Killing Palm

Killing PalmAoE, Melee, Strike, Physical
Tier: 1
Level: 1
Cost: 12 Mana
Attack Speed: 90% of base
Attack Damage: 147% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 147%Dash to an enemy and Strike them down with an unarmed Attack, Culling enemies if their life is low enough. Each enemy killed by this strike grants a Power Charge. Enemies around you that can be culled will be highlighted. This skill always Strikes with your bare fist, even if you have a Quarterstaff equipped.(24) to (36) Added Attack Physical Damage
Culling Strike
Can't be Evaded
+7% to Critical Hit ChancePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem

Killing Palm is an strike attack skill that dashes to an enemy, Culling them if possible, and granting a Power charge if the enemy was killed. Killing Palm deals physical damage and requires a Quarterstaff or being Unarmed.

Skill functions and interactions

Enemies within Culling range will be highlighted with a blue icon.

Gem level progression

Level		Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage
1	22	12	147%	147%

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	InnervateInnervateAttack, Lightning, Duration Tier: 1 Level: 1Supports Attacks you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills infuses all of your Attacks with Lightning damage for a short time.Attacks gain 35% of Damage as Lightning Damage for 3 seconds on killing a Shocked enemy with Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Life DrainLife DrainTier: 1 Level: 1Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing you to recover Life when it Culls an enemy.Recover 12% of Life over four seconds when Supported Skills Cull an EnemyPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	ProfusionProfusionTier: 1 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so.Supported Skills have 50% chance to grant an additional ChargePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	Close CombatClose CombatAttack Tier: 2 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Supports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Supported Skills deal 25% more Attack Damage to enemies within 1 metre of you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or furtherPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	MomentumMomentumTier: 2 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal more damage if you move a sufficient distance while using the skill. Teleportation does not count towards the distance travelled.After moving at least 2 metres during a single use of a Supported Skill, the rest of that use deals 40% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Shock SiphonShock SiphonLightning Tier: 2 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing you to recover Energy Shield when it kills a Shocked enemy.Recover 4% of Energy Shield when a Supported Skill deals a Killing Blow to a Shocked EnemyPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	BeheadBeheadAttack, Melee, Strike Tier: 3 Level: 1Supports Strike skills, causing them to steal Modifiers from Rare monsters they kill.Killing Blows from Supported Strike Skills against Rare monsters grant one of their Modifiers for 20 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Life BountyLife BountyTier: 3 Level: 1Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing enemies it kills to grant more Life Flask charges.Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Life Flask ChargesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Soul DrainSoul DrainTier: 3 Level: 1Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing you to recover Mana when it Culls an enemy.Recover 12% of Mana over four seconds when Supported Skills Cull an EnemyPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

Item acquisition

Killing Palm has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Killing Palm has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.