Less Duration Support

Less Duration is a support gem that reduces the duration of any effects produced by the supported skill. It is the counterpart to Increased Duration SupportIncreased Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: D
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Supported Skills have (45-64)% increased Skill Effect Duration

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Skill Effect 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..

Strategy

Less Duration is best used with skills that applies the effect a short time after the attack or cast, such as EarthquakeEarthquakeAttack, AoE, Duration, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Attack Speed: 75% of base
Attack Damage: (85-150)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (85-150)%
AoE Radius: 18 / 28Requires Level 28Smashes the ground, dealing damage in an area and cracking the earth. The crack will erupt in a powerful aftershock after a duration. Cracks created before the first one has erupted will not generate their own aftershocks. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.Base duration is 1.00 seconds
Aftershock deals 150% more Damage with Hits and Ailments

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Aftershock deals +(1.5-30)% more Damage with Hits and AilmentsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Lightning WarpLightning WarpSpell, AoE, Duration, Movement, Lightning, Travel
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-26) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90%
AoE Radius: 16Requires Level 10Waits for a duration before teleporting to a targeted destination, with the duration based on the distance and your movement speed. When the teleport occurs, lightning damage is dealt to the area around both where the player was and where they teleported to. Casting again will queue up multiple teleportations to occur in sequence.Deals (1-51) to (19-965) Lightning Damage
+(0-0.4) metres to radius
(30-49)% reduced Duration
Can queue up to 50 uses

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Cast SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Storm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 250%Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it and causing lightning strikes at any other markers you've cast.Deals (21-949) to (39-1762) Lightning Damage
Base duration is 1.50 seconds
+(0-0.6) metres to radius

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.75-15)% chance for Lightning to Strike the Marker when CastPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or Explosive ArrowExplosive ArrowAttack, Projectile, AoE, Duration, Fire, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-10) Mana
Projectile Speed: 3260
AoE Radius: 15Requires Level 28Fires an arrow which will stick into an enemy or wall, and then explode, dealing area damage around it, either after a duration or when the maximum number of arrows stuck to that target is reached. If an enemy has multiple Explosive Arrows stuck in them, the first one to explode will consume the others, adding their damage to its explosion.Base duration is 1.00 seconds
Explosion deals 50% less Base Damage
Explosion will have (47-522) to (71-783) added Fire Damage
+0.2 metres to Explosion Radius per Explosive Arrow on Target, up to a maximum of +1.2 metres
Explosion deals 6% more Damage with Hits per Explosive Arrow on Target
Explosion deals 3% more Damage with Ailments per Explosive Arrow on Target
Maximum 20 Explosive Arrows stuck in an Enemy

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.1-2) Maximum Explosive Arrows stuck in an EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

For more information, see duration.

Gem level progression

Level			less Duration	more Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	31	52	40%	10%	0	0
2	34	57	40%	10%	285815	285815
3	36	60	41%	11%	252595	538410
4	38	63	41%	11%	314394	852804
5	40	66	42%	12%	388734	1241538
6	42	69	42%	12%	477437	1718975
7	44	72	43%	13%	583786	2302761
8	46	75	43%	13%	710359	3013120
9	48	78	44%	14%	1355511	4368631
10	50	81	44%	14%	1138877	5507508
11	52	84	45%	15%	1368233	6875741
12	54	87	45%	15%	1638338	8514079
13	56	90	46%	16%	1956648	10470727
14	58	93	46%	16%	3655184	14125911
15	60	96	47%	17%	3017327	17143238
16	62	99	47%	17%	7720126	24863364
17	64	102	48%	18%	15058455	39921819
18	66	105	48%	18%	25964218	65886037
19	68	108	49%	19%	62460771	128346808
20	70	111	49%	19%	211508743	339855551
21	72	114	50%	20%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	50%	20%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	51%	21%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	51%	21%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	52%	22%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	52%	22%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	53%	23%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	53%	23%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	54%	24%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	54%	24%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	54%	24%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	55%	25%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	55%	25%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	55%	25%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	55%	25%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	56%	26%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	56%	26%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	56%	26%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	56%	26%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	57%	27%	N/A	N/A

Version history

Version	Changes
2.4.0	Damage bonus has been reduce to 10% more damage at gem level 1, up to 19% more damage at gem level 20.
2.2.0	Now grants 20% more damage to supported skills at Level 1, increasing to 29% more damage to supported skills by Level 20.
2.0.0	Renamed to Less Duration. Changed from "x% reduced Skill Effect Duration" to "x% less skill effect duration"
1.0.0	Added a new Strength Support Gem - Reduced Duration.