Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

Physical Explained

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Last updated on: December 16, 2025 03:35 AM

Physical is a Skill Tag in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Read on to learn what skills and gems that have the Physical tag, the modifiers, Uniques, and what Physical is!

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What is Physical?
Uniques
Modifiers
Skills
Gems
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What is Physical?

Physical In-Game Description

The most common damage type that can only be reduced by a target's armor. While this type of damage mainly comes from weapon attacks, there are certain spells that also deal physical damage.

Physical Uniques

Unique Gear with Physical

Name	Implicit and Modifiers
Frostbreath Slim Mace Two Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 8-12 to 16-20 Physical Damage ・Adds 8-12 to 16-20 Cold Damage ・All Damage from Hits with this Weapon Contributes to Freeze Buildup ・Culling Strike against Frozen Enemies ・5% to Critical Hit Chance
Brynhand's Mark Wooden Club One Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 10-14 to 16-20 to Physical Damage ・+30-50 to Accuracy Rating ・+10-20 to Strength ・Causes Double Stun Buildup ・-20% reduced Attack Speed
Nazir's Judgement Steelpoint Quarterstaff Quarterstaff	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 50-100 Physical Damage ・+50-100 to Accuracy Rating ・10-20% Increased Stun Duration ・Causes Daze buildup equal to 100% of Damage dealt
The Blood Thorn Wrapped Quarterstaff Quarterstaff	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 8-12 to 16-18 Physical Damage ・+10-15 to Strength ・Causes Bleeding on Hit ・4-5 to 8-10 to Physical Thorns Damage
Trenchtimbre Spiked Club One Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 13-15 to 22-25 Physical Damage ・20-30% Increased Attack Speed ・+1-3 Level of All Minion Skills ・Increases and Reductions to Minion Attack Speed also affect you
Chober Chaber Leaden Greathammer Two Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・+100 Intelligence Requirement ・Adds 58-65 to 102-110 Physical Damage ・+80-100 to Maximum Mana ・+50 to Spirit ・Increases and Reductions to Minion Damage also affect you
Hoghunt Felled Greatclub Two Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 16-20 to 23-27 to Physical Damage ・15% to Critical Hit Chance ・10% Reduced Attack Speed ・+10 to Strength ・Main on Critical Hit
Brain Rattler Studded Greatclub Two Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 18-22 to 24-28 Physical Damage ・Adds 1 to 50-55 Lightning Damage ・10-15% Increased Attack Speed ・All Damage with this Weapon causes Electrocution Buildup
Trephina Forge Maul Two Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 12-15 to 22-25 Physical Damage ・10-15% Increased Attack Speed ・Causes 30-50% Increased Stun Buildup ・Always Deals Critical Hits against Heavy Stunned Enemies
Hrimnor's Hymn Oak Greathammer Two Hand Mace	Implicit: Causes 30-50% Increased Stun Buildup Fixed Modifiers: ・80-120% Increased Physical Damage ・+10-15 to Strength ・Gain 10-20 Life per Enemy Killed ・Slam Skills you use yourself cause Aftershocks
Splinterheart Recurve Bow Bow	Fixed Modifiers: ・120-160% increased Physical Damage ・+50-70 to Accuracy Rating ・20-30% increased Projectile Speed ・Projectiles Split towards 2 targets
Rampart Raptor Tense Crossbow Crossbow	Implicit: 20-30% increased Bolt Speed Fixed Modifiers: ・40-60% increased Physical Damage ・30-40% increased Attack Speed ・100% chance to not consume a bolt if you've Reloaded Recently ・30% reduced Reload Speed
Wylund's Stake Smithing Hammer One Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 4-6 to 8-10 Physical Damage ・Adds 4-6 to 8-10 Fire Damage ・Hits Break 30-50 Armour ・Apply Fire Exposure when fully breaking Enemy Armour - Unscalable Value ・+10-20 to Strength ・+20-30% to Fire Resistance
Quecholli Crumbling Maul Two Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Causes Enemies to Explode on Critical kill, for X% of their Life as Physical Damage ・100-150% increased Physical Damage ・+10-15 to all Attributes ・Gain 30 Life per Enemy Killed ・This Weapon's Critical Hit Chance is 100% ・Critical Hits do not deal extra Damage
Quecholli Crumbling Maul Two Hand Mace	Fixed Modifiers: ・Causes Enemies to Explode on Critical kill, for X% of their Life as Physical Damage ・100-150% increased Physical Damage ・+10-15 to all Attributes ・Gain 30 Life per Enemy Killed ・This Weapon's Critical Hit Chance is 100% ・Critical Hits do not deal extra Damage
Bramblejack Rusted Cuirass Body Armour	Fixed Modifiers: ・+60-100 to maximum Life ・+60-100 to Stun Threshold ・250% of Melee Physical Damage taken and reflected the attacker ・Cannot Evade Enemy Attacks ・Regenerate 5% of Life per second while Surrounded
Northpaw Suede Bracers Gloves	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 3-5 to 8-10 Physical Damage to Attacks ・20-30% increased Critical Damage Bonus ・Base Critical Hit Chance for Attacks with Weapons is 8% ・15-25 to Evasion Rating
Jarngreipr Ringmail Gauntlets Gloves	Fixed Modifiers: ・Adds 2-3 to 5-6 Physical Damage to Attacks ・+30-50 to maximum Life ・4-8% increased Attack Speed ・Strength can satisfy other Attribute Requirements of Melee Weapons and Melee Skills ・50% increased Armour and Evasion
Treefingers Riveted Mitts Gloves	Fixed Modifiers: ・30-60% increased Armour ・Adds 6-10 to 12-16 Physical Damage to Attacks ・Giant's Blood ・20-30% increased Stun Buildup ・5% reduced Attack Speed
Bushwhack Lizardscale Boots Boots	Fixed Modifiers: ・15-25% increased Movement Speed ・50-80% increased Evasion Rating ・+10-20 to Dexterity ・Physical Damage is Pinning
The Hollow Mask Hewn Mask Helmet	Fixed Modifiers: ・+60-80 to maximum Life ・15% additional Physical Damage Reduction ・-10% to all Elemental Resistances ・13% to Chaos Resistance
Deidbell Elite Greathelm Helmet	Fixed Modifiers: ・60-100% increased Armour ・20-30% increased Warcry Speed ・Corpses in your Presence Explode when you Warcry, dealing 10% of their Life as Physical Damage ・Warcry Skills have 20-30% increased Area of Effect ・+10-20 to Strength
Cloak of Flame Silk Robe Body Armour	Fixed Modifiers: ・30-50% to Fire Resistance ・30-50% reduced Ignite Duration on you ・40% of Physical Damage taken as Fire Damage ・25 to 35 Fire Thorns damage
Ashrend Pathfinder Coat Body Armour	Fixed Modifiers: ・+40-60 to maximum Life ・+30-40% to Fire Resistance ・It cannot be Ignited ・-10 Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits ・+10-20 to Strength
Blackheart Iron Ring Ring	Implicit: Adds 1 to 4 Physical Damage to Attacks Fixed Modifiers: ・3-6 Life Regeneration per second ・Adds 4-6 to 8-10 Chaos Damage to Attacks ・25% chance to Intimidate Enemies for 4 seconds on Hit
Astramentis Stellar Amulet Amulet	Implicit: +5-7 to all Attributes Fixed Modifiers: ・+80-100 to all Attributes ・-4 Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits
Death Rush Emerald Ring Ring	Implicit: +120-160 to Accuracy Rating Fixed Modifiers: ・+75-125 to Accuracy Rating ・+75-125 to Evasion Rating ・Leech 5% of Physical Attack Damage as Life ・You gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill
Ryslatha's Coil Ornate Belt Belt	Implicit: 10-15% reduced Charm Charges used Fixed Modifiers: ・+ 80-100 to maximum Life ・30-50% increased Flask Life Recovery rate ・30-40% more maximum Physical Attack Damage ・30-40% less minimum Physical Attack Damage
Winter's Bite Glass Shank Dagger	Fixed Modifiers: ・No Physical Damage ・Adds 8-10 to 15-18 Cold Damage ・Freezes Enemies that are on Full Life
Beyond Reach Visceral Quiver Quiver	Implicit: 20-30% increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks Fixed Modifiers: ・15-10% reduced Attack Speed ・Chaos Damage from Hits also Contributes to Freeze Buildup ・Chaos Damage from Hits also Contributes to Electrocute Buildup ・Attacks Gain 10-20% of Physical Damage as extra Chaos Damage

List of Unique Equipment

Physical Modifiers

All Modifiers with Physical

• X% increased Physical Damage
• Adds X Physical Damage
• X Physical Thorns damage
• Leeches X% of Physical Damage as Life
• Leeches X% of Physical Damage as Mana
• Allies in your Presence deal X additional Attack Physical Damage
• X to Level of all Physical Spell Skills
• Adds X Physical Damage to Attacks
• Leech X% of Physical Attack Damage as Mana
• Leech X% of Physical Attack Damage as Life
• X% increased Global Physical Damage
• X% increased Spell Physical Damage
• Minions have X% additional Physical Damage Reduction
• X% additional Physical Damage Reduction
• Monsters Break Armour equal to X% of Physical Damage dealt
• Causes Enemies to Explode on Critical kill, for X% of their Life as Physical Damage
• Physical Damage is Pinning
• X Physical damage taken from Projectile Attacks
• X% of Melee Physical Damage taken reflected to Attacker
• X% of Physical Damage taken as Fire Damage
• Corpses in your Presence Explode when you Warcry, Dealing X% of their Life as Physical Damage
• X% of Fire Damage from Hits taken as Physical Damage
• X% of Physical Damage prevented Recouped as Life
• X Physical Damage taken on Minion Death

Physical Skills

Physical in Ascendancy Skills

Skill	Effect
Elemental Storm	Creates a stationary Fire, Cold or Lightning storm at a target location for a duration, based on the highest Elemental Damage type for the Hit that Triggered the storm. Hits which do not deal Elemental Damage will not Trigger the storm.
Encase in Jade	Consume all stacks of Jade to grant Guard based off your maximum Life for each Jade consumed. You cannot gain Jade stacks while you have Guard.
Acidic Concoction	Consume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a bottle that explodes, dealing Physical Attack damage in an area. The thrown flask Consumes Poison on Hit to cause an acidic burst.
Bleeding Concoction	Consume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a bottle that explodes, dealing Physical Attack damage in an area and Aggravating Bleeding on Enemies Hit.
Blood Boil	Enemies in your Presence accumulate blood boils periodically. When they die, the boils pop applying Corrupted Blood to enemies near them.
Altered Flesh	20% of Cold Damage taken as Fire Damage;20% of Lightning Damage taken as Fire Damage;20% of Physical Damage taken as Chaos Damage
Warcaller's Bellow	Warcries Explode Corpses dealing 25% of their Life as Physical Damage;Ignore Warcry Cooldowns
Zealous Inquisition	10% chance for Enemies you kill to Explode, dealing 100% of their maximum life as Physical Damage;Chance is doubled against Undead and Demons
Stay Light, Use Cover	Defend with 200% of Armour;Enemies have an Accuracy Penalty against you based on Distance;Maximum Chance to Evade is 50%;Maximum Physical Damage Reduction is 50%
...and Protect me from Harm	Physical Damage Reduction from Armour is based on your combined Armour and Evastion Rating;50% less Evasion Rating
Sap of Nightmares	Leech recovers based on Chaos Damage as well as Physical Damage
Mystic Harvest	Life Leech recovers based on your Elemental damage as well as Physical damage
Penetrate	Attacks using your Weapons have Added Physical Damage equal to 25% of the Accuracy Rating on the Weapon
Physical Damage	20% increased Physical Damage

List of Ascendancy Skills

Physical in Passives

Skill	Effect
Cruel Methods	・Break 40% increased Armour ・25% increased Physical Damage
Goring	・3% reduced maximum Life ・30% increased amount of Life Leeched ・40% increased Physical Damage
Blood Tearing	・15% increased Magnitude of Bleeding you inflict ・25% increased Physical Damage
Entropic Incarnation	・Minions have 13% to Chaos Resistance ・Minions gain 10% Physical Damage as Chaos Damage
Cut to the Bone	・Break Armour on Critical Hit with Spells equal to 10% of Physical Damage dealt ・20% Increased Magnitude of Impales inflicted with Spells ・20% increased Physical Damage
Left Hand of Darkness	・Minions have 20% additional Physical Damage Reduction ・Minions have 23% to Chaos Resistance
Taut Flesh	・20% of Physical Damage taken Recouped as Life
Madness in Bones	・Gain 8% of Physical Damage as extra Chaos Damage
Catalysis	・20% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks ・5% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Damage of a Random Element
Battle Fever	・5% increased Skill Speed ・25% increased Physical Damage
Tempered Mind	・20% increased Critical Damage Bonus ・+10 to Strength ・20% increased Physical Damage
Stylebender	・Hits Break 30% increased Armour on targets affected by Ailments ・+10 to Strength ・25% increased Physical Damage
Staggering Palm	・20% increased Critical Damage Bonus ・20% increased Knockback Distance ・20% increased Physical Damage
Burning Strikes	・Gain 12% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
Hardened Wood	・Totems gain +20% to all Elemental Resistances ・Totems have 20% additional Physical Damage Reduction
Made to Last	・25% of Physical Damage prevented Recouped as Life
Physical Damage	・X% increased Physical Damage
Armour Break	・Break Armour on Critical Hit with Spells equal to X% of Physical Damage dealt ・Break X% Increased Armour
Minion Physical Damage Reduction	・Minions have X% to additional Physical Damage Reduction
Minion Life and Physical Damage Reduction	・Minions have X% increased maximum Life ・Minions have X% addtional Physical Damage Reduction
Physical Damage and Critical Chance	・X% increased Critical Hit Chance ・X% increased Physical Damage
Totem Physical Damage Reduction	・Totems have additional X% Physical Damage Reduction
Armour Break and Physical Damage	・Break X% increased Armour ・X% increased Physical Damage
Life Leech and Physical Damage	・X% increased amount of Life Leeched ・X% increased Physical Damage

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Physical in Equipment Skills

Skill	Details
Skeletal Warrior Minion	Effects: ・Summons Reviving Skeletal Minions. Equipment: • Rattling Sceptre • The Dark Defiler Rattling Scepter
Bone Blast	Effects: ・Deals 112 to 168 Physical Damage;40% chance to inflict Bleeding on Hit;Ritual Radius is 1 metres;Ritual duration is 1 second Equipment: • Bone Wand • Sanguine Diviner Bone Wand
Power Siphon	Effects: ・Deals 3–109 to 5–202 Physical Damage; Your Spells have Culling Strike;0–76% chance to grant an additional Power Charge on Cull Equipment: • Siphoning Wand

List of All Equipment Skills

Physical Gems

All Physical Skill Gems

Gem	Effects
Ancestral Warrior Totem	・Totem duration is 8 seconds ・Limit 1 Totem ・Totem base attack time is 1 second ・Totem Base Critical Hit Chance is 5% ・Totem uses its own Two Handed Mace, dealing 87-130 base Physical Damage
Armour Breaker	・Hits Break 15 Armour ・+2 to melee strike range ・Knock enemies back on hit ・40% more Attack Speed while Dual Wielding
Armour Piercing Rounds	Armour Piercing Rounds: ・Attack Speed: 524% of Base ・Attack Damage: 22% ・Hits Break 2 Armour ・Knocks back Enemies Ammunition: ・12 Bolts loaded per clip
Blood Hunt	Dash: ・+0.15 seconds to Total Attack Time Explosion: ・Explosion Radius is 1.3 metres ・Deals 25% of Consumed Blood Loss as additional unscalable Physical Attack Damage ・10% more Area of Effect per 18 Blood Loss Consumed, up to 500% ・ Additional Effects from Quality: +0(0-0.4) metres to explosion radius
Bloodhound's Mark	Mark: ・Limit 1 Marked target ・Mark duration is 8 seconds ・Marked target releases a Blood Explosion when Heavy Stunned ・Marked target reelases a Blood Explosion on death if they had at least 20% Heavy Stun buildup from Blood Loss ・Marked target receives Heavy Stun buildup equal to 200% of Blood Loss Explosion: ・67 to 100 base Physical Damage ・Cannot cause Bleeding ・Explosion radius is 2 metres ・Gains up to 100% more damage and 100% more area of effect based on the percentage of target's Heavy Stun buildup caused by Blood Loss
Bone Cage	・Deals 15-22 Physical Damage ・Hits are Pinning ・Pins Enemies as though Dealing 20% more damage ・Cage Radius is 1.8m ・Explosion Radius is 1m ・Cage Duration is 1.6s
Bone Offering	Buff: ・Limit 1 Bone Offering Spike ・Spike duration is 5s Explosion: ・Deals 82 to 123 Physical Damage ・100% more Stun buildup
Bonestorm	Projectile: ・Deals 13 to 20 Physical Damage ・ 200% more Impale Magnitude ・Impale on Spell Hit ・Modifiers to cast speed also affect this skill's cost ・Can fire up to 20 Projectiles Explosion: ・Deals 10 to 15 Physical damage ・200% more Impale Magnitude ・Impale on Spell Hit ・Modifiers to Cast Speed also affect this skill's cost ・Explosion Radius is 0.5M ・40% more area of effect per Power Charge consumed ・+0.7M to Explosion radius if a Power Charge was consumed
Detonate Dead	・Deals 41 to 61 Fire Damage ・Deals Physical damage equal to 6.8% of Corpse's maximum Life ・Explosion radius is 2.6 metres
Entangle	Fissures: ・Deals 4 to 6 Physical Damage ・Fissure Length is 8 Metres ・Attaches Vines to Enemies Within 1.5 Metres ・Limit 4 Fissures ・Fissure Duration is 8 Seconds ・ Attaches a Vine Every 0.1 Seconds ・Overgrown Fissures Expire 25% Slower Vines: ・Deals 1 to 1 Physical Damage ・Vines can Stretch to a 2 Metre Length Before Breaking ・Each Attacked Vine Slows Enemy by 15% ・Vines Remain Attached For up to 1 Second ・Can Attach Up to 3 Vines to Each Enemy ・Overgrown Fissures can Attach up to 3 Additional Vines
Fortifying Cry	Fortifying Cry: ・Warcry Radius is 4 metres ・Guard duration is 4 seconds ・Can Trigger Shield Wave once per 5 Enemy Power in range, counting up to 50 Power ・Grants 30 Guard for every 5 Enemy Power in range, counting up to 20 Power Shield Wave: ・Crit Hit Chance: 5.00% ・Attack Damage: 97% ・29 to 43 Base Off Hand Physical Damage ・6 to 8 added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield ・This attack is Triggered by Fortifying Cry and counts as Empowered by it ・Shockwave Radius is 2 metres ・Modifiers to Damage with Warcries affect this skill.
High Velocity Rounds	High Velocity Rounds Projectile: ・Attack Damage: 182% ・Knocks back Enemies ・Bolts Pierce 6 Targets High Velocity Rounds VS Armour Broken: ・Attack Damage: 411% ・Knocks back Enemies ・Bolts Pierce 6 Targets Ammunition: ・+1 Bolt loaded per clip
Killing Palm	・24 to 36 Added Attack Physical Damage ・Culling Strike ・Can't be Evaded ・7% to Critical Hit Chance
Raise Zombie	・Limit to 10 Raised Zombies ・Zombie duration is 20s ・Empowered Zombies take 30% less damage ・Empowered Zombies deal 100% more damage with hits ・Empowered Zombies have 25% more Movement Speed
Rake	・+0.4 seconds to Total Attack Time ・+2 to Melee Strike Range ・100% more Magnitude of Bleeding inflicted ・Deals up to 100% more damage, based on the distance travelled ・Inflicts Bleeding on Hit ・Additional Effects from Quality: Deals up to an additional +0(0-30)% more damage, based on the distance travelled
Rapid Assault	Normal Strikes: ・+6 to Melee Strike Range Final Strike: ・Limit 5 Spearheads stuck in each target ・+12 to Melee Strike Range ・Inflicts Bleeding on Hit ・Knocks Back enemies ・Spearhead duration is 10 seconds ・Additional Effects from Quality: 0(0-20)% chance to leave an additional Spearhead in the target Explosion: ・Inflicts Bleeding on hit ・Explosion Radius is 2.4 metres
Resonating Shield	・Hits Break 14 Armour ・10 to 16 Base Off Hand Physical damage ・2 to 3 added Physical damage per 15 Armour on Shield ・Cannot be Empowered by Warcries ・Shockwave Radius 1.8 Metres
Seismic Cry	・Deals 50-75 Physical Damage ・20% increased Warcry Speed ・200% increased Knockback distancel400% more Stun Buildup ・Knockback enemies on hit ・Hits ignore enemy Physical Damage Reduction ・Empowers the next Melee Slam Attack ・Additional Attack per Endurance Charge consumed ・Warcry radius is 4M
Shield Charge	Area of Effect: ・7 to 10 Base Off Hand Physical damage ・2 to 3 added Physical Damage per Armour on Shield ・Impact Radius is 2.4 metres Collision: ・7 to 10 Base Hand Physical Damage ・Knock Back enemies ・2 to 3 added Physical damage per 15 Armour on Shield ・50% more Stun Buildup ・Impact Radius is 2.4 Metres
Shield Wall	・Can have 1 Shield Wall active at a time ・15 to 23 Base Off Hand Physical damage ・2 to 4 added Physical damage per 15 armor on the shield ・Explosion radius is 4M ・Wall duration is 6s ・Wall Segments have 460 maximum Life
Shockwave Totem	Totem: ・Totem duration is 12s ・Limit of 1 Totem ・Totem Base Attack Time is 3s ・Totem uses its own weapon dealing 10 to 16 base Physical Damage Slam: ・Shockwave radius is 3 metres
Skeletal Brute	None
Skeletal Reaver	Minion Info: ・None Command: Enrage: ・Enrage all Skeletal Reavers, causing them to lose life over time and gain Rage on hit. Skeletal Reavers do more Attack Damage and gain increased Attack speed based on their Rage.
Skeletal Sniper	Minion: ・None Command: Gas Arrow - Impact: ・Cooldown Time: 8.00s ・Attack Speed: 120% Base ・Attack Damage: 70% Command: Gas Arrow - Poison Cloud: ・Does not hit, but Poisons enemies as though hitting them ・Gains 20% more Radius per second, up to a maximum of 80% ・Cloud Duration is 8s ・Cloud Radius is 1.4 metres Command: Gas Arrow - Explosion: ・Converts 100% of Physical damage to Fire Damage
Skeletal Warrior	・Summons Reviving Skeletal Minions.
Staggering Palm	Staggering Palm: ・10 to 16 added Attack Physical Damage ・Can't be Evaded ・+7% to Critical Hit chance ・Buff Duration is 6s Projectile (Quarterstaff): ・Projectiles Pierce all targets Projectile (Unarmed): ・Projectiles pierce all targets ・10 to 16 added Physical damage ・+7% to Critical Hit chance
Tornado Shot	Impact: ・Impact radius 1m Tornado: ・Deals 28.6 base Physical DPS ・Modifiers to Projectile DMG apply to skill's DoT effect ・Tornado spits out 3 copies of Projectiles ・Limit 1 Tornado ・Max duration is 15s at all Gem levels ・Disappears after 7 Hits ・Projectiles deal 50% less damage ・Copied projectiles max travel distance 6m
Toxic Domain	Toxic Bloom: ・Toxic Bloom is 3 metres ・Toxic Bloom duration is 8 seconds ・Each Enemy can have up to 1 Pustule attached ・Regenerate 27.27 Life per Second ・Skill costs are increased by 25% ・Projectile hits attach a Pustule. Pustule Explosion: ・Attack Damage: 84% ・Always Poisons on Hit ・Pustule Detonation Rradius is 1.6 metres ・Pustule Detonates after 6 seconds ・Pustules store expected Damage of Poisons inflicted on them and will Detonate early after storing 23610 Poison Damage ・Stored Poison grants up to 300% more Explosion Damage.
Unearth	・Deals 5-8 Physical Damage ・Summons bone constructs from corpses ・Cone Length is 6 metres ・Bone construct duration is 15 seconds.
Vulnerability	・Curse applies after 1 second delay ・Curse radius is 1.7 metres ・Curse duration is 6.4 seconds ・Hits against Cursed Enemies ignore 191 Armour

List of Skill Gems

All Physical Support Gems

Gem	Effects
Admixture	・20% more Magnitude of Bleeding inflicted by Supported Skills against Poisoned Enemies ・20% more Magnitude of Poison Inflicted by Supported Skills against Bleeding Enemies.
Battershout	Support: ・Supported Skills cannot Break Armour ・Supported Skills Consume Fully Broken Armour on enemies within range to trigger Battershout Battershout:
Bleed I	・Supported Skills have 50% chance to inflict Bleeding
Bleed II	・Supported Skills have 75% chance to inflict Bleeding
Bleed III	・Supported Skills have 100% chance to inflict Bleeding
Bleed IV	・Supported Skills deal 30% more Melee Physical Damage against Bleeding enemies ・ Hits from Supported Skills inflict Incision ・Supported Attacks cannot cause Bleeding
Blood in the Eyes	・Hobble equal to 15% of physical hit damage dealt by supported skill against bleeding enemies
Bloodlust	・Supported skills deal 30% more Melee Physical Damage against bleeding enemies ・Supported attacks cannot cause bleeding
Bone Shrapnel	Support: ・Supported Skills cannot cause Pin buildup ・Supported Skills trigger Bone Shrapnel Explosions on killing Pinned Enemies Bone Shrapnel Explosion: ・Deals 25% of Pinned target's Maximum Life as Physical Damage ・Cannot cause Pin buildup ・Explosion radius is 2 metres
Brambleslam	Support: ・Supported Slams create 3 Brambles Brambles: ・Cooldown Time: 0.15s (6 Uses) ・Hazardous thorns damage and Main enemies with which they come in contact. ・ Attack Damage of this skill is 35% of Default Attack Damage ・ Increases and Reductions to Thorns Damage apply to Hit Damage with this skill ・ Maim on Hit ・ 80% less damage if destroyed within 0.5s by something other than you ・ 50% more damage when Overgrown ・ Bramble Radius is 1 Metre and its Duration is 8s
Brittle Armour	Support: ・Enemies frozen by supported skills have their armour broken equal to 100% of physical damage taken while frozen
Brutality I	・Supported skills deal 25% more Physical Damage ・Supported skills deal no Chaos Damage ・Supported skills deal no elemental damage
Brutality II	・Supported skills deal 30% more Physical Damage ・Supported skills deal no Chaos Damage ・Supported skills deal no elemental damage
Brutality III	・Supported skills deal 30% more Physical Damage ・Supported skills deal no Chaos Damage ・Supported skills deal no elemental damage ・Hits with Supported Skills have 20% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage reduction
Bursting Plague	・Poison from supported skills also adds 200% of damage per second to enemy as Plague, up to a maximum of 10% of enemy's maximum life.
Caltrops	Support: ・Projectiles from Supported Skills trigger Caltrops when they reach the end of their flight Caltrops: ・Increases and reductions to Thorns Damage apply to Hit Damage with this skill ・Maim on Hit ・Caltrop radius is .5 metres ・Caltrops land within a 3 metre radius of Projectile impact ・ Caltrop duration is 8 seconds ・ Creates 1 Caltrop ・Deals 60% of your Dexterity as Physical Damage on Hit
Catharsis	・Supported Skill requires 20 Volatility on you to use ・Using Supported Skills will detonate a random amount of Volatility on you
Concussive Spells	Support: ・Supported skills daze on critically hitting enemies with physical damage
Corrosion	・Poison applied by supported skills also break armour equal to 80% of Poison damage dealt.
Corrupting Cry I	・Supported Warcries have 30% less area of effect ・Corrupted Blood deals 25% of your strength as physical damage per second ・Corrupted Blood duration is 5 seconds ・Supported Warcries inflict Corrupted Blood
Corrupting Cry II	・Corrupted Blood deals 25% of your strength as physical damage per second ・Corrupted Blood duration is 5 seconds ・Supported Warcries inflict Corrupted Blood
Deadly Resolve	Support: ・Can trigger deadly resolve once every 0.3 seconds ・ Stage duration is 10 seconds ・ Gain a stage every 1 second ・ 3 maximum stages Deadly Resolve: ・Level 1 ・ This skill will copy the level of the gem it is socketed in ・ Critical hit chance: 5.00% ・ Attack damage: 90% ・ Creates a deadly slash towards the target, dealing attack damage. ・ 1% more damage per 5 of your armour, up to 200% ・ 7 to 11 base physical damage ・ Slash radius is 3 metres
Discombobulate	・Supported attacks cause daze buildup equal to 100% of Physical Damage dealt
First Blood	・Supported Skills have 100% increased chance to inflict Bleeding against enemies on full life
Haemocrystals	・Supported Attacks cannot cause bleeding ・Supported skills consume bleeding on enemies they hit ・ Creating 4 Haemocrystals ・Maximum 20 active Haemocrystals.
Heavy Swing	・Supported Skills deal 35% more Melee Physical Damage ・Supported Skills have 10% less Attack Speed.
Impale	・Supported Skills cannot Extract Impale ・Supported Skills Impale enemies on Hit
Incision	・Hits from Supported Skills inflict incision 3% more magnitude of bleeding inflicted with Supported Skills per incision consumed recently up to 30%
Life Leech I	・Leech 12% of Physical Attack Damage from Supported Skills as Life
Life Leech II	・Leech 16% of Physical Attack Damage from Supported Skills as Life
Life Leech III	・Leech 16% of Physical Attack Damage from Supported Skills as Life ・Life Leeched by Supported Skills is not removed at full Life
Lockdown	・Supported Skills have 120% more Pin buildup against enemies within 2 meters of you, scaling to no change at 12 meters.
Mana Leech	・Leech 8% of Physical Attack damage from supported skills as Mana
Mark for Death	・Enemies marked by Supported Skills have armor broken equal to 10% of Physical Damage taken
Mark for Death II	Support: ・Enemies marked by supported skills have armour broken equal to 15% of physical damage taken
Outmaneuver	・Supported Skills break armour on hit against parried enemies equal to 25% physical damage dealt.
Physical Mastery	・1 to level of supported Physical skills
Pin I	・Physical Damage from Supported Skill is Pinning ・Modifiers to Stun Buildup for Supported Skills instead apply to Pin Buildup ・Supported Skills cannot cause Stun Buildup
Pin II	・Supported Skills have 50% increased Critical Hit Chance against Immobilized Enemies ・Modifiers Stun Buildup for Supported Skills instead apply to Pin Buildup ・Supported Skills cannot cause Stun Buildup ・Physical Damage from Supported Skills is Pinning.
Pin III	・Modifiers to Stun Buildup for Supported Skills instead apply to Pin Buildup ・Supported Skills cannot cause Stun Buildup ・Physical Damage from Supported Skills is Pinning ・Hits with Supported Skills cause 60% less Pin buildup ・Pin caused by Supported Skills has 30% more duration
Poison Spores	Support: ・Supported skills trigger toxic pustule on hitting an enemy Toxic Pustule: ・Level 1 ・ This skill will copy the level of the gem it is socketed in ・ Cooldown time: 0.10s ・ Attach a toxic pustule to the enemy that detonates after a delay, inflicting attack damage. Enemies can be poisoned to accelerate and intensify the detonation. ・ Overgrown pustules inflict 0.4 poison damage per second. ・ Each enemy can have up to 1 pustule attached Toxic Pustule - Pustule Explosion: ・Attack damage: 38% ・ Detonation time 1s 15 seconds ・ Always poisons on hit stored poison grants up to 300% more explosion damage ・ Explosion radius 1s 1 metre ・ Pustules store expected damage of poisons inflicted on them ・ Stored poison adds up to 1.5 metres to base explosion radius
Quill Burst	Support: ・Supported Skills trigger quill burst on their next 3 hits after you retaliate with thorns Quill Burst: ・Explosion radius is 1.5 metres. Deals thorns damage to other targets in an area around the triggering target.
Rip	・Remnants created by Supported Skills last for 8 seconds ・Supported Skills create a blood remnant when dealing a killing blow to a bleeding enemy ・Remnants created this way increase life regeneration rate by 10% for 5 seconds when collected, up to a maximum of 100% remnants are created within a 1.5 metre radius of the slain enemy
Rupture	・Supported skills aggravate bleeding on hitting heavy stunned enemies
See Red	・Supported attacks have 50% increased bleeding duration ・Enemies you inflict bleeding on with Supported Skills have 15% increased attack speed ・Enemies you inflict bleeding on with supported skills have 15% increased movement speed
Skittering Stone I	Support: ・After 5 Enemies are killed within 4 metres of objects created by Supported Skills, they will Shatter and Trigger Skittering Stones. Skittering Stone: ・Minions from this skill have 1% Increased Damage per 1 of your Strength ・Creates 1 Skittering Stone ・Level of Minions is based on Level of Triggering Skill ・Minion Duration is 10 seconds ・Limit 8 Skittering Stones.
Skittering Stone II	Support: ・After 5 Enemies are killed within 4 metres of objects created by Supported Skills, they will Shatter and Trigger Skittering Stones. Skittering Stone: ・Minions from this skill have 1% Increased Damage per 1 of your Strength ・Creates 2 Skittering Stone ・Level of Minions is based on Level of Triggering Skill ・Minion Duration is 20 seconds ・Limit 12 Skittering Stones.
Stomping Ground	Support: ・Triggers a Shockwave when you take a step while using supported skills Shockwave: ・Deals 20% to 30% of your strength as Physical Damage. The Shockwave Radius is 1.8 metres ・Have a base Critical Hit Chance of 5%
Tear	・50% chance for on-kill effects caused by killing blows on bleeding enemies with supported skills to occur twice
Tumult	・Supported Skills Consume a Frenzy Charge on use to Break Armour equal to 50% of Physical Damage dealt
Volatile Power	・Gain 5 Volatility on using Supported Skills while they are Empowered
Volatility	・Supported skills grant Volatility on Critical hit

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Gem	Effects
Briarpatch	・Modifiers to Thorns damage apply to this skill's Spell damage ・Stores 1% of Physical Attack damage dealt, up to 20 ・Thorny Ground radius is 3 metres ・Limit 1 patch of Thorny Ground ・Thorny Ground duration is 6 seconds ・Cannot create more than one patch of Thorny Ground every 8 seconds ・Overgrown Thorny Ground deals damage 50% more frequently and expires 50% slower
Herald of Blood	Explosion: ・Base Physical Damage ・Can't Be Evaded ・Explosion Radius is 1.8 Metres ・Deals 15% of exploded enemy's Blood Loss as unscalable Physical Attack Damage ・55% chance to Aggravate Bleeding on Hit Buff: ・Enemies with Blood Loss you kill explode
Iron Ward	・Stores 65% of Mitigated Physical Damage, up to 296 ・200% more Stun Buildup ・Nova radius is 1.8 metres ・Stored Damage grants up to 200% more Area of Effect.
Plague Bearer	・Stores 4% of Expected Poison damage ・Stores up to 197 Poison Damage
Ravenous Swarm	・Swarms attack within 4 metre radius of you ・Swarm duration is 6.6 seconds ・Spawn a new Swarm once every 6 seconds ・Limit active 3 Swarms.
Scavenged Plating	・Scavenged Plating duration is 8 seconds ・3% more Armour per Scavenged Plating ・Maximum 10 Scavenged Plating ・4 to 6 Thorns per Scavenged Plating
Shard Scavenger	・Instatly reloads your Crossbow upon consuming Freeze, Shock, Ignite, or Fully Broken Armour, no more than every 7.3s
Trail of Caltrops	Trail of Caltrops: ・Scatters 3 caltrops when you dodge Caltrops: ・Base Physical Damage ・Increases and reduction to Thorns damage apply to Hit damage with this skill ・Maim on Hit ・Caltrop radius is 0.5 metres ・Caltrop duration is 8 seconds
Wolf Pack	・Summons 4 wolves

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Armour Explosion	Artillery Ballista	Berserk
Charged Staff	Cluster Grenade	Electrocuting Arrow
Elemental Sundering	Escape Shot	Explosive Grenade
Explosive Shot	Explosive Spear	Falling Thunder
Fangs of Frost	Freezing Salvo	Frozen Locus
Galvanic Shards	Gas Arrow	Gas Grenade
Gathering Storm	Glacial Bolt	Glacial Cascade
Glacial Lance	Hailstorm Rounds	Herald of Ice
Herald of Thunder	Ice Shards	Ice Shot
Ice Strike	Incendiary Shot	Lightning Arrow
Lightning Rod	Lightning Spear	Magnetic Salvo
Molten Blast	Perfect Strike	Permafrost Bolts
Plasma Blast	Primal Strikes	Raging Spirits
Rapid Shot	Ripwire Ballista	Shockburst Rounds
Shockchain Arrow	Siege Cascade	Siphoning Strike
Spear of Solaris	Storm Lance	Storm Wave
Stormblast Bolts	Stormcaller Arrow	Tempest Bell
Tempest Flurry	Thunderous Leap	Volcanic Fissure
Volcanic Fissure	Voltaic Grenade	Wave of Frost
Wind Blast

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Adding to Stat Totals	Aftershocks	Ailment
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Attack	Attributes	Aura
Banner	Barrageable	Bear
Blind	Block	Buff
Chaining	Channelling	Chaos
Charges	Chill	Chilled Ground
Cold	Combo	Concentration
Cooldown Recovery Rate	Corpses	Covered in Oil
Critical Damage Bonus	Critical Hits	Crossbow Ammunition Skills
Crushing Blows	Culling Strike	Curse
Damage Conversion	Damage Gained as Extra	Daze
Debuff	Decimating Strike	Detonator
Dexterity	Dual Wielding	Duration
Effect Consumption	Empowered Skills	Energy Shield
Evasion	Exposure	Fire
Flame of Chayula	Flammability	Freeze
Glory	Grenade	Guard
Heavy Stun	Herald	Hit Damage
Ignite	Ignited Ground	Immobilisation
Intelligence	Invocation	Iron Grip
Iron Will	Jagged Ground	Knockback
Life Leech	Life Recharge	Lightning
Lineage	Magic Find	Magnitude
Mark	Melee	Meta
Minion	Minion Commands	Nova
Onslaught	Orb	Payoff
Persistent	Physical	Pierce
Pinned	Plant	Poison
Presence	Primed for Stun	Projectile
Resistance	Reviving Minions	Rhoa Mount
Shapeshift	Shield	Shock
Shocked Ground	Slam	Slow
Spell	Spirit	Spreading Ailments
Storm	Strength	Strike
Stun	Support	Sustained
Tailwind	Totem	Travel
Trigger	Unholy Might	Volatility
Warcry	Werewolf	Wind
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