Lancing Steel

Lancing SteelAttack, Projectile, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-13) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (110-175)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-175)%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 4 Projectiles
Fires 50% more Projectiles per Steel Shard consumed
20% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
Hits after the first on each Enemy deal 60% less Damage
Consumes up to 4 Steel Shards

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires +(0.05-1) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Metadata
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 fire 50% more projectiles per Steel Shard used, tripling its projectiles when it consumes the maximum.

• Melee: Lancing Steel is not considered a melee attack despite using melee weapons, similar to Spectral ThrowSpectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-9) Mana
  Attack Speed: 110% of base
  Attack Damage: (100-150)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-150)%Throws 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..

• The Hits after the first modifier refers to projectiles collisions. It is not specific for hit damage; damaging ailments such as poison are also affected.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	9	110%	110%	0	0
2	31	46	32	9	113.4%	113.4%	199345	199345
3	34	50	35	10	116.8%	116.8%	285815	485160
4	37	54	37	10	120.3%	120.3%	401344	886504
5	40	58	40	10	123.7%	123.7%	554379	1440883
6	42	60	42	10	127.1%	127.1%	477437	1918320
7	44	63	44	10	130.5%	130.5%	583786	2502106
8	46	66	46	11	133.9%	133.9%	710359	3212465
9	48	68	48	11	137.4%	137.4%	1355511	4567976
10	50	71	49	11	140.8%	140.8%	1138877	5706853
11	52	74	51	11	144.2%	144.2%	1368233	7075086
12	54	76	53	11	147.6%	147.6%	1638338	8713424
13	56	79	55	11	151.1%	151.1%	1956648	10670072
14	58	82	57	12	154.5%	154.5%	3655184	14325256
15	60	84	59	12	157.9%	157.9%	3017327	17342583
16	62	87	60	12	161.3%	161.3%	7759995	25102578
17	64	90	62	12	164.7%	164.7%	15138193	40240771
18	66	92	64	12	168.2%	168.2%	26083825	66324596
19	68	95	66	12	171.6%	171.6%	62620247	128944843
20	70	98	68	13	175%	175%	211708088	340652931
21	72	100	70	13	178.4%	178.4%	—	—
22	74	—	—	13	181.8%	181.8%	—	—
23	76	—	—	13	185.3%	185.3%	—	—
24	78	—	—	13	188.7%	188.7%	—	—
25	80	—	—	13	192.1%	192.1%	—	—
26	82	—	—	14	195.5%	195.5%	—	—
27	84	—	—	14	198.9%	198.9%	—	—
28	86	—	—	14	202.4%	202.4%	—	—
29	88	—	—	14	205.8%	205.8%	—	—
30	90	—	—	14	209.2%	209.2%	—	—
31	91	—	—	14	210.9%	210.9%	—	—
32	92	—	—	14	212.6%	212.6%	—	—
33	93	—	—	14	214.3%	214.3%	—	—
34	94	—	—	15	216.1%	216.1%	—	—
35	95	—	—	15	217.8%	217.8%	—	—
36	96	—	—	15	219.5%	219.5%	—	—
37	97	—	—	15	221.2%	221.2%	—	—
38	98	—	—	15	222.9%	222.9%	—	—
39	99	—	—	15	224.6%	224.6%	—	—
40	100	—	—	15	226.3%	226.3%	—	—

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

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	—
Enchantment Lancing Steel Impale Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel's additional Projectiles have +30% chance to Impale Enemies	—
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	—
Enchantment Lancing Steel Primary Proj Pierce Num 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel's primary Projectile Pierces 5 additional Targets	—

Unique items

These unique items are related to Lancing Steel or its secondary skill Call of Steel

Item	Base item		Stats
SteelwormSteelworm Broadhead Arrow QuiverRequires Level 52(8-10)% increased Attack SpeedGrants Call of Steel (30-60)% increased Evasion Rating and Armour Deal no Non-Physical Damage Attacks that Fire Projectiles Consume up to 1 additional Steel Shard Skills Fire 3 additional Projectiles for 4 seconds after you consume a total of 12 Steel ShardsThe dance of metal and flesh never ends.	Broadhead Arrow Quiver	52	(8-10)% increased Attack SpeedGrants Call of Steel (30-60)% increased Evasion Rating and Armour Deal no Non-Physical Damage Attacks that Fire Projectiles Consume up to 1 additional Steel Shard Skills Fire 3 additional Projectiles for 4 seconds after you consume a total of 12 Steel Shards
Entropic DevastationEntropic Devastation Assassin's MittsEvasion: (208-307) Energy Shield: (42-62)Requires Level 58, 45 Dex, 45 IntGrants Call of Steel (100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield (30-50)% increased Effect of Impales inflicted with Spells Critical Strikes with Spells inflict ImpaleA legion of lives claimed by the shards of obliterated worlds.	Assassin's Mitts	58	Grants Call of Steel (100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield (30-50)% increased Effect of Impales inflicted with Spells Critical Strikes with Spells inflict Impale

Alternate skill effects

Lancing Steel has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
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
3.25.0	No longer has Added Attack Physical Damage at all gem levels. It now has 110% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 63%), scaling up to 175% at gem level 20 (previously 106%). Now has a mana cost of 9 at gem level 1 (previously 8), scaling up to 13 at gem level 20 (previously 10).
3.23.0	Quality now causes the skill to Fire +0-1 Projectile, instead of providing 0-20% increased Impale Effect.
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.