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Buff is a Skill Tag in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Read on to learn what skills and gems that have the Buff tag, the affixes, Uniques, and what Buff is!
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What is Buff?
Buff In-Game Description
Buffs are effects that boost a player or monster's stats for a duration or while a condition is met.
Unless otherwise stated, buffs of the same type do not stack — only the copy with the strongest effect applies.
Buff Uniques
Unique Gear with Buff
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Buff Affixes
All Affixes with Buff
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Buff Skills
Buff in Ascendancy Skills
| Skill | Effect |
|---|---|
 Temporal Rift |
Passively leaves afterimages of your recent past. Cast the Spell to return to the oldest afterimage, teleporting to that location and resetting your Life, Mana and Energy Shield to the values they had at the time. |
 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. |
 Demon Form |
Shapeshift into a demon, vastly boosting the power of your Spells. You gain Demonflame every second you remain in demon form, causing your Life to be lost at an ever-increasing rate. Revert to human form if you reach 1 Life, use a Skill that isn't a Spell, or reactivate this Skill. |
 Temper Weapon |
Channel to temper your main hand Melee Martial Weapon. Each hit of the hammer against the anvil Empowers subsequent Attacks to combust when Hitting enemies. |
 A Solid Plan |
Persistent Buffs have 50% less Reservation |
Buff in Passives
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Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives
Buff Gems
All Buff Skill Gems
| Gem | Effects |
|---|---|
 Ancestral Cry
|
Warcry: ・Requires 100 Glory to Use ・Generates 100% of Monster Power as Glory for this Skill on Igniting an Enemy ・Warcry radius is 4 metres ・Warcry duration is 8 seconds ・Knocks back and interrupts enemies in a smaller area ・Consumed all Endurance Charges to increase Warcry Duration by 50% per Charge ・Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage with Boosted Attacks. Volcanic Steps: ・Attack Damage: 149% ・Slam Radius is 1.2 metres ・Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage. Volcanic Eruption: ・Cooldown Time: 0.40s ・Attack Damage: 82% ・Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage ・Impact radius is 0.8 metres ・Fires 3 Molten Projectiles. |
 Barrage
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Spell: ・Empowered Attacks repeat 2 times, plus an additional time per Frenzy charge consumed ・Repeats deal 50% less damage ・560% of repeated Skill's attack time is added to the skill's cooldown, to a maximum of 30 sec. ・Maximum Buff duration is 5 sec. |
 Bone Offering
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Buff: ・Limit 1 Bone Offering Spike ・Spike duration is 5s Explosion: ・Deals 82 to 123 Physical Damage ・100% more Stun buildup |
 Charged Staff
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Buff: ・Buff Grants 1 to 6 added quarterstaff Attack Lightning Damage per Power Charge Consumed, up to your Maximum Power Charges ・Buff Duration is 6 seconds per Power Charge Consumed. Shockwave: ・Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage ・Wave Length is 5 Metres |
 Ice-Tipped Arrows
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Ice-Tipped Arrows: ・Maximum Buff Duration is 8 seconds ・Empowers 4 Attacks. Ice Fragments: ・Cooldown Time: 0.30s ・Attack Damage: 54% ・Detonation Time is 2.5 seconds ・Converts 100% Physical Damage to Cold Damage ・Fires 3 Projectiles ・Explosion Radius is 1.3 metres. |
 Lunar Blessing
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Lunar Blessing: ・Cooldown does not recover during buff effect Knocks back enemies Buff duration is 5 seconds, plus 0.2 seconds per rage spent Buff grants 52% of damage gained as cold damage Moonbeam: ・Cooldown time: I.00s Attack damage: 149% Converts 100% of physical damage to cold damage Impact radius is 1.6 metres |
 Mana Tempest
|
・Empowered spells gain 56% of damage as Lightning Damage ・Buff causes lightning spells that cost mana to also chain to +1 target when chaining, but not chain further from them ・Projectiles from empowered lightning spells fork 30% of mana spent while in the storm is added to this skill's mana cost per second |
 Pain Offering
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・Limit 1 Pain Offering Spike ・Aura Radius is 6 Metres ・Spike Duration is 6 seconds ・Aura grants minions 28% increased damage and 22% increased attack and cast speed |
 Soul Offering
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・Limit 1 Soul Offering Spike ・Spike Duration is 4s ・Buff grants you 32% more Spell Damage |
 Walking Calamity
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Walking Calamity: ・Supported Skills Requires 20 Glory to Use ・ +0.3 Seconds to Base Attack Time if Not Standing ・ Trigger a Meteor Every 0.05 Seconds ・ A Large Meteor Falls Every 20 Meteors ・ Meteors Fall In 8 Metre Radius ・ Buff Duration Is 10 Seconds ・ Buff Grants 5 Rage Regenerated per Second ・ Buff Grants 30% of Damage Gained as Fire Damage Meteors - Small Meteor: ・Attack Damage: 149% ・ Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage ・ Impact Radius Is 0.8 Metres Meteors - Large Meteor: ・Attack Damage: 374% ・ Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage ・ Impact Radius Is 1.4 Metres ・ Ignited Ground Duration Is 5 Seconds |
All Buff Support Gems
| Gem | Effects |
|---|---|
 Cannibalism I
|
・2% of Maximum Life recovered on Kill while a Supported Skill is active |
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Cannibalism II
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・3% of maximum Life recovered on Kill while a Supported Skill is active |
 Clarity I
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・30% Increased Mana Regeneration rate while a supported skill is active |
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Clarity II
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・50% Increased Mana Regeneration Rate while a Supported Skill is active. |
 Coolheaded
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・50% less Ignite duration on you while a Supported Skill is active |
 Direstrike I
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・Deal 50% increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while a Supported Skill is active |
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Direstrike II
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・Deal 70% increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while a Supported Skill is Active |
 Herbalism I
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・30% increased recovery from Life Flasks while supported skill is active |
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Herbalism II
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・50% increased recovery from Life Flasks while supported skill is active |
 Mysticism I
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・Deal 30% increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while a Supported Skill is active |
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Mysticism II
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・Deal 40% increased Spell Damage while on Full Energy Shield while a Supported Skill is Active |
 Poison Spores
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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 |
 Precision I
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・30% Increased accuracy rating while a supported sill is active |
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Precision II
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・50% Increased Accuracy Rating while a Supported Skill is active |
 Refraction I
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・Those affected by auras from supported skills gain refractive plating ・Refractive plating causes 20% of armoour to apply to elemental hit damage taken |
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Refraction II
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・Those affected by Auras from Supported Skills gain Refractive Plating ・Refractive Plating causes 30% armour to apply to Elemental Hit Damage taken. |
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Refraction III
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・Supported Banners apply Refractive Dissolution to Enemies in Radius ・Refractive Dissolution applies 2% Elemental Exposure per 1000 player Armour, up to 80% |
 Strong Hearted
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・50% less Shock duration on you while supported skill is active |
 Thornskin I
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・Deal 40% increased Thorns Damage while a Supported Skill is active |
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Thornskin II
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・Deal 70% increased Thorns Damage while a Supported Skill is Active |
 Upwelling I
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・Your Minions deal 30% increased Damage while you are not on full Mana while a Supported Skill is active |
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Upwelling II
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・Your Minions deal 50% increased Damage while you are not on Full Mana while a Supported Skill is active. |
 Vitality I
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・Regenerate 1% of Maximum Life Per Second while a Supported Skill is active |
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Vitality II
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・Regenerate 2% of maximum Life per second while a Supported Skill is active |
 Warm Blooded
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・50% less Freeze duration on you while a Supported Skill is active |
All Buff Spirit Gems
| Gem | Effects |
|---|---|
 Briarpatch
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・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 |
 Convalescence
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・Buff duration is 3.15 seconds ・Cooldown does not recover during Buff effect |
 Overwhelming Presence
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・Enemies in your presence have 18% reduced Elemental Ailment threshold ・Enemies in your presence have 19% reduced Stun threshold |
 Rhoa Mount
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None |
 Sacrifice
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・Skills can use your Undead Reviving Minions in place of Corpses ・Minions revive 66% more slowly |
 Trail of Caltrops
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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 |
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