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Skeletal Brute

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Skeletal BruteMinion, Persistent, Physical
Tier: 13
Level: 1
Reservation: 165 spirit
Summons hard-hitting, Reviving Skeletal Brutes that can Stun Primed enemies.

A Strike that causes a Heavy Stun on enemies that are Primed for Stun. Upon causing a Heavy Stun it will also create a Shockwave, dealing a large amount of damage in an area.
Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSkeletalBrute

Skeletal Brute is a minion skill that reserves Spirit to summon persistent skeleton brute minions.

Skill functions and interactions

While hitting they can stun primed enemies like bosses etc.

Skeletal Brutes automatically revive after 7 seconds after being killed, you can decrease that time with passives from skill tree.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired Level
11165

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 Impact Shockwave Martial Tempo
II File:Deathmarch inventory icon.pngDeathmarch Infernal Legion File:Muster inventory icon.pngMuster
III Behead Enormity Heft

Item acquisition

Skeletal Brute has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Skeletal Brute has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.2.0c
  • Minions have approximately 15% more Life through the early Campaign, tapering down to be unchanged by Gem Level 30 (or so).
    • Gem Level 10 Minions now have 41% More Damage.
    • Gem Level 15 Minions now have 50% More Damage.
    • Gem Level 20 Minions now have 60% More Damage.
    • Gem Level 30 Minions now have 79% More Damage.
0.2.0
  • Adjusted Minion Damage and Life scaling. General Damage and Life is the same early game, but lower than before at higher levels, especially past Gem level 20+.
  • Skeletal Brute Quality now causes Brutes to inflict more Stun Buildup instead of having increased maximum Life.
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.