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Area of effect

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Area of Effect skills
Tooltip
This Skill has an effect that applies to every target in its area, rather than picking specific targets.

Areas of Effect that originate from a target hit by a Skill will add that target's size to their radius.

Area of Effect, (AoE for short), refers to skills that strike an area rather than a specific target. This area could range form a line to a cone to circle.

Mechanics

This skill has an effect that applies to every target in its area, rather than picking specific targets. Areas of Effect that originate from a target hit by a Skill will add that target's size to their radius.

Gems

A list of gems with the AoE gem tag:

Skill gems

GemTierGem requires strengthGem requires dexterityGem requires intelligence
Escape Shot1NoYesNo
Poisonburst Arrow1NoYesNo
Contagion1NoNoYes
Flame Wall1NoNoYes
Frost Bomb1NoNoYes
Ice Nova1NoNoYes
Unearth1NoNoYes
Explosive Grenade1YesYesNo
Falling Thunder1NoYesYes
Frozen Locus1YesYesNo
Glacial Cascade1YesYesNo
Killing Palm1NoYesYes
Lightning Rod1YesYesNo
Permafrost Bolts1YesYesNo
Vaulting Impact1NoYesYes
Boneshatter1YesNoNo
Earthquake1YesNoNo
Rolling Slam1YesNoNo
Bone Cage3NoNoYes
Ember Fusillade3NoNoYes
Enfeeble3NoNoYes
Frostbolt3NoNoYes
Orb of Storms3NoNoYes
Incendiary Shot3YesYesNo
Infernal Cry3YesNoNo
Snipe3YesYesNo
Staggering Palm3YesYesNo
Tempest Bell3YesYesNo
Armour Breaker3YesNoNo
Shield Charge3YesNoNo
Shockwave Totem3YesNoNo
Bonestorm5NoNoYes
Cold Snap5NoNoYes
Incinerate5NoNoYes
Pain Offering5NoNoYes
Solar Orb5NoNoYes
Wind Blast5NoNoYes
Flash Grenade5YesYesNo
Freezing Salvo5YesYesNo
Gas Grenade5YesYesNo
Ice Shards5YesYesNo
Ice Strike5NoYesYes
Molten Blast5YesYesNo
Perfect Strike5YesYesNo
Tempest Flurry5NoYesYes
Toxic Growth5YesYesNo
Resonating Shield5YesNoNo
Gas Arrow7NoYesNo
Voltaic Mark7NoYesNo
Conductivity7NoNoYes
Detonate Dead7NoNoYes
Flammability7NoNoYes
Hypothermia7NoNoYes
Profane Ritual7NoNoYes
Vulnerability7NoNoYes
Earthshatter7YesYesNo
Explosive Shot7YesYesNo
Freezing Mark7NoYesYes
Siphoning Strike7YesYesNo
Storm Wave7NoYesYes
Voltaic Grenade7YesYesNo
Wave of Frost7YesYesNo
Leap Slam7YesNoNo
Shield Wall7YesNoNo
Rain of Arrows9NoYesNo
Dark Effigy9NoNoYes
Despair9NoNoYes
Fireball9NoNoYes
Frost Wall9NoNoYes
Lightning Warp9NoNoYes
Artillery Ballista9YesYesNo
Charged Staff9NoYesYes
Detonating Arrow9YesYesNo
Hand of Chayula9YesYesNo
Oil Grenade9YesYesNo
Stormblast Bolts9YesYesNo
Sunder9YesYesNo
Volcanic Fissure9YesYesNo
Ball Lightning11NoNoYes
Bone Offering11NoNoYes
Comet11NoNoYes
Firestorm11NoNoYes
Hexblast11NoNoYes
Hailstorm Rounds11YesYesNo
Seismic Cry11YesNoNo
Shattering Palm11YesYesNo
Shockburst Rounds11YesYesNo
Shockchain Arrow11YesYesNo
Stampede11YesYesNo
Supercharged Slam11YesYesNo
Tornado Shot11YesYesNo
Whirling Assault11YesYesNo
Flameblast13NoNoYes
Lightning Conduit13NoNoYes
Temporal Chains13NoNoYes
Cluster Grenade13YesYesNo
Flicker Strike13NoNoNo
Gathering Storm13YesYesNo
Hammer of the Gods13YesYesNo
Magnetic Salvo13YesYesNo
Plasma Blast13YesYesNo
Siege Cascade13YesYesNo
Ancestral Warrior Totem13YesNoNo

Spirit gems

GemTierGem requires strengthGem requires dexterityGem requires intelligence
Plague Bearer4NoYesNo
Wind Dancer4NoYesNo
Herald of Ice4NoYesYes
Herald of Thunder4NoYesYes
War Banner4YesYesNo
Herald of Ash4YesNoNo
Magma Barrier4YesNoNo
Blasphemy8NoNoYes
Defiance Banner8YesYesNo
Dread Banner14NoYesNo

Support gems

GemTierGem requires strengthGem requires dexterityGem requires intelligence
Bursting Plague1NoNoNo
Concentrated Effect1NoNoNo
Expanse1NoNoNo
Frost Nexus1NoNoNo
Impending Doom1NoNoNo
Magnified Effect1NoNoNo
Stomping Ground1NoNoNo
Wind Wave1NoNoNo
Armour Explosion2NoNoNo
Coursing Current2NoNoNo
Infernal Legion2NoNoNo
Spell Echo2NoNoNo
Wildfire2NoNoNo
Burning Inscription3NoNoNo
Hex Bloom3NoNoNo

Related unique items

ItemBase itemItem classRequired levelStats
Pillar of the Caged GodLong QuarterstaffQuarterstaff116% increased Range2% increased Area of Effect for Attacks per 5 Intelligence
2% increased Attack Speed per 5 Dexterity
10% increased Weapon Damage per 5 Strength
Ezomyte PeakSoldier GreathelmHelmet12(50-100)% increased Armour
+(50-80) to maximum Life
(3-6) Life Regeneration per second
(10-20)% increased Area of Effect
Unwavering Stance
Fixation of YixStellar AmuletAmulet25+(5-7) to all Attributes+100 to maximum Life
Allies in your Presence have (30-50)% increased Critical Hit Chance
Allies in your Presence have (30-50)% increased Critical Damage Bonus
Allies in your Presence have (10-20)% increased Attack Speed
Allies in your Presence have (10-20)% increased Cast Speed
50% reduced Presence Area of Effect
DeidbellElite GreathelmHelmet33(60-100)% increased Armour
+(10-20) Strength
(20-30)% increased Warcry Speed
Corpses in your Presence Explode when you Warcry, dealing 10% of their Life as Physical Damage
Warcry Skills have (20-30)% increased Area of Effect

Version history

Version Changes
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.