PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Heavy Strike

Overview

Attacks enemies with a forceful blow. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Sword or Staff.

Properties

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

Starting equipment for 1

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

  • 25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
  • 20% chance to deal Double Damage
At 20% quality

20% chance to deal Double Damage

Related gem versions 1

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

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Attack, Melee Single Target, Multistrikeable, Melee
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 116

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportFaster Attacks SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportAdditional Accuracy SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportMana Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportItem Rarity 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 SupportMelee Splash 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 SupportRuthless SupportMomentum SupportAncestral Call SupportSummon Phantasm SupportWithering Touch SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportClose Combat SupportShockwave SupportImpale SupportPulverise SupportRage SupportNightblade SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Ancestral Call SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Melee Physical Damage SupportAwakened Melee Splash 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 Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportTrinity SupportBloodthirst SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportBehead SupportOvercharge SupportPrismatic Burst SupportTrauma SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportControlled Blaze SupportVolatility SupportOverexertion SupportRupture SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Ancestral Call 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 Mana224.3%20% chance to deal Double Damage700
227 Mana234.1%21% chance to deal Double Damage30870
347 Mana244.9%22% chance to deal Double Damage1,554378
477 Mana256.5%23% chance to deal Double Damage6,6671,932
5117 Mana269.3%24% chance to deal Double Damage26,0478,599
6168 Mana283.1%25% chance to deal Double Damage49,72534,646
7208 Mana297.1%26% chance to deal Double Damage95,71484,371
8248 Mana311.8%27% chance to deal Double Damage169,595180,085
9289 Mana327.3%28% chance to deal Double Damage283,759349,680
10329 Mana343.3%29% chance to deal Double Damage453,996633,439
11369 Mana360.3%30% chance to deal Double Damage703,1281,087,435
124010 Mana378%31% chance to deal Double Damage1,061,2231,790,563
134410 Mana396.6%32% chance to deal Double Damage2,065,8702,851,786
144810 Mana416.1%33% chance to deal Double Damage2,507,1104,917,656
155210 Mana436.5%34% chance to deal Double Damage5,798,9367,424,766
165611 Mana458%35% chance to deal Double Damage15,083,91913,223,702
176011 Mana480.4%36% chance to deal Double Damage27,792,73528,307,621
186411 Mana503.9%37% chance to deal Double Damage43,869,73956,100,356
196712 Mana527.7%38% chance to deal Double Damage242,081,55699,970,095
207012 Mana552.5%39% chance to deal Double Damage—342,051,651
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217212 Mana577.7%40% chance to deal Double Damage——
227412 Mana604%41% chance to deal Double Damage——
237612 Mana631.3%42% chance to deal Double Damage——
247812 Mana660%43% chance to deal Double Damage——
258013 Mana689.9%44% chance to deal Double Damage——
268213 Mana721.2%45% chance to deal Double Damage——
278413 Mana754%46% chance to deal Double Damage——
288613 Mana788.1%47% chance to deal Double Damage——
298813 Mana823.8%48% chance to deal Double Damage——
309013 Mana861.1%49% chance to deal Double Damage——
319113 Mana917.7%49% chance to deal Double Damage——
329214 Mana938.4%50% chance to deal Double Damage——
339314 Mana959.7%50% chance to deal Double Damage——
349414 Mana981.4%51% chance to deal Double Damage——
359514 Mana1003.6%51% chance to deal Double Damage——
369614 Mana1026.2%52% chance to deal Double Damage——
379714 Mana1049.4%52% chance to deal Double Damage——
389814 Mana1073.2%53% chance to deal Double Damage——
399914 Mana1097.4%53% chance to deal Double Damage——
4010014 Mana1122.2%54% chance to deal Double Damage——

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%5% chance to deal Double Damage
10%10% chance to deal Double Damage
15%15% chance to deal Double Damage
20%20% chance to deal Double Damage
23%23% chance to deal Double Damage
30%30% chance to deal Double Damage
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