Splitting Steel

Splitting SteelAttack, Projectile, AoE, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-8) ManaConsume a Steel Shard to fire a single projectile that splits on impact or at the targeted location, dealing area damage when it splits and again when the split projectiles explode at the end of their flight. Requires a Sword or Axe. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Impale Effect0.5% chance to inflict an additional Impale when this Skill inflicts Impale0.5% increased Area of Effect
1% increased Projectile Speed-2% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
2% increased DamageDeals (100-168.4)% of Base Attack Damage
Projectiles Split towards (2-4) targets
Consumes up to 1 Steel Shard
60% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
Projectiles which have Split deal 35% less Damage
50% less Area of Effect after Splitting
Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to
the number of targets Projectile Splits towards
If you have no Steel Shards, Projectile counts as already having Split
Projectiles can Split without hitting a target
+(0-4) to radiusPlace 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/SkillGemSplittingSteel

Splitting Steel is an attack which uses your sword or axe to launch a projectile that impales enemies on hit. This skill consumes Steel Shards from Call of Steel to cause the projectile to split and hit multiple enemies.

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 1 Steel Shard to have the projectile split to hit additional nearby enemies.

• Additional Projectiles: If you use the skill without any Steel Shards, it will always launch only one projectile, even if you have additional projectiles from other sources.

• Gem Type: Splitting Steel is a Green gem, indicates it is a dex gem, despite in higher gem level, the str requirements is higher than dex. Splitting Steel does not affected by mod such as +# to Level of Socketed Strength Gems, but affected by mod such as +# to Level of Socketed Dexterity/AOE/Projectile Gems or +# to Level of all Physical Skill Gems. Splitting Steel is an attack skill thus physical spell mod does not affect this gem.
  • Melee: Shattering Steel is not considered a melee attack despite using melee weapons, similarly to Spectral ThrowSpectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (7-9) Mana
    Attack Speed: 110% of base
    Projectile Speed: 1000Throws 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Attack Speed1% increased Projectile Speed0.5% reduced Projectile Speed
    Fires an additional ProjectileDeals (80-100)% of Base Attack DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Shattering Steel does not have melee gem tag.

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	Projectile split	Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	0	0%	0%	5	100%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	100%	0.00 sec	0%	2	2 to 3	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0%	0%	5	104%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	103.6%	0.00 sec	0%	2	2 to 3	N/A	70	70
3	4	0	0	0	0%	0%	5	107%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	107.2%	0.00 sec	0%	2	3 to 4	N/A	308	378
4	7	0	14	0	0%	0%	5	111%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	110.8%	0.00 sec	0%	2	4 to 6	N/A	1554	1932
5	11	0	19	0	0%	0%	5	114%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	114.4%	0.00 sec	0%	2	5 to 8	+1	6667	8599
6	16	18	26	0	0%	0%	6	118%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	118%	0.00 sec	0%	2	7 to 11	+1	26047	34646
7	20	22	31	0	0%	0%	6	122%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	121.6%	0.00 sec	0%	2	9 to 13	+1	49725	84371
8	24	25	37	0	0%	0%	6	125%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	125.2%	0.00 sec	0%	3	11 to 17	+1	95714	180085
9	28	29	42	0	0%	0%	6	129%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	128.8%	0.00 sec	0%	3	14 to 20	+2	169595	349680
10	32	33	47	0	0%	0%	6	132%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	132.4%	0.00 sec	0%	3	16 to 25	+2	283759	633439
11	36	36	52	0	0%	0%	7	136%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	136%	0.00 sec	0%	3	20 to 30	+2	453996	1087435
12	40	40	58	0	0%	0%	7	140%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	139.6%	0.00 sec	0%	3	24 to 35	+2	703128	1790563
13	44	44	63	0	0%	0%	7	143%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	143.2%	0.00 sec	0%	3	28 to 42	+3	1061223	2851786
14	48	48	68	0	0%	0%	7	147%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	146.8%	0.00 sec	0%	3	33 to 49	+3	2065870	4917656
15	52	51	74	0	0%	0%	7	150%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	150.4%	0.00 sec	0%	3	39 to 58	+3	2507110	7424766
16	56	55	79	0	0%	0%	8	154%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	154%	0.00 sec	0%	3	45 to 68	+3	5798936	13223702
17	60	59	84	0	0%	0%	8	158%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	157.6%	0.00 sec	0%	3	52 to 79	+4	15083919	28307621
18	64	62	90	0	0%	0%	8	161%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	161.2%	0.00 sec	0%	4	61 to 91	+4	27792735	56100356
19	67	65	94	0	0%	0%	8	165%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	164.8%	0.00 sec	0%	4	68 to 102	+4	43869739	99970095
20	70	68	98	0	0%	0%	8	168%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	168.4%	0.00 sec	0%	4	75 to 113	+4	242081556	342051651
21	72	70	100	0	0%	0%	9	172%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	172%	0.00 sec	0%	4	81 to 122	+5	-342051651	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	9	176%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	175.6%	0.00 sec	0%	4	87 to 130	+5	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	9	179%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	179.2%	0.00 sec	0%	4	93 to 140	+5	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	9	183%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	182.8%	0.00 sec	0%	4	100 to 150	+5	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	9	186%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	186.4%	0.00 sec	0%	4	107 to 160	+6	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	10	190%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	190%	0.00 sec	0%	4	114 to 172	+6	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	10	194%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	193.6%	0.00 sec	0%	4	123 to 184	+6	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	10	197%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	197.2%	0.00 sec	0%	5	131 to 197	+6	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	10	201%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	200.8%	0.00 sec	0%	5	140 to 210	+7	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	10	204%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	204.4%	0.00 sec	0%	5	150 to 224	+7	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	204%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	204.4%	0.00 sec	0%	5	155 to 232	+7	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	208%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	208%	0.00 sec	0%	5	160 to 240	+7	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	212%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	211.6%	0.00 sec	0%	5	165 to 248	+7	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	215%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	215.2%	0.00 sec	0%	5	171 to 256	+7	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	219%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	218.8%	0.00 sec	0%	5	176 to 265	+7	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	11	222%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	222.4%	0.00 sec	0%	5	182 to 273	+8	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	226%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	226%	0.00 sec	0%	5	188 to 282	+8	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	230%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	229.6%	0.00 sec	0%	6	194 to 292	+8	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	233%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	233.2%	0.00 sec	0%	6	201 to 301	+8	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	237%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	236.8%	0.00 sec	0%	6	207 to 311	+8	0	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Splitting Steel. No results found

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Splitting Steel:

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Unique items

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.12.5	Fixed an issue where Phantasmal Splitting Steel was missing its "chance to Impale Enemies on Hit" quality effect modifier.
3.12.0	Splitting Steel has been added to the game.