Hits
Any damage that isn't damage over time is Hit damage.
Mechanic
Culling Strike
Culling Strikes kill Normal enemies if their life is at 35% or below. Magic enemies are instead killed at 20%, Rare at 10% and Unique at 5%. These thresholds are checked before the damage of the Hit is applied.0.5.4d
Current data
Catalog version 0.5.4d
No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.
What Culling Strike means
PoE2 definitionCulling Strikes kill Normal enemies if their life is at 35% or below. Magic enemies are instead killed at 20%, Rare at 10% and Unique at 5%. These thresholds are checked before the damage of the Hit is applied.
Related mechanics
4 linkedHitting
Any damage that isn't damage over time is Hit damage.
Hit
Any damage that isn't damage over time is Hit damage.
Damage with Hits
Any damage that isn't damage over time is Hit damage.
Related mechanics
4MechanicRunic Ward
MechanicCompanions
MechanicDecimating Strike
MechanicFear Incarnate
Runic Ward protects the final point of Life. When damage would reduce Life to 0, Life stops at 1 and current Runic Ward absorbs the remainder. The character still dies if the remaining damage is greater than the Ward available.
MechanicCompanionsCompanions are powerful Reviving Minions with a separate global limit. By default, you can have only one Companion summoned at a time, regardless of its type or the number of creatures represented by its skill.
MechanicDecimating StrikeDecimating Strike makes a Hit against a Full Life enemy remove a random 5% to 30% of its Life immediately before the Hit's damage is applied. It is granted by the Witchhunter notable Judge, Jury, and Executioner and by Aerisvane's Wings.
MechanicFear IncarnateFear Incarnate is a stacking buff gained from Horror's Flight when you Cull a target. Each stack raises every Culling Strike threshold by 10% for 10 seconds, up to 20 stacks.
Items and gems using this mechanic
7 connections
Direct relationDeathblow(100-150)% increased Armour and Evasion
Direct relationDoomgate(80-100)% increased Block chance
Direct relationFrostbreathAdds (8-12) to (16-20) Physical Damage
Direct relationHorror's Flight(200-300)% increased Evasion Rating
Direct relationMyris Uxor(40-60)% increased Evasion Rating
Uses Culling StrikeExecutioner GreataxeCulling Strike
Uses Culling StrikeLegacy of DeathblowGloves: Culling Strike