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Gem
Skill

Active

Pestilent Strike

AttackMeleeStrikeAoEDurationChaos

Overview

Attacks with your weapon, inflicting a debuff on enemies hit by the strike. If a debuffed enemy dies while poisoned, Pestilent Strike inflicts a secondary chaos damage over time debuff on enemies around them, based on the poisons on the slain enemy. This damage is not affected by your damage modifiers. Requires a Claw or Dagger.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Green
Attribute
Dexterity
Drop level
28
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
Sever the Right HandShadow11

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

  • 60% chance to Poison on Hit
  • 30% more Poison Duration
  • Secondary Debuff deals 50% of the total remaining Expected Poison Damage of all Poisons on the dying Enemy per second as Chaos Damage
  • Base duration is 1 second
  • Base secondary duration is 1 seconds
  • 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
At 20% quality

20% more Poison Duration

Acquisition

Sever the Right HandAct 3 quest reward · Shadow

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Attack, Melee, Melee Single Target, Multistrikeable, Area, Duration, Chaos
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 121

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 SupportMore Duration 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 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 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 Increased Area of Effect 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 effectivenessExp. to nextTotal exp.
1287 Mana257.3%199,3450
2318 Mana266.1%285,815199,345
3348 Mana275.1%401,344485,160
4378 Mana284.5%554,379886,504
5408 Mana294.2%477,4371,440,883
6428 Mana303.6%583,7861,918,320
7448 Mana313.4%710,3592,502,106
8468 Mana323.5%1,355,5113,212,465
9489 Mana333.9%1,138,8774,567,976
10509 Mana344.6%1,368,2335,706,853
11529 Mana355.8%1,638,3387,075,086
12549 Mana367.2%1,956,6488,713,424
13569 Mana379%3,655,18410,670,072
14589 Mana391.1%3,017,32714,325,256
15609 Mana403.6%7,759,99517,342,583
166210 Mana416.7%15,138,19325,102,578
176410 Mana430%26,083,82540,240,771
186610 Mana443.7%62,620,24766,324,596
196810 Mana458%211,708,088128,944,843
207010 Mana472.6%—340,652,931
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessExp. to nextTotal exp.
217210 Mana487.8%——
227410 Mana503.4%——
237610 Mana519.5%——
247811 Mana536.2%——
258011 Mana553.2%——
268211 Mana571%——
278411 Mana589.2%——
288611 Mana608%——
298811 Mana627.5%——
309011 Mana647.5%——
319111 Mana676.7%——
329211 Mana687.5%——
339312 Mana698.4%——
349412 Mana709.6%——
359512 Mana720.8%——
369612 Mana732.3%——
379712 Mana744%——
389812 Mana755.8%——
399912 Mana767.8%——
4010012 Mana780.1%——

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% more Poison Duration
10%10% more Poison Duration
15%15% more Poison Duration
20%20% more Poison Duration
23%23% more Poison Duration
30%30% more Poison Duration
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