Dual Strike

Critical, Attack, Melee, Strike

Level: 1–20

Attack Speed: 70% of base

Attack Damage: 125–244% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 125–244%

Requires Level 1

Attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one strike. Dual wield only. Does not work with wands.

(50–107)% increased Critical Strike Chance
100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Full Life
30% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Full Life

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–20)% increased Critical Strike Chance
+(0–10)% to Critical Strike Multiplier

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	(0–20)% increased Critical Strike Chance +(0–10)% to Critical Strike Multiplier	50
Anomalous	+(0–5) to Melee Strike Range	100
Divergent	(0–100)% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Full Life	100
Phantasmal	Deals (0–10)% more added damage	20

Quest /1

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	Enemy at the Gate	Nessa	Duelist · Marauder · Ranger · Scion · Shadow

Weapon /2

Weight	Desc
500 (T5)	50% chance to gain Soul Eater for 20 seconds on Killing Blow against Rare and Unique Enemies with Double Strike or Dual Strike
1000 (T5)	Gain Soul Eater for 20 seconds on Killing Blow against Rare and Unique Enemies with Double Strike or Dual Strike

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Cost: 5 100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Full Life 30% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Full Life

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Dexterity	Base Damage	50% increased Critical Strike Chance	Experience
1	1	4	6	125%	50	841
2	2	5	7	131.3%	53	3,099
3	4	7	10	137.5%	56	7,433
4	7	10	14	143.8%	59	22,895
5	11	13	19	150.1%	62	49,725
6	16	18	26	156.3%	65	95,714
7	20	22	31	162.6%	68	169,595
8	24	25	37	168.8%	71	283,759
9	28	29	42	175.1%	74	453,996
10	32	33	47	181.4%	77	12,186,050
11	36	36	53	187.6%	80	3,017,327
12	40	40	58	193.9%	83	3,576,232
13	44	44	63	200.2%	86	4,231,667
14	48	48	68	206.4%	89	2,395,078
15	52	51	74	212.7%	92	8,421,063
16	56	55	79	218.9%	95	16,159,983
17	60	59	84	225.2%	98	41,170,367
18	64	62	90	231.5%	101	86,794,448
19	67	65	94	237.7%	104	157,405,063
20	70	68	98	244%	107
21	72			250.3%	110
22	74			256.5%	113
23	76			262.8%	116
24	78			269.1%	119
25	80			275.3%	122
26	82			281.6%	125
27	84			287.8%	128
28	86			294.1%	131
29	88			300.4%	134
30	90			306.6%	137
31	91			309.8%	140
32	92			312.9%	143
33	93			316%	146
34	94			319.2%	149
35	95			322.3%	152
36	96			325.4%	155
37	97			328.6%	158
38	98			331.7%	161
39	99			334.8%	164
40	100			337.9%	167

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
Acronym	Hit, Ailment
BaseType	Dual Strike
Class	Active Skill Gems
Weapon	Claws, Daggers, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Two Hand Axes, Sceptres, Rune Daggers
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Attack, DualWieldOnly, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee, ThresholdJewelArea
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDualStrike
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Dual Strike Monster /24 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Kraityn, Scarbearer	cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1] monster dropped item rarity +% [4500] monster slain experience +% [250]	Y
Kraityn	cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Master of the Blade	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Armios Bell	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33]	Y
Y'ara'az	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] monster slain experience +% [200] Always Ignite monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] Action Speed cannot be modified to below 70% base value monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
K'aj Y'ara'az	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] Always Ignite monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] Action Speed cannot be modified to below 70% base value cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Wiraq, the Impaler	Always Ignite monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] monster dropped item rarity +% [0] Enrages on Low Life 35% increased Damage when on Low Life 60% increased Attack Speed when on Low Life 60% increased Movement Speed when on Low Life 60% increased Cast Speed when on Low Life monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster no map drops [1]	Y
Wiraq, the Impaler	Always Ignite monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] monster dropped item rarity +% [0] Enrages on Low Life 35% increased Damage when on Low Life 60% increased Attack Speed when on Low Life 60% increased Movement Speed when on Low Life 60% increased Cast Speed when on Low Life monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Pitbull Demon	monster grants frenzy charges to allies within distance on death [50]	Y
Vicious Hound	display monster may inflict bleeding [1]	Y
Steelchaw		Y
Gnar, Eater of Carrion	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Pit Butcher	monster do not fracture [1] monster grants frenzy charges to allies within distance on death [50]	Y
Brinerot Raider	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage monster no map drops [1] cannot have affliction mods [1]	Y
Mutewind Wildrunner	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage monster no map drops [1] cannot have affliction mods [1]	Y
Otesha, the Giantslayer	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Redblade Skullbreaker	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage monster no map drops [1] cannot have affliction mods [1]	Y
Auriot	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] Can have up to 9 additional Traps placed at a time Traps cannot be Damaged for +30 seconds after being Thrown Mines cannot be Damaged for +30 seconds after being thrown kill traps mines and totems on death [1] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Shaped Pitbull Demon	monster no drops or experience [1]	Y
Kraityn, Scarbearer	monster dropped item rarity +% [6000] monster slain experience +% [250] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Farric Pit Hound		Y
Farric Attack Hound	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] monster no map drops [1] monster slain experience +% [0]	Y
Farric Dismemberer	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] monster no map drops [1] monster slain experience +% [0]	Y
Blighted Pitbull	monster grants frenzy charges to allies within distance on death [50]	Y

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Nightfall Dual Strike Effect Your Dual Strike becomes a Nightfall Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Dual Strike Damage 1	25% increased Dual Strike Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Dual Strike Damage 2	40% increased Dual Strike Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Dual Strike Attack Speed 1	10% increased Dual Strike Attack Speed	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Dual Strike Attack Speed 2	15% increased Dual Strike Attack Speed	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Dual Strike Critical Strike Chance 1	60% increased Dual Strike Critical Strike Chance	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Dual Strike Critical Strike Chance 2	90% increased Dual Strike Critical Strike Chance	100

Supported By /102 ⍟

Icon	Name
	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.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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.
	Multistrike Support Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.
	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.
	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.
	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 Bleed Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills that create minions.
	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.
	Momentum Support Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
	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 Vaal skills or 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.
	Close Combat Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Shockwave Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.
	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
	Pulverise Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Rage Support Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support 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 Vaal skills or 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 Multistrike Support Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat three times when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.
	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 Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	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.
	Bloodthirst Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
	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.
	Prismatic Burst Support Supports attacks, causing them to trigger the Prismatic Burst spell. Cannot support triggered attacks or attacks used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Dual Strike Unique /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Might and Influence Viridian Jewel (10–15)% increased Attack Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Dual Strike has (20–30)% increased Accuracy Rating while wielding a Sword With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Dual Strike has (10–15)% increased Attack Speed while wielding a Claw With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Dual Strike has +(20–30)% to Critical Strike Multiplier while wielding a Dagger With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Dual Strike deals Splash Damage to surrounding targets while wielding a Mace With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Dual Strike Hits Intimidate Enemies for 4 seconds while wielding an Axe (Intimidated enemies take 10% increased Attack Damage)

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Dual Strike

Dual Strike is an attack skill. It attacks an enemy with both weapons with increased critical strike chance, and can only be used while dual wielding. It has more damage and critical strike chance against enemies at full life.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Dual Wielding: Most other melee skills will alternate weapons or only use the main hand while making dual wielding attacks.Dual Strike,Viper Strike, and Cleave are the only current exceptions. If the player's weapons have different critical strike chance or accuracy values, it is possible to critical or miss with one weapon, but not the other. Hollow Palm Technique does not allow the skill to work while unarmed.

On-hit Effects: Effects that typically occur when you hit an enemy will only apply for this skill once per use.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	The following Strike\|Skills no longer have “+0-2 to Melee Strike Range”: Dominating Blow, Double Strike, Vaal Double Strike, Dual Strike, Elemental Hit, Frenzy, Infernal Blow, Pestilent Strike, Puncture, Riposte, Static Strike, Smite, Viper Strike, and Wild Strike.
3.15.0	Now deals 244% of Base Damage, and has 244% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 195%).
3.11.0	Now deals base Damage and has an added damage effectiveness of 125% at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 190% at gem level 20 (from 170%).
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 125% at gem level 1 (from 58%), up to 170% at gem level 20 (from 104%). Now has 50% increased critical strike chance at gem level 1, up to 107% at gem level 20. Now has 100% more critical strike chance against enemies that are on full life. Now deals 30% more damage with hits and ailments against enemies that are on full life. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 70%. Now gains +0.5% to critical strike multiplier and 1% increased critical strike chance per 1% quality (previously 0.5% increased attack speed per 1% quality).
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
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	Now grants 0.5% increased attack speed per 1% quality instead of increased critical strike chance.
1.3.0	Dual Strike's damage penalty has been increased from 10% to 15%.
1.0.2b	Fixed a bug introduced in 1.0.2 where the skill tooltip damage per second stats displayed incorrect values for Dual Strike, Double Strike and Cleave.
1.0.0	Increased the mana cost.
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats.
0.9.12f	Fixed a newly introduced bug where Dual Strike could not hit.
0.9.6	Fixed Dual Strike alternating weapon base durations when it should have been using an average.
0.9.3g	Increased the damage by reducing its damage penalty from -20% to -10%.
0.8.0	Added new skills: Frenzy, Blood Rage, Flicker Strike, Sweep, Dual Strike, Double Strike

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Unusual Gems /4

Quest /1

Weapon /2

Level Effect /40

Dual Strike

Dual Strike Monster /24 ⍟

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Supported By /102 ⍟

Dual Strike Unique /1 ⍟

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Dual Strike

Skill Functions and Interactions

Version history

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