PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Holy Strike

MinionAttackMeleeStrikeLightningDuration

Overview

Infuse your weapon with holy energy and swing. Successfully hitting an enemy will summon forth a copy of your Main Hand weapon as a Holy Armament. These Holy Armaments are undamageable minions, and will attack the enemies you target with Holy Strike. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.

Properties

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

Vendor purchases

These are explicitly reviewed shop relationships, separate from free quest rewards. Class eligibility is preserved exactly; omitted stock is unknown, not unavailable.

VendorVendor / unlockClassesEvidence
NessaEnemy at the GateScionOfficial change record

Starting equipment for 1

Templar

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

  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  • Base duration is 10 seconds
  • Maximum 2 Holy Armaments
  • +1.2 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range
  • Minions deal 40% of Damage
At 20% quality

+0.5 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range

Acquisition

NessaVendor after Enemy at the Gate · Scion

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Creates Minion, Minion, Attack, Melee Single Target, Melee, Multistrikeable, Lightning, Duration, Minions Are Undamagable
Granted minion skill types
Attack, Melee, Melee Single Target, Multistrikeable, Lightning, Minions Are Undamagable
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 124

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 SupportMinion Damage SupportMore Duration SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportMinion Speed SupportMinion Life 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 SupportElemental Army SupportHextouch SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCast on Melee Kill SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportLess Duration 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 SupportImpale SupportPulverise SupportRage SupportFeeding Frenzy SupportPredator SupportMeat Shield SupportInfernal Legion 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 Minion Damage SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportTrinity SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportBehead SupportOvercharge SupportPrismatic Burst SupportTrauma SupportDevour SupportFresh Meat SupportSadism SupportControlled Blaze SupportVolatility SupportOverexertion SupportRupture SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Ancestral Call SupportGreater Multistrike SupportGreater Devour SupportUnholy Trinity SupportWindburst SupportLiving Lightning SupportExcommunicate SupportExemplar SupportHallow Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
116 Mana155.3%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.2 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 40% of Damage700
226 Mana163%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.2 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 52% of Damage30870
346 Mana171.2%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.3 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 64% of Damage1,554378
476 Mana179.7%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.3 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 76% of Damage6,6671,932
5116 Mana188.7%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.4 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 88% of Damage26,0478,599
6167 Mana198.1%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.4 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range49,72534,646
7207 Mana208%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.5 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 112% of Damage95,71484,371
8247 Mana218.5%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.5 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 124% of Damage169,595180,085
9287 Mana229.4%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.6 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 136% of Damage283,759349,680
10328 Mana240.8%Maximum 2 Holy Armaments +1.6 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 148% of Damage453,996633,439
11368 Mana252.9%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +1.7 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 160% of Damage703,1281,087,435
12408 Mana265.5%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +1.7 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 172% of Damage1,061,2231,790,563
13448 Mana278.8%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +1.7 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 184% of Damage2,065,8702,851,786
14489 Mana292.7%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +1.8 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 196% of Damage2,507,1104,917,656
15529 Mana307.4%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +1.8 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 208% of Damage5,798,9367,424,766
16569 Mana322.8%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +1.9 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 220% of Damage15,083,91913,223,702
17609 Mana338.9%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +1.9 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 232% of Damage27,792,73528,307,621
186410 Mana355.8%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +2 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 244% of Damage43,869,73956,100,356
196710 Mana373.6%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +2 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 256% of Damage242,081,55699,970,095
207010 Mana392.3%Maximum 3 Holy Armaments +2.1 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 268% of Damage—342,051,651
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217210 Mana411.9%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.1 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 280% of Damage——
227410 Mana432.5%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.1 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 292% of Damage——
237610 Mana454.1%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.2 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 304% of Damage——
247811 Mana476.9%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.2 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 316% of Damage——
258011 Mana500.7%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.3 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 328% of Damage——
268211 Mana525.7%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.3 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 340% of Damage——
278411 Mana552%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.4 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 352% of Damage——
288611 Mana579.6%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.4 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 364% of Damage——
298811 Mana608.6%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.5 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 376% of Damage——
309011 Mana639%Maximum 4 Holy Armaments +2.5 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 388% of Damage——
319111 Mana687.8%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.6 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 394% of Damage——
329211 Mana704.9%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.6 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 400% of Damage——
339312 Mana722.6%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.6 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 406% of Damage——
349412 Mana740.6%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.7 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 412% of Damage——
359512 Mana759.2%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.7 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 418% of Damage——
369612 Mana778.1%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.8 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 424% of Damage——
379712 Mana797.6%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.8 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 430% of Damage——
389812 Mana817.5%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.9 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 436% of Damage——
399912 Mana838%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +2.9 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 442% of Damage——
4010012 Mana858.9%Maximum 5 Holy Armaments +3 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range Minions deal 448% of 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%+0.13 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range
10%+0.25 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range
15%+0.38 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range
20%+0.5 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range
23%+0.57 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range
30%+0.75 metres to Minion Melee Strike Range

Alternate effects 3

Originator's Holy Strike Effect

Your Holy Strike becomes an Originator's Effect.

Awakener's Holy Strike Effect

Your Holy Strike becomes an Awakener's Effect.

Abyssal Holy Strike Effect

Your Holy Strike becomes an Abyssal Effect.

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