Chain Lightning

 is an Adept level destruction spell in. Chain Lightning has the unique ability to bounce or "arc" off of surfaces or characters to hit a target behind or around an obstacle. This spell may arc followers if they are too close to the impact location.

Damage capacity
Chain lightning delivers a minimum of 40 points of damage to the target, or 60 points if the Dragonborn has Augmented Shock x 2. Chain lightning deals damage to a target's Magicka equal to half the damage done to health, so 20 points is done to magicka. Empowered Chain Lightning will jump to more targets than if singly cast.

Perks

 * Dual Casting - damage increases.
 * Impact - stagger all opponents hit when dual-casted.
 * Augmented Shock (x2) - increases damage.

Usefulness
This spell is effective against multiple low level and low health enemies such as skeevers, skeletons, and novice mages. It almost always kills the group of enemies in one cast under this condition. Because this spell strikes multiple clustered targets, followers can be struck and killed by Chain Lightning.

Attributes

 * Weight: 1
 * Value: 390
 * See Spell Tome for a complete table of spell tomes, their descriptions, and their values.

Acquisition

 * Faralda at The College of Winterhold sells this spell once the Dragonborn reaches level 40 Destruction.
 * Farengar at Dragonsreach sells this spell once the Dragonborn reaches around level 40 Destruction

Trivia

 * If casting this spell at the sky, it will make the sky turn a light blue color for a few seconds, as if it were struck by lightning.
 * It is not advisable to use this spell when you have a follower with you as the spell can harm the follower as well if there is only one enemy in the room. This can also cause the follower to become hostile.

Bugs

 * Possible bug involving the magic anomaly in the College of Winterhold quest line. Can cause errors if switching magic during the quest. (unconfirmed)
 * Chain Lighning no longer Throws/Tosses/Launches its targets into the air. It just seems to stop them and they'll drop. It may just be only on the Xbox 360.
 * I found on more than one occasion, when I kill a Dragon with Chain Lightning, the Dragon dissapeared. However I still received the Dragon Souls after killing them. I just couldn't loot the bodies... (Xbox 360)
 * This is most likely caused by the Perk Disintegrate, which will make the dragon turn into an Ash Pile, while still giving you his soul. You can loot the Ash Pile for the bones and scales. Killing a dragon with any other Shock spell and having this perk activated will have the same effects.
 * Even without the perk Disintegrate, it's possible to turn a few enemies into ash with this spell even if they were only hit by the spell after it bounced off a different enemy.

Appearances


Fairly OddParents: Fairly OddBaby Credits (2008)

Fairly OddParents: Abra-Castrophe! Credits (2003)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Atlantis SquarePantis Credits (2007)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sailor Mouth/Artist Unknown Credits (2001)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV/Doing Time Credits (2002)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Arrgh!/Rock Bottom Credits (2000)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Krabby Land/The Camping Episode Credits (2004)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy/Pickles Credits (1999)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Growth Spout/Stuck in the Wringer Credits (2010)