Yeah, dmg is split between enemies. You get 5 beams each time it proccs. So you get 700% instead of 3500%. And yes, single target dmg is shit. Otherwise it works fine if you kill elite with corpselance. trashmobs die fast enough with WoL gem so you can use them on elite.
Edit: I forgot to answer one question: No, on single target you do only the dmg of one beam. The other 4 beams are "invisible" cause there is no target to hit. Thats why you won't get the full dmg applied to one mob
It IS supposed to proc all beams on one target. However, the problem is that if there is one target it seems to have a "chance" to hit that single target with more than one beam on occasion. So, there is a possibility to get 2 beams on one target. I haven't seen x3 damage yet, but I didn't use it for an extended period of time. I wouldn't be surprised if the Blizzard team didn't feel like fixing the code on this gem or just rewording it to state what they intended it to do from the onset.
The tooltip for the legendary gem is very misleading:
15% chance on hit to gain a Wreath of Lightning, dealing 1250.0% weapon damage as Lightning every second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
#1 does not say it is split up, but we can tell that 5 beams /1250 seems to fit 250% as does its 25% increase in damage per rank (...such a terrible scalar) quite nicely. However, it is SUPPOSED to emulate a conduit pylon, which does not split up (4000% damage) it's damage against a single target or multiple targets.
#2 I mentioned conduit pylon because the range, destructible objects, damage intervals and element are all the same. What is strange is the way it operates in both single target and multi-target that makes the gem different from a conduit pylon and ultimately, a major drag. If it was capable of dealing its single target damage to that maximum effect it would be better....even more so if it did what the tooltip actually literally states.
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The tooltip for the legendary gem is very misleading:
15% chance on hit to gain a Wreath of Lightning, dealing 1250.0% weapon damage as Lightning every second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
#1 does not say it is split up, but we can tell that 5 beams /1250 seems to fit 250% as does its 25% increase in damage per rank (...such a terrible scalar) quite nicely. However, it is SUPPOSED to emulate a conduit pylon, which does not split up (4000% damage) it's damage against a single target or multiple targets.
#2 I mentioned conduit pylon because the range, destructible objects, damage intervals and element are all the same. What is strange is the way it operates in both single target and multi-target that makes the gem different from a conduit pylon and ultimately, a major drag. If it was capable of dealing its single target damage to that maximum effect it would be better....even more so if it did what the tooltip actually literally states.