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Gem
Skill

Active

Cleave

Overview

The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Red
Attribute
Strength
Drop level
5
Cast time
1 sec

Quest reward sources

These are reward options. Availability can depend on your class and quest choices. A blank class restriction remains unspecified.

QuestClassesAmountReward item level
Enemy at the GateDuelist11

Compare gem levels and variants

Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.

Mechanics at a glance

  • When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
At 20% quality

+0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre

Acquisition

Related gem versions 2

Regular, transfigured, Vaal, and awakened versions are joined from the game records.

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Attack, Area, Multistrikeable, Melee, Threshold Jewel Area
Granted minion skill types
None recorded
Can be supported
Yes

Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.

Compatible support gems 111

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportFaster Attacks SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportAdditional Accuracy SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportMana Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportItem Rarity SupportConcentrated Effect SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Damage with Attacks SupportBloodlust SupportLife Gain on Hit SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportDamage on Full Life SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportMultistrike SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCast on Melee Kill SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportFortify SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Bleed SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportMaim SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportMomentum SupportSummon Phantasm SupportWithering Touch SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportClose Combat SupportShockwave SupportImpale SupportPulverise SupportRage SupportNightblade SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Melee Physical Damage SupportAwakened Multistrike SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Cast On Critical Strike SupportAwakened Cold Penetration SupportAwakened Deadly Ailments SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportAwakened Void Manipulation SupportAwakened Added Chaos Damage SupportAwakened Added Lightning Damage SupportAwakened Controlled Destruction SupportAwakened Hextouch SupportAwakened Elemental Focus SupportAwakened Increased Area of Effect SupportAwakened Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportTrinity SupportBloodthirst SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportOvercharge SupportPrismatic Burst SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportControlled Blaze SupportVolatility SupportOverexertion SupportRupture SupportCull the Weak SupportVoid Shockwave SupportGreater Multistrike SupportGreater Devour SupportUnholy Trinity SupportWindburst SupportLiving Lightning SupportExcommunicate SupportHallow Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
117 Mana179.4%—700
227 Mana188.7%+0.1 metres to radius30870
347 Mana198.9%+0.1 metres to radius1,554378
477 Mana210%+0.2 metres to radius6,6671,932
5118 Mana222.1%+0.2 metres to radius26,0478,599
6168 Mana235.4%+0.3 metres to radius49,72534,646
7209 Mana248.9%+0.3 metres to radius95,71484,371
8249 Mana263.1%+0.4 metres to radius169,595180,085
9289 Mana278.3%+0.4 metres to radius283,759349,680
10329 Mana294.3%+0.5 metres to radius453,996633,439
113610 Mana311.1%+0.5 metres to radius703,1281,087,435
124010 Mana328.9%+0.6 metres to radius1,061,2231,790,563
134410 Mana347.8%+0.6 metres to radius2,065,8702,851,786
144811 Mana367.7%+0.7 metres to radius2,507,1104,917,656
155211 Mana388.7%+0.7 metres to radius5,798,9367,424,766
165611 Mana411%+0.8 metres to radius15,083,91913,223,702
176012 Mana434.3%+0.8 metres to radius27,792,73528,307,621
186412 Mana459.1%+0.9 metres to radius43,869,73956,100,356
196712 Mana484.4%+0.9 metres to radius242,081,55699,970,095
207013 Mana511.2%+1 metre to radius—342,051,651
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217213 Mana538.5%+1 metre to radius——
227413 Mana567.3%+1.1 metres to radius——
237613 Mana597.6%+1.1 metres to radius——
247813 Mana629.5%+1.2 metres to radius——
258013 Mana663.2%+1.2 metres to radius——
268214 Mana698.5%+1.3 metres to radius——
278414 Mana735.8%+1.3 metres to radius——
288614 Mana775.1%+1.4 metres to radius——
298814 Mana816.5%+1.4 metres to radius——
309014 Mana860%+1.5 metres to radius——
319114 Mana927%+1.5 metres to radius——
329214 Mana951.7%+1.5 metres to radius——
339314 Mana977.1%+1.6 metres to radius——
349415 Mana1003%+1.6 metres to radius——
359515 Mana1029.7%+1.6 metres to radius——
369615 Mana1057.2%+1.7 metres to radius——
379715 Mana1085.4%+1.7 metres to radius——
389815 Mana1114.2%+1.7 metres to radius——
399915 Mana1143.9%+1.8 metres to radius——
4010015 Mana1174.3%+1.8 metres to radius——

Quality progression

Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.

QualityEffects
0%No quality bonus
5%+0.03 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre
10%+0.05 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre
15%+0.07 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre
20%+0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre
23%+0.11 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre
30%+0.15 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre

Alternate effects 1

Demon Hand Cleave Effect

Your Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.

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