Area of effect

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Area of effect (often referred to as AoE) refers to a specified area in which multiple enemies can be affected by a skill. Skill gems with an area of effect have the AoE gem tag.

Mechanics

The simplest examples are skills like , and , which have circular areas of effect. Skills like and have cone-shaped effects - effectively cut out of circles. Some skills have irregular shapes, for example Flame Surge or .

Skills that damage multiple enemies per cast do not necessarily have an area of effect. Piercing projectiles like do not have the AoE tag, nor do chaining skills.

Modifiers that increase or decrease area of effect target the total area of the effect. When modifying the area, all applicable skills will be affected, including skills that do not deal damage such as auras. Almost every passive skills, support gems and items modify the total area.

Some skills gain an increase to the radius of the area of effect as they are leveled. Modifiers to area of effect will stack over increased radius effects. Very few effects change the radius of the area of effect (i.e. Rolling FlamesRolling Flames
Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1
Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Fire Damage
With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Fireball cannot ignite
With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Fireball has +(30-50)% chance to inflict scorchFrom north to south the sea of fire swept,
Rolling waves of gorging flame,
Growing taller and hungrier,
With every land they consumed.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.).

When an item or skill increases the area damage, it will only be applicable to the part of the skill that deal damage in an area of effect. For example, with , that damage bonus will go into effect only when the projectile explodes on last target struck and won't work if the projectile pierced, chained or forked.

Area of effect does not affect the trigger radius of Traps and Mines, but it can apply to effects cast by the trap or mine. Only passive skills and effects specifying "Trap Trigger Radius" or "Mine Detonation Radius" will affect them specifically. However, area of effect modifiers will apply to effects cast by the trap or mine. The same goes for totems that use effects that have an area of effect as well.

Skill gems

A list of non-aura or curse active skill gems with the gem tag AoE is displayed below.

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All Aura gems have an AoE: Template:SMW item table/skill gems

All Curse gems also have an AoE: Template:SMW item table/skill gems

A list of support gems with the gem tag: AoE or quality that increases AoE Template:SMW item table/skill gems

Passive skills

There are passive skills that grant bonuses to skills with an area of effect.

Area of effect

These passive skills grant increased area of effect for skills.

Area of effect for auras

These passive skills grant increased area of effect for auras.

Area of effect for curses

These passive skills grant increased area of effect for curses.

Area of effect for traps

These passive skills grant increased area of effect for traps.

Area of effect damage

These passive skills grant increased damage to area of effect skills.

Items that affect Area of Effect

These items modify Area of Effect Globally:

• Blood of SummerBlood of Summer
  Rusted SwordOne Handed Sword
  Physical Damage: 6-15
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.55
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metres40% increased Global Accuracy RatingAdds 2 to 6 Physical Damage
  2% increased Movement Speed per Frenzy Charge
  +1 to Maximum Frenzy Charges
  20% increased Area of Effect
  33% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on KillInto darkness, horror, madness...
  So goes the descent.
• Breath of the CouncilBreath of the Council
  Carnal SceptreSceptre
  Physical Damage: (147.6-168.1) to (342-389.5)
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.20
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 66, 113 Str, 113 Int32% increased Elemental Damage(260-310)% increased Physical Damage
  (80-100)% increased Chaos Damage
  10% increased Area of Effect
  Chaos Skills have 40% increased Skill Effect DurationBreathe deep, and give yourself over to eternity.
• Carcass JackCarcass Jack
  Varnished CoatEvasion: (851-1085)
  Energy Shield: (173-222)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 62, 96 Dex, 96 Int(120-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  +(50-70) to maximum Life
  +(9-12)% to all Elemental Resistances
  (40-50)% increased Area of Effect
  (40-50)% increased Area Damage
  Extra gore"...The discomfort shown by the others is amusing, but none
  can deny that my work has made quite the splash..."
  - Maligaro's Journal
• DivinariusDivinarius
  Imperial SkeanRune Dagger
  Physical Damage: 18-73
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.30%
  Attacks per Second: 1.50
  Weapon Range: 1.0 metresRequires Level 66, 95 Dex, 131 Int30% increased Global Critical Strike Chance(150-200)% increased Spell Damage
  Gain (100-200) Life per Enemy Killed
  Gain (50-100) Mana per Enemy Killed
  30% increased Area of Effect
  (200-250)% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells if you've Killed Recently
  +(60-100)% to Critical Strike Multiplier for Spells if you haven't Killed RecentlyDivine intervention feels better
  when you do it yourself.
• Dying BreathDying Breath
  Iron StaffWarstaff
  Physical Damage: 14-42
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.40%
  Attacks per Second: 1.30
  Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 13, 27 Str, 27 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff18% increased Cast Speed
  18% increased maximum Mana
  18% increased Area of Effect of Aura Skills
  18% increased Area of Effect of Hex Skills
  Nearby Enemies have 18% increased Effect of Curses on them
  Nearby allies gain 18% increased Damage
  18% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your SkillsThe whispers of the dead
  Carry wisdom for the living,
  If you are willing to give your life
  To listen.
• Dying SunDying Sun
  Ruby FlaskLasts (3.20-4.80) Seconds
  Consumes (45-50) of 50 Charges on use
  +40% to Fire Resistance
  +5% to Maximum Fire ResistanceRequires Level 68(125-150)% increased Charges per use
  (60-40)% less Duration
  (10-20)% increased Area of Effect during Effect
  Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles during EffectAll things must die.
  Whether you burn out or explode is up to you.Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
• Hyrri's BiteHyrri's Bite
  Sharktooth Arrow QuiverRequires Level 14Gain (6-8) Life per Enemy Hit with Attacks+(15-25) to Strength
  +(35-45) to Dexterity
  +(15-25) to Intelligence
  Adds 10 to 20 Cold Damage to Attacks
  (7-10)% increased Attack Speed
  Gain (2-3) Life per Enemy Hit with Attacks
  10% increased Area of EffectA Karui woman's place was not the
  battlefield, but the hearth.
  Hyrri changed all of that.
• Lavianga's WisdomLavianga's Wisdom
  War HammerOne Handed Mace
  Physical Damage: (33.8-39) to (80.6-93)
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.45
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 20, 71 Str10% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold(160-200)% increased Physical Damage
  +70 to maximum Life
  +70 to maximum Mana
  5% reduced Movement Speed
  (15-25)% increased Area of Effect
  (10-20)% increased Area Damage"The painful memories are the easiest to recall."
  - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom
• Maligaro's LensMaligaro's Lens
  Compound Spiked ShieldChance to Block: 25%
  Evasion: (122-144)
  Energy Shield: (25-30)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 45, 59 Dex, 59 Int+3% chance to Suppress Spell Damage(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
  (10-20)% increased maximum Life
  -50% to all Elemental Resistances
  10% increased Area of Effect
  Nearby allies Recover 1% of your Maximum Life when you Die"Look around you. What do you see?
  Corruption, perversion, sin?
  No. It is progress.
  You simply lack the means to see it."
  - Inquisitor Maligaro
• Martial ArtistryMartial Artistry
  Crimson JewelLimited to: 1
  Radius: Small+(0.3-0.4) metres to Melee Strike Range while Unarmed
  Passive Skills in Radius also grant: 1% increased Unarmed Attack Speed with Melee SkillsA gentle hand rarely leaves a mark on the world.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
• Mutewind PennantMutewind Pennant
  Enameled BucklerChance to Block: 24%
  Evasion: (559-698)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 42, 103 Dex6% increased Movement Speed(80-100)% increased Evasion Rating
  +(20-40)% to Cold Resistance
  10% increased Area of Effect
  Gain Onslaught for 4 seconds when you Warcry
  25% increased Warcry Buff Effect
  Warlord's CallEmbrace the snow or be buried.
• Pillar of the Caged GodPillar of the Caged God
  Iron StaffWarstaff
  Physical Damage: 14-42
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.40%
  Attacks per Second: 1.30
  Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 13, 27 Str, 27 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff1% increased Area of Effect per 20 Intelligence
  1% increased Attack Speed per 10 Dexterity
  16% increased Physical Weapon Damage per 10 StrengthForged to rule the waves and tide
  Destined to serve the monkey's paw
  Strong as a tower of iron
  Deft as the needle doubt
• The Beast Fur ShawlThe Beast Fur Shawl
  Vaal RegaliaEnergy Shield: (376-512)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 68, 194 Int40% increased Spell Damage
  (120-160)% increased Energy Shield
  10% increased Area of Effect
  10% increased Damage taken
  (50-100)% increased Energy Shield Recovery rateThe quickest way to understand
  your own strengths and weaknesses
  is to walk in the skin of another.
• AllelopathyAllelopathy
  Satin GlovesEnergy Shield: (56-72)Requires Level 41, 60 IntGrants Level 22 Blight Skill
  (100-120)% increased Energy Shield
  10% increased Area of Effect
  Blight has (20-30)% increased Hinder Duration
  You cannot be Hindered"Nothing is more natural than competition.
  One feasts, another starves.
  One blossoms, another withers.
  And one cannot catch the golden sunlight
  without casting a bitter shadow."
  - Cadiro Perandus
• Vestige of DivinityVestige of Divinity
  Gnarled BranchStaff
  Physical Damage: 11-23
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.30
  Weapon Range: 1.5 metres+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff16% Chance to Block Attack Damage
  Adds 2 to 4 Physical Damage
  15% increased Area of Effect
  Reflects 8 to 14 Physical Damage to Attackers on Block
  +0.2 metres to Weapon RangeInto darkness, horror, madness...
  So goes the descent.
• Maraketh weapons:
  • Morning StarMorning StarTwo Hand Mace
    Physical Damage: 45-68
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Attacks per Second: 1.25
    Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 34, 118 Str15% increased Area of Effect
  • Solar MaulSolar MaulTwo Hand Mace
    Physical Damage: 75-113
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Attacks per Second: 1.25
    Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 56, 187 Str15% increased Area of Effect
  • Coronal MaulCoronal MaulTwo Hand Mace
    Physical Damage: 91-136
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Attacks per Second: 1.20
    Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 69, 220 Str20% increased Area of Effect
• Talismans:
  • Monkey Twins TalismanMonkey Twins TalismanTalisman Tier: 3(5-8)% increased Area of EffectCorruptedThe first ones marked their hunting grounds
    with blood and piss.
    We have tried to paint our future in words.
    Now we shall paint with inks of savagery.
    - The Wolven King
  • Greatwolf TalismanGreatwolf TalismanTalisman Tier: 4<Two random talisman implicit modifiers>CorruptedThe wolf greeted the king,
    In the light of the harvest moon.
    The wolf offered the strength of the wild,
    And the king paid for it in blood.
  • Eyes of the GreatwolfEyes of the Greatwolf
    Greatwolf TalismanTalisman Tier: 4
    Requires Level 52<Two random talisman implicit modifiers>Implicit Modifier magnitudes are doubledCorruptedI am but a vessel for a greater force.
    It acts through me. Speaks through me.
    Decides what lives and dies through me.
    And will change the world through me.
• Belts with the (4 to 6)% increased Radius of Area Skills corrupted implicit modifier

These items modify Area of Effect of socketed Skills:

• Amplification RodAmplification Rod
  Spiraled WandWand
  Physical Damage: 12-37
  Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.30Requires Level 36, 83 Int(15-19)% increased Spell Damage+2 to Level of Socketed Gems
  Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Intensify
  Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Spell Echo
  Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Controlled Destruction
  +(10-30) to IntelligenceNo one likes a quiet encore.
• DoomsowerDoomsower
  Lion SwordTwo Hand Sword
  Physical Damage: (174.2-216) to (279.5-337.5)
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: (1.54-1.62)
  Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 65, 104 Str, 122 Dex+50 to Strength and DexteritySocketed Melee Gems have 15% increased Area of Effect
  (30-50)% increased Physical Damage
  Adds (65-75) to (100-110) Physical Damage
  (6-12)% increased Attack Speed
  Attack Skills gain 5% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage per Socketed Red Gem
  You have Vaal Pact while all Socketed Gems are RedSo the seed of hate was born,
  Evil forged and Hope forsworn.
• Marohi ErqiMarohi Erqi
  Karui MaulTwo Hand Mace
  Physical Damage: (672-784) to (1008-1176)
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: 0.75
  Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 57, 182 Str45% increased Stun Duration on Enemies(500-600)% increased Physical Damage
  25% reduced Attack Speed
  (40-50)% increased Stun Duration on Enemies
  -500 to Accuracy RatingLumbering as a sea lion, clumsy as a berry-drunk pigeon. That was Erqi.
  It mattered little. When Erqi's maul fell true, so did its target.
• WideswingWideswing
  PoleaxeTwo Handed Axe
  Physical Damage: (63.8-75.4) to (94.6-111.8)
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.30
  Weapon Range: 1.5 metresRequires Level 18, 44 Str, 25 DexSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Increased Area of Effect
  +10 to Strength
  (120-160)% increased Physical Damage
  Gain 10 Mana per Enemy Killed
  +(120-150) to Accuracy Rating
  +0.2 metres to Weapon RangeBargg Wurmkin once severed the heads
  of seven men in a single cleave.
• Staves with the Gems in this item are Supported by level 1 Increased Area of Effect corrupted implicit modifier

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Changes

2.6.0

In this update, we are removing the concept of "Increased Radius of Area Skills" and replacing it with "Increased Area of Effect" for all skills, items and passives. The broad impact of this change is that early increases to area of effect will be significant and impactful, while every subsequent point will be less and less noticeable. Previously, each point spent towards increasing the radius of area skills was better than the last, making accumulation of the stat far too desirable.