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Viper Strike

AttackDurationMeleeStrikeChaos

Overview

Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Green
Attribute
Dexterity
Drop level
5
Cast time
1 sec

Starting equipment for 1

Shadow

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
  • Base duration is 4 seconds
  • 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
  • 30% less Attack Speed if Dual Wielding
  • 20% less Hit Damage while Dual Wielding
At 20% quality

+1 seconds to Base duration

Related gem versions 1

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

Viper Strike of the Mamba

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Attack, Duration, Multistrikeable, Melee, Melee Single Target, 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 118

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 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 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.
116 Mana155.3%700
226 Mana163.3%30870
346 Mana172.2%1,554378
476 Mana181.7%6,6671,932
5116 Mana192.2%26,0478,599
6167 Mana203.6%49,72534,646
7207 Mana215.3%95,71484,371
8247 Mana227.8%169,595180,085
9287 Mana240.9%283,759349,680
10328 Mana254.6%453,996633,439
11368 Mana269.3%703,1281,087,435
12408 Mana284.7%1,061,2231,790,563
13448 Mana301%2,065,8702,851,786
14489 Mana318.2%2,507,1104,917,656
15529 Mana336.4%5,798,9367,424,766
16569 Mana355.6%15,083,91913,223,702
17609 Mana375.9%27,792,73528,307,621
186410 Mana397.3%43,869,73956,100,356
196710 Mana419.2%242,081,55699,970,095
207010 Mana442.4%—342,051,651
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessExp. to nextTotal exp.
217210 Mana466%——
227410 Mana490.9%——
237610 Mana517.1%——
247811 Mana544.8%——
258011 Mana573.9%——
268211 Mana604.5%——
278411 Mana636.8%——
288611 Mana670.7%——
298811 Mana706.6%——
309011 Mana744.2%——
319111 Mana802.3%——
329211 Mana823.6%——
339312 Mana845.6%——
349412 Mana868%——
359512 Mana891.2%——
369612 Mana914.9%——
379712 Mana939.3%——
389812 Mana964.2%——
399912 Mana989.9%——
4010012 Mana1016.2%——

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%+0.25 seconds to Base duration
10%+0.5 seconds to Base duration
15%+0.75 seconds to Base duration
20%+1 seconds to Base duration
23%+1.15 seconds to Base duration
30%+1.5 seconds to Base duration
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