Nightblade Support

Nightblade SupportAttack, Critical, Support
Icon: u
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.Supported Skills grant Elusive on Critical Strike
Supported Skills have +(0.7-1)% to Critical Strike Chance while Elusive
(0-38)% increased Effect of Elusive from Supported Skills
Elusive from Supported Skills also grants +(100-138)% to Critical Strike Multiplier for
Skills Supported by Nightblade
Supported Skills can only be used with Claws or Daggers

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 18Metadata
Item class: Support Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemNightblade

Nightblade Support is a support gem. It causes the supported attack skill to grant Elusive on critical strike, with increased buff effect and causes Elusive to also grant the skill bonus critical strike chance and multiplier. It causes the supported skill to be restricted to claws and daggers.

Skill functions and interactions

• The critical strike multiplier from Elusive from Supported Skills also grants +x% to Critical Strike Multiplier for Skills Supported by Nightblade is considered part of the Elusive buff itself, and will scale with Elusive buff effect and its current effect magnitude.
• The gem's advanced description specifies (Rune Daggers are considered Daggers).

Gem level progression

Level				Critical Chance	Critical Multiplier	Elusive Effect	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	18	21	14	+0.7%	+100%	—	0	0
2	22	24	17	+0.7%	+102%	2%	69833	69833
3	26	28	19	+0.7%	+104%	4%	128549	198382
4	29	31	21	+0.7%	+106%	6%	154553	352935
5	32	34	23	+0.7%	+108%	8%	225374	578309
6	35	37	25	+0.8%	+110%	10%	320672	898981
7	38	40	27	+0.8%	+112%	12%	447718	1346699
8	41	42	29	+0.8%	+114%	14%	615318	1962017
9	44	45	31	+0.8%	+116%	16%	834639	2796656
10	47	48	33	+0.8%	+118%	18%	1570760	4367416
11	50	51	35	+0.9%	+120%	20%	1633987	6001403
12	53	54	37	+0.9%	+122%	22%	2151030	8152433
13	56	57	39	+0.9%	+124%	24%	2812189	10964622
14	58	58	41	+0.9%	+126%	26%	3655184	14619806
15	60	60	42	+0.9%	+128%	28%	3017327	17637133
16	62	62	43	+1%	+130%	30%	7818905	25456038
17	64	64	44	+1%	+132%	32%	15256013	40712051
18	66	66	46	+1%	+134%	34%	26260555	66972606
19	68	68	47	+1%	+136%	36%	62855887	129828493
20	70	70	48	+1%	+138%	38%	212002638	341831131
21	72	72	50	+1.1%	+140%	40%	—	—
22	74	—	—	+1.1%	+142%	42%	—	—
23	76	—	—	+1.1%	+144%	44%	—	—
24	78	—	—	+1.1%	+146%	46%	—	—
25	80	—	—	+1.1%	+148%	48%	—	—
26	82	—	—	+1.2%	+150%	50%	—	—
27	84	—	—	+1.2%	+152%	52%	—	—
28	86	—	—	+1.2%	+154%	54%	—	—
29	88	—	—	+1.2%	+156%	56%	—	—
30	90	—	—	+1.2%	+158%	58%	—	—
31	91	—	—	+1.3%	+159%	59%	—	—
32	92	—	—	+1.3%	+160%	60%	—	—
33	93	—	—	+1.3%	+161%	61%	—	—
34	94	—	—	+1.3%	+162%	62%	—	—
35	95	—	—	+1.3%	+163%	63%	—	—
36	96	—	—	+1.3%	+164%	64%	—	—
37	97	—	—	+1.3%	+165%	65%	—	—
38	98	—	—	+1.3%	+166%	66%	—	—
39	99	—	—	+1.3%	+167%	67%	—	—
40	100	—	—	+1.3%	+168%	68%	—	—

Item acquisition

Nightblade Support can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Nightblade Support can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
9	Gift of the Gemling QueenGift of the Gemling Queen9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla, as a symbol of our progress, shines greater than all the gems.	Random level 20 support gem	A
7	Dialla's SubjugationDialla's Subjugation7Support Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedA symbol of beauty and innocence The gems corrupted her mind Malachai corrupted her gems All but a glimmer of greatness lost in madness	Random corrupted support gem with 23% quality	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

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sharp and Cruel Act 2

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 ↓
Sharp and Cruel Act 2 Yeena
The Root of the Problem Act 2 Yeena
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0d	Nightblade Support now has a Cost and Reservation Multiplier of 140% (previously 150%).
3.15.0	Now has a 150% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 140%). Now has “Elusive from Supported Skills also grants +100-138% to Critical Strike Multiplier for Skills Supported by Nightblade” (previously +80-99%). Now has 0-38% increased Effect of Elusive from Supported Skills (previously 0-28%).
3.12.4d	Fixed an issue which prevented the quality effect on Divergent Nightblade Support from working.
3.12.0	Now has alternative quality: Anomalous 1% increased Effect of Elusive from Supported Skills (per 1% quality) Divergent 5% increased Critical Strike Chance against Enemies on Full Life (per 1% quality)
3.8.0	Nightblade Support has been added to the game.