Lancing Steel

Lancing SteelAttack, Projectile, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-10) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (63-106)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (63-106)%Requires Level 28Thrust an Axe or Sword forward, consuming your Steel Shards to form a cluster of shards in front of you. The cluster will fire a number of projectiles in sequence, aiming at enemies in front of or close to it. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.Fires 3 additional Projectiles
20% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
(20-113) to (30-169) Added Attack Physical Damage
Consumes up to 4 Steel Shards
Fires 50% more Projectiles per Steel Shard consumed
Hits after the first on each Enemy deal 60% less Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
1% increased Impale EffectClusters have 1.5% increased Projectile targeting rangeProjectiles deal up to 2% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments at the start of their movement, lowering this bonus as they travel farther0.5% chance to Impale Enemies on HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemLancingSteel

Lancing Steel is an attack which uses your sword or axe to generate a cluster of shards that fires projectiles sequentially. The projectiles have a chance to impale on hit. This skill consumes Steel Shards from Call of Steel to fire more projectiles per cluster.

Skill functions and interactions

• Steel Shards: Equipping this skill grants the Call of Steel ability, which is used to generate Steel Shards. This skill consumes up to 4 Steel Shards to launch 50% more projectiles per Steel Shard used.

• Melee: Lancing Steel is not considered a melee attack despite using melee weapons, similarly to Spectral ThrowSpectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-8) Mana
  Attack Speed: 110% of base
  Attack Damage: (80-125)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (80-125)%
  Projectile Speed: 1000Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then returns to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in its path.
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Projectiles that have Pierced deal (0.5-10)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Physical Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	8	63%	63%	20 to 30	0	0
2	31	46	32	8	65%	65.3%	23 to 35	199345	199345
3	34	50	35	8	68%	67.5%	27 to 40	285815	485160
4	37	54	37	8	70%	69.8%	31 to 46	401344	886504
5	40	58	40	9	72%	72.1%	35 to 53	554379	1440883
6	42	60	42	9	74%	74.3%	38 to 58	477437	1918320
7	44	63	44	9	77%	76.6%	42 to 63	583786	2502106
8	46	66	46	9	79%	78.8%	45 to 68	710359	3212465
9	48	68	48	9	81%	81.1%	49 to 74	1355511	4567976
10	50	71	49	9	83%	83.4%	53 to 80	1138877	5706853
11	52	74	51	9	86%	85.6%	58 to 86	1368233	7075086
12	54	76	53	9	88%	87.9%	62 to 93	1638338	8713424
13	56	79	55	9	90%	90.2%	67 to 101	1956648	10670072
14	58	82	57	9	92%	92.4%	73 to 109	3655184	14325256
15	60	84	59	10	95%	94.7%	78 to 117	3017327	17342583
16	62	87	60	10	97%	96.9%	84 to 126	7759995	25102578
17	64	90	62	10	99%	99.2%	91 to 136	15138193	40240771
18	66	92	64	10	101%	101.5%	98 to 146	26083825	66324596
19	68	95	66	10	104%	103.7%	105 to 157	62620247	128944843
20	70	98	68	10	106%	106%	113 to 169	211708088	340652931
21	72	100	70	10	108%	108.3%	121 to 181	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	10	111%	110.5%	130 to 195	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	10	113%	112.8%	139 to 209	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	10	115%	115.1%	149 to 224	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	11	117%	117.3%	160 to 239	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	11	120%	119.6%	171 to 256	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	11	122%	121.8%	183 to 274	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	11	124%	124.1%	196 to 293	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	11	126%	126.4%	209 to 314	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	11	129%	128.6%	223 to 335	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	11	130%	129.8%	231 to 346	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	11	131%	130.9%	239 to 358	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	11	132%	132%	247 to 370	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	11	133%	133.2%	255 to 382	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	11	134%	134.3%	263 to 395	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	11	135%	135.4%	272 to 408	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	11	137%	136.6%	281 to 421	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	11	138%	137.7%	290 to 435	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	11	139%	138.8%	300 to 449	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	11	140%	139.9%	309 to 464	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Lancing Steel can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Lancing Steel can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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 Lancing Steel:

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 Lancing Steel.

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
Enchantment Lancing Steel Chance To Not Consume Shards 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lancing Steel has 20% chance to count as consuming Steel Shards without Consuming them	helmet 100
Enchantment Lancing Steel Chance To Not Consume Shards 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel has 30% chance to count as consuming Steel Shards without Consuming them	helmet 100
Enchantment Lancing Steel Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lancing Steel deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lancing Steel Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Lancing Steel Impale Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lancing Steel's additional Projectiles have +20% chance to Impale Enemies	N/A
Enchantment Lancing Steel Impale Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel's additional Projectiles have +30% chance to Impale Enemies	N/A
Enchantment Lancing Steel Number of Additional Projectiles 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel fires an additional Projectile	helmet 100
Enchantment Lancing Steel Primary Proj Pierce Num 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lancing Steel's primary Projectile Pierces 3 additional Targets	N/A
Enchantment Lancing Steel Primary Proj Pierce Num 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel's primary Projectile Pierces 5 additional Targets	N/A

Alternate skill effects

Lancing Steel has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Temple Lancing Steel EffectTemple Lancing Steel EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lancing Steel becomes a Temple Effect.	Your Lancing Steel becomes a Temple Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 106% of Base Damage, and has 106% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 85%).
3.12.0	Lancing Steel now fires a sequence of projectiles when you attack, and fires more projectiles based on the number of Steel Shards consumed by the attack. Enemies can be hit by multiple projectiles from the same attack, but subsequent hits after the first deal less damage. Now has a base attack speed multiplier of 80%. Now deals 63% of base damage at gem level 1, up to 85% at gem level 20. Now fire 3 additional projectiles. Now has a 20% chance to impale enemies on hit. Subsequent hits from the same attack now deal 60% less damage. Now consumes up to 4 Steel Shards, and fires 50% more projectiles per Steel Shard consumed.
3.9.0	Now has a base attack time multiplier of 85% (from 80%). Now deals 135% of base damage at gem level 1 (from 130%), up to 180% at gem level 20 (from 175%). Now grants 1% increased Impale Effect per 1% gem quality (from 1% chance to Impale per 2% gem quality).
3.7.0	Can no longer hit close-range enemies multiple times with a single attack. Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 130% at gem level 1 (from 65%), up to 175% at gem level 20 (from 80%). Now adds 20 to 30 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 113 to 169 at gem level 20. Now has 30% chance for the non-primary projectiles to impale enemies on hit. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 80%. Now gains 0.5% chance to impale enemies on hit per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% chance to impale enemies per 1% gem quality).
3.5.0	Lancing Steel has been added to the game.