Channelling skill
Channelling is a skill mechanic that affects how certain skills are used to attack or cast.
Mechanics
Using Channelled Skills
Most skills in Path of Exile are considered "Fire and Forget". Meaning that once the player uses a skill, the effect is triggered the specified number of times denoted by said skill, and upon the completion of that action being performed, the skill is finished and ready to be used again. Unlike fire and forget skills, when you use a channelled skill the effect doesn't finish until you release the relevant button/key. Your character will continue performing the same skill repeatedly.
Similar to other skills, when the player initiates a channelled skill, the mana cost is used to start the ability. While the player continues to channel a skill by holding the corresponding trigger key, the mana cost of the skill must be paid relative to the attack/cast speed of the associated skill. Having insufficient resources to continue using a channelled skill will end the channel of the skill and trigger any end of channelling effects, such as the additional hits from Blade FlurryBlade FlurryAttack, AoE, Channelling, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 4 Mana
Attack Speed: 160% of base
Attack Damage: (32-49)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (32-49)%
AoE Radius: 14 / 17 / 19Requires Level 28Repeatedly hit enemies in a circle in front of you while channelling, dealing damage to and around the enemy. The damage is continually boosted while channelling. You unleash an additional hit for each stage reached once the channelling ends. Requires a Dagger, Claw or One-Handed Sword.(14-75) to (20-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
20% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each stage
Maximum 6 Stages
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.25-5)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each stagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
A player casts an unsupported level 1 IncinerateIncinerateSpell, Fire, Channelling, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (2-4) Mana
Cast Time: 0.20 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 50%Requires Level 12Continuously launches a torrent of fire from your hand, repeatedly damaging enemies. As you channel this spell longer, the flames spread wider close to you and spread longer directly in front of you. When you stop channelling you release a wave of fire damage over a wide and long area that will apply a powerful Ignite.Deals (3-207) to (5-311) Fire Damage
25% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each stage
100% increased angle per stage, up to 300%
Final wave always Ignites
8 maximum Stages
+(0.4-0.5) metres to radius per stage, up to a maximum of +(1.5-1.9) metres
Final wave deals 500% more Damage with Hits
Final wave deals 250% more Damage with Ignite
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.1-2) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
At the start of the cast the player must pay the mana cost of 6. If the player continues to hold the key needed to continue channelling, after .2 seconds of casting another 6 mana is spent to sustain the cost of continuing channelling the skill. This cycle of 6 mana every .2 seconds will continue in perpetuum until the key is released and channelling stops or insufficient mana is available to continue casting.
Other than insufficient mana, channelling can be halted by:
- Being subjected to a stun
- Becoming inflicted with a silence curse (if the skill used is a spell)
- Death
Triggered effects
On use triggers
Effects which trigger when you use a skill will only trigger when you initially start channelling, regardless of how long you maintain a channelled skill. As long as a player continues to channel an ability, this counts as the same single use of the skill. This makes effects such as gaining an power charge using Power Charge On Critical SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportCritical, Support
Icon: P
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have (35-54)% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike
Supported Skills deal 4% more Damage per Power Charge
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical StrikeThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., life regeneration for casting a spell with LifesprigLifesprig
Driftwood WandWand
Physical Damage: 5-9
Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.40(8-12)% increased Spell Damage+1 to Level of Socketed Spell Gems
(20-28)% increased Spell Damage
(5-8)% increased Cast Speed
+(15-20) to maximum Life
+(15-20) to maximum Mana
Regenerate (6-8) Life over 1 second when you Cast a SpellFrom the smallest seeds
To the tallest redwoods,
Life endures in Wraeclast. equipped, and other on use effects are limited to one event per channelling regardless of the number of times the trigger criteria is met during the same channel.
This mechanic can have limiting effects for certain supports such as Power Charge On Critical SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportCritical, Support
Icon: P
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have (35-54)% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike
Supported Skills deal 4% more Damage per Power Charge
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical StrikeThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., but can also be used to great advantage.
On hit triggers
Effects which trigger on hit will trigger as with any other skill in the game that produces a hit. Life gain, leech, power charge per enemy hit while wearing Voll's ProtectorVoll's Protector
Holy ChainmailArmour: (388-582)
Energy Shield: (82-122)
Movement Speed: -5%Requires Level 35, 53 Str, 53 Int(100-150)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
50% reduced maximum Mana
Gain a Power Charge for each Enemy you hit with a Critical Strike
Inner ConvictionAlthough a great leader during the war,
Voll proved disastrous in times of peace., Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
Icon: &
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
35% less Effect of Supported Curses
Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Curse 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger
Icon: &
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Cooldown Time: 0.15 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Supported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
Supported Skills deal (19-10)% less Spell Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance
Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Spell Critical Strike ChanceThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., and other on hit effects will all trigger as normal.
Multistrike and Spell Echo
Channelled skills cannot be supported by Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
Icon: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage
First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
Icon: k
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. because they operate in continuous fashion while they are being channelled; they do not consist of discrete attacks or casts that can be repeated.[1]
Related skill gems
Active skill gems
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Support skill gems
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Related unique items
The following unique items are related to Channelling:
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Militant FaithMilitant Faith Timeless JewelLimited to: 1 Historic Radius: LargeCarved to glorify (2000-10000) new faithful converted by High Templar (Avarius-Dominus-Maxarius) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Templars Historic <two random mods of devotion>They believed themselves the utmost faithful, but that conviction became oppression.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. | Timeless Jewel | 1 | Carved to glorify (2000-10000) new faithful converted by High Templar (Avarius-Dominus-Maxarius) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Templars Historic
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Watcher's EyeWatcher's Eye Prismatic JewelLimited to: 1(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers>One by one, they stood their ground against a creature they had no hope of understanding, let alone defeating, and one by one, they became a part of it.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. | Prismatic Jewel | 1 | (4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana
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AssailumAssailum Sinner TricorneEvasion: (719-925)Requires Level 64, 138 DexGrants Level 30 Snipe Skill Socketed Non-Channelling Bow Skills are Triggered by Snipe Socketed Triggered Bow Skills gain a 0.05 second Cooldown +(350-500) to Accuracy Rating +(350-500) to Evasion Rating +2 to maximum Snipe Stages +(14-20)% chance to Suppress Spell Damage while ChannellingA moment of calm before the battle can end the war. | Sinner Tricorne | 64 | Grants Level 30 Snipe Skill Socketed Non-Channelling Bow Skills are Triggered by Snipe Socketed Triggered Bow Skills gain a 0.05 second Cooldown +(350-500) to Accuracy Rating +(350-500) to Evasion Rating +2 to maximum Snipe Stages +(14-20)% chance to Suppress Spell Damage while Channelling | ||
The Immortal WillThe Immortal Will Archon Kite ShieldChance to Block: 27% Armour: (156-179) Energy Shield: (32-37) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 68, 85 Str, 85 Int+12% to all Elemental ResistancesGrants Summon Greater Harbinger of Focus Skill +(60-80) to maximum Life +(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances (30-50) Mana gained when you Block +5% Chance to Block Channelling Skills deal (50-70)% increased Damage | Archon Kite Shield | 68 | +12% to all Elemental ResistancesGrants Summon Greater Harbinger of Focus Skill +(60-80) to maximum Life +(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances (30-50) Mana gained when you Block +5% Chance to Block Channelling Skills deal (50-70)% increased Damage | ||
The Unshattered WillThe Unshattered Will Archon Kite ShieldChance to Block: 27% Armour: (156-179) Energy Shield: (32-37) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 68, 85 Str, 85 Int+12% to all Elemental ResistancesGrants Summon Harbinger of Focus Skill +(60-80) to maximum Life +(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances (30-50) Mana gained when you Block +5% Chance to Block Channelling Skills deal (50-70)% increased Damage | Archon Kite Shield | 68 | +12% to all Elemental ResistancesGrants Summon Harbinger of Focus Skill +(60-80) to maximum Life +(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances (30-50) Mana gained when you Block +5% Chance to Block Channelling Skills deal (50-70)% increased Damage | ||
The Hungry LoopThe Hungry Loop Unset RingRequires Level 70Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems Has not Consumed any Gems <Consumed support gem modifier>Be careful where you put your finger. | Unset Ring | 70 | Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems Has not Consumed any Gems
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Related passive skills
Passive skills
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Ascendancy passive skills
The following Ascendancy passive skills are related to Channelling:
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Pathfinder | Master Distiller | Grant bonuses to Non-Channelling Skills you use by consuming 3 Charges from a Flask of each of the following types, if possible: If Bismuth Flask Charges are consumed, Penetrate 20% Elemental Resistances If Diamond Flask Charges are consumed, 150% increased Critical Strike Chance If Amethyst Flask Charges are consumed, 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage [1] |
Version history
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References
- ↑ Bex (November 20, 2016). "Recently Asked Community Questions". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved November 21, 2016.