Ruthless SupportSlam, Support, Melee, Attack, Strike Icon: u Level: (1-20)Supports melee strike or slam skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful.Every third Attack with Supported Melee Attacks deals a Ruthless Blow Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal (70-98)% more Melee Damage Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills have a base Stun Duration of 0.8 seconds Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal (70-98)% more Damage with Bleeding caused by Melee Hits
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Attack DamageSupported Skills have 1% increased Stun Duration on EnemiesSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal 1% more 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition Drop level: 5Vendor Offer 1x Scroll FragmentMetadata Item class: Support Gem Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemRuthless
Ruthless Support is a support gem that causes every third attack made with the skill to deal substantially more damage and have increased base stun duration.
When supported by Multistrike Support, Ruthless blows work differently, instead of occurring every third hit, it occurs every third multistrike. This means hits from the first 2 uses (attacks 1 - 6) will be "normal blows" and all hits from the 3rd multi-strike use (attacks 7-9) will be ruthless blows.
Using this idea, Ruthless Blow may actually trigger by skill use, rather than skill attack, meaning, you will have to use the attack skill 3 times to trigger Ruthless Blow.
The Ruthless Blow counter still counts if you hit with a skill or not, for example, if you miss the first 2 hits of your supported attack, Ruthless Blow will count at your last 3rd attack, whether it be a hit or not.
Tracking blows: Keeping track of ruthless blows allows for them to be ready to use before a fight begins.
Multiple attacks - can be supported by ruthless support. Each attack tracks their own ruthless blows separately. When tracking multiple attacks, multiple ruthless blows can be ready before a fight begins.
Channeled skills, including Cyclone can not be supported by Ruthless and will not interact with it in any way.
Gem level progression
Level
More melee damage with Ruthless Blow
More bleeding damage from Ruthless Blow
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
1
0
70%
N/A
0
0
2
2
0
71%
N/A
70
70
3
4
0
73%
N/A
308
378
4
7
16
74%
N/A
1554
1932
5
11
22
76%
N/A
6667
8599
6
16
30
77%
N/A
26047
34646
7
20
36
79%
N/A
49725
84371
8
24
42
80%
N/A
95714
180085
9
28
48
82%
N/A
169595
349680
10
32
54
83%
N/A
283759
633439
11
36
60
85%
N/A
453996
1087435
12
40
66
86%
N/A
703128
1790563
13
44
72
88%
N/A
1061223
2851786
14
48
78
89%
N/A
2065870
4917656
15
52
84
91%
N/A
2507110
7424766
16
56
90
92%
N/A
5798936
13223702
17
60
96
94%
N/A
15083919
28307621
18
64
102
95%
N/A
27792735
56100356
19
67
106
97%
N/A
43869739
99970095
20
70
111
98%
N/A
242081556
342051651
21
72
114
100%
N/A
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
101%
N/A
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
103%
N/A
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
104%
N/A
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
106%
N/A
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
107%
N/A
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
109%
N/A
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
110%
N/A
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
112%
N/A
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
113%
N/A
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
114%
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
115%
N/A
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
115%
N/A
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
116%
N/A
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
117%
N/A
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
118%
N/A
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
118%
N/A
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
119%
N/A
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
120%
N/A
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
121%
N/A
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Ruthless Support can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Ruthless Support can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
9
Gift of the Gemling QueenGift of the Gemling Queen9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla, as a symbol of our progress, shines greater than all the gems.
Random level 20 support gem
A
7
Dialla's SubjugationDialla's Subjugation7Support Gem Quality:+23% CorruptedA symbol of beauty and innocence The gems corrupted her mind Malachai corrupted her gems All but a glimmer of greatness lost in madness
Random corruptedsupport gem with 23% quality
A
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
A
3
Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem 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 gem with 20% quality
A
1
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random gem with 1–20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Random divination card set exchange
A
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
Now has a 140% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 110%).
Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills now deal 70-98% more Melee Damage (previously 75-132%).
Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills now deal 70-98% more Damage with Bleeding caused by Melee Hits (previously 75-132%).
Now only supports melee strike and slam skills (previously supported non-channeling melee attack skills).
Quality on the Anomalous Ruthless Support no longer grants “Supported Skills have 0-10% increased Attack Speed”. It now grants “Supported Skills have 0-20% increased Stun Duration on Enemies”.
Now causes ruthless blows with supported skills to deal 75% more melee damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 132% more at gem level 20 (from 113%).
Now causes ruthless blows with supported skills to deal 75% more damage with bleeding at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 132% more at gem level 20 (from 113%).
CycloneCycloneAttack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 2 Mana Attack Speed: 300% of base Attack Damage: (44-59)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (44-59)% AoE Radius: 1.6Requires Level 28Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.(5-28) to (8-42) Added Attack Physical Damage 10% increased Area of Effect per 0.1 metre additional Melee Strike Range 30% less Movement Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% more Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can no longer be supported by Ruthless Support.