Inspiration Support

Inspiration SupportSupport
Icon: r
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports any skill. Minions, Totems, Traps and Mines cannot gain Inspiration Charges.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Inspiration Charge DurationSupported Skills have 1% increased Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills have 0.5% reduced Mana CostSupported Skills have (25-34)% reduced Mana Cost
Gain an Inspiration Charge when you Spend Mana for Supported Skills
Lose all Inspiration Charges after Spending a total of (122-800) Mana with Supported Skills
Supported Skills deal (3-5)% more Elemental Damage per Inspiration Charge
Supported Skills have (6-8)% increased Critical Strike Chance per Inspiration ChargeThis 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.Acquisition
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Inspiration Support is a support gem that reduces the mana cost of linked skills. When the supported skill is used, it grants an Inspiration charge, which grants more elemental damage and critical strike chance. You lose all Inspiration Charges after you spend a certain amount of mana.

The mod of this gem: Supported Skills have #% reduced Mana Cost does not affect mana reservation.

Skill functions and interactions

Supported skills grant you an Inspiration Charge when you spend mana with them, up to 5 charges. These charges last for 10 seconds. If you haven't generated a charge for longer, you will lose all Inspiration Charges.

This creates a mana counter for all skills linked with Inspiration Support, up to the respective cap.

As soon as a skill is used that puts the total mana spent above the threshold, the mana counter is reset to 0 and all Inspiration Charges are removed.

Hence lower mana costs result in better usage of Inspiration Charges. For example, if it takes 100 mana to cast a skill, the first 5 casts will average at 50% of the gem's potential and then the next 3 casts will be at 100% potential, while a mana cost of 1 will result in 795 casts at maximum efficiency after the first 5 initial casts.

The reduced mana cost of skills is additive with other sources of reduced mana costs.

The buff grants more elemental damage and increased critical strike chance per Inspiration Charge. Inspiration Charges are shared between all skills linked with Inspiration Support. It doesn't matter which skill created the charges, each skill linked to this support will benefit from the charges even if it doesn't use mana.

Effective usage

Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportTrigger, Support, Spell
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Level: (1-20)Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills that reserve mana cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance
Supported Skills have 1% increased Spell Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills deal 1% more Attack DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
Supported Skills deal (20-29)% more Spell Damage
You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directlyThis 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. - Since attacks usually cost much less mana to use than spells, especially CycloneCycloneAttack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 2 Mana
Attack Speed: 300% of base
Attack Damage: (44-54)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (44-54)%Requires Level 28Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning, building up stages while constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit0.25% more Movement Speed1% Chance to Avoid Interruption from Stuns While Using this SkillDeals (44-54)% of Base Attack Damage
30% less Movement Speed
First Hit deals 50% less Damage
Gains 1 Stage every (0.33-0.17) seconds while Channelling
+1 to radius per Stage
Lose 1 Stage every 0.33 seconds while not Channelling
(5-28) to (8-42) Added Attack Physical Damage
Maximum (3-6) Stages
8% increased Area of Effect per 1 additional Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., it results in more efficient use of Inspiration Support. Both the attack and spell(s) in a common Cast On Critical Strike set-up will be supported, granting increased critical strike chance and more elemental damage to both.

Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 16Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Cold Damage0.5% increased Area of EffectBuff grants 0.5% chance to FreezeAdds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Spells
Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Attacks
Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage
Damage cannot be ReflectedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Radius: 32Requires Level 16Grants a buff which adds lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, this skill will create a storm, causing lightning bolts to strike enemies around you for a duration. The damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Lightning Damage1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff grants 1.5% increased Damage
Buff grants 0.5% increased Damage takenBuff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Spell Lightning Damage
Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Attack Lightning Damage
Deals (1-23) to (31-1108) Lightning Damage
Base duration is 6 seconds
Storm Hits an Enemy every 0.25 Seconds
Cannot inflict Shock
Creates a storm when you Kill a Shocked EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. - The effects of these Heralds only scale off of elemental damage and not spell damage, while also using critical strike chance (assuming they are given a base critical strike chance through other means like Deadly Infusion, Increased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportSupport
Icon: s
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills have +0.25% to Critical Strike MultiplierSupported Skills have a .5% chance to gain a Power Charge on Killing BlowSupported Skills have (50-88)% increased Critical Strike Chance
Supported Skills have +(1-1.9)% to Critical Strike ChanceThis 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., etc.). Supporting both an attack like Shield ChargeShield ChargeAttack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Radius: 8 / 16Requires Level 10Charges at a targeted location or enemy, pushing away enemies in your path and repeatedly dealing off-hand damage in a small area in front of you. You deal damage in a larger area when you reach the target. The further you travel, the more damage you deal, and the greater your chance of stunning enemies. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Movement Speed1% increased Damage1% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance75% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance
(90-109)% increased Movement Speed
100% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance
(16-190) to (24-284) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
Base Off Hand Attack time is (0.53-0.48) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., which has a low mana cost, and the Heralds with Inspiration Support will make maintaining Inspiration Charges easy.

Righteous FireRighteous FireSpell, AoE, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 0.30 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Radius: 18Requires Level 16Engulfs you in magical fire that rapidly burns you and nearby enemies. Your spell damage is substantially increased while under this effect. The effect ends when you have 1 life remaining.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Burning Damage0.5% increased Area of EffectBuff Grants 1% increased Spell DamageGrants (20-39)% more Spell Damage
Deals 20% of your Maximum Life as Base Fire Damage per second
You Burn for 90% of your Maximum Life per second as Fire Damage
Deals 20% of your Maximum Energy Shield as Base Fire Damage per second
You Burn for 70% of your Maximum Energy Shield per second as Fire Damage
Deals (35.8-1541.8) Base Fire Damage per second
+(0-5) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. will appreciate the very rare "more elemental damage" multiplier. By supporting both Righteous Fire and another skill, like Shield Charge, with Inspiration Support, it is possible to generate charges with the attack and having Righteous Fire benefit from the buff.

Weave the Arcane (and other ways to reduce the mana cost of skills to 0) can be used to bypass the mana counter. However Inspiration Charges will be lost if no mana is spent by supported skills within the 10 seconds the charges last.

Mines, which reserve mana and have a low mana cost, can benefit as well and with the right set-up maintain the buff consistently. Similarly Brands can link the main brand-skill, Brand RecallBrand RecallBrand, Spell
Level: (1-6)
Cost: (7-16) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Recall your brands to you, detaching them from enemies and increasing attachment range until they next attach to an enemy. Spends a portion of each recalled brand's mana cost to cause it to activate.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousBrands gain 1% increased Attachment Range1% increased Cooldown Recovery RateBrands gain (25-45)% increased Attachment Range
Spends 20% of Brand's Mana Cost
(0-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and a movement skill to keep the buff active. Builds that use Ignite as their main damage source can use the "more elemental damage" multiplier to scale both the initial hit and the ailment.

So while this gem doesn't have the highest more-multiplier, the downside of generating and maintaining charges can be easily managed while other support gems come at a steep opportunity cost such as reducing critical strike chance with Controlled Destruction SupportControlled Destruction SupportSpell, Support
Icon: C
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills have 3% reduced Critical Strike Chance
Supported Skills have 0.5% chance to Freeze, Shock and IgniteSupported Skills have 0.5% chance for Damage with Hits to be LuckySupported Skills deal (25-44)% more Spell Damage
Supported Skills have 100% reduced Critical Strike ChanceThis 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. or being unable to inflict elemental ailments with Elemental Focus SupportElemental Focus SupportSupport
Icon: F
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Elemental DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills have a 1% Chance to Avoid Interruption from Stuns While Using this SkillSupported Skills deal (30-49)% more Elemental Damage
Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental AilmentsThis 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	Reduced Mana cost	Mana spent	Elemental Damage	Critical Chance	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	31	0	33	23	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	25%	122	5%	6%	0	0
2	34	0	36	25	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	25%	144	5%	6%	285815	285815
3	36	0	38	26	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	26%	160	5%	6%	252595	538410
4	38	0	40	27	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	26%	178	5%	6%	314394	852804
5	40	0	41	29	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27%	198	5%	6%	388734	1241538
6	42	0	43	30	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27%	220	5%	6%	477437	1718975
7	44	0	45	31	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	28%	242	5%	6%	583786	2302761
8	46	0	47	33	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	28%	268	5%	7%	710359	3013120
9	48	0	49	34	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	29%	296	6%	7%	1355511	4368631
10	50	0	51	35	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	29%	326	6%	7%	1138877	5507508
11	52	0	53	37	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	30%	356	6%	7%	1368233	6875741
12	54	0	55	38	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	30%	390	6%	7%	1638338	8514079
13	56	0	57	39	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	31%	426	6%	7%	1956648	10470727
14	58	0	58	41	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	31%	464	6%	7%	3655184	14125911
15	60	0	60	42	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	32%	504	6%	8%	3017327	17143238
16	62	0	62	43	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	32%	548	6%	8%	7720126	24863364
17	64	0	64	44	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	33%	592	7%	8%	15058455	39921819
18	66	0	66	46	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	33%	660	7%	8%	25964218	65886037
19	68	0	68	47	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	34%	730	7%	8%	62460771	128346808
20	70	0	70	48	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	34%	800	7%	8%	211508743	339855551
21	72	0	72	50	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	35%	922	7%	8%	-339855551	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	35%	1054	7%	9%	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	36%	1200	7%	9%	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	36%	1360	7%	9%	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	37%	1532	8%	9%	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	37%	1720	8%	9%	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	38%	1922	8%	9%	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	38%	2140	8%	9%	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	39%	2374	8%	10%	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	39%	2624	8%	10%	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	40%	2758	8%	10%	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	40%	2892	8%	10%	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	40%	3036	9%	10%	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	40%	3180	9%	10%	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	41%	3334	9%	10%	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	41%	3486	9%	11%	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	41%	3650	9%	11%	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	41%	3812	9%	11%	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	42%	3984	9%	11%	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	42%	4156	9%	11%	0	0

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Inspiration Support:

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now has a 120% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 115%). Supported Skills now deal 3-5% more Elemental Damage per Inspiration Charge (previously 5-7%).
3.12.0	Now has alternative quality: Anomalous: Supported Skills have 1% increased Critical Strike Chance (per 1% quality) Divergent: Supported Skills have 0.5% reduced Mana Cost (per 1% quality)
3.8.0	Renamed from Reduced Mana Support to Inspiration Support. Now gain an Inspiration Charge when you spend mana for supported skills (maximum of 5 charges). Lose all Inspiration Charges after spending a total of 122 mana with supported skills at gem level 1, up to 800 at gem level 20 Supported skills deal 5% more Elemental Damage per Inspiration Charge at gem level 1, up to 8% at gem level 20. Supported skills have 7% increased critical strike chance per Inspiration Charge at gem level 1, up to 10% at gem level 20. Now grants 1% increased Inspiration Charge duration per 1% gem quality.
2.0.0	No longer reduces reservation costs of supported gems. It now only lowers the casting cost of skills.
1.2.0	The Reduced Mana support gem is now available for all classes as a quest reward.
0.9.12	Renamed from "Reduced Mana Costs" to "Reduced Mana", as it also reduces reserved amounts as well as costs.
0.9.3	Reduced Mana Costs is now a Strength support gem.
0.7.2	Added "Reduced Mana Cost" support gem

References

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