Heavy Strike

Heavy StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 5 Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (195-250)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (195-250)%Attacks enemies with a forceful blow, knocking them back. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Sword or Two-Handed Weapon.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Stun Duration on enemies
1% increased Damage1% increased Knockback Distance5% reduced Knockback DistanceDeals (195-313)% of Base Attack Damage
Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
+(2-4) to Melee Strike Range
20% chance to deal Double DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeavyStrike

Heavy Strike is an melee strike attack skill that hits and knocks back an enemy, using a mace, axe, sword or any two-handed weapon. Each hit has a chance to deal double damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• Dual Wielding: Dual wielders can use Heavy Strike as long as both of their weapons are an axe, sword or mace, the attack will alternate between weapons.

• Reduced Enemy Stun Threshold: This modifier increases the chance that enemies struck by Heavy Strike are stunned. This is additive with other reduced Enemy Stun Threshold modifiers, such as from Stun SupportStun SupportSupport
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  Level: (1-20)Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1.5% increased Stun Duration on EnemiesSupported Skills have 0.2% chance to double Stun DurationRecover 0.05% of Life when you Stun an Enemy with Supported SkillsSupported Skills have (30-49)% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdThis 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

Gem level progression

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	195%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	195%	0.00 sec	0%	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	198%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	197.9%	0.00 sec	0%	2	70	70
3	4	0	16	0	0%	0%	0	201%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	200.8%	0.00 sec	0%	2	308	378
4	7	0	22	0	0%	0%	0	204%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	203.7%	0.00 sec	0%	2	1554	1932
5	11	0	31	0	0%	0%	0	207%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	206.6%	0.00 sec	0%	2	6667	8599
6	16	0	41	0	0%	0%	0	209%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	209.5%	0.00 sec	0%	2	26047	34646
7	20	0	50	0	0%	0%	0	212%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	212.4%	0.00 sec	0%	3	49725	84371
8	24	0	58	0	0%	0%	0	215%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	215.3%	0.00 sec	0%	3	95714	180085
9	28	0	67	0	0%	0%	0	218%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	218.2%	0.00 sec	0%	3	169595	349680
10	32	0	75	0	0%	0%	0	221%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	221.1%	0.00 sec	0%	3	283759	633439
11	36	0	83	0	0%	0%	0	224%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	223.9%	0.00 sec	0%	3	453996	1087435
12	40	0	92	0	0%	0%	0	227%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	226.8%	0.00 sec	0%	3	703128	1790563
13	44	0	100	0	0%	0%	0	230%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	229.7%	0.00 sec	0%	3	1061223	2851786
14	48	0	109	0	0%	0%	0	233%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	232.6%	0.00 sec	0%	4	2065870	4917656
15	52	0	117	0	0%	0%	0	236%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	235.5%	0.00 sec	0%	4	2507110	7424766
16	56	0	125	0	0%	0%	0	238%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	238.4%	0.00 sec	0%	4	5798936	13223702
17	60	0	134	0	0%	0%	0	241%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	241.3%	0.00 sec	0%	4	15083919	28307621
18	64	0	142	0	0%	0%	0	244%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	244.2%	0.00 sec	0%	4	27792735	56100356
19	67	0	148	0	0%	0%	0	247%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	247.1%	0.00 sec	0%	4	43869739	99970095
20	70	0	155	0	0%	0%	0	250%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	250%	0.00 sec	0%	4	242081556	342051651
21	72	0	159	0	0%	0%	0	253%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	252.9%	0.00 sec	0%	5	-342051651	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	256%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	255.8%	0.00 sec	0%	5	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	259%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	258.7%	0.00 sec	0%	5	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	262%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	261.6%	0.00 sec	0%	5	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	264%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	264.5%	0.00 sec	0%	5	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	267%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	267.4%	0.00 sec	0%	5	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	270%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	270.3%	0.00 sec	0%	5	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	273%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	273.2%	0.00 sec	0%	6	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	276%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	276.1%	0.00 sec	0%	6	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	279%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	278.9%	0.00 sec	0%	6	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	280%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	280.4%	0.00 sec	0%	6	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	282%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	281.8%	0.00 sec	0%	6	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	283%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	283.3%	0.00 sec	0%	6	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	285%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	284.7%	0.00 sec	0%	6	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	286%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	286.2%	0.00 sec	0%	7	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	288%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	287.6%	0.00 sec	0%	7	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	289%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	289.1%	0.00 sec	0%	7	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	291%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	290.5%	0.00 sec	0%	7	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	292%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	292%	0.00 sec	0%	7	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	293%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	293.4%	0.00 sec	0%	7	0	0

Item acquisition

In addition, Heavy Strike is the starting skill gem for Marauder. It drops after killing the first monster of the game, Hungry Corpse.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Heavy Strike:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Heavy Strike. No results found

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 313% of Base Damage, and has 313% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 250%).
3.13.0	Now deals base weapon damage and has an added damage effectiveness of 195% at gem level 1 (from 176%), up to 250% at gem level 20 (from 222%).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 176% at gem level 1 (from 150%), up to 222% at gem level 20 (from 194%). Now has +2 to melee range at gem level 1 (from 0), up to +4 at gem level 20 (from +2). Now has 20% chance to deal double damage at all gem levels. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 85%. Now gains 1% increased Stun Duration on enemies and 1% increased damage per 1% gem quality (previously only gained increased stun duration on enemies).
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
2.4.0	5% 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.
2.0.0	Now grants 1% increased stun duration per 1% quality (quality no longer affects attack speed).
1.2.0	The mana cost of all skills has been revised.
0.11.6	Heavy Strike: reduced stun threshold reduction from 30% to 25%.
0.10.2	Heavy Strike's physical damage now increases by 5% per level rather than 4%.
0.9.12qq	Heavy Strike's 50% damage bonus now affects support gems and elemental damage. It is now represented as Damage Effectiveness.
0.9.12e	Fixed a client crash that could occur when using a Duelist and Heavy Strike with certain weapon combinations.
0.9.3	Heavy Strike has been added to the game.