Molten Strike

Molten StrikeAttack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Damage: (110-185)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-185)%
Projectile Speed: 750Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will deal area attack damage to enemies where they land.(2-75) to (3-113) Added Fire Damage
Fires 3 additional Projectiles
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
+(0.2-0.6) metres to Melee Strike Range
Projectiles deal 50% less Damage with Hits and Ailments

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
1% increased Fire Damage1% increased Projectile Speed+0.01 metres to Melee Strike Range2% increased Damage over TimePlace 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/SkillGemMoltenStrike

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Molten Strike.

Molten Strike is a strike (attack) skill that strikes an enemy, with some of the physical damage converted to fire damage. Each strike creates multiple molten ball projectiles that land to deal damage in a small area.

Skill functions

An attack with Molten Strike consists of two parts:

• An initial melee hit with the keywords Fire, Attack, Melee
• A projectile attack with the keywords Fire, Attack, Projectile, AoE

Modifiers that require the keywords Melee, Projectile, or AoE only apply to the appropriate portions of the attack. For example, supporting Molten Strike with Melee Physical Damage SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportMelee, Physical, Support, Attack
Icon: M
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Melee Physical Damage
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding and Poison caused by Melee Hits
Supported Skills have 10% less Attack Speed

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. will increase the damage of the melee hit but not the projectiles. That said, passive points that grant Increased damage with one-handed melee weapons will affect the projectile attack as well if one is using a one-handed weapon, since it is still an attack that is dealt with a melee weapon (though the damage you're dealing is not actually melee damage).

Magma projectiles: On a successful hit Molten Strike will launch a number of projectiles a variable distance in different directions before each lands simultaneously, hitting in a circular area around each projectile. Projectiles will travel a random distance between 2 and 25 units by default, with projectiles from the same attack traveling different distances. Modifiers to both projectile speed and area of effect will alter the distance projectiles can travel. The direction of each projectile is also chosen randomly along a 270 degree (3/4 circle) arc, with the center of the blank zone pointed at the attacking character. Upon landing each projectile explodes with a hit radius of 9 dealing (55 to 92.5)% of full weapon damage, of which 60% of physical is converted to fire damage.

Projectile overlap: It is possible for more than one projectile from this skill to hit a single enemy, including the enemy that was already hit by the melee attack. The likelihood of hitting the initial target is reduced due to the ability of each projectile to travel much further than its hit radius. Molten Strike's projectiles tend to be clumped towards the center and away from the edges. This is because unlike other skills such as Firestorm which sample uniformly across their potential landing area, Molten Strike's projectile landing positions are determined by choosing their direction and distance from two separate uniform distributions.

Damage conversion: Like all converted damage, the fire portion of Molten Strike's damage will be modified by both fire damage and physical damage increases.

Tooltip damage: Damage per hit and DPS displayed on the skill tooltip show only the melee portion of the attack, with that of projectiles dependent on the average number of hits expected from the skill. An estimate to the area DPS and total single target DPS of the skill can be obtained using this calculator.

Skill interactions

Dual Wielding: Dual wielding attacks with Molten Strike will alternate the weapon being swung.

Gain on hit: The stated amount on hit will be restored for both the initial hit and for each projectile that strikes an enemy.

Iron Grip: This will allow Strength's melee physical damage bonus to apply to the projectile portion of the attack.

Area of effect: Increases and reductions to AoE change both the explosion area of individual projectiles and the area they are spread over, resulting in similar degree of coverage over a larger or smaller area. AoE bonuses only affect the outer radius; the inner radius is fixed.

Projectile Count: Supporting Molten Strike with Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: l
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: P
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. will increase the number of projectiles fired while reducing their damage, but will not affect the initial melee hit in any way.

Piercing, forking and chaining projectiles: Molten Strike projectiles cannot chain, pierce or fork by default, since they are ground-targeted. The threshold jewel WildfireWildfire
Crimson JewelLimited to: 1
Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Fire Damage
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain on impacting ground
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain +1 time
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike fires 50% less ProjectilesNews of Kaom's victory in the south spread quickly.
Those in support of the coming rebellion bided their time.
The rest fled like rats from a fire.Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. allows the projectiles to chain, which can be then be further enhanced with support gems and items. Chained projectiles continue in the same direction, but can change their speed between impacts.

Projectile Speed: Reducing projectile speed (such as with Slower Projectiles SupportSlower Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: J
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills have (20-30)% less Projectile Speed
Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Projectile Damage

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.) will reduce the distance projectiles travel without reducing their AoE, making them more likely to hit the initial melee target.

Point Blank: Projectiles are affected by Point Blank even though the melee attack is not. As Point Blank measures from the origin point of the projectile, the damage multiplier received is proportional to the distance the projectile has traveled from the melee target's location (where the projectile was created).

Vicious Projectiles SupportVicious Projectiles SupportProjectile, Attack, Physical, Chaos, Support
Icon: d
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports projectile attack skills.Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Chaos Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Physical Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Physical Projectile Attack Damage
Supported Skills have 10% less Projectile Attack Speed

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Physical DamageThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The Projectiles will receive the damage multiplier, however Molten Strike attack speed will not be lessened because it is a Melee Attack that triggers a Projectile Attack, and is not a Projectile Attack itself.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Melee Range	Attack Fire Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	110%	110%	+0.2m	2 to 3	0	0
2	2	0	114%	113.9%	+0.2m	2 to 3	70	70
3	4	16	118%	117.9%	+0.2m	3 to 4	308	378
4	7	22	122%	121.8%	+0.3m	4 to 6	1554	1932
5	11	31	126%	125.8%	+0.3m	5 to 8	6667	8599
6	16	41	130%	129.7%	+0.3m	7 to 11	26047	34646
7	20	50	134%	133.7%	+0.3m	9 to 13	49725	84371
8	24	58	138%	137.6%	+0.4m	11 to 17	95714	180085
9	28	67	142%	141.6%	+0.4m	14 to 20	169595	349680
10	32	75	146%	145.5%	+0.4m	16 to 25	283759	633439
11	36	83	149%	149.5%	+0.4m	20 to 30	453996	1087435
12	40	92	153%	153.4%	+0.5m	24 to 35	703128	1790563
13	44	100	157%	157.4%	+0.5m	28 to 42	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	161%	161.3%	+0.5m	33 to 49	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	165%	165.3%	+0.5m	39 to 58	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	169%	169.2%	+0.5m	45 to 68	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	173%	173.2%	+0.6m	52 to 79	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	177%	177.1%	+0.6m	61 to 91	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	181%	181.1%	+0.6m	68 to 102	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	185%	185%	+0.6m	75 to 113	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	189%	188.9%	+0.7m	81 to 122	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	193%	192.9%	+0.7m	87 to 130	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	197%	196.8%	+0.7m	93 to 140	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	201%	200.8%	+0.7m	100 to 150	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	205%	204.7%	+0.8m	107 to 160	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	209%	208.7%	+0.8m	114 to 172	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	213%	212.6%	+0.8m	123 to 184	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	217%	216.6%	+0.8m	131 to 197	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	221%	220.5%	+0.9m	140 to 210	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	224%	224.5%	+0.9m	150 to 224	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	226%	226.4%	+0.9m	155 to 232	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	228%	228.4%	+0.9m	160 to 240	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	230%	230.4%	+0.9m	165 to 248	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	232%	232.4%	N/A	171 to 256	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	234%	234.3%	N/A	176 to 265	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	236%	236.3%	N/A	182 to 273	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	238%	238.3%	N/A	188 to 282	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	240%	240.3%	+1.1m	194 to 292	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	242%	242.2%	+1.1m	201 to 301	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	244%	244.2%	+1.1m	207 to 311	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	1% increased Fire Damage	50
Anomalous	1% increased Projectile Speed	100
Divergent	+0.01 metres to Melee Strike Range	20
Phantasmal	2% increased Damage over Time	100

Item acquisition

Molten Strike can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Molten Strike 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 Anguish8DisabledMoribund, 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 Hook8DisabledEvery 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 Molten Strike:

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
WildfireWildfire Crimson JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Fire Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain on impacting ground With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain +1 time With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike fires 50% less ProjectilesNews of Kaom's victory in the south spread quickly. Those in support of the coming rebellion bided their time. The rest fled like rats from a fire.Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	1	Medium	(10-15)% increased Fire Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain on impacting ground With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain +1 time With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike fires 50% less Projectiles	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Molten Strike.

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 Molten Strike Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Molten Strike Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Molten Strike Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Molten Strike Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Molten Strike Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Molten Strike fires an additional Projectile	helmet 100
Enchantment Molten Strike Num Of Additional Projectiles 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Molten Strike fires 2 additional Projectiles	helmet 100
Enchantment Molten Strike Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Molten Strike Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Molten Strike Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Molten Strike Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Molten Strike has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Molten Strike EffectCelestial Molten Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Molten Strike becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Molten Strike becomes a Celestial Effect.
Stygian Molten Strike EffectStygian Molten Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Molten Strike becomes a Stygian Effect.	Your Molten Strike becomes a Stygian Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now causes Projectiles to deal 0-10% more Damage with Hits and Ailments, instead of providing 0-20% increased Fire Damage.
3.15.0	Now deals 185% of Base Damage, and has 185% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 148%).
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved. Now deals base Damage and has an added Damage effectiveness of 110% at gem level 1 (from 120%), up to 148% at gem level 20 (from 139%). Projectiles now have a minimum travel distance of 2 units (from 6) and a maximum travel distance of 25 (from 20) by default. Modifiers to projectile speed, as well as modifiers to area of effect, now affect the distance projectiles can travel.
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 120% at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 130% at gem level 20 (from 160%). Now adds 2 to 3 fire damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now requires that you hit an enemy in order to produce projectiles, and splits the number of projectiles it produces evenly among all targets (if it can). Projectiles now deal 50% less damage at all levels (from 40% less at gem level 1, to 30% less at gem level 20 previously). Damage over time from projectiles now deals 50% less damage at all levels (from 40% less at gem level 1, to 30% less at gem level 20 previously). Now has +2 to melee range at gem level 1 (from 0), up to +6 at gem level 20 (from +2).
3.5.0	Now deals 120% of base damage at gem level 1, and 161% of base damage (up from 147%) at gem level 20. Projectiles deal 40% less damage at gem level 1, and 30% less damage (from 40%) at gem level 20. Molten Strike Labyrinth Helmet enchantments now grant 1 additional projectile from the Merciless Labyrinth (down from 2) and 2 additional projectiles from the Eternal Labyrinth (down from 3).
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21).
2.0.0	Now grants 1% increased fire damage per 1% quality (was 0.75% per 1% quality).
1.1.3	Molten Strike has been added to the game.