Armageddon Brand

Armageddon BrandSpell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Brand
Level: (1-20)
Cast Time: 0.40 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 85%Requires Level 28Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, causing a fiery meteor to fall from the sky. The brand will detach if the enemy dies.Can be Attached for a total Duration of 5 seconds
Activates every 0.75 seconds while Attached
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6 seconds
Deals (34-398) to (51-597) Fire Damage
(120-250)% more Damage with Ignite
25% chance to Ignite enemies
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
0.5% increased Cast Speed0.25% chance to deal Double Damage1% chance for Brands to Attach to a new Enemy each time they ActivatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Prices

Normal

1x Orb of Chance

Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArmageddonBrand

Armageddon Brand is a spell that creates a brand at the target position. While attached, the brands creates fiery meteors that land on the target's location and deal fire damage in an area.

Skill functions and interactions

Maximum Active Brands: All brands share a limit of three (3) active brand limit. This can be split between the two brand skills (2-1) or all of one type. Passive skills can increase the number of active brands that are allowed to be active at a time.

Maximum Brand Attachment: By default, you may only have one brand of any kind attached to a single target at any time. Taking the Keystone Runebinder allows you to place a second brand on a single target. Like the Active Brand limit these brands may either be split (1-1) or both the same type of brand.

Spell Echo: Armageddon Brand currently functions with 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. so far as repeating the initial cast of the brand. The more casting speed multiplier on spell echo does NOT however affect the activation speed of the brand once attached to a target.

Meteor: When Armageddon Brand activates, it casts a meteor falling down on the attached enemy. However, this meteor has a slow travel time, so if the enemy is fast-moving, the meteor can miss the enemy entirely. This also affects the "smoothness" of the skill, as this meteor drop delay time cannot be overcome. The meteor deals damage in an area on impact, this area is affected by modifiers to AoE.

Ignite: Armageddon Brand comes with a big damage multiplier for Ignite, so it is one of the skills suitable for scaling Ignite. When scaling Ignite, it is not recommended to take Runebinder since having multiple brands attached to an enemy does not increase the Ignite damage taken by the enemy (since there can only be one active Ignite instance on the enemy). The only benefit from the keystone would be higher hit frequency on the enemy which would potentially cause a bigger Ignite (from a bigger hit) to be applied.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Fire Damage	more Ignite Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	29	42	15	69 to 104	N/A	0	0
2	31	32	46	15	85 to 128	N/A	199345	199345
3	34	35	50	16	104 to 156	N/A	285815	485160
4	37	37	54	17	127 to 191	N/A	401344	886504
5	40	40	58	18	154 to 232	N/A	554379	1440883
6	42	42	60	19	175 to 263	N/A	477437	1918320
7	44	44	63	19	199 to 298	N/A	583786	2502106
8	46	46	66	20	225 to 338	N/A	710359	3212465
9	48	48	68	21	255 to 382	N/A	1355511	4567976
10	50	49	71	21	288 to 431	N/A	1138877	5706853
11	52	51	74	22	324 to 487	N/A	1368233	7075086
12	54	53	76	22	366 to 549	N/A	1638338	8713424
13	56	55	79	23	412 to 618	N/A	1956648	10670072
14	58	57	82	24	463 to 695	N/A	3655184	14325256
15	60	59	84	24	521 to 781	N/A	3017327	17342583
16	62	60	87	25	585 to 877	N/A	7759995	25102578
17	64	62	90	25	656 to 985	N/A	15138193	40240771
18	66	64	92	26	736 to 1104	N/A	26083825	66324596
19	68	66	95	27	825 to 1237	N/A	62620247	128944843
20	70	68	98	27	924 to 1386	N/A	211708088	340652931
21	72	70	100	28	1034 to 1551	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	28	1156 to 1735	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	29	1293 to 1939	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	30	1444 to 2166	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	30	1613 to 2419	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	31	1800 to 2700	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	31	2008 to 3012	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	32	2239 to 3359	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	32	2496 to 3744	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	33	2781 to 4172	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	33	2935 to 4403	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	34	3097 to 4646	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	34	3268 to 4902	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	34	3448 to 5172	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	35	3638 to 5456	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	35	3837 to 5756	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	35	4047 to 6071	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	35	4269 to 6403	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	36	4502 to 6753	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	26	4747 to 7121	N/A	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Armageddon Brand can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Armageddon Brand can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	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:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Armageddon Brand:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Armageddon Brand.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Armageddon Brand Attached Target Fire Penetration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Armageddon Brand Damage Penetrates 8% of Branded Enemy's Fire Resistance	helmet 100
Armageddon Brand Attached Target Fire Penetration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Armageddon Brand Damage Penetrates 12% of Branded Enemy's Fire Resistance	helmet 100
Armageddon Brand Repeat Frequency 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Armageddon Brand has 8% increased Activation Frequency	helmet 100
Armageddon Brand Repeat Frequency 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Armageddon Brand has 12% increased Activation Frequency	helmet 100
Enchantment Armageddon Brand Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Armageddon Brand deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Armageddon Brand Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Armageddon Brand deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved. Now activates every 0.75 seconds while attached (from 0.8 seconds). Now deals 34 to 51 Fire Damage at gem level 1 (from 29 to 43), up to 398 to 597 Fire Damage at gem level 20 (from 332 to 498). Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 85% (from 75%). Now deals 120% more Damage with Ignite at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 250% more at gem level 20 (from 180%). Now has a detached duration of 6 seconds (from 10). Now has a base area of effect radius of 22 units (from 18).
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 15 (was 14). Now deals 29 to 43 Fire damage at gem level 1 (from 29 to 44) and 332 to 498 Fire damage at gem level 20 (from 393 to 590). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 75% (from 90%). Now activates every 0.8 seconds while Attached (from 0.75)
3.5.0	Armageddon Brand has been added to the game.