Supporting Fire

Supporting FireMinion, Persistent
Level: (1-20)Recruit artillery Minions that takes up positions behind you. They will lay in wait for your Command then fire volleys of arrows at the target location.Minion Info<brMinions from this skill have 1% increased Accuracy Rating per 3 of your Dexterity
Minions from this skill have 1% increased Damage per 3 of your Strength

Command: Death From Above
Cost: (9–95) ManaSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
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Granted by the Tactician ascendancy notable Unleash Hell!.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAscendancySupportingFire

Supporting Fire is a skill granted by the Tactician ascendancy notable Unleash Hell!. It grants you an off-screen army of minions that can be commanded to rain down arrows on the target area to deal damage.

Skill functions and interactions

The minions from this skill are not visible and cannot be targeted. They do not benefit from auras or presence effects.

As a minion skill, the command skill's 40 second cooldown does not benefit from the player's generic cooldown recovery modifiers. The cooldown can be modified with support gems such as IngenuityIngenuitySupport
Tier: 2
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover.Supported Skills have 30% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace 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. or CommandmentCommandmentSupport, Command, Minion
Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minions which have Command Skills. Supported Minions have massively increased cooldown recovery speed for Command Skills they use, but deal no damage with non-Command Skills.Supported Minions have 100% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for Command Skills
Supported Minions deal 100% less Damage with non-command 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..

Gem level progression

Level
1	0
2	3
3	6
4	10
5	14
6	18
7	22
8	26
9	31
10	36
11	41
12	46
13	52
14	58
15	64
16	66
17	72
18	78
19	84
20	90

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	BlindsideBlindsideSupport, Critical Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills are more likely to Critically Hit Blinded Enemies, and deal more Damage with Critical Hits against Blinded Enemies, but cannot themselves inflict Blind.Supported Skills cannot inflict Blind Supported Skills have 15% more Critical Damage Bonus with Hits against Blinded Enemies Supported Skills have 15% more chance to Critically Hit Blinded EnemiesPlace 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.	Concentrated EffectConcentrated EffectSupport, AoE Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Supported Skills deal 30% more Area Damage Supported Skills have 50% less Area of EffectPlace 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.	PinPinSupport, Physical Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, allowing its Physical damage to Pin enemies but making it unable to Stun.Supported Skills do not cause Stun buildup Physical Damage from Supported Skill is PinningPlace 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	BiddingBiddingSupport, Command, Minion Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minion Skills. Supported Minions deal significantly more damage with their Command Skills.Supported Minions' Command Skills deal 30% 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.	CommandmentCommandmentSupport, Command, Minion Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minions which have Command Skills. Supported Minions have massively increased cooldown recovery speed for Command Skills they use, but deal no damage with non-Command Skills.Supported Minions have 100% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for Command Skills Supported Minions deal 100% less Damage with non-command 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.	IngenuityIngenuitySupport Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover.Supported Skills have 30% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace 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	EnormityEnormitySupport, Minion, Persistent Tier: 3 Reservation: 10 spiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which summon Persistent Minions. Supported Minions are larger, have more Life, and deal more Damage, but cost significantly more Spirit.Minions from Supported Skills have 20% increased size Minions from Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage Minions from Supported Skills have 20% more maximum LifePlace 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.	HeftHeftSupport, Physical Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Supported Skills deal 30% more Maximum Physical Hit 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.	Minion MasteryMinion MasterySupport, Minion Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minion skills, granting them an additional level.+1 to Level of Supported Minion 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.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0c	Minions have approximately 15% more Life through the early Campaign, tapering down to be unchanged by Gem Level 30 (or so). Gem Level 10 Minions now have 41% More Damage. Gem Level 15 Minions now have 50% More Damage. Gem Level 20 Minions now have 60% More Damage. Gem Level 30 Minions now have 79% More Damage.
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.