance to inflict Ailments Supported Skills have a Cooldown of 8 secondsPlace 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.	StormfireStormfireSupport, Lightning, Fire Category: Stormfire Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, prolonging Shocks they inflict on Ignited enemies.Shocks from Supported Skills do not expire on Ignited enemiesPlace 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.
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Item acquisition

Solar Orb has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

Granted as an inherent weapon skill from a Pyrophyte StaffPyrophyte StaffStaffRequires Level 16Grants Skill: Level (5-20) Solar Orb.

Alternate skill effects

Solar Orb has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	* The following skills found as inherent skills on Wands and Staves now deal approximately 12% more Damage from skill level 11 onwards: Bone Blast, Chaos Bolt, Decompose, Firebolt, Freezing Shards, Lightning Bolt, Power Siphon, and Solar Orb. Living Bomb and Solar Orb have swapped places. Living Bomb is now a tier 5 Elemental Skill Gem, while Solar Orb is an inherent skill to Pyrophyte StavesPyrophyte StaffStaffRequires Level 16Grants Skill: Level (5-20) Solar Orb. Existing items are not affected by this change.
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.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.