Lancing Steel

Lancing SteelAttack, Projectile, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-10) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (130-175)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-175)%Requires Level 28Thrust an Axe or Sword forward, releasing a primary projectile that impales all enemies it hits. Additional projectiles appear nearby as smaller metal shards that fly forward after a short delay. Each enemy can only be hit by one projectile from this skill.Deals (130-175)% of Base Damage
Fires 4 additional Projectiles
Primary Projectile Impales Enemies on Hit
30% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
(20-113) to (30-169) Added Attack Physical DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemLancingSteel

Lancing Steel is a melee attack skill that launches a projectile in the target direction, followed by smaller projectiles that deal less damage. The primary projectile impales on hit.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Physical Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	8	63%	63%	20 to 30	0	0
2	31	46	32	8	64%	64.2%	23 to 35	199345	199345
3	34	50	35	8	65%	65.3%	27 to 40	285815	485160
4	37	54	37	8	66%	66.5%	31 to 46	401344	886504
5	40	58	40	9	68%	67.6%	35 to 53	554379	1440883
6	42	60	42	9	69%	68.8%	38 to 58	477437	1918320
7	44	63	44	9	70%	69.9%	42 to 63	583786	2502106
8	46	66	46	9	71%	71.1%	45 to 68	710359	3212465
9	48	68	48	9	72%	72.3%	49 to 74	1355511	4567976
10	50	71	49	9	73%	73.4%	53 to 80	1138877	5706853
11	52	74	51	9	75%	74.6%	58 to 86	1368233	7075086
12	54	76	53	9	76%	75.7%	62 to 93	1638338	8713424
13	56	79	55	9	77%	76.9%	67 to 101	1956648	10670072
14	58	82	57	9	78%	78.1%	73 to 109	3655184	14325256
15	60	84	59	10	79%	79.2%	78 to 117	3017327	17342583
16	62	87	60	10	80%	80.4%	84 to 126	7759995	25102578
17	64	90	62	10	82%	81.5%	91 to 136	15138193	40240771
18	66	92	64	10	83%	82.7%	98 to 146	26083825	66324596
19	68	95	66	10	84%	83.8%	105 to 157	62620247	128944843
20	70	98	68	10	85%	85%	113 to 169	211708088	340652931
21	72	100	70	10	86%	86.2%	121 to 181	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	10	87%	87.3%	130 to 195	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	10	88%	88.5%	139 to 209	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	10	90%	89.6%	149 to 224	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	11	91%	90.8%	160 to 239	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	11	92%	91.9%	171 to 256	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	11	93%	93.1%	183 to 274	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	11	94%	94.3%	196 to 293	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	11	95%	95.4%	209 to 314	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	11	97%	96.6%	223 to 335	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	11	97%	97.2%	231 to 346	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	11	98%	97.7%	239 to 358	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	11	98%	98.3%	247 to 370	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	11	99%	98.9%	255 to 382	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	11	99%	99.5%	263 to 395	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	11	100%	100.1%	272 to 408	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	11	101%	100.6%	281 to 421	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	11	101%	101.2%	290 to 435	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	11	102%	101.8%	300 to 449	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	11	102%	102.4%	309 to 464	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
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternative Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	Automatic
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random superior gem	Automatic
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 with 20% quality	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Lancing Steel:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lancing Steel.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Lancing Steel Chance To Not Consume Shards 1	66	Lancing Steel has 20% chance count as consumeing Steel Shards without Consuming them	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lancing Steel Chance To Not Consume Shards 2	75	Lancing Steel has 30% chance count as consumeing Steel Shards without Consuming them	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lancing Steel Damage 1	66	Lancing Steel deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lancing Steel Damage 2	75	Lancing Steel deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lancing Steel Number of Additional Projectiles 1	75	Lancing Steel fires an additional Projectile	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Can no longer hit close-range enemies multiple times with a single attack. Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 130% at gem level 1 (from 65%), up to 175% at gem level 20 (from 80%). Now adds 20 to 30 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 113 to 169 at gem level 20. Now has 30% chance for the non-primary projectiles to impale enemies on hit. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 80%. Now gains 0.5% chance to impale enemies on hit per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% chance to impale enemies per 1% gem quality).
3.5.0	Lancing Steel has been added to the game.