PoE2 skill gem

Molten Blast

Gouge molten rock from the ground and fling it at the target. The Projectile explodes on collision, damaging enemies and scattering shrapnel in a cone behind it.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.2
Direct change

Fixed a bug where the Quality bonus granted to Molten Blast by the Gemling Legionnaire's Advanced Thaumaturgy Passive Skill granted 1 less Projectile than intended and displayed on the wrong tab of the Gem.

0.5.0
Related system change

Fixed a bug where Tactician's Cannons, Ready! Notable Passive Skill would not cause totems to attack when the player uses Molten Blast, Rolling Magma, Oil Barrage, or Power Charged Falling Thunder.

Full patch history

Effects

17 effects

Projectile

Shrapnel

Requirements and restrictions

2 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Str
Weapon or skill requirementOne Hand Maces, Two Hand Maces
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Str

Requires: One Hand Maces, Two Hand Maces

Gem level progression

40 levels
Molten Blast levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelStrManaBase Damage
104665%, 65%, 65%, 65%
239672%, 72%, 72%, 72%
3614779%, 79%, 79%, 79%
41021987%, 87%, 87%, 87%
514281094%, 94%, 94%, 94%
6183511102%, 102%, 102%, 102%
7224112110%, 110%, 110%, 110%
8264814118%, 118%, 118%, 118%
9315715125%, 125%, 125%, 125%
10366517133%, 133%, 133%, 133%
11417419142%, 142%, 142%, 142%
12468220152%, 152%, 152%, 152%
13529222162%, 162%, 162%, 162%
145810325173%, 173%, 173%, 173%
156411327185%, 185%, 185%, 185%
166611629199%, 199%, 199%, 199%
177212632213%, 213%, 213%, 213%
187813734229%, 229%, 229%, 229%
198414737246%, 246%, 246%, 246%
209015740265%, 265%, 265%, 265%
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Molten Blast levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelStrManaBase Damage
21Not applicableNot applicable43286%, 286%, 286%, 286%
22Not applicableNot applicable47308%, 308%, 308%, 308%
23Not applicableNot applicable50332%, 332%, 332%, 332%
24Not applicableNot applicable54357%, 357%, 357%, 357%
25Not applicableNot applicable58385%, 385%, 385%, 385%
26Not applicableNot applicable63415%, 415%, 415%, 415%
27Not applicableNot applicable67447%, 447%, 447%, 447%
28Not applicableNot applicable72481%, 481%, 481%, 481%
29Not applicableNot applicable77519%, 519%, 519%, 519%
30Not applicableNot applicable83559%, 559%, 559%, 559%
31Not applicableNot applicable89602%, 602%, 602%, 602%
32Not applicableNot applicable95648%, 648%, 648%, 648%
33Not applicableNot applicable101699%, 699%, 699%, 699%
34Not applicableNot applicable108753%, 753%, 753%, 753%
35Not applicableNot applicable115811%, 811%, 811%, 811%
36Not applicableNot applicable123873%, 873%, 873%, 873%
37Not applicableNot applicable131941%, 941%, 941%, 941%
38Not applicableNot applicable1401014%, 1014%, 1014%, 1014%
39Not applicableNot applicable1491092%, 1092%, 1092%, 1092%
40Not applicableNot applicable1581176%, 1176%, 1176%, 1176%

Quality effects

2 effects

Projectile standard quality

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Attack, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Triggerable, Fire, AttackInPlace, RangedAttack

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 5

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Mace, tier 5

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 5 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Mace

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Molten Blast. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
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Patch history

5 changes
0.5.2
Direct change

Fixed a bug where the Quality bonus granted to Molten Blast by the Gemling Legionnaire's Advanced Thaumaturgy Passive Skill granted 1 less Projectile than intended and displayed on the wrong tab of the Gem.

0.3.0c
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Ancestral Warrior Totem using Molten Blast would deal no damage if you are dual wielding Maces.

0.5.0
Related system change

Fixed a bug where Tactician's Cannons, Ready! Notable Passive Skill would not cause totems to attack when the player uses Molten Blast, Rolling Magma, Oil Barrage, or Power Charged Falling Thunder.

0.3.0
Direct change

Molten Blast: Now steps backwards instead of forwards if used while moving in the opposite direction to where you're targeting, or attacking in place. Now inflicts 200% more Flammability, and has 100% more Ignite Duration. The secondary projectile count can no longer be modified. Quality now grants 0-30% chance to inflict Elemental Exposure on Hit (previously Fire Exposure).

0.2.0
Direct change

Molten Blast now has "While Dual Wielding, fires twice as many Projectiles with 15% less Attack Speed (previously 30%).