Chain Lightning hits for 40 shock damage and then leaps to nearby targets, bouncing around corners and even past an enemy mage’s ward. It’s brilliant against groups of weak enemies – and dangerous to followers standing too close.
Spell details
- School: Destruction (Adept)
- Effect: Lightning bolt that does 40 points of shock damage to Health and half to Magicka, then leaps to a new target.
- Base Magicka cost: 124
- Casting: Fire and Forget, aimed
- Spell tome: Spell Tome: Chain Lightning – value 390 gold, ID 000A2708
More Destruction spells
Flames (Novice), Frostbite (Novice), Sparks (Novice), Fire Rune (Apprentice), Firebolt (Apprentice), Frost Rune (Apprentice), Ice Spike (Apprentice), Lightning Bolt (Apprentice), Lightning Rune (Apprentice), Fireball (Adept), Flame Cloak (Adept), Frost Cloak (Adept), Ice Storm (Adept), Lightning Cloak (Adept), Whirlwind Cloak (Adept), Icy Spear (Expert), Incinerate (Expert), Thunderbolt (Expert), Wall of Flames (Expert), Wall of Frost (Expert), Wall of Storms (Expert), Blizzard (Master), Fire Storm (Master), Lightning Storm (Master).
Cost, effect and tome value read from the Skyrim game files (base values before skill, perks and gear).