Cleave

CleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (125-237)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-237)%
AoE Radius: 20The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
+(0-1) metre to radius

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Attack SpeedGain 1 Life per Enemy Hit2% increased Area of Effect while not Dual Wielding5% chance to Destroy Corpses on KillPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Drop level: 5Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemCleave

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Cleave.

Cleave is a melee attack that deals damage with all equipped weapons to enemies in a 180 degree arc in front of the player. When dual wielding, equipment requirement applies to both weapons, and each weapon does reduced damage. Requires an axe, sword, two-handed axe, or two-handed sword.

Skill functions and interactions

• Attack Speed: When dual wielding attack speed is averaged between the two weapons.
• Dual Wielding:
  • If the player's weapons have different critical strike chance values, it is possible for one weapon to get a critical strike when the other doesn't. It is also possible to miss with only one of the weapons swung. The decrease in damage while dual wielding is multiplicative and applies to all damage bonuses.
  • Two hits are calculated separately (one from each weapon) and then combined into one unique hit/stack (damaging ailments).

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	125%	125%	2 to 3	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	131%	130.9%	2 to 3	+0.1m	70	70
3	4	0	0	137%	136.8%	3 to 4	+0.1m	308	378
4	7	0	14	143%	142.7%	4 to 6	+0.2m	1554	1932
5	11	0	19	149%	148.6%	5 to 8	+0.2m	6667	8599
6	16	18	26	154%	154.5%	7 to 11	+0.3m	26047	34646
7	20	22	31	160%	160.4%	9 to 13	+0.3m	49725	84371
8	24	25	37	166%	166.3%	11 to 17	+0.4m	95714	180085
9	28	29	42	172%	172.2%	14 to 20	+0.4m	169595	349680
10	32	33	47	178%	178.1%	16 to 25	+0.5m	283759	633439
11	36	36	52	184%	183.9%	20 to 30	+0.5m	453996	1087435
12	40	40	58	190%	189.8%	24 to 35	+0.6m	703128	1790563
13	44	44	63	196%	195.7%	28 to 42	+0.6m	1061223	2851786
14	48	48	68	202%	201.6%	33 to 49	+0.7m	2065870	4917656
15	52	51	74	208%	207.5%	39 to 58	+0.7m	2507110	7424766
16	56	55	79	213%	213.4%	45 to 68	+0.8m	5798936	13223702
17	60	59	84	219%	219.3%	52 to 79	+0.8m	15083919	28307621
18	64	62	90	225%	225.2%	61 to 91	+0.9m	27792735	56100356
19	67	65	94	231%	231.1%	68 to 102	+0.9m	43869739	99970095
20	70	68	98	237%	237%	75 to 113	+1m	242081556	342051651
21	72	70	100	243%	242.9%	81 to 122	+1m	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	249%	248.8%	87 to 130	+1.1m	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	255%	254.7%	93 to 140	+1.1m	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	261%	260.6%	100 to 150	+1.2m	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	266%	266.5%	107 to 160	+1.2m	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	272%	272.4%	114 to 172	+1.3m	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	278%	278.3%	123 to 184	+1.3m	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	284%	284.2%	131 to 197	+1.4m	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	290%	290.1%	140 to 210	+1.4m	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	296%	295.9%	150 to 224	+1.5m	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	299%	298.9%	155 to 232	+1.5m	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	302%	301.8%	160 to 240	+1.5m	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	305%	304.8%	165 to 248	+1.6m	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	308%	307.7%	171 to 256	+1.6m	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	311%	310.7%	176 to 265	+1.6m	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	314%	313.6%	182 to 273	+1.7m	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	317%	316.6%	188 to 282	+1.7m	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	320%	319.5%	194 to 292	+1.7m	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	322%	322.5%	201 to 301	+1.8m	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	325%	325.4%	207 to 311	+1.8m	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	0.5% increased Attack Speed	50
Anomalous	Gain 1 Life per Enemy Hit	20
Divergent	2% increased Area of Effect while not Dual Wielding	50
Phantasmal	5% chance to Destroy Corpses on Kill	50

Item acquisition

Cleave can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Cleave 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
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternate Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	A
8	The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Gem Alternate Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality	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. Shift click to unstack.	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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Cleave:

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
Overwhelming OddsOverwhelming Odds Crimson JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Hits with Cleave Fortify With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave has +1 to Radius per Nearby Enemy, up to +10Even as the tide turned, and victory swiftly became impossible, The legionnaires of Lioneye's Watch stood their ground and fought on, Every last man dying a brutal but honourable death.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	1	Medium	(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Hits with Cleave Fortify With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave has +1 to Radius per Nearby Enemy, up to +10	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cleave.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Cleave has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Demon Hand Cleave EffectDemon Hand Cleave EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.	Your Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.19.0	Cleave now has +0 to Radius at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to +10 to Radius at gem level 20 (previously +8).
3.17.0	Now has +8 to radius at gem level 20 (previously +6). Now deals 125% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 237% at gem level 20 (previously 213%).
3.15.0	Now deals 213% of Base Damage, and has 213% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 170%).
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 125% at gem level 1 (from 110%), up to 170% at gem level 20 (from 163%). Now adds 2 to 3 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 80%.
3.6.0	Can now affect up to 40 targets per attack (from 20).
2.6.0	Cleave gains 1 additional unit of radius every 3 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.4.0	19% more damage at gem level 20.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards. Cleave now gains increased area of effect radius of 1% for each level after the first.
2.0.0	Damage dealt while dual wielding reduced to 60% for each weapon (from 65%). Base damage increased by 10%.
1.2.0	The mana cost of all skills has been revised. Removed damage effectiveness penalty and reduced dual wield penalty from 40% to 35%.
1.1.2	Reduced Cleave penalty from -30% to -20%.
1.0.2b	Fixed a bug introduced in 1.0.2 where the skill tooltip damage per second stats displayed incorrect values for Dual Strike, Double Strike and Cleave.
1.0.0	The dual wielding penalty for Cleave is now multiplicative and includes elemental damage.
0.10.2	Cleave's physical damage now increases by 4% per level rather than 3%.
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers are now factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats. From 1% attack speed per quality point to 0.35%
0.9.12f	Fixed a newly introduced bug where Cleave would always get critical strikes.
0.9.7b	Cleave now averages the attack speed of your two weapons if you are dual wielding. Reduced the mana cost of level 1 Cleave.
0.9.7	Normalised the balance of Cleave slightly so that there isn't such a large disparity. Removed Cleave's bonus against the selected target. The damage against non-targeted enemies is now higher.
0.9.3	Cleave now does its augmented damage to one target and half of that damage to other enemies caught within its swing. The penalty for hitting with two weapons in a Cleave is now -40% total damage. Fixed a bug where Cleave dealt damage with the wrong timing.
0.9.2	Cleave now has less of a penalty when dual wielding.
0.9.1	Increased damage and attack range of Cleave.
0.7.2	Increased damage of the Cleave skill.
0.6.0	Cleave has been added to the game.