Support

Spell Cascade Support

Overview

Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Properties

Gem type: Support
Colour: Blue
Attribute: Intelligence
Drop level: 5

Quest reward sources

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

Quest	Classes	Amount	Reward item level
Mercy Mission	Witch	1	1
Mercy Mission	Templar	1	1
Mercy Mission	Shadow	1	1
Mercy Mission	Scion	1	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.

First levelCompare withSecond levelQuality for both

Mechanics at a glance

Also affects areas in front of and behind the targeted area
25% less Area of Effect
Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage

At 20% quality

10% increased Area of Effect

Acquisition

Mercy MissionAct 1 quest reward · Witch Mercy MissionAct 1 quest reward · Templar Mercy MissionAct 1 quest reward · Shadow Mercy MissionAct 1 quest reward · Scion

Related gem versions 2

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

Awakened Spell Cascade Support

Greater Spell Cascade Support

Compatibility rules

Allowed skill types: Cascadable
Excluded skill types: Summons Totem or Trapped or Remote Mined or Aura or Vaal

A skill must satisfy the allowed expression and must not satisfy the excluded expression. The check uses both the skill’s own and its granted minion skill types.

Gem progression 20 standard levels

The multiplier applies to supported skills: 130% means 1.3× the cost or reservation before other modifiers.

Gem level	Required level	Cost & Reservation Multiplier	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
1	4	130%	25% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage	841	0
2	6	130%	25% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage	3,099	841
3	9	130%	24% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 39% less Damage	7,433	3,940
4	12	130%	24% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 39% less Damage	22,895	11,373
5	16	130%	23% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 38% less Damage	49,725	34,268
6	20	130%	23% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 38% less Damage	95,714	83,993
7	24	130%	22% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 37% less Damage	169,595	179,707
8	28	130%	22% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 37% less Damage	283,759	349,302
9	32	130%	21% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 36% less Damage	453,996	633,061
10	36	130%	21% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 36% less Damage	703,128	1,087,057
11	40	130%	20% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage	1,061,223	1,790,185
12	44	130%	20% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage	2,065,870	2,851,408
13	48	130%	19% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 34% less Damage	2,507,110	4,917,278
14	52	130%	19% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 34% less Damage	2,573,731	7,424,388
15	55	130%	18% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 33% less Damage	7,611,351	9,998,119
16	58	130%	18% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 33% less Damage	13,437,908	17,609,470
17	61	130%	17% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 32% less Damage	25,052,147	31,047,378
18	64	130%	17% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 32% less Damage	43,869,436	56,099,525
19	67	130%	16% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 31% less Damage	242,081,178	99,968,961
20	70	130%	16% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 31% less Damage	—	342,050,139

Show extended levels 21–40

Gem level	Required level	Cost & Reservation Multiplier	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
21	72	130%	15% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage	—	—
22	74	130%	15% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage	—	—
23	76	130%	14% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 29% less Damage	—	—
24	78	130%	14% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 29% less Damage	—	—
25	80	130%	13% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 28% less Damage	—	—
26	82	130%	13% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 28% less Damage	—	—
27	84	130%	12% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 27% less Damage	—	—
28	86	130%	12% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 27% less Damage	—	—
29	88	130%	11% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage	—	—
30	90	130%	11% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage	—	—
31	91	130%	11% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage	—	—
32	92	130%	10% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage	—	—
33	93	130%	10% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage	—	—
34	94	130%	10% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage	—	—
35	95	130%	10% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage	—	—
36	96	130%	9% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 24% less Damage	—	—
37	97	130%	9% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 24% less Damage	—	—
38	98	130%	9% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 24% less Damage	—	—
39	99	130%	9% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 24% less Damage	—	—
40	100	130%	8% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 23% less Damage	—	—

Quality progression

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

Quality	Effects
0%	No quality bonus
5%	2.5% increased Area of Effect
10%	5% increased Area of Effect
15%	7.5% increased Area of Effect
20%	10% increased Area of Effect
23%	11.5% increased Area of Effect
30%	15% increased Area of Effect

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