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Armour Piercing Rounds

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Armour Piercing RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Physical
Tier: 1
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (8-706) Mana
Attack Speed: 425% of base
Attack Damage: (20-166)% of base
Loads your Crossbow with a clip of bolts that can be fired rapidly and Break enemy Armour. Using this skill again reloads the clip.Armour Piercing Rounds
Hits Break (1-845) Armour
Knocks Back Enemies

Ammunition
(12-21) Bolts loaded per clip

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Break (1.5-30)% increased Armour
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemArmourPiercingRounds

Armour Piercing Rounds is a crossbow ammunition skill. It loads your crossbow with rapid-fire bolts that break armour.

Skill functions and interactions

Armour Piercing Rounds always cause knockback when fired.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired StrengthMana
Cost
Attack
Damage
Break
Armour
Bolts
Loaded
1111820%112
2311922%212
3610101024%313
41015151126%513
51420201328%814
61825251431%1214
72230301633%1715
82634341835%2415
93140402036%3516
103646462338%5016
114152522640%7117
124659592942%9817
135266663244%14418
145873733647%20918
156480804149%30019
166683834651%40219
177290905154%47920
187897975857%56920
19841041046559%71421
20901091097262%84521
218165%89422
229169%94522
2310272%99923
2411476%105623
2512880%111724
2614484%118024
2716188%124725
2818092%131825
2920297%139226
30226102%147026
31254107%155327
32284112%164027
33319118%173228
34357124%182928
35400130%193129
36448136%203829
37502143%215130
38562150%227130
39630158%238931
40706166%251231

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 Brutality Chain Ruthless
II Armour Explosion Demolisher Life Thief
III Coming Soon Fork Mobility

Item acquisition

Armour Piercing Rounds has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Armour Piercing Rounds has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.