Melee Splash Support

Melee Splash is a support gem that can be linked with a single-target melee skill gem to add an area of effect to the attack.

Skill functions and interactions

Melee Splash does not work with melee skills that already have an area of effect, such as Ground Slam and Cleave. Infernal Blow has the "AoE" gem tag for its explosion effect, but the primary hit is still single-target and will benefit from Melee Splash. Whirling Blades, although being a melee skill and not having an AoE, is not compatible with Melee Splash.

Skills supported by Melee Splash do not receive the AoE gem tag.

Modifiers to AoE (e.g. Area of Effect radius and Area Damage) will apply to the AoE component of Melee Splash. However, damage on target initially struck does not count as an AoE and will not be affected by relevant bonuses, using splash effectively grants a normal hit on the primary target plus a donut-shaped AoE around it.

The area of effect created by Melee Splash has a base radius of 14 units.

Melee Splash will also "spread" effects, for example, if your initial hit is a knock back to the target you hit with a single-target skill, nearby enemies within the radius of Melee Splash will also get knocked back. Same works with stuns as well. This is very effective with Heavy Strike as it is a guaranteed knockback per hit.

Gem level progression

Level			less Damage (other)	more AoE	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	8	18	50%	N/A	0	0
2	10	21	50%	3%	3231	3231
3	13	25	49%	6%	9569	12800
4	17	31	49%	9%	28189	40989
5	21	37	48%	12%	59146	100135
6	25	43	48%	15%	111192	211327
7	29	49	47%	18%	193800	405127
8	33	55	47%	21%	320280	725407
9	37	61	46%	24%	507839	1233246
10	40	66	46%	27%	554379	1787625
11	43	70	45%	30%	755049	2542674
12	46	75	45%	33%	1016533	3559207
13	49	79	44%	36%	1898602	5457809
14	52	84	44%	39%	1964019	7421828
15	55	88	43%	42%	2573731	9995559
16	58	93	43%	45%	7610839	17606398
17	61	97	42%	48%	13436884	31043282
18	64	102	42%	51%	25050611	56093893
19	67	106	41%	54%	43867388	99961281
20	70	111	41%	57%	242078618	342039899
21	72	114	40%	60%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	40%	63%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	39%	66%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	39%	69%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	38%	72%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	38%	75%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	37%	78%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	37%	81%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	36%	84%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	36%	87%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	35%	88%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	35%	90%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	34%	92%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	34%	93%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	33%	94%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	33%	96%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	32%	98%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	32%	99%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	31%	100%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	31%	102%	N/A	N/A

Version history

Version	Changes
2.6.0	Now gains 3% more area of effect per level (from 1% radius per level).
2.4.0	It now only has 35% Less Damage to Other Targets at level 1 (down from 50% Less). It now has 26% less at level 20 (from 31%).
2.1.0	Melee Splash now applies to a significantly larger area, has no penalty on its primary hit, and increases in radius as the gem levels up.
2.0.0	No longer gains increased damage per level. Instead, now gains 1% more damage to the main target and 1% increased damage to the other targets, alternating per level. (was x% increased Melee Physical Damage, 16% less Damage to main target) It now grants 0.5% increased area of effect radius per 1% of quality (was 1% per 1% quality).
1.0.2b	Fixed a bug where area damage bonuses would not benefit Viper Strike when supported by . The Melee Splash damage penalty is no longer specifically attack damage.
0.11.4	Fixed the stat description on Melee Splash support being wrong.
0.11.2	Melee Splash now has a line of sight check. You will not be able to Splash past walls or other objects that block line of sight from the target point of the attack.
0.11.1c	Fix a bug where Shield Charge hits after the first did no damage.
0.11.1b	Fixed a crash with Shield Charge and .
0.11.0b	Increased Melee Splash radius by 17%.
0.11.0	Damage penalty reduced from -20% to -16%.
0.10.5	Melee Splash has been added to the game.