Empowered skill

Empowered Skills

Tooltip

Empowered Skills do not have any inherent bonuses, but a number of stats and modifiers specifically apply to Empowered Skills.

An Empowered Skill refers to a skill which has gained special properties, or "empowered", by the effects of another skill. Warcries are a common source of empower.

Mechanics

Empower does not inherently grant any bonuses, but sources of empower can grant specific bonuses to empowered skills. Multiple empower effects can apply to a single skill.

Related gems

Skill gems

The following skill gems are related to Empowered:

Gem	Tier
BarrageBarrageSpell, Buff, Duration Tier: 5 Level: (1-20) Cost: (12-45) Mana Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec Cast Time: 0.70 secReady a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats. Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Repeats deal +(0.25-5)% more DamageSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	5
Mana TempestMana TempestSpell, Buff, Lightning Tier: 9 Level: 1 Cost: 1% Mana per second Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Cast Time: 0.60 secCreate a storm of arcane energies that Empowers your Mana-costing Spells while you remain inside it. Maintaining the storm constantly drains your Mana, and each Spell you cast causes it to drain faster. The storm will dissipate when you exit it or run out of Mana.Empowered Spells Gain 66% of damage as Lightning Damage Buff causes Lightning Spells that cost Mana to also Chain to +2 targets when Chaining, but not Chain further from them. Projectiles from Empowered Lightning Spells Fork 30% of Mana Spent while in the storm is added to this Skill's Mana Cost per SecondSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	9
Raise ZombieRaise ZombieMinion, Physical, Duration Tier: 5 Level: 1 Reservation: 1 spiritConsumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a Zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are Empowered.Limit 10 Raised Zombies Zombie Duration is 20 seconds Empowered Zombies take 30% less damage Empowered Zombies deal 100% more Damage with Hits Empowered Zombies have 25% more Movement SpeedPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	5
Infernal CryInfernal CryWarcry, AoE, Trigger, Fire, Duration Tier: 3 Level: (1-40) Cost: (27-2258) Mana Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec Use Time: 0.80 secPerforms a warcry, Empowering subsequent Attacks. Consumes all Endurance Charges to Empower additional attacks. Enemies in the warcry's area are destabilised and will Combust on death.(0–38)% increased Warcry Speed Empowers the next Melee Attack you perform, plus an additional Attack per Endurance Charge consumed Empowered Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as Fire Damage per 5 Power of enemies in range, up to 100% Warcry radius is 4 metres Destabilises Enemies for 8 seconds Combust Critical Hit Chance: 7.00% The enemy's Corpse violently explodes, dealing Fire damage in an area around it. Deals (4–119) to (7–179) Fire Damage Deals 10% More Fire Damage per 1 Power of exploding Corpse Explosion radius is 1.6 metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Empowered Attacks Gain (0–10)% of Damage as Fire Damage per 5 Power of enemies in range, up to (0–50)%Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	3
Seismic CrySeismic CryWarcry, AoE, Physical, Duration Tier: 11 Level: (1-20) Cost: (25-109) Mana Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec Use Time: 0.80 secPerforms a damaging warcry, Knocking Back nearby enemies. If a Heavy Stunned enemy is hit, your next Slam is Empowered to perform an additional Aftershock. If not, this skill's cooldown is reset. Only counts Heavily Stunned enemies for purposes of counting Power Gained.Deals (6–157) to (9–236) Physical Damage (0–38)% increased Warcry Speed 200% increased Knockback Distance 400% more Stun buildup Knock Enemies Back on Hit Hits ignore Enemy Monster Physical Damage Reduction Empowers the next Melee Slam Attack you perform, plus an additional Attack per Endurance Charge consumed Warcry radius is 4 metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0–40)% increased Warcry SpeedPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	11
Resonating ShieldResonating ShieldAoE, Melee, Sustained, Physical, Channelling Tier: 5 Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-62) Mana Attack Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attack Damage: (25-66)% of baseRepeatedly strike your Shield with your weapon causing damaging shockwaves in an area around you. Enemies hit by the shockwave lose Armour for a duration. While using Resonating Shield, your Shield is raised and you will Block all incoming Blockable hits.Hits Break (2-1537) Armour (4-88) to (6-132) Base Off Hand Physical Damage 6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield Cannot be Empowered by Warcries Shockwave radius is 2.3 metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Break (0-20)% increased ArmourPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	5

Support gems

The following support gems are related to Empowered:

Gem	Tier
Murderous IntentMurderous IntentSupport Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills that can Empower skills other than themselves, causing skills they Empower to Cull enemies.Skills Empowered by Supported Skills have Culling StrikePlace 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.	1
Unerring PowerUnerring PowerSupport, Attack Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills you use yourself. When Supported Attacks are Empowered, they have significantly lowered cost and raised Accuracy.Supported Skills have 30% more Accuracy Rating if used while Empowered Supported Skills cost 30% less if used while EmpoweredPlace 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.	2
Volatile PowerVolatile PowerSupport, Physical, Chaos Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which you use yourself. On using Supported Skills while they are Empowered, you gain Volatility.Gain 5 Volatility on using Supported Skills while they are EmpoweredPlace 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.	3
Enraged WarcryEnraged WarcrySupport, Attack, Warcry Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Warcries, causing them to consume Rage to further boost Empowered Attacks.Supported Warcries consume up to 10 Rage, causing Attacks Empowered by them to 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.	3
PremeditationPremeditationSupport Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports skills that can Empower skills other than themselves, causing skills they Empower to deal more damage.Skills Empowered by Supported Skills deal 15% 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.	1
TirelessTirelessSupport, Warcry Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Warcry Skills. Attacks Empowered by Supported Skills have a chance not to lower the Empowerment count of Supported Skills when they are used.Attacks Empowered by Supported Skills have 30% chance to not lower Empowerment countPlace 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.	1

Related unique items

Item		Stats
The Empty RoarThe Empty Roar Cultist GreathammerTwo Hand Mace Physical Damage: 32-43 Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.05Requires Level 22, 52 StrStrikes deal Splash damage to targets within 1.8 metresAdds (25-35) to (40-50) Physical Damage Leeches 10% of Physical Damage as Life (20-30)% chance to cause Bleeding on Hit All Attacks count as Empowered Attacks Cannot use WarcriesSecrecy and silence are powers all their own.	22	Strikes deal Splash damage to targets within 1.8 metresAdds (25-35) to (40-50) Physical Damage Leeches 10% of Physical Damage as Life (20-30)% chance to cause Bleeding on Hit All Attacks count as Empowered Attacks Cannot use Warcries

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.