Gem tag

All skill gems have keywords listed in the first line of the mouseover description. In addition to dividing the skills into groups, keywords partly determine which support gems can support a certain skill.

Support Skill Keywords

While you can technically link any support gem to any skill gem, some combinations will have no effect. If a support gem contains one of the following keywords, the skill must have the keyword as well to be affected. Note that any skill with the Bow keyword counts as having Projectile.

• AoE: Concentrated Effect, Increased Area of Effect
• Attack: Additional Accuracy, Faster Attacks, Life Gain on Hit, Point Blank
• Duration: Increased Duration
• Melee: Melee Damage on Full Life, Melee Physical Damage,
• Minion: Minion Damage, Minion Life, Minion Speed
• Projectile: Fork, Greater Multiple Projectiles, Chain, Faster Projectiles, Iron Grip, Lesser Multiple Projectiles, Pierce, Point Blank, Ranged Attack Totem
• Spell: Faster Casting, Iron Will

For example, Freezing Pulse and Ethereal Knives get no benefit from being linked to Point Blank: although they are Projectiles, they are not Attacks.

Active Skill Keywords

AoE

• Strength: Anger, Cleave, Decoy Totem, Determination, Enduring Cry, Ground Slam, Infernal Blow, Leap Slam, Molten Shell, Punishment, Rejuvenation Totem, Shockwave Totem, Sweep, Vitality, Warlord's Mark
• Dexterity: Cyclone, Detonate Dead, Explosive Arrow, Fire Trap, Freeze Mine, Grace, Haste, Hatred, Ice Shot, Lightning Arrow, Poison Arrow, Projectile Weakness, Rain of Arrows, Temporal Chains
• Intelligence: Arctic Breath, Clarity, Cold Snap, Conductivity, Critical Weakness, Discharge, Discipline, Elemental Weakness, Enfeeble, Fireball, Firestorm, Flammability, Frostbite, Ice Nova, Lightning Warp, Purity, Righteous Fire, Shock Nova, Vulnerability, Wrath

Attack

• Strength: Cleave, Dominating Blow, Glacial Hammer, Ground Slam, Heavy Strike, Infernal Blow, Leap Slam, Lightning Strike, Shield Charge, Sweep
• Dexterity: Burning Arrow, Cyclone, Double Strike, Dual Strike, Elemental Hit, Explosive Arrow, Flicker Strike, Frenzy, Ice Shot, Lightning Arrow, Poison Arrow, Puncture, Rain of Arrows, Split Arrow, Viper Strike, Whirling Blades
• Intelligence: Power Siphon

Aura

• Strength: Anger, Determination, Vitality
• Dexterity: Grace, Haste, Hatred
• Intelligence: Clarity, Discipline, Purity, Wrath

Bow

• Dexterity: Burning Arrow, Elemental Hit, Explosive Arrow, Frenzy, Ice Shot, Lightning Arrow, Poison Arrow, Puncture, Rain of Arrows, Split Arrow

Chaining

• Intelligence: Arc

Chaos

• Dexterity: Blood Rage, Poison Arrow, Viper Strike

Cold

• Strength: Glacial Hammer
• Dexterity: Elemental Hit, Freeze Mine, Hatred, Ice Shot
• Intelligence: Arctic Breath, Cold Snap, Discharge, Freezing Pulse, Frostbite, Frost Wall, Ice Nova, Ice Spear

Curse

• Strength: Punishment, Warlord's Mark
• Dexterity: Projectile Weakness, Temporal Chains
• Intelligence: Conductivity, Critical Weakness, Elemental Weakness, Enfeeble, Flammability, Frostbite, Vulnerability

Duration

• Strength: Decoy Totem, Devouring Totem, Flame Totem, Immortal Call, Molten Shell, Punishment, Rejuvenation Totem, Warlord's Mark, Shockwave Totem
• Dexterity: Bear Trap, Blood Rage, Explosive Arrow, Fire Trap, Freeze Mine, Ice Shot, Phase Run, Poison Arrow, Projectile Weakness, Puncture, Temporal Chains, Viper Strike
• Intelligence: Arctic Breath, Conductivity, Conversion Trap, Critical Weakness, Elemental Weakness, Enfeeble, Firestorm, Flammability, Frostbite, Frost Wall, Spark, Summon Skeletons, Vulnerability

Fire

• Strength: Anger, Flame Totem, Infernal Blow, Molten Shell
• Dexterity: Burning Arrow, Detonate Dead, Elemental Hit, Explosive Arrow, Fire Trap
• Intelligence: Discharge, Fireball, Firestorm, Flammability, Incinerate, Righteous Fire

Lightning

• Strength: Lightning Strike
• Dexterity: Elemental Hit, Lightning Arrow
• Intelligence: Arc, Conductivity, Discharge, [[Lightning Warp], Shock Nova, Spark, Tempest Shield, Wrath

Melee

• Strength: Cleave, Dominating Blow, Glacial Hammer, Ground Slam, Heavy Strike, Infernal Blow, Leap Slam, Lightning Strike, Shield Charge, Sweep
• Dexterity: Cyclone, Double Strike, Dual Strike, Elemental Hit, Flicker Strike, Frenzy, Puncture, Viper Strike, Whirling Blades

Minion

• Strength: Dominating Blow
• Intelligence: Raise Spectre, Raise Zombie, Summon Skeletons

Projectile

• Strength: Flame Totem, Lightning Strike
• Dexterity: Ethereal Knives
• Intelligence: Arctic Breath, Fireball, Freezing Pulse, Ice Spear, Incinerate, Power Siphon, Spark

Spell

• Strength: Anger, Decoy Totem, Determination, Devouring Totem, Enduring Cry, Flame Totem, Immortal Call, Molten Shell, Punishment, Rejuvenation Totem, Shockwave Totem, Vitality, Warlord's Mark
• Dexterity: Bear Trap, Blood Rage, Detonate Dead, Ethereal Knives, Fire Trap, Freeze Mine, Grace, Haste, Hatred, Phase Run, Projectile Weakness
• Intelligence: Arc, Arctic Breath, Clarity, Cold Snap, Conductivity, Conversion Trap, Critical Weakness, Discharge, Discipline, Elemental Weakness, Enfeeble, Fireball, Firestorm, Flammability, Freezing Pulse, Frostbite, Frost Wall, Ice Nova, Ice Spear, Incinerate, Lightning Warp, Purity, Raise Spectre, Raise Zombie, Righteous Fire, Shock Nova, Spark, Summon Skeletons, Tempest Shield, Vulnerability, Wrath

Totem

• Strength: Decoy Totem, Devouring Totem, Flame Totem, Rejuvenation Totem, Shockwave Totem

Trap

• Dexterity: Bear Trap, Fire Trap, Freeze Mine
• Intelligence: Conversion Trap