Slower Projectiles Question

I have started working up a new toon who relies on lightning for damage, and I was curious about the support gem Slower Projectiles with Ball Lightning....
My questions was does the increased projectile damage increase the lightning strikes that happen when the balls go past monsters, or not??
Thanks in advance!!

yes, BL is a projectile spell

Thanks, I knew that the actual lightning ball was a projectile, but I was curious if that included the lightning strikes that happen when the balls pass by, or through enemies....
Anyway, thanks for the response!!

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cortni wrote:

but I was curious if that included the lightning strikes that happen when the balls pass by, or through enemies....

yes.. actually, these bolts are the only source of ball´s damage

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Ludvator wrote:

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cortni wrote:

but I was curious if that included the lightning strikes that happen when the balls pass by, or through enemies....

yes.. actually, these bolts are the only source of ball´s damage

NICE to know thank you!!

According to ZiggyD's video on the Wiki (http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Ball_Lightning), BL is a projectile spell but the damage dealt by BL is neither projectile nor AoE damage. As such:
- The projectile travels slower with Slower Projectiles (potentially hitting enemies more)
- It does not benefit from the increased projectile damage on Slower Projectiles

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BaalSeinOpa wrote:

According to ZiggyD's video on the Wiki (http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Ball_Lightning), BL is a projectile spell but the damage dealt by BL is neither projectile nor AoE damage. As such:
- The projectile travels slower with Slower Projectiles (potentially hitting enemies more)
- It does not benefit from the increased projectile damage on Slower Projectiles

lot of people in lot of videos are being very wrong in lot of things

it is projectile spell and projectile damage modifiers affect its damage. do doubts
it does not deal AoE damage. AoE only determines the reach of bolts (similar to Lightning Arrow)

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Ludvator wrote:

lot of people in lot of videos are being very wrong in lot of things

Granted. In this case I have some level of trust though.

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Ludvator wrote:

it is projectile spell and projectile damage modifiers affect its damage. do doubts
it does not deal AoE damage. AoE only determines the reach of bolts (similar to Lightning Arrow)

Slower projectiles does not affect projectile spells but damage dealt by projectiles. In this case, the projectile does not deal damage. The lightning to my knowledge is not a projectile. We have other instances where projectiles are only parts of the skill. Think of Molten Strike.

I suppose one should see it in the tooltip easily in this case (cannot try right now).

ok, lets start with Ball lightning description:
fires a slow moving projectile that periodically damages enemies in an area around it with bolts of lightning.

Im pretty confident that the bolts are the only damaging thing that the skill does. there is no secondary effect

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Slower projectiles does not affect projectile spells but damage dealt by projectiles

type missmatch.. "projectile" damage is a generic damage modifier. It affects all four existing damage types; projectile attacks and spells, DoT (poison arrow cloud, burn or bleed initiated by projectile) and secondary damage (Explosive arrow explosion)

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In this case, the projectile does not deal damage. The lightning to my knowledge is not a projectile. We have other instances where projectiles are only parts of the skill.

they deal projectile damage. You can test it easily with LMP

btw, all existing skills that deal spell damage (with Tempest shield being the only exception) deal either projectile or AoE damage (or both).