PoE2 gem database
Skill gems
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Shattering Spite
Stamp your spear, destroying all Bloodstone Lances on each enemy in your Presence to cause a damaging explosion around that enemy. Each explosion gains new benefits when reaching higher thresholds of Bloodstone Lances removed from an enemy, causing them to deal more damage, have increased area of effect, and Leech Life from enemies caught in the blast.
Attack, AoE, Physical, Lightning, Fire
Shield Charge
Channel to charge in the target direction. You will crash into enemies on your path, stopping your charge and dealing damage to enemies in an area, and extra damage to the enemies you collided with. While charging, your Shield is raised and you will Block all incoming Blockable hits.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Physical, Channelling
Shield Wall
Ram your Shield into the ground, throwing up a wall of earth. Enemies can attack your wall segments, and your Slams, Warcries, and Shield Charge will instantly shatter them all. The segments explode when shattered, damaging enemies in front of and around them.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Physical, Duration
Shockburst Rounds
Load your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts which release damaging pulses upon Hitting an enemy affected by a Lightning Ailment. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.
Attack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Lightning
Shockchain Arrow
Fire a Lightning-charged arrow that homes in on enemies afflicted by Lightning Ailments. Hitting such an enemy will cause your arrow to release a damaging shockwave and Chain towards nearby targets, with those Chaining Hits also releasing a shockwave. After the final Chain, the arrow lodges into the ground as a Lightning Rod. Consumes Shock from enemies it Hits, but not Electrocution.
Attack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Chaining
Shockwave Totem
Raise a Totem that Slams the ground around it, repeatedly damaging nearby enemies. Jagged Ground erupts when hit by this Slam, damaging enemies standing on it. The Totem cannot create Jagged Ground. This Skill can be used while Shapeshifted.
Attack, Totem, AoE, Melee, Slam
Shred
Shapeshift into a Werewolf and lash out with a flurry of claw swipes. The first Attack can dash to faraway enemies and the final Attack Strikes twice. Attacking a Frozen enemy will create Ice Fragments, which are Projectiles that land and explode after a short delay.
Attack, Shapeshift, Werewolf, AoE, Melee
Siege Ballista
Deploy a Ballista Totem that fires bolts skyward, to explode a short time after landing.
Attack, Totem, AoE, Projectile, Sustained
Siege Cascade
Load your Crossbow with enemy-seeking payloads which are fired into the air, dropping a bolt near every enemy in the target area. These bolts lodge in the ground and explode after a short delay.
Attack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Sustained
Sigil of Power
Place a Sigil on the ground, providing a powerful Spell Damage Buff to you and Allies while standing in it. The Buff becomes more powerful the more mana you spend while standing in the Sigil.
Spell, AoE, Duration, Staged
Siphon Elements
While active, has a chance to create an Infusion Remnant when you Freeze, Shock or Ignite a target.
Buff, Persistent, Lightning, Cold, Fire
Siphoning Strike
Dash to a target and Strike them with your Quarterstaff. If the target is Shocked, Consume their Shock to release a Lightning shockwave around the target and grant you a Power Charge. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Lightning
Skeletal Arsonist
Activate to summon bomb-throwing, Reviving Skeletal Arsonists that can detonate other Minions on Command.
Minion, Persistent, Fire, Detonator
Skeletal Brute
Activate to summon hard-hitting, Reviving Skeletal Brutes that can Stun Primed enemies and Warcry on Command. This Warcry Intimidates nearby enemies and Consumes Freeze on enemies and allies to deal damage in an Area around them.
Minion, Warcry, Persistent, Physical, Payoff
Skeletal Cleric
Activate to summon Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.
Minion, Persistent
Skeletal Frost Mage
Activate to summon Reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can envelop your Minions in an icy shield on Command.
Minion, Persistent, Cold
Skeletal Reaver
Activate to summon aggressive, Reviving Skeletal Reavers that can enrage on Command. Skeletal Reavers do more Attack Damage and gain increased Attack speed based on their Rage
Minion, Persistent, Physical
Skeletal Sniper
Activate to summon long-ranged, Reviving Skeletal Snipers that can fire a gas arrow on Command.
Minion, Persistent, Physical, Fire, Chaos
Skeletal Storm Mage
Activate to summon Reviving Skeletal Storm Mages that can call down a lightning strike on dead Skeletons on Command.
Minion, Persistent, Lightning
Skeletal Warrior
Activate to summon Reviving Skeletal Warriors.
Minion, Persistent, Physical
Skyfall
Build Glory by spending Runic Ward. When you have maximum Glory, you may call down a mass of Verisium from the sky, dealing high damage at the targeted location and summoning a Temporary Minion. Targeting close to you will cause you to jump back as you cast. Consumes a Verisium Infusion, if possible, to increase the number of Minions summoned .
Spell, Minion, AoE, Physical, Cold
Snap
Consume the elemental energy from a Frozen, Shocked or Ignited enemy, creating an elemental blast that leaves behind an Infusion Remnant. The blast will spread to other enemies affected by the same Ailment, but those blasts cannot spread further. Can also be cast on a Frostbolt to create a larger cold blast.
Spell, AoE, Lightning, Cold, Fire
Snipe
Channel to charge up your bow before releasing a powerful shot. Releasing with Perfect Timing causes the arrow to explode on impact and Consume Freeze on directly Hitting. Consuming Freeze enhances the explosion.
Attack, AoE, Projectile, Cold, Channelling
Sniper's Mark
Mark a target. The next Critical Hit the target receives Activates the Mark, Consuming it to deal extra damage and grant you a Frenzy Charge.
Mark, Duration
Soaring Midnight
Hurl your Shield as a Projectile which Returns to you at the end of its flight. While the Shield is in flight, this skill is replaced with Embrace the Fall. This skill's cooldown is skipped if you catch the Shield as it Returns, or destroy an Ice Crystal with the Embrace the Fall.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Projectile
Solar Orb
Create a fiery Orb that periodically releases fiery pulses. Enemies that are very close to the Orb are Ignited. Flameblast can target a Solar Orb to be centred on the Orb instead of your location.
Spell, AoE, Sustained, Fire, Duration
Sorcery Ward
Passively manifests a protective barrier which takes Elemental Damage from Hits for you until depleted. The barrier instantly recharges to its full value a short time after it stops taking damage or is fully depleted.
Spell, Buff, Persistent, Lightning, Cold
Soul Offering
Skewer a Skeleton on a bone spike, granting you a powerful Spell damage Buff as long as the spike remains. Does not affect your Minions. The bone spike is itself a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.
Minion, Buff, Duration
Soulrend
Fire a Piercing Projectile that seeks out enemies. Enemies hit are inflicted with a Debuff that Hinders them and deals Chaos damage over time for a short duration.
Spell, Projectile, Chaos, Duration, Repeatable
Spark
Launch a spray of sparking Projectiles that travel erratically along the ground until they hit an enemy or expire. Consumes a Cold Infusion if possible to fire many sparks in a circle.
Spell, Projectile, Trigger, Lightning, Cold
Spear of Solaris
Build Glory by inflicting Freeze, Shock or Ignite on enemies. When you have maximum Glory you may call forth the Azmeri goddess Solaris, jumping backwards and throwing your Spear in the air. On landing the spear deals heavy damage in an area, then calls a divine skybeam that pulses periodically and creates expanding Ignited Ground. Modifiers to number of Projectiles fired do not apply to this skill.
Attack, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Fire
Spear Stab
Strike with your Spear.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike
Spear Throw
Hurl your Spear with force. Consumes a Frenzy Charge if you have one to cause the Spear to explode at the end of its flight.
Attack, AoE, Projectile, Repeatable
Spearfield
Stab the ground causing multiple spears to burst out of the ground in front of you in a large area. The spears remain for a duration, or explode when enemies touch them, damaging and Maiming them.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Sustained, Duration
Spell Totem
Consume any combination of 3 Power and/or Endurance Charges to raise a Totem that uses socketed Spells. Cannot use Skills with Cooldowns.
Totem, Spell, Duration, Conditional, Meta
Spellslinger
While active, gains Energy when you cast Spells. Using the Invocation once sufficient Energy is gathered will consume the Energy to trigger socketed Spells, and can trigger them multiple times if it has enough Energy.
Buff, Persistent, Trigger, Invocation, Meta
Spiral Volley
Load your Bow with a volley of enchanted arrows and fire them in a circle as you spin forward, firing directly at targets if possible. Consumes Frenzy Charges to cause the arrows to deal more damage and Chain to other targets. Each target can only be Hit once.
Attack, Projectile, Sustained
Spiraling Conspiracy
A flock of mist ravens circle you, dealing damage over time in an area. Their numbers are bolstered by slain foes, or in the Presence of dangerous enemies, but the flock as a whole is considered a single minion. You can Command some of them to take flight, leaving the flock to assail your enemies.
Minion, Persistent, AoE, Physical, Chaos
Spirit Vessel
Summons a Shapeshifting Spirit Vessel Companion that uses copies of socketed Bear, Werewolf, and Wyvern Skills.
Minion, Companion, Persistent, Meta
Staggering Palm
Dash to an enemy and Strike them, instantly Heavily Stunning enemies which are Primed for Stun and performing additional dashing Strikes to other Primed targets in range if your first target was Stunned. Heavy Stunning an enemy with this Skill grants you a Buff that causes your Quarterstaff Attacks to also fire Projectiles for a short duration. Heavy Stunning additional enemies adds to the Buff's duration.
Attack, Buff, AoE, Melee, Strike
Stampede
Charges forward, cracking the earth and leaving a patch of Jagged Ground with every footstep. At the end of your charge, a massive leaping Slam damages enemies and causes all nearby patches of Jagged Ground to explode, damaging enemies standing on them. Once you begin your charge, the use speed of this Skill is affected by movement speed instead of Attack speed.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Duration
Starborn Onslaught
Build up Glory by Freezing or Chilling enemies. When you have maximum Glory you may jump backwards loosing your Mace with the force of a falling comet onto your target. The impact releases Fissures and causes stars to fall in the area for a brief period.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Physical
Storm Lance
Throw an electrified Spear that lodges in the ground and periodically zaps nearby enemies with Lightning bolts. If the Spear is Detonated by another Skill, it immediately unleashes a volley of bolts and expires. Consumes a Frenzy Charge if possible to fire bolts more frequently for a shorter duration, automatically Detonate at the end of its duration, and create Shocked Ground on Detonation.
Attack, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning
Storm Wave
Sweep your Quarterstaff, projecting a bolt of Lightning through the ground in a long fissure ahead of you.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Lightning
Stormblast Bolts
Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that land around the target location and explode if hit by a Detonator Skill. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.
Attack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Lightning
Stormcaller Arrow
Fire an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning Bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies, with a high chance to Shock. Shocking any enemy with the Bolt also applies Shock to all enemies near the impact.
Attack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Duration
Summon Infernal Hound
Activate to summon a Reviving Infernal Hound which Ignites enemies near it.
Minion, Companion, Persistent, Fire
Sunder
Slam the ground, creating a roiling fissure that damages enemies in a sequence of areas in front of you. A number of enemies hit by the wave will release a shockwave, damaging other enemies. Hitting an enemy with Fully Broken Armour applies Sundered Armour, making it take additional increased Physical damage.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Duration
Supercharged Slam
Channel to charge up a heavy swing, drawing earth from the ground to enlarge your mace. Release to Slam the ground, dealing damage in an area around the impact, followed by Aftershocks dealing damage in a larger area. This Skill has its own Attack time, which is not affected by your weapon's attack speed and cannot be modified.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Channelling
Supporting Fire
Recruit artillery Minions that take up positions behind you. They will lie in wait for your Command, then fire volleys of arrows at the target location.
Minion, Persistent
Sword Slash
Strike with your Sword.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike
Tame Beast
Conjure Azmeri wisps to engulf a Rare Beast for a duration, Hindering them. If you defeat the Beast while it is engulfed in wisps, it will be captured by this gem, transforming the gem to instead allow you to summon the Beast as a Reviving Companion.
Minion, Companion, Persistent, Duration
Temper Weapon
Channel to temper your main hand Melee Martial Weapon. Each hit of the hammer against the anvil Empowers subsequent Attacks to Combust when Hitting enemies.
Attack, Buff, AoE, Melee, Trigger
Tempest Bell
Build Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your staff to grow to massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be Hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type, and Hits which would have caused Knockback increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Sustained, Duration
Tempest Flurry
Perform a series of aggressive Strikes. When used in quick succession, the third use Strikes three times, and the fourth use performs a Final Strike that calls down a powerful Shocking bolt.
Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Lightning
Temporal Chains
Curse all enemies in an area, Slowing them and making other effects on them expire more slowly.
Spell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Repeatable
Temporal Rift
While active, passively leaves afterimages of your recent past. Cast the Spell to return to the oldest afterimage, teleporting to that location and resetting your Life, Mana and Energy Shield to the values they had at the time. Removes any upcoming damage delayed by Phased Form on use.
Spell, Buff, Persistent
The Stars Answer
Leash the stars themselves by leveraging your vast magical power, repeatedly Triggering Starfall targeting an enemy in an area around you, or a random location in that area if no enemies can be targeted.
Spell, Buff, AoE, Trigger, Physical
Thrashing Vines
Spur the growth of huge vines, which emerge randomly within the target area. The vines crash to the ground then retreat, targeting nearby enemies if possible.
Spell, AoE, Sustained, Physical, Duration
Thundergod's Wrath
While active, gains Energy when you Hit enemies with Melee Attacks and triggers socketed Lightning spells on reaching maximum Energy.
Buff, Persistent, Trigger, Lightning, MetaGuides using this page
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