Skills, separated from items.
Find what a skill does, how a character gets it, what game-data tags describe it, and which reviewed builds use it. Active skills stay separate from support gems.
Skill gem · Spell / Damage / AreaBlade Vortex
This spell creates ethereal blades which orbit in an area around you, dealing damage every 0.6 seconds to all enemies in their radius. As more blades are added, the damage becomes greater and more frequent.
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Skill gem · Attack / MeleeSingleTarget / MultistrikeableBoneshatter
Attack enemies with a forceful melee strike that also hurts you. Successive uses will raise the damage dealt both to enemies and you. Stunning an enemy with the strike releases a damaging pulse. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe or Staff.
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Skill gem · Spell / Area / DurationContagion
Unleashes a vile contagion on enemies, dealing chaos damage over time. If an enemy dies while affected by Contagion, the debuff spreads to other enemies.
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Skill gem · Spell / Projectile / ProjectilesFromUserEssence Drain
Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You are healed for a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.
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Skill gem · Attack / RangedAttack / MirageArcherCanUseExplosive Arrow
Fires an arrow which will stick into an enemy or wall, and then explode, dealing area damage around it, either after a duration or when the maximum number of arrows stuck to that target is reached. If an enemy has multiple Explosive Arrows stuck in them, the first one to explode will consume the others, adding their damage to its explosion.
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Skill gem · Spell / Movement / DamageFlame Dash
Teleport to a location, damaging enemies and leaving a trail of burning ground. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.
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Skill gem · Attack / Melee / MeleeSingleTargetFlicker Strike
Teleports the character to a nearby monster and attacks with a melee weapon. If no specific monster is targeted, one is picked at random. Grants a buff that increases movement speed for a duration. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.
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Skill gem · Spell / Minion / DurationSummon Raging Spirit
Summons a short-lived flaming skull that rushes at nearby enemies and attacks them rapidly, converting all its physical damage to fire. Enemies will not directly engage these spirits, and can pass through them.
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Skill gem · Spell / Minion / DurationSummon Skeletons
Summon Skeleton Warrior minions at the targeted location. They use a melee attack and die after a duration. If made aggressive, Skeleton Warriors will also dash towards nearby enemies.
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Skill gem · Attack / RangedAttack / MirageArcherCanUseToxic Rain
Fire arrows into the air that rain down around the targeted area, dealing damage to enemies they hit and creating spore pods where they land. Each spore pod deals chaos damage over time to nearby enemies and slows their movement speed. The pods last for a duration before bursting, dealing area damage.
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