Destructive Link

Destructive LinkCritical, Spell, Duration, Link
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-32) Mana per second
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 34Targets an allied player to apply a buff which links you to them for a duration. While linked, they use your main hand critical strike chance. If the target dies while linked, you will also die. This skill cannot be triggered, or used by Totems, Traps, or Mines.Base duration is (8.00-9.90) seconds
Linked target has +(30-49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier
Linked target's Main Hand Critical Strike Chance is equal to yours
Link breaks if target leaves range or line of sight for 4 seconds
Maximum 1 Link from any source per target
You die if Linked target dies

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base duration is (0.075-1.5) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 34Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDestructiveLink

Destructive Link is a Link skill that targets an allied player to apply a buff which links you to them for a duration. While linked, they use your critical strike chance for main hand hits. If the target dies while linked, you will also die. This skill cannot be used by Totems, Traps, or Mines.

Skill functions and interactions

This skill replaces the linked target's main hand critical strike chance with yours; this uses the value in the player's character sheet which is affected by modifiers to critical strike chance, not just the base critical strike chance of the weapon. Tecrod's GazeTecrod's Gaze
Murderous Eye JewelAbyssRequires Level 40+(10-20) to Strength
40% increased Main Hand Critical Strike Chance per
Murderous Eye Jewel affecting you, up to a maximum of 200%
+20% to Off Hand Critical Strike Multiplier per
Murderous Eye Jewel affecting you, up to a maximum of +100%The Hated Slave seeks dominion over his own kind.Place into an Abyssal Socket on an Item or into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket., for example, will affect this value.

The critical strike chance of the linked target cannot be further modified through stats on the linked target. For example, a linked player with Marylene's FallacyMarylene's Fallacy
Lapis AmuletRequires Level 40+(20-30) to Intelligence+(80-120) to Accuracy Rating
+(210-240)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
+(80-100) to Evasion Rating
(10-15)% increased Light Radius
40% less Critical Strike Chance
Critical Strikes have Culling Strike"Marylene stroked the medallion at her breast before every duel and every cast of the die."
- Victario, the People's Poet will not have their critical strike chance lowered by the item.

Gem level progression

Level				Base duration	Critical Strike Multiplier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	34	35	50	8.00 sec	30%	0	0
2	36	36	52	8.10 sec	31%	252595	252595
3	38	38	55	8.20 sec	32%	314394	566989
4	40	40	58	8.30 sec	33%	388734	955723
5	42	42	60	8.40 sec	34%	477437	1433160
6	44	44	63	8.50 sec	35%	583786	2016946
7	46	46	66	8.60 sec	36%	710359	2727305
8	48	48	68	8.70 sec	37%	1355511	4082816
9	50	49	71	8.80 sec	38%	1138877	5221693
10	52	51	74	8.90 sec	39%	1368233	6589926
11	54	53	76	9.00 sec	40%	1638338	8228264
12	56	55	79	9.10 sec	41%	1956648	10184912
13	58	57	82	9.20 sec	42%	3655184	13840096
14	60	59	84	9.30 sec	43%	3017327	16857423
15	62	60	87	9.40 sec	44%	3576232	20433655
16	64	62	90	9.50 sec	45%	9164731	29598386
17	66	64	92	9.60 sec	46%	17861428	47459814
18	68	66	95	9.70 sec	47%	46032386	93492200
19	69	67	96	9.80 sec	48%	87248039	180740239
20	70	68	98	9.90 sec	49%	157972052	338712291
21	72	70	100	10.00 sec	50%	—	—
22	74	—	—	10.10 sec	51%	—	—
23	76	—	—	10.20 sec	52%	—	—
24	78	—	—	10.30 sec	53%	—	—
25	80	—	—	10.40 sec	54%	—	—
26	82	—	—	10.50 sec	55%	—	—
27	84	—	—	10.60 sec	56%	—	—
28	86	—	—	10.70 sec	57%	—	—
29	88	—	—	10.80 sec	58%	—	—
30	90	—	—	10.90 sec	59%	—	—
31	91	—	—	11.00 sec	59%	—	—
32	92	—	—	11.05 sec	60%	—	—
33	93	—	—	11.10 sec	60%	—	—
34	94	—	—	11.15 sec	61%	—	—
35	95	—	—	11.20 sec	61%	—	—
36	96	—	—	11.25 sec	62%	—	—
37	97	—	—	11.30 sec	62%	—	—
38	98	—	—	11.35 sec	63%	—	—
39	99	—	—	11.40 sec	63%	—	—
40	100	—	—	11.45 sec	64%	—	—

Item acquisition

Destructive Link can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Destructive Link 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

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 ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4 Petarus and Vanja
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Destructive Link.

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 Destructive Link Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Destructive Link Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Destructive Link Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Destructive Link Duration	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0.00-1.50 seconds to Base duration, instead of 0-20% increased Skill Effect Duration.
3.16.0	Destructive Link has been added to the game.