Item Rarity Support support gem artwork
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Intelligence · Support gem

Item Rarity Support

Supports any skill that can kill enemies.

Reviewed Aug 12, 2026Source rules retained
POEXPLORER FIELD NOTE

How to think about it

This is a reward modifier rather than a direct combat upgrade. The supported skill still needs dependable killing blows, and giving up a damage link must not make the character meaningfully slower.

COMPATIBILITY METHOD

What it can support

PoExplorer accepts a match only when this support's allowed types intersect the active skill's source types, none of its exclusions conflict, and any gem-only restriction is satisfied.

Allowed source types

DamageAttackDamageOverTimeKillNoDamageModifiers
COMPATIBLE ACTIVE SKILLS

Skills that pass the source rules

These are compatibility candidates—not a promise that every pairing is optimal for a particular build.

Arc skill icon
eligible

Arc

Spell / Damage / Trappable

Ball Lightning skill icon
eligible

Ball Lightning

Spell / Damage / Projectile

Blade Blast skill icon
eligible

Blade Blast

Spell / Area / Trappable

Blade Vortex skill icon
eligible

Blade Vortex

Spell / Damage / Area

Bladefall skill icon
eligible

Bladefall

Spell / Area / Trappable

Blazing Salvo skill icon
eligible

Blazing Salvo

Spell / Damage / Area

Boneshatter skill icon
eligible

Boneshatter

Attack / MeleeSingleTarget / Multistrikeable

Cold Snap skill icon
eligible

Cold Snap

Spell / Damage / Area

Contagion skill icon
eligible

Contagion

Spell / Area / Duration

Crackling Lance skill icon
eligible

Crackling Lance

Spell / Area / Damage

Creeping Frost skill icon
eligible

Creeping Frost

Spell / Projectile / ProjectilesFromUser

Cyclone skill icon
eligible

Cyclone

Attack / Area / Melee

Detonate Dead skill icon
eligible

Detonate Dead

Spell / Damage / Area

Essence Drain skill icon
eligible

Essence Drain

Spell / Projectile / ProjectilesFromUser

Explosive Arrow skill icon
eligible

Explosive Arrow

Attack / RangedAttack / MirageArcherCanUse

Fireball skill icon
eligible

Fireball

Projectile / ProjectilesFromUser / Spell

Firestorm skill icon
eligible

Firestorm

Spell / Damage / Area

Flame Dash skill icon
eligible

Flame Dash

Spell / Movement / Damage

Flicker Strike skill icon
eligible

Flicker Strike

Attack / Melee / MeleeSingleTarget

Forbidden Rite skill icon
eligible

Forbidden Rite

Spell / Damage / Area

Freezing Pulse skill icon
eligible

Freezing Pulse

Spell / Projectile / ProjectilesFromUser

Frostbolt skill icon
eligible

Frostbolt

Spell / Projectile / ProjectilesFromUser

Glacial Cascade skill icon
eligible

Glacial Cascade

Spell / Damage / Area

Hexblast skill icon
eligible

Hexblast

Spell / Damage / Area

Ice Nova skill icon
eligible

Ice Nova

Spell / Damage / Area

Lightning Arrow skill icon
eligible

Lightning Arrow

Attack / RangedAttack / MirageArcherCanUse

Lightning Conduit skill icon
eligible

Lightning Conduit

Spell / Damage / Area

Molten Strike skill icon
eligible

Molten Strike

Attack / Projectile / Area

Purifying Flame skill icon
eligible

Purifying Flame

Spell / Area / Damage

Reap skill icon
eligible

Reap

Spell / Damage / Physical