Wave of Conviction

Wave of ConvictionFire, Lightning, Spell, AoE, Duration, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 330%Requires Level 16An expanding wave of energy surges forward, damaging enemies in a cone-shaped area over a duration. Each enemy hit is inflicted with Exposure matching the element of which they took the highest damage. Only one Wave of Conviction can be active at a timeDeals (35-1476) to (52-2214) Physical Damage
25% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is (0.50-0.69) seconds
Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds
25% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Exposure applies -15% to Elemental Resistance matching highest Damage taken

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Damage Penetrates (0.75-15)% of Enemy Elemental ResistancesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 16Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPurge

Wave of Conviction is a skill gem that creates an expanding wave of energy that surges forward, damaging enemies in a cone-shaped AoE over a duration. Each enemy hit is inflicted with Exposure matching the damage type of which they took the highest damage. Only one Wave of Conviction can be active at a time

Skill functions and interactions

• Skill behavior: Wave of Conviction produces an advancing arc-shaped line of damage, which may only damage an enemy once on pass-through. It will stop on terrain only in places where the terrain makes contact; it is possible (and common) for a rock or pillar to split a wave in two and shield anything behind it.

• Effective range: The travel distance after which the Wave terminates is dictated by two factors: area of effect modifiers, and duration modifiers. Mathematically, the result is multiplicative between the two stats; when applied independently of each other, area of effect will appear to increase the Wave's travel speed while duration directly affects range while not changing Wave speed.

• Conversion: Because the math of conversion is applied before base damage rolling, it is practically impossible to apply Exposure for more than a single element.

• Wave count limit: Casting Wave of Conviction while there is another Wave active will cause the first Wave to disappear shortly after. In effect, this translates to an inversely proportional relationship between cast speed and area of effect when holding down the skill key (faster casts = considerably shorter travel distance).

• Exposure: The Exposure-Type depends on the most damage the enemy took after mitigation.

For Example: If Wave of Conviction deals 100 Fire Damage and 50 Lightning Damage on the tooltip and the enemy has 75% Fire Resistance and 0% Lighting Resistance he will take 25 Fire Damage and 50 Lightning Damage so Lightning Exposure is applied. This makes inflicting Fire-Exposure in Ignite Builds inconsistent if a rare enemy is only resistant against Fire Damage.

If you are able to deal more cold damage with the spell then any other element after mitigation, Wave of Conviction will then inflict Cold-Exposure, Added Cold Damage Support on a low level Wave of Conviction can help do that easier, but mitigation rules still apply.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Base duration	Physical Damage	Base Duration	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	18	26	9	0.50 sec	35 to 52	0.50	0	0
2	20	22	31	10	0.51 sec	49 to 73	0.51	49725	49725
3	24	25	37	11	0.52 sec	67 to 101	0.52	95714	145439
4	28	29	42	12	0.53 sec	91 to 137	0.53	169595	315034
5	31	32	46	13	0.54 sec	114 to 171	0.54	199345	514379
6	34	35	50	14	0.55 sec	141 to 212	0.55	285815	800194
7	37	37	54	15	0.56 sec	175 to 262	0.56	401344	1201538
8	40	40	58	15	0.57 sec	215 to 322	0.57	554379	1755917
9	43	43	62	16	0.58 sec	264 to 395	0.58	755049	2510966
10	46	46	66	17	0.59 sec	322 to 483	0.59	1016533	3527499
11	49	48	70	18	0.60 sec	393 to 589	0.60	1898602	5426101
12	52	51	74	18	0.61 sec	477 to 716	0.61	1964019	7390120
13	55	54	78	19	0.62 sec	579 to 868	0.62	2573731	9963851
14	58	57	82	20	0.63 sec	701 to 1051	0.63	4676439	14640290
15	60	59	84	20	0.64 sec	795 to 1192	0.64	3017327	17657617
16	62	60	87	21	0.65 sec	901 to 1351	0.65	7823001	25480618
17	64	62	90	21	0.66 sec	1020 to 1530	0.66	15264208	40744826
18	66	64	92	22	0.67 sec	1155 to 1732	0.67	26272845	67017671
19	68	66	95	22	0.68 sec	1306 to 1959	0.68	62872274	129889945
20	70	68	98	23	0.69 sec	1476 to 2214	0.69	212023122	341913067
21	72	70	100	24	0.70 sec	1667 to 2500	0.70	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	24	0.71 sec	1882 to 2822	0.71	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	25	0.72 sec	2123 to 3184	0.72	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	25	0.73 sec	2394 to 3590	0.73	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	26	0.74 sec	2697 to 4046	0.74	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	26	0.75 sec	3038 to 4558	0.75	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	27	0.76 sec	3421 to 5131	0.76	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	27	0.77 sec	3850 to 5775	0.77	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	28	0.78 sec	4331 to 6496	0.78	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	28	0.79 sec	4869 to 7304	0.79	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	28	0.80 sec	5163 to 7744	0.80	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	29	0.80 sec	5473 to 8209	0.80	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	29	0.81 sec	5801 to 8702	0.81	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	29	0.81 sec	6149 to 9223	0.81	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	29	0.81 sec	6517 to 9775	0.81	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	30	0.82 sec	6906 to 10359	0.82	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	30	0.82 sec	7318 to 10977	0.82	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	30	0.83 sec	7753 to 11630	0.83	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	30	0.83 sec	8214 to 12321	0.83	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	31	0.84 sec	8702 to 13052	0.84	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	Damage Penetrates (0.75-15)% of Enemy Elemental Resistances	1

Item acquisition

Wave of Conviction can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Wave of Conviction can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	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 ↓
Intruders in Black 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 ↓
Intruders in Black Act 2 Yeena	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Wave of Conviction.

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 Wave Of Conviction Additional Enemy Resistance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Wave of Conviction's Exposure applies an extra -4% to Elemental Resistance	helmet 100
Enchantment Wave Of Conviction Additional Enemy Resistance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Wave of Conviction's Exposure applies an extra -6% to Elemental Resistance	helmet 100
Enchantment Wave Of Conviction Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Wave of Conviction deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Wave Of Conviction Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Wave of Conviction deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Wave Of Conviction Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Wave of Conviction has 20% increased Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Wave Of Conviction Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Wave of Conviction has 30% increased Duration	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Wave of Conviction has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Wave of Conviction EffectCelestial Wave of Conviction EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Wave of Conviction becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Wave of Conviction becomes a Celestial Effect.
Dark Tempest Wave of Conviction EffectDark Tempest Wave of Conviction EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Wave Of Conviction becomes a Dark Tempest Effect.	Your Wave Of Conviction becomes a Dark Tempest Effect.
Stygian Wave of Conviction EffectStygian Wave of Conviction EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Wave of Conviction becomes a Stygian Effect.	Your Wave of Conviction becomes a Stygian Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	No longer has 0-38% increased Skill Effect Duration. Now has a base duration of 0.5 seconds at gem level 1, scaling up to 0.7 at gem level 20 (previously 0.5 seconds at all gem levels). Quality now provides "Damage Penetrates 0-15% of Enemy Elemental Resistances", instead of 0-20% increased Elemental Damage.
3.17.0	Wave of Conviction now deals 35 to 52 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 1476 to 2241 at gem level 20 (previously 1057 to 1585). Now has 330% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 240%).
3.14.0	Now has added damage effectiveness of 240% (previously 220%). Exposure now applies -15% to Elemental Resistance matching highest Damage taken (previously -25%). Now deals 35 to 52 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 32 to 48) and 1057 to 1585 Physical Damage at gem level 20 (previously 972 to 1459).
3.11.0f	Fixed a bug where Wave of Conviction, when supported by Arcanist BrandArcanist BrandTrigger, Spell, Duration, Brand Level: (1-20) Cost: (18-32) Mana Cast Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 38Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, triggering linked spells. The brand will detach if the enemy dies.Activates every second while Attached Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency Can be Detached for a total Duration of 5.00 seconds Can be Attached for a total Duration of 3.00 seconds Supported Skills have 40% reduced Chaining range Projectiles from Supported Skills have 4.8 metres maximum range Supported Skills have 40% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal (69-63)% less Damage Supported Skills Deal (40-59)% more Damage with Hits against Branded Enemy Supported Skills are Triggered by Arcanist Brand, from the Brand's location Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% increased Activation frequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., was hitting more often than intended against stationary monsters.
3.11.0	Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 220% (from 160%).
3.6.0	Wave of Conviction has been added to the game.