Double Strike

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Double Strike.

Originally perfected by the renowned Duelist Fammal during his reign in the arenas of Oriath, the deadly Double Strike brings fame and renown to those who master it. A Double Strike performs two regular melee attacks in the blink of an eye, dealing twice as much damage in a single span of time. Foes caught unawares will find themselves cut to ribbons or stunned into submission beneath a flurry of blows.

Description on the official Path of Exile website

Double Strike is a melee attack that performs two fast attacks on a target enemy with the player's main hand melee weapon.

Skill functions and interactions

• Dual Wielding: This skill will only attack with the main hand weapon while dual wielding.

• Multiple Hits: This attack hits twice, activating gain on hit twice, and giving two opportunities to activate chance-based effects such as blind, knockback, stun, and elemental status ailments. It does not, however, have two chances to crit. If one hit is a crit, the other will also be a crit.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	91%	91.3%	0	0
2	2	0	92%	92.4%	70	70
3	4	16	93%	93.5%	308	378
4	7	22	95%	94.5%	1554	1932
5	11	31	96%	95.6%	6667	8599
6	16	41	97%	96.7%	26047	34646
7	20	50	98%	97.8%	49725	84371
8	24	58	99%	98.9%	95714	180085
9	28	67	100%	100%	169595	349680
10	32	75	101%	101.1%	283759	633439
11	36	83	102%	102.2%	453996	1087435
12	40	92	103%	103.3%	703128	1790563
13	44	100	104%	104.4%	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	105%	105.5%	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	107%	106.5%	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	108%	107.6%	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	109%	108.7%	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	110%	109.8%	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	111%	110.9%	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	112%	112%	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	113%	113.1%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	114%	114.2%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	115%	115.3%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	116%	116.4%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	117%	117.5%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	119%	118.5%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	120%	119.6%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	121%	120.7%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	122%	121.8%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	123%	122.9%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	123%	123.5%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	124%	124%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	125%	124.5%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	125%	125.1%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	126%	125.6%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	126%	126.2%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	127%	126.7%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	127%	127.3%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	128%	127.8%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	128%	128.4%	N/A	N/A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Double Strike.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Double Strike Attack Speed 1	66	10% increased Double Strike Attack Speed	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Attack Speed 2	75	15% increased Double Strike Attack Speed	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Critical Strike Chance 1	66	60% increased Double Strike Critical Strike Chance	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Critical Strike Chance 2	75	90% increased Double Strike Critical Strike Chance	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Damage 1	66	25% increased Double Strike Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Damage 2	75	40% increased Double Strike Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Double Damage Vs Bleeding 1	66	Double Strike has a 10% chance to deal Double Damage to Bleeding Enemies	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Double Damage Vs Bleeding 2	75	Double Strike has a 15% chance to deal Double Damage to Bleeding Enemies	helmet 75 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
2.4.0	13% more damage at gem level 20.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
1.0.2b	Fixed a bug introduced in 1.0.2 where the skill tooltip damage per second stats displayed incorrect values for Dual Strike, Double Strike and Cleave.
0.10.2	Double Strike's physical damage now increases by 4% per level rather than 3%.
0.9.12qq	From 1% attack speed per quality point to 0.35%.
0.9.9d	Double Strike has been rebalanced so that the starting level is now level 1 It is now pure Dexterity.
0.9.9c	Double Strike is now counted as a Melee gem.
0.9.3	Double Strike is now disabled on Bows (and Wands).