Cruelty

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Cruelty

Buff

Skills supported by Cruelty Support deal more damage over time.

This page is about the buff. For the support gem, see Cruelty Support.

Cruelty is a buff that grants more damage over time to skills supported by Cruelty Support.

Mechanics

Cruelty grants more damage over time with supported skills based on the percent of maximum life removed by a damaging hit. It lasts 4 seconds by default, and has a maximum effect of 40% which is unaffected by modifiers to its effect.

The effect of Cruelty is calculated using the following formula:

$\color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}E=({D \over L})^{0.2}*(1+M)$

where D is the is the percent of life removed by damage, L is the enemy's maximum life, and M is the sum of increases to Cruelty effect.

Sources

Support skill gems

Gem

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now has a 150% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 130%). Supported Skills now have 0-19% increased effect of Cruelty (previously 10-20%). Supported Skills now deal 15-24% more Damage with Hits (previously 20-29%). Maximum Cruelty Effect is now 40% (previously 50%).
3.14.0	Introduced to the game as a buff (which not related to the original passive skill)
Unknown	Removed from the game.
Unknown	Introduced to the game as a notable passive skill