Attack

A Spell is a skill with the Spell tag. Any base damage, Cast Time, and base Critical Hit Chance it lists come from the skill rather than the inherent damage, Attack Speed, or base Critical Hit Chance on a weapon.

A Hit is an instantaneous damage event. Any damage that is not damage over time is Hit damage, whether it comes from an Attack, a Spell, Thorns, or another effect.

Damage is classified on three independent axes: source, delivery, and type. A component can come from an Attack, Spell, Thorns, or another source; deal a Hit or damage over time; and deal Physical, Fire, Cold, Lightning, or Chaos damage.

Item modifiers are stat lines or rules attached to an item. They include implicit modifiers, explicit prefixes and suffixes, enchantments, corruption enchantments, crafted and Desecrated modifiers, fractured modifiers, and the fixed effects on Unique items.

Evasion Rating grants an entropy-based chance to Evade enemy Hits completely. The actual chance compares the defender's Evasion Rating with the Accuracy Rating of the attacker.

Ammunition Skills load a Crossbow with a specific attack and a limited supply of bolts. Loading or reloading prepares the attack; firing spends the loaded bolts until the clip is empty or another Ammunition Skill replaces it.

Gain is wording used by several different mechanics. On a damage line, gaining damage as extra creates an additional amount of the named output damage without removing the original damage.

Physical damage is one of the five Damage Types. It is the most common and the only one reduced by Armour, rather than by a Resistance.

Elemental Damage is the collective name for Fire, Cold, and Lightning Damage. A modifier to Elemental Damage can scale all three types, but each part is still mitigated by its matching Resistance and keeps its own ailment rules.

Fire Damage is one of the five damage types. Fire Hits apply Flammability, which supplies chance to Ignite, while Fire Resistance mitigates Fire Hits and Fire damage over time separately.

Critical Hits deal +100% extra damage (i.e. twice as much damage) by default. Critical Damage Bonuses can further modify this value.

A Support Gem modifies one skill when socketed into that skill in the Skills Panel. Compatibility, Support Category, attribute capacity, socket count, and any cost or reservation multiplier all matter before the support can apply.

A Projectile is a moving entity created by an Attack or Spell. Projectile describes delivery, not the source type or damage type, so the Projectile can still be an Attack or Spell and can deal any supported damage type.

Melee Attacks directly hit with a Strike or deal Melee damage through a Slam. They usually scale from a Martial Weapon or Unarmed base, but Melee is not a damage type and does not include Projectiles created by the Attack.

A Buff is a beneficial effect applied to a player, Minion, monster, or other target for a duration or while a condition remains true. Buff Magnitude comes from the creator, while Buff Effect usually comes from the affected target.

A Trigger causes a skill to occur immediately when its stated condition is met. A Triggered skill has no attack or cast time for that activation, usually targets the cause of the Trigger, and does not count as a skill you used.

Minions are summoned Allies with their own offensive and defensive stats. Player modifiers do not apply to them unless the modifier explicitly affects Minions or Allies, and the player does not count as their own Ally.

A Repeatable skill can perform its release portion several times from one skill use when another effect grants Repeats. Repeating does not mean recasting the entire skill, and each Repeat makes the sequence take longer.

Strength is a primary Attribute used for equipment and gem requirements, especially Armour and melee-aligned equipment. Each point of Strength inherently grants 2 maximum Life.

Dexterity is a primary Attribute used for equipment and gem requirements, especially Evasion and range-aligned equipment. Each point of Dexterity inherently grants 8 Accuracy Rating.

Accuracy Rating determines whether an Attack Hits by being compared with the target's Evasion. Player Attacks also lose Accuracy with distance, while Spells do not use Accuracy.

A Strike is a Melee Attack that directly hits with a weapon or body part. Strike and Slam are mutually exclusive classifications, and Melee Strike Range affects how far a Strike can directly reach.

An Aftershock is a later burst of area Attack damage created by another impact. Unless the source gives different values, it deals the initial impact's damage in the same area. Individual skills and effects can instead define their own delay, damage, area, count, or position.

A Slam is a Melee Attack that deals damage through an area instead of directly Striking an enemy. Slams always have the AoE tag, remain Melee damage, and do not count as Strikes.

A Channelling skill continues one skill use while its input is held. Some build power for a release, while others repeatedly attack or apply effects during the channel.

A Meta Gem is a Skill Gem that accepts other Skill Gems and Support Gems in its own sockets, then uses, Triggers, or otherwise applies those socketed skills according to the Meta Gem's rules.

Critical Damage Bonus determines how much extra damage a Critical Hit deals. The default player and minion value is +100%, so an otherwise identical Critical Hit deals twice the damage of a non-critical Hit.

Travel is a skill tag for abilities that move the character a substantial distance without requiring an enemy target. The tag controls Travel-specific interactions, including shared cooldowns and support eligibility, but each skill still defines its own movement, damage, targeting, and defensive behavior.

Rage is a combat resource that inherently grants 1% more Attack Damage per point. Characters have 30 maximum Rage by default. Rage generation is limited to one Hit every 0.5 seconds, and inherent Rage loss begins after four seconds without gaining Rage or taking damage.

Herald Skills are Persistent Buffs that reserve Spirit and provide a payoff after a qualifying enemy death or condition. Each Herald has its own trigger, damage component, ailment interaction, and scaling requirements.

Skill Speed changes how quickly skills are used. Generic increases and reductions to Skill Speed add together with matching specific speed stats such as Attack Speed, Cast Speed, Warcry Speed, reload speed, or totem placement speed.

Cooldown Recovery Rate changes how quickly Skill cooldowns restore. It divides the effective cooldown rather than subtracting the displayed percentage directly from the cooldown duration.

Parry is the active Block skill granted by Bucklers. Hold it while facing an enemy to block an eligible Hit, retaliate with a Physical sweep, and apply the Parried debuff.

Iron Grip removes Strength's inherent maximum Life bonus and instead grants 1% increased Projectile Attack damage per 2 Strength. It is a Keystone effect granted by Irongrasp, not a current passive-tree node.

Onslaught is a Buff that grants 20% increased Skill Speed and 10% increased movement speed. A temporary source normally grants it for four seconds unless that source states another duration or ties it to an ongoing effect.

You are Surrounded when at least five enemies are within 3 metres of your character. Surrounded is a condition, not a Buff: it has no duration, does not stack, and grants nothing by itself. Items, passive skills, and Support Gems check whether the condition is currently true and apply their own listed effects while it is.

Two-Handed is a weapon classification. A two-handed weapon normally occupies both weapon slots, but the class also includes Bows that can use a Quiver and weapons held in one hand through Giant's Blood or The Bringer of Rain.

One-Handed is a weapon classification. One-handed weapons fit in the main-hand slot, but their off-hand options depend on the weapon class. Some can dual wield, some accept a shield or other off-hand item, and some have stricter rules.

Swords are a Strength and Dexterity melee Martial Weapon class with one-handed and two-handed base types in the game data. In the current 0.5.4d Early Access game, the Sword class and its intended skill family are still unreleased. Database records and old bug-dropped swords should not be mistaken for a normally available build archetype.

Axes are an unreleased Strength and Dexterity melee Martial Weapon family in the current 0.5.4d game. One Hand Axe and Two Hand Axe bases, modifiers, and internal skill records exist in the data, but that database presence does not mean the complete Axe roster can be obtained through normal current drops.

Banner Skills reserve 30 Spirit while active and build Glory when you Hit monsters with Attacks. At 200 Glory, use the Skill to place a Banner whose Aura affects you and nearby Allies inside its area for a limited duration.

Overkill damage is the part of a killing Hit that exceeds the enemy's remaining Life. It is a measured amount used by effects such as Herald of Ash and Trampletoe, not an automatic bonus applied to every kill.

Chaos Surges are temporary stacks attached to the active weapon. Chaotic Surge is the triggered skill that grants those stacks, and eligible non-melee projectile Attacks spend them to add Chaos explosions at the end of projectile flight.

Shatter is the corpse-destruction result when a Frozen monster is killed. Shatter does not deal damage by itself, but Herald of Ice, Frozen Vortex, unique items, and other effects can change what qualifies or add a payoff when the event occurs.

Thorns is Hit damage dealt as a separate hit. By default, a character with Thorns retaliates when an enemy hits them with a Melee Attack.