Skills, separated from items.
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Ball Lightning
Fires a slow-moving projectile that damages each enemy in an area around it repeatedly with bolts of lightning.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Spell / Damage / AreaBlazing Salvo
Fires projectiles which fly in an arc, dealing area damage on impact with either enemies or the ground near where you target. Targeting farther away causes the projectiles to spread out and land over a wider area.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Spell / Projectile / ProjectilesFromUserCreeping Frost
Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.
Open skill guide →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.
Open skill guide →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.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Projectile / ProjectilesFromUser / SpellFireball
Unleashes a ball of fire towards a target which explodes, damaging nearby foes.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Spell / Damage / AreaForbidden Rite
Lobs an exploding projectile near the targeted location, and extra projectiles toward enemies around you. The projectiles deal chaos damage based on your life and energy shield. Casting this spell damages you.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Spell / Projectile / ProjectilesFromUserFreezing Pulse
An icy projectile which has a chance to freeze enemies it passes through. The projectile fades quickly, reducing damage and freezing chance until it dissipates.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Spell / Projectile / ProjectilesFromUserFrostbolt
Fires a slow-moving projectile that pierces through enemies, dealing cold damage.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Attack / RangedAttack / MirageArcherCanUseLightning Arrow
Fires a charged arrow which damages enemies by causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning, which also damages a number of surrounding enemies.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Attack / Projectile / AreaMolten Strike
Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will deal area attack damage to enemies where they land.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Spell / Damage / AreaRolling Magma
Lob a fiery orb that deals area damage as it hits the ground. The skill chains, bouncing forward to deal damage multiple times.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Spell / Area / DurationSoulrend
Fires a projectile that turns towards enemies in front of it, damaging and piercing through those it hits, and leeching some of that damage as energy shield. As the projectile travels, it repeatedly applies a short but powerful chaos damage over time debuff to each enemy in an area around it.
Open skill guide →Every reviewed Path of Exile 1 skill.
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