Vigilant Strike

Vigilant StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-12) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (290-745)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (290-745)%Requires Level 4Attacks enemies with a powerful melee strike which grants Fortification, reducing damage you take from hits. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge. Requires a Melee Weapon.Melee Hits Fortify for 8 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.2-4)% more Attack Damage per Endurance ChargePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVigilantStrike

Vigilant Strike is a melee attack skill that applies the Fortify buff on hit. Vigilant Strike has one of the highest base damages of any attack skill, but has a cooldown that can only be bypassed by expending an endurance charge.

Skill functions and interactions

• Dual wielding: When dual wielding, Vigilant Strike will randomly choose one weapon to attack with.
• Endurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportSupport, Melee, Attack
  Icon: e
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.4% more Damage per Endurance Charge
  Supported Skills have (0-19)% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
  Gain an Endurance Charge when you Stun an Enemy with a Melee Hit from Supported Skills
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Stun Duration on EnemiesThis 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 generate an endurance charge if Vigilant Strike stuns an enemy, allowing for continued use of the skill.
• Stun SupportStun SupportSupport
  Icon: t
  Level: (1-20)Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.Supported Skills have (30-49)% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% chance to double Stun DurationThis 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. can synergize with Endurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportSupport, Melee, Attack
  Icon: e
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.4% more Damage per Endurance Charge
  Supported Skills have (0-19)% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
  Gain an Endurance Charge when you Stun an Enemy with a Melee Hit from Supported Skills
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Stun Duration on EnemiesThis 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., increasing the chance that the attack will generate an endurance charge.
• Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
  Icon: 3
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, travel skills, retaliation skills or triggered skills.Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
  Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
  Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage
  First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
  Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee 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 cause Vigilant Strike to repeat twice per attack, causing its cooldown and endurance charge expenditure to be more effective. Endurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportSupport, Melee, Attack
  Icon: e
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.4% more Damage per Endurance Charge
  Supported Skills have (0-19)% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
  Gain an Endurance Charge when you Stun an Enemy with a Melee Hit from Supported Skills
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Stun Duration on EnemiesThis 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 only trigger on the first hit, if it stuns. Multistrike will also cause Vigilant Strike to automatically target nearby enemies, potentially increasing its total hit chance versus manually targeting.
• Fortify SupportFortify SupportAttack, Support, Melee
  Icon: O
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.Melee Hits from Supported Skills Fortify
  Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage with Ailments caused by Melee Hits
  Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Melee Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Fortification DurationThis 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 impart additional Fortify duration and increased melee physical damage, but its utility will be redundant.
• Melee Splash SupportMelee Splash SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
  Icon: S
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
  AoE Radius: 14Requires Level 8Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
  Supported Skills deal 40% less Splash Damage to surrounding targets
  Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash Area of Effect
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Area of EffectThis 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. works as usual, allowing Vigilant Strike to damage more than one target.

Fortify duration modifiers also apply to the fortify buff granted to allies.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	7	290.2%	290.2%	0	0
2	6	0	0	7	304.3%	304.3%	841	841
3	9	17	0	7	319.7%	319.7%	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	7	335.7%	335.7%	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	8	353.2%	353.2%	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	8	371.6%	371.6%	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	8	391.1%	391.1%	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	9	411.4%	411.4%	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	9	432.8%	432.8%	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	9	455.2%	455.2%	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	10	478.8%	478.8%	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	10	503.6%	503.6%	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	10	529.8%	529.8%	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	10	557.1%	557.1%	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	11	584.9%	584.9%	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	11	614.2%	614.2%	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	11	644.7%	644.7%	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	11	676.9%	676.9%	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	12	710.6%	710.6%	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	12	745.9%	745.9%	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	12	781.9%	781.9%	—	—
22	74	—	—	12	819.4%	819.4%	—	—
23	76	—	—	12	858.7%	858.7%	—	—
24	78	—	—	12	900%	900%	—	—
25	80	—	—	13	943.2%	943.2%	—	—
26	82	—	—	13	988.4%	988.4%	—	—
27	84	—	—	13	1035.9%	1035.9%	—	—
28	86	—	—	13	1085.6%	1085.6%	—	—
29	88	—	—	13	1137.6%	1137.6%	—	—
30	90	—	—	13	1192.1%	1192.1%	—	—
31	91	—	—	13	1275.2%	1275.2%	—	—
32	92	—	—	14	1305.7%	1305.7%	—	—
33	93	—	—	14	1337%	1337%	—	—
34	94	—	—	14	1369%	1369%	—	—
35	95	—	—	14	1401.8%	1401.8%	—	—
36	96	—	—	14	1435.2%	1435.2%	—	—
37	97	—	—	14	1469.5%	1469.5%	—	—
38	98	—	—	14	1504.7%	1504.7%	—	—
39	99	—	—	14	1540.7%	1540.7%	—	—
40	100	—	—	14	1577.5%	1577.5%	—	—

Item acquisition

Vigilant Strike can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Vigilant 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
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 ↓
Breaking Some Eggs 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 ↓
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vigilant Strike:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and can only be found in permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop enabled
The VigilThe Vigil Crimson JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Armour With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Hits with Vigilant Strike Fortify you and Nearby Allies for 8 secondsWhen Voll took the throne, He swore to care for the empire with eyes open. And so he looked to the salvation of his people, Blind to the damnation in his hands.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	1	Medium	(10-15)% increased Armour With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Hits with Vigilant Strike Fortify you and Nearby Allies for 8 seconds

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vigilant 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 Vigilant Strike Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Vigilant Strike Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Vigilant Strike Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Vigilant Strike Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Vigilant Strike Fortify Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Vigilant Strike has 30% increased Fortification Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Vigilant Strike Fortify Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Vigilant Strike has 45% increased Fortification Duration	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has a Mana cost of 7 at gem level 1, scaling up to 12 at gem level 20 (previously 6 at all gem levels). Now has 290% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 230%), scaling up to 745% at gem level 20 (previously 350%). No longer has +0.2 metres to Melee Strike Range.
3.23.0	Quality now provides 0-4% more Attack Damage per Endurance Charge, instead of 0-20% increased Damage.
3.16.0	Vigilant Strike no longer has Can’t be Evaded. It now has Melee Hits Fortify for 8 seconds at all gem levels (previously Grants Fortify for 6 seconds on Melee Hit at gem level 1, up to 11.7 seconds at gem level 20). Now deals 230% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 222%), up to 350% gem level 20 (previously 325%). Now has 230% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 222%), up to 350% at gem level 20 (previously 325%). Quality now grants 0-20% increased Damage (previously “Grants Fortify for 0-2 seconds on Melee Hit”). Quality on the Phantasmal Vigilant Strike Skill now grants “Melee Hits Fortify for 0-2 seconds” (previously 0-20% increased Damage) Quality on the Divergent Vigilant Strike Skill now grants 0-10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate (previously 0-60%). Now has "+2 to Melee Strike Range" at all gem levels (previously +2 at gem level 1, up to +4 at gem level 20).
3.15.0	Now deals 325% of Base Damage, and has 325% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 260%).
3.14.0	No longer grants increased Fortify duration. Now grants Fortify on Melee Hit for 6 seconds at gem level 1, up to 11.7 seconds at gem level 20. Quality no longer grants increased Fortify duration. Quality now grants Fortify for 0-2 seconds on Melee Hit.
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 222% at gem level 1 (from 165%), up to 260% at gem level 20 (from 203%). Now has +2 to melee range at gem level 1 (from 0), up to +4 at gem level 20 (from +2). Now has an attack speed multiplier of 85%.
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
2.6.0	Now grants at 75% Increased Fortify Duration at level 1 (up from 50%), and increases by 5% each gem level.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
2.0.0	Vigilant Strike has been added to the game.