Puncture

PunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow
Mana Cost: 6
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Attack Speed: 70% of Base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135%-165%)Requires Level 4Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Per 1% Quality:1234Bleeding inflicted by this Skill deals Damage 0.5% fasterProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsTargets 0.1 additional nearby Enemies0.5% chance to Maim on HitDeals (134.74-164.56)% of Base Attack Damage
Base duration is 8 seconds
(3-75) to (4-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
(30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding
Causes Bleeding
+(0-2) to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 5Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPuncture

Puncture is an attack skill that applies the Bleed ailment to enemies it hits, causing them to take physical damage over time that increases while the target is moving. Bleed applied with this skill deals more damage than usual.

Mechanics

Unlike other sources of bleed, Puncture's bleed ailment lasts 8 seconds and is affected by % increased Skill Effect Duration modifier, including the Increased Duration SupportIncreased Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: D
Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Per 1% Quality:123Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
Supported Skills have 0.5% reduced Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 1% increased Duration of Ailments on EnemiesSupported Skills have (45-64)% increased Skill Effect DurationThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. support gem.

For mechanics of the bleed effect itself, see Bleed.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Physical Damage	Bleeding Damage	Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	135%	134.74%	3 to 4	30%	N/A	0	0
2	6	0	0	136%	136.28%	3 to 5	31%	N/A	841	841
3	9	17	0	138%	137.82%	4 to 7	32%	N/A	3,099	3,940
4	12	21	14	140%	139.45%	5 to 8	33%	N/A	7,433	11,373
5	16	26	18	141%	140.99%	7 to 11	34%	N/A	22,895	34,268
6	20	31	22	142%	142.54%	9 to 13	35%	N/A	49,725	83,993
7	24	37	25	144%	144.16%	11 to 17	36%	1	95,714	179,707
8	28	42	29	146%	145.71%	14 to 20	37%	1	169,595	349,302
9	32	47	33	147%	147.25%	16 to 25	38%	1	283,759	633,061
10	36	52	36	149%	148.88%	20 to 30	39%	1	453,996	1,087,057
11	40	58	40	151%	150.42%	24 to 35	40%	1	703,128	1,790,185
12	44	63	44	152%	151.96%	28 to 42	41%	1	1,061,223	2,851,408
13	48	68	48	153%	153.59%	33 to 49	42%	1	2,065,870	4,917,278
14	52	74	51	155%	155.14%	39 to 58	43%	2	2,507,110	7,424,388
15	55	78	54	157%	156.68%	43 to 65	44%	2	2,573,731	9,998,119
16	58	82	57	159%	158.31%	49 to 73	45%	2	7,611,351	17,609,470
17	61	86	60	160%	159.85%	54 to 82	46%	2	13,437,908	31,047,378
18	64	90	62	161%	161.39%	61 to 91	47%	2	25,052,147	56,099,525
19	67	94	65	163%	163.02%	68 to 102	48%	2	43,869,436	99,968,961
20	70	98	68	165%	164.56%	75 to 113	49%	2	242,081,178	342,050,139
21	72	100	70	166%	166.11%	81 to 122	50%	3	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	168%	167.73%	87 to 130	51%	3	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	170%	169.28%	93 to 140	52%	3	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	171%	170.82%	100 to 150	53%	3	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	172%	172.45%	107 to 160	54%	3	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	174%	173.99%	114 to 172	55%	3	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	176%	175.53%	123 to 184	56%	3	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	177%	177.16%	131 to 197	57%	4	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	179%	178.71%	140 to 210	58%	4	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	180%	180.25%	150 to 224	59%	4	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	181%	181.11%	155 to 232	60%	4	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	182%	181.88%	160 to 240	61%	4	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	183%	182.65%	165 to 248	62%	4	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	183%	183.42%	171 to 256	63%	4	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	184%	184.19%	176 to 265	64%	5	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	185%	184.96%	182 to 273	65%	5	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	186%	185.82%	188 to 282	66%	5	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	187%	186.59%	194 to 292	67%	5	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	188%	187.36%	201 to 301	68%	5	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	189%	188.13%	207 to 311	69%	5	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Usage in upgrade paths

This item is used by upgrade paths or vendor recipes to create the following items:

Outcome	Amount	Ingredient	Ingredient Notes	General Notes	Type
Block Chance Reduction SupportBlock Chance Reduction SupportSupport, Duration Icon: BRequires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:12Supported Skills have 0.25% reduced Enemy Block ChanceSupported Skills have 2% increased Overpowered EffectEnemies have -(10-20)% chance to Block Attack or Spell Damage from Supported Skills Enemies have -(20-29)% chance to Dodge Attack or Spell Hits from Supported Skills Supported Skills inflict Overpowered for 4 seconds when Blocked Overpowered applies -5% chance to Block Attack and Spell DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.	1	PuncturePunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow Mana Cost: 6 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Attack Speed: 70% of Base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135%-165%)Requires Level 4Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Per 1% Quality:1234Bleeding inflicted by this Skill deals Damage 0.5% fasterProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsTargets 0.1 additional nearby Enemies0.5% chance to Maim on HitDeals (134.74-164.56)% of Base Attack Damage Base duration is 8 seconds (3-75) to (4-113) Added Attack Physical Damage (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding Causes Bleeding +(0-2) to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	plus any dexterity shield with 20% quality	vendor recipe	Manual

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Puncture.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Puncture Damage 1	66	25% increased Puncture Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Puncture Damage 2	75	40% increased Puncture Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Puncture Duration 1	66	30% increased Puncture Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Puncture Duration 2	75	45% increased Puncture Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Puncture Maim On Hit Percent Chance 1	66	20% Chance for Puncture to Maim on hit	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Puncture Maim On Hit Percent Chance 2	75	30% Chance for Puncture to Maim on hit	helmet 100 default 0

(30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 135% at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 165% at gem level 20 (from 123%). Now adds 3 to 4 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now deals 30% more damage with bleeding at gem level 1, up to 49% more at gem level 20. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 70%. Now causes bleeding inflicted by the skill to deal damage 0.5% faster per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% increased skill duration per 1% gem quality).
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
3.0.0	Puncture's description has been updated. Puncture now applies Bleeding for 8 seconds.
2.0.0	Now grants 1% increased skill effect duration per 1% quality (was 1.5% per 1% quality).
1.3.0	Puncture now bleeds for 10% of hit damage at all levels and 50% of hit damage while moving.
1.2.0	Fixed a bug where Puncture did not benefit from Increased Item Rarity or Increased Item Quantity.
1.0.2	Generic modifiers to damage dealt will now apply to damage over time that your character causes. Damage over time is not spell damage, nor attack damage, so modifiers specific to those types will not apply. Non-specific "increased damage" modifiers will apply to damage over time. Type-specific modifiers will apply as well.
1.0.0d	Fixed a bug where monster deaths from Puncture were not awarded as kills correctly.
0.10.8	Increased damage at high levels and Physical Damage % added to it that increases each level, to match other similar skills. May now be used with Two Handed Swords.
0.10.0	Increases to physical damage taken now apply correctly to physical degeneration (such as damage from Puncture).
0.9.13	Puncture is now scaled to start much stronger with a flatter progression to match other melee skills that scale weapon damage.
0.9.11j	Fixed Puncture's quality bonus so that it now works.
0.9.11	Fixed a bad interaction between on-drink flask effects and Puncture.
0.9.10	Fixed a rare bug that would cause you to take damage from Puncture indefinitely until you left the instance. Fixed a bug where being punctured multiple times would cause incorrect behaviour.
0.9.7b	Removed the 1% pierce chance.
0.9.7	Puncture has been added to the game.