Lightning Strike
Amazon · Javelin and Spear
adds lightning damage to javelin and spear class weapons
and releases chain lightning upon impact
Required level30
Maximum level20
Base mana cost9
PREREQUISITES
RECEIVES BONUSES FROM
Power Strike11% per level
Lightning Bolt11% per level
Charged Strike11% per level
BOOSTS THESE SKILLS
UNDOCUMENTED MECHANICS
The bolts reach 20 yards.
The "N attacks" the game shows is 2 + (level − 1), and the table labels it "# of target jump hits" — that is how many targets the arc can chain through, not how many times it hits one monster.
The missile table is explicit: CollideKill = 1, so the arc is destroyed on impact, and its hit function then looks for another target within range to spawn a fresh arc. So with nothing else nearby to act as a node the chain simply ends — the remaining jumps are wasted.
That is the division of labour with Charged Strike: this one clears packs, while Charged Strike is the better single-target choice.
The javelin's own physical weapon damage is resolved separately from the lightning damage above.