Minion Instability

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Minion InstabilityMinion, Fire
Tier: 1
Level: 1Supports skills which create Minions, causing them to violently explode when reduced to Low Life.Minions from Supported Skills explode when reduced to Low Life, dealing 15% of their maximum Life as Fire Damage to surrounding 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.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Support Gem.Metadata
Item class: Support Gem

Minion Instability is a support gem.

Mechanics and Interactions

The explosion is an area hit from the minion, dealing secondary damage. Its base critical strike chance is 0%.

Minions summoned from the Supported Skill must be reduced to Low Life to explode. Anything that causes a minion to die without ever having low life (e.g. dying in 1 hit, replacement, expiring duration) will not cause an explosion. Minions summoned from supported skills that are set to low life when spawned will explode instantly.

Minion Instability does not scale with the Gain X% of Damage as Y modifier. Nodes such as Seething Body do not increase the explosion damage of Minion Instability.[Likely due to a bug]

• Fire ExposureFire ExposureFire, 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.: Ignites inflicted by Minion Instability explosions benefit from Fire Exposure support when they're socketed in the same gem.
• Fiery DeathFiery DeathSpell, Fire
  Tier: 2
  Level: 1
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing enemies it Ignites to have a chance to explode on death.Enemies Ignited by Supported Skills have 60% chance to explode on death
  Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 10% of the Corpse's 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.: Ignites inflicted by Minion Instability explosions do not benefit from Fiery Death support.[Likely due to a bug]

Modifiers

Minions do not have the player's global stats; player stats have to be specific for minions or allies to directly affect the explosion. Stats from Auras, Sceptres, and Presence modifiers will continue to apply to nearby minions as they explode.

Because support gems affect all minions summoned from that minion skill, this support can be modified by other support gems despite itself not being a skill. The additional support gems need to be compatible with the supported minion skill, and said support gem's stats need to be compatible with the explosion's damage.

Note:Lightning InfusionLightning InfusionAttack, Lightning
Tier: 1
Level: 1Supports Attacks, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning DamageSupported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Lightning Damage
Supported Attacks deal 50% less Cold and Fire 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. and Cold InfusionCold InfusionAttack, Cold
Tier: 1
Level: 1Supports Attacks, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning DamageSupported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Cold Damage
Supported Attacks deal 50% less Fire and Lightning 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. will reduce the fire damage of the explosion and BrutalityBrutalityPhysical
Tier: 1
Level: 1
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 35% more Physical Damage
Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage
Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage.Place 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. will cause it to deal no fire damage entirely.

Lowering Minion Life

It's possible to make minions reach low life in the following ways:

• letting them lose enough health during normal gameplay to get to under 35% life
• adding Infernal LegionInfernal LegionMinion, AoE, Fire
  Tier: 2
  Level: 1Supports skills which create Minions, causing them and enemies near them to Burn. Damage dealt by the Burning is based off the Life of the supported Minion.Minions from Supported Skills take 20% of their maximum Life as Fire Damage per second
  Minions from Supported Skills Ignite Enemies within a radius of 1.5 metres as though dealing Base Fire Damage equal to 20% of Minion's 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. alongside this support gem to the desired minion skill.

Item acquisition

Minion Instability has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Support Gem.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.