PoE2 skill gem

Primal Strikes

Perform a Lightning-charged stab that can be chained into a combination of up to three attacks. The first two attacks conjure a charging Wildwood spirit if they Hit a Shocked enemy and refresh Shock duration. The third attack is a large swipe that inflicts Elemental Exposure, and can Consume Shock to conjure a stampede of spirits.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Primal Strikes: Now has a minimum Gem level of 9 (previously 7). Tame Beast: Summoned Beasts now deal 40% more damage at Gem Level 9 scaling up to 84% at Gem Level 20. Now immediately summons newly Tamed Beasts if you have enough spirit. Now has a minimum Gem level of 7 (previously 9).

Full patch history

Effects

14 effects

Normal Strikes

Hidden

Final Strike

Spirits

Requirements and restrictions

2 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Dex
Weapon or skill requirementSpears
Source requirement text

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

Requires: Spears

Gem level progression

40 levels
Primal Strikes levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelDexManaBase Damage+1 metres to Melee Strike Range
104580%, 80%, 80%, 100%, 100%, 120%1
239688%, 88%, 88%, 100%, 110%, 132%1
3614797%, 97%, 97%, 100%, 121%, 145%1
410218106%, 106%, 106%, 100%, 132%, 159%1
514289114%, 114%, 114%, 100%, 142%, 172%1.1
6183510122%, 122%, 122%, 100%, 153%, 185%1.1
7224112131%, 131%, 131%, 100%, 164%, 199%1.1
8264813139%, 139%, 139%, 100%, 174%, 212%1.1
9315715146%, 146%, 146%, 100%, 182%, 224%1.2
10366516153%, 153%, 153%, 100%, 191%, 237%1.2
11417418161%, 161%, 161%, 100%, 201%, 251%1.2
12468220169%, 169%, 169%, 100%, 211%, 266%1.2
13529221177%, 177%, 177%, 100%, 222%, 282%1.3
145810323186%, 186%, 186%, 100%, 233%, 299%1.3
156411326196%, 196%, 196%, 100%, 244%, 318%1.3
166611628205%, 205%, 205%, 100%, 257%, 338%1.3
177212630216%, 216%, 216%, 100%, 269%, 359%1.4
187813733226%, 226%, 226%, 100%, 283%, 382%1.4
198414736238%, 238%, 238%, 100%, 297%, 407%1.4
209015738250%, 250%, 250%, 100%, 312%, 435%1.5
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Primal Strikes levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelDexManaBase Damage+1 metres to Melee Strike Range
21Not applicableNot applicable42262%, 262%, 262%, 100%, 327%, 464%1.5
22Not applicableNot applicable45275%, 275%, 275%, 100%, 344%, 494%1.5
23Not applicableNot applicable48289%, 289%, 289%, 100%, 361%, 527%1.5
24Not applicableNot applicable52303%, 303%, 303%, 100%, 379%, 563%1.5
25Not applicableNot applicable56318%, 318%, 318%, 100%, 398%, 600%1.5
26Not applicableNot applicable60334%, 334%, 334%, 100%, 418%, 640%1.5
27Not applicableNot applicable64351%, 351%, 351%, 100%, 439%, 683%1.5
28Not applicableNot applicable69369%, 369%, 369%, 100%, 461%, 728%1.5
29Not applicableNot applicable74387%, 387%, 387%, 100%, 484%, 777%1.5
30Not applicableNot applicable79406%, 406%, 406%, 100%, 508%, 828%1.6
31Not applicableNot applicable85427%, 427%, 427%, 100%, 533%, 884%1.6
32Not applicableNot applicable91448%, 448%, 448%, 100%, 560%, 942%1.6
33Not applicableNot applicable97470%, 470%, 470%, 100%, 588%, 1005%1.6
34Not applicableNot applicable103494%, 494%, 494%, 100%, 618%, 1072%1.6
35Not applicableNot applicable110519%, 519%, 519%, 100%, 648%, 1144%1.6
36Not applicableNot applicable118545%, 545%, 545%, 100%, 681%, 1220%1.6
37Not applicableNot applicable125572%, 572%, 572%, 100%, 715%, 1301%1.6
38Not applicableNot applicable134600%, 600%, 600%, 100%, 751%, 1388%1.6
39Not applicableNot applicable142631%, 631%, 631%, 100%, 788%, 1480%1.6
40Not applicableNot applicable151662%, 662%, 662%, 100%, 828%, 1579%1.6

Quality effects

2 effects

Normal Strikes standard quality

  • (0-20)% increased Attack Speed

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, MeleeSingleTarget, Melee, Lightning, Area, PerformsFinalStrike, SkillConsumesShock, AttackInPlace

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 9

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Spear, tier 9

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 9 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Spear

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Primal Strikes. 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%.
View every corruption outcome and enchantment

Patch history

2 changes
0.5.0
Direct change

Primal Strikes: Now has a minimum Gem level of 9 (previously 7). Tame Beast: Summoned Beasts now deal 40% more damage at Gem Level 9 scaling up to 84% at Gem Level 20. Now immediately summons newly Tamed Beasts if you have enough spirit. Now has a minimum Gem level of 7 (previously 9).

0.4.0
Direct change

Primal Strikes: Final Strike now has +20 to Melee Strike Range (previously +5). Final Strike now inflicts Elemental Exposure on Hit, lowering Total Elemental Resistances by 50% (previously 20%).