Puncture

PunctureAttack, Duration, Melee, Bow
Mana Cost: 6
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 4Punctures the target, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Skill Effect DurationDeals (100-122.8)% of Base Damage
Base duration is 8 seconds
Causes BleedingPlace 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

Puncture is an attack skill that applies a bleeding debuff to its targets. While bleeding, the target takes damage over time based on how much damage was dealt on the initial hit. The bleeding deals more damage while moving. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.

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:
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported 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, or the Temporal ChainsTemporal ChainsCurse, Spell, AoE, Duration
Radius: 22
Mana Cost: (24 to 50)
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, Slowing them, and making effects on them expire more slowly.Per 1% Quality:
Cursed enemies are 0.5% slowerBase duration is (5-5.95) seconds
Cursed enemies are (20-29)% slower
Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 40% slower
40% reduced Effect of Curse against Players
+(0-7) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. curse.

For mechanics of the bleed effect itself, see Bleed.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	100%	100%	0	0
2	6	0	0	101%	101.2%	841	841
3	9	17	0	102%	102.4%	3,099	3,940
4	12	21	14	104%	103.6%	7,433	11,373
5	16	26	18	105%	104.8%	22,895	34,268
6	20	31	22	106%	106%	49,725	83,993
7	24	37	25	107%	107.2%	95,714	179,707
8	28	42	29	108%	108.4%	169,595	349,302
9	32	47	33	110%	109.6%	283,759	633,061
10	36	52	36	111%	110.8%	453,996	1,087,057
11	40	58	40	112%	112%	703,128	1,790,185
12	44	63	44	113%	113.2%	1,061,223	2,851,408
13	48	68	48	114%	114.4%	2,065,870	4,917,278
14	52	74	51	116%	115.6%	2,507,110	7,424,388
15	55	78	54	117%	116.8%	2,573,731	9,998,119
16	58	82	57	118%	118%	7,611,351	17,609,470
17	61	86	60	119%	119.2%	13,437,908	31,047,378
18	64	90	62	120%	120.4%	25,052,147	56,099,525
19	67	94	65	122%	121.6%	43,869,436	99,968,961
20	70	98	68	123%	122.8%	242,081,178	342,050,139
21	72	100	70	124%	124%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	125%	125.2%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	126%	126.4%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	128%	127.6%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	129%	128.8%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	130%	130%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	131%	131.2%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	132%	132.4%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	134%	133.6%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	135%	134.8%	N/A	N/A

Quest reward

This skill is given as quest reward for the following quests:

Class	Marauder	Templar	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Scion
Quest
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1

Vendor reward

This skill can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class	Marauder	Templar	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Scion
Quest
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Puncture:

Name		Effect(s)
EnchantmentPunctureDamage1	66	25% increased Puncture Damage
EnchantmentPunctureDamage2	75	40% increased Puncture Damage
EnchantmentPunctureDuration1	66	30% increased Puncture Duration
EnchantmentPunctureDuration2	75	45% increased Puncture Duration
EnchantmentPunctureMaimOnHitPercentChance1_	66	20% Chance for Puncture to Maim on hit
EnchantmentPunctureMaimOnHitPercentChance2	75	30% Chance for Puncture to Maim on hit

Version history

Version	Changes
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.