Detonate Dead

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Detonate DeadSpell, AoE, Physical, Fire, Detonator
Tier: 7
Level: 1
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 8.00%Requires Level 22Causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.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/Gems/SkillGemDetonateDead

Detonate Dead is a Spell skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Detonate Dead causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.

The explosion deals Fire and Physical damage.

Improving the quality of Detonate Dead increases the explosion radius by 0-0.04 meters. At 20% quality, this increases the total radius of the explosion to 3 meters.

Gem level progression

Detonate Dead deals fire damage that scales with its level.

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	HourglassHourglassSupport Tier: 1 Level: 1Supports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal signification more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support Skills which already have a cooldown.Supported Skills deal 30% more damage Supported Skills have +10 seconds to CooldownPlace 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.	IgnitionIgnitionSupport, Fire Tier: 1 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Ignite.Supported Skills have 100% more chance to IgnitePlace 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.	Magnified EffectMagnified EffectSupport, AoE Tier: 1 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Supports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 30% more 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.
II	Considered CastingConsidered CastingSupport, Spell Tier: 2 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Supports Spell skills that Hit enemies and you cast yourself, boosting Damage at the cost of Cast Speed.Supported Spell Skills have 15% less Cast Speed Supported Skills deal 40% more Damage with Spell HitsPlace 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.	Corpse ConservationCorpse ConservationSupport Tier: 2 Level: 1Supports skills that consume Corpses, giving them a chance to take effect without destroying the Corpse.Corpses consumed by Supported Skills have 25% chance to not be destroyedPlace 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.	Spell EchoSpell EchoSupport, Spell, AoE Tier: 2 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Supports Spells that affect an area around you or a target location. Supported Spells echo, causing their effects to happen again after a short delay. Cannot support Channelling skills or Remote skills.Supported Spells Echo once Supported Skills have 30% less Cast Speed Echoes from Supported Spells have 30% more 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.
III	Elemental FocusElemental FocusSupport Tier: 3 Level: 1Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Supported Skills deal 25% more Elemental Damage Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental AilmentsPlace 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.	Fire ExposureFire ExposureSupport, Fire, Duration Tier: 3 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Fire Exposure when it Ignites an enemy.Supported Skills inflict Fire Exposure for 8 seconds on Igniting 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.	Searing FlameSearing FlameSupport, Fire Tier: 3 Level: 1Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing inflicted Ignites to deal more damage but its Hits to deal less damage.Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage with Hits 75% more Magnitude of Ignite inflicted 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.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.1	Fixed a bug where enemies could cast detonate dead on players minions when the player was using the Sacrifice Gem.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.