Dominating Blow

Attack, Minion, Duration, Melee, Strike
Level: 1–20
Cost: 8 Mana
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 165–238%

Requires Level 28

Attacks enemies with a melee strike, applying a debuff for a short duration. If a non-unique enemy dies while affected by the debuff, the enemy's corpse will be consumed and a Sentinel of Dominance with the same rarity, prefix and suffix modifiers will be summoned for a longer secondary duration.

Base duration is 1 seconds
Base secondary duration is 20 seconds
Maximum 9 Summoned Normal Sentinels of Dominance
Maximum 3 Summoned Magic Sentinels of Dominance
Maximum 1 Summoned Rare Sentinel of Dominance
25% Chance to Summon a Normal Sentinel of Dominance on Hitting a Unique Monster

Additional Effects From Quality:
Minions deal (0–20)% increased Damage

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Unusual Gems /4

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	Minions deal (0–20)% increased Damage	50
Anomalous	(0–30)% increased Minion Duration	100
Divergent	Summoned Sentinels have (0–20)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	50
Phantasmal	Maximum (0–2) Summoned Normal Sentinels of Dominance	10

Quest /2

Act	Quest Complete	NPC	Character
3	Sever the Right Hand	Quest Reward	Templar Templar
3	Sever the Right Hand	Clarissa	Duelist Marauder Scion Templar

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Cost: 8 Base duration is 1 seconds Maximum 9 Summoned Normal Sentinels of Dominance Maximum 3 Summoned Magic Sentinels of Dominance Maximum 1 Summoned Rare Sentinel of Dominance Base secondary duration is 20 seconds 25% Chance to Summon a Normal Sentinel of Dominance on Hitting a Unique Monster

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Intelligence	Base Damage	Experience
1	28	42	29	165%	199,345
2	31	46	32	168.8%	285,815
3	34	50	35	172.7%	401,344
4	37	54	37	176.5%	554,379
5	40	58	40	180.4%	477,437
6	42	60	42	184.2%	583,786
7	44	63	44	188.1%	710,359
8	46	66	46	191.9%	1,355,511
9	48	68	48	195.7%	1,138,877
10	50	71	49	199.6%	1,368,233
11	52	74	51	203.4%	1,638,338
12	54	76	53	207.3%	1,956,648
13	56	79	55	211.1%	3,655,184
14	58	82	57	214.9%	3,017,327
15	60	84	59	218.8%	7,759,995
16	62	87	60	222.6%	15,138,193
17	64	90	62	226.5%	26,083,825
18	66	92	64	230.3%	62,620,247
19	68	95	66	234.2%	211,708,088
20	70	98	68	238%
21	72			241.8%
22	74			245.7%
23	76			249.5%
24	78			253.4%
25	80			257.2%
26	82			261.1%
27	84			264.9%
28	86			268.7%
29	88			272.6%
30	90			276.4%
31	91			278.3%
32	92			280.3%
33	93			282.2%
34	94			284.1%
35	95			286%
36	96			287.9%
37	97			289.9%
38	98			291.8%
39	99			293.7%
40	100			295.6%

Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki
Acronym	Hit, Sentinel
DropLevel	28
BaseType	Dominating Blow
Class	Active Skill Gems
Weapon	Claws, Daggers, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, Sceptres, , Rune Daggers, Warstaves
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Attack, Minion, Duration, MinionsCanExplode, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee, CreatesMinion
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDominatingBlow

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Celestial Dominating Blow Effect Your Dominating Blow becomes a Celestial Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /9 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Dominating Blow Duration 1	20% increased Sentinel of Dominance Duration	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Dominating Blow Duration 2	30% increased Sentinel of Dominance Duration	100
The Merciless Labyrinth		Summoned Sentinels of Dominance deal 20% increased Damage
The Eternal Labyrinth		Summoned Sentinels of Dominance deal 30% increased Damage
The Merciless Labyrinth		24% increased Dominating Blow Damage
The Eternal Labyrinth		36% increased Dominating Blow Damage
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Dominating Blow Additional Magic 1	Dominating Blow can summon 2 additional Magic Sentinels of Dominance	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Dominating Blow Additional Magic 2	Dominating Blow can summon 3 additional Magic Sentinels of Dominance	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Dominating Blow Additional Rare 1	Dominating Blow can summon an additional Rare Sentinel of Dominance	100

Supported By /105 ⍟

Support Gem	Description
Added Fire Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Faster Attacks Support	Supports attack skills.
Added Cold Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Additional Accuracy Support	Supports attack skills.
Increased Area of Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect.
Added Lightning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Strikes Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Knockback Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Life Leech Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
Mana Leech Support	Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
Added Chaos Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Stun Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
Melee Physical Damage Support	Supports melee attack skills.
Item Rarity Support	Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
Concentrated Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
Minion Damage Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Increased Duration Support	Supports any skill with a duration.
Cold to Fire Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Combustion Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Minion Speed Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Minion Life Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Supports attack skills.
Bloodlust Support	Supports melee attack skills, causing them to deal more damage against bleeding enemies, but preventing those skills from inflicting bleeding on enemies in any way.
Life Gain on Hit Support	Supports attack skills.
Elemental Proliferation Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
Culling Strike Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
Damage on Full Life Support	Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
Chance to Flee Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fire Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Cold Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Lightning Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Elemental Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
Melee Splash Support	Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
Power Charge On Critical Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Burning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Elemental Army Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Hextouch Support	Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
Cast On Critical Strike Support	Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Cast on Melee Kill Support	Must support both a melee attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it kills an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support	Supports melee attack skills.
Less Duration Support	Supports any skill that has a duration.
Block Chance Reduction Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Physical to Lightning Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fortify Support	Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
Ice Bite Support	Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Hypothermia Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Innervate Support	Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Critical Strike Affliction Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Controlled Destruction Support	Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Swift Affliction Support	Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Elemental Focus Support	Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Ignite Proliferation Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Chance to Poison Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Decay Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Efficacy Support	Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
Vile Toxins Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Maim Support	Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
Immolate Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Brutality Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Ruthless Support	Supports melee strike or slam skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful.
Onslaught Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Ancestral Call Support	Supports melee strike skills, causing them to also strike at extra targets simultaneously. The extra targets must be a minimum distance from the user. If supporting a minion attack skill, the minion's skills will not also strike extra targets. Cannot support triggered skills.
Summon Phantasm Support	Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
Withering Touch Support	Supports attack skills.
Bonechill Support	Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
Energy Leech Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
Impale Support	Supports attack skills.
Pulverise Support	Supports melee attack skills.
Rage Support	Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
Feeding Frenzy Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Predator Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Meat Shield Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Ancestral Call Support	Supports melee strike skills, causing them to also strike at extra targets simultaneously. The extra targets must be a minimum distance from the user. If supporting a minion attack skill, the minion's skills will not also strike extra targets. Cannot support triggered skills.
Awakened Brutality Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Burning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Supports attack skills.
Awakened Fire Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support	Supports melee attack skills.
Awakened Melee Splash Support	Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support	Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Awakened Cold Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Swift Affliction Support	Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Awakened Void Manipulation Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support	Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Awakened Hextouch Support	Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
Awakened Elemental Focus Support	Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect.
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Awakened Minion Damage Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Infernal Legion Support	Supports skills which create Minions.
Trinity Support	Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Cruelty Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
Behead Support	Supports strike skills.
Overcharge Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Community Wiki

Wiki Edit

Dominating Blow

Dominating Blow is a melee attack that summons a friendly Sentinel minion on kill or sometimes when you hit a rare or unique enemy. Sentinels copy the mods of the monster it was raised from.

Skill functions and interactions

Sentinels: Sentinels use regular melee attacks, as well as Shield Charge on a cooldown. They can also perform a Crusade Slam, which deals area of effect damage in a cone in front of them.
Sentinel types: Magic (blue named) and rare (yellow named) enemies can be made into a Sentinel using this skill, but unique monsters cannot. Magic and Rare Sentinels will keep all special attributes of the enemy it was raised from, including auras which will be applied to the player and all allies. Auras come from monster modifiers.
Support gems: Any support gem that can apply to both an attack as well as a minion skill will apply to both the attack made by Dominating Blow and the Sentinels. For example, Melee Splash Support will grant both the attacks made with Dominating Blow and the Sentinel's basic attacks splash damage.
Sentinels won't hit additional targets if the skill gems is supported by Ancestral Call Support, but will still receive the "Supported skills deal x% less Damage" penalty.
[[Dual wielding]]: Dual wielding attacks with Dominating Blow will alternate the weapon being swung.
Sentinel stats scale heavily with the gem level of Dominating Blow. For example at gem level 20 they have a base physical damage of 768 to 1,152 with a total life of 7,228 per Sentinel, while at gem level 15 their base physical damage is 461 to 692 with a total life of 4,408 per Sentinel.
Sentinels have 40% Elemental Resistances and 20% Chaos Resistance.
Sentinels have a base attack time of 1.20.

Wikis Content is available under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted.