Heavy Strike
Attack, Melee, Strike
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (7–12) Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (224–553)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (224–553)%
Requires Level (1–70), (10–155) Str
Requires One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Sceptres, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, Warstaves
Attacks enemies with a forceful blow. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Sword or Staff.
25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
(20–39)% chance to deal Double Damage
(The Stun Threshold determines how much Damage can Stun something)

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0–20)% chance to deal Double Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Quest /2
ActQuestNPCCharacter
1The Twilight StrandMarauder
1Enemy at the GateNessaDuelist · Marauder · Scion · Templar
Genus
Heavy Strike /6
A simple melee single target attack that can knock enemies back.
NameShow Full Descriptions
Ancestral Call SupportAllows Heavy Strike to target two additional nearby enemies. Pairing this support with the Melee Splash support will result in large areas of overlapping damage.
Brutality SupportGreatly increases the physical damage of Heavy Strike but means you cannot deal chaos or elemental damage. Use this support with a strong physical damage weapon.
Chance to Bleed SupportIncreases the chance of inflicting the bleed ailment on enemies with Heavy Strike. Bleeding deals physical damage over time, with more damage dealt to moving targets. This support also adds a small amount of flat physical damage to Heavy Strike.
Melee Physical Damage SupportGrants more melee physical damage for Heavy Strike. This support also increases the amount of damage inflicted bleeds and poisons do.
Melee Splash SupportAllows your Heavy Strike hits to deal splash damage to nearby targets. Pairing this support with the Ancestral Call support will result in large areas of overlapping damage.
Multistrike SupportCauses Heavy Strike to repeat an additional two times, as well as providing a large bonus to attack speed.
Level Effect /40
LevelRequires LevelStrCostBase Damage20% chance to deal Double DamageExperience
11107224.3%2070
22127234.1%21308
34167244.9%221,554
47227256.5%236,667
511317269.3%2426,047
616418283.1%2549,725
720508297.1%2695,714
824588311.8%27169,595
928679327.3%28283,759
1032759343.3%29453,996
1136839360.3%30703,128
12409210378%311,061,223
134410010396.6%322,065,870
144810910416.1%332,507,110
155211710436.5%345,798,936
165612511458%3515,083,919
176013411480.4%3627,792,735
186414211503.9%3743,869,739
196714812527.7%38242,081,556
207015512552.5%39
217212577.7%40
227412604%41
237612631.3%42
247812660%43
258013689.9%44
268213721.2%45
278413754%46
288613788.1%47
298813823.8%48
309013861.1%49
319113917.7%49
329214938.4%50
339314959.7%50
349414981.4%51
3595141003.6%51
3696141026.2%52
3797141049.4%52
3898141073.2%53
3999141097.4%53
40100141122.2%54
Attribute /9

Heavy Strike

KeyValue
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
AcronymStun
BaseType Heavy Strike
Class Skill Gems
WeaponOne Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, Sceptres, Warstaves
TargetTypesGround, Enemy
TypeAttack, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeavyStrike
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Crucible Weapon /1
WeightDesc
500 (T5)Trigger Level 20 Bone Corpses when you Stun an Enemy with Heavy Strike or Boneshatter
Heavy Strike
Attack, Melee, Strike
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (7–12) Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (224–553)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (224–553)%
Requires Level (1–70), (10–155) Str
Requires One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Sceptres, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, Warstaves
Attacks enemies with a forceful blow. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Sword or Staff.
25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
(20–39)% chance to deal Double Damage
(The Stun Threshold determines how much Damage can Stun something)

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0–20)% chance to deal Double Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Supported By /106
  • Active Type: Attack, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee
    • 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.
    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.
    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, travel skills, retaliation 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.
    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, travel skills, retaliation 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 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.
    Trauma Support
    Supports melee strike skills that do not inherently apply Trauma. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Devour Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Sadism Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Controlled Blaze Support
    Supports melee attack skills.
    Volatility Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Overexertion Support
    Supports melee attack skills which can be exerted. Cannot modify the skills of minions. Vaal skills and channelling skills cannot be exerted.
    Rupture Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Heavy Strike Unique /1
    (8–12)% increased Global Physical Damage
    With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Heavy Strike has a
    20% chance to deal Double Damage
    Heavy Strike Monster /20
    NameModifiersSpectre
    Calaf, Headstaver20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits    		Y
    Bear AcolyteY
    Ralakesh's ClawY
    Fallen AzmeriY
    Borboss the Bruiser20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits    		Y
    Colossal Bonestalkerundead description [1]
    monster beyond portal chance +% final [-35]
    monster hellscape charge +% [-35]    		Y
    The BlacksmithMonsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]    		Y
    HillockMonsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]    		Y
    MassierMonsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    50% increased Movement Speed
    20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]    		Y
    Jonah Unchainedmonster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33]
    Your hits can't be Evaded
    Never deal Critical Strikes
    20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits    		Y
    Jonah Unchainedmonster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33]
    Your hits can't be Evaded
    Never deal Critical Strikes
    20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits
    100% increased maximum Life
    100% increased Area of Effect
    80% increased Character Size    		Y
    Balus Stoneskull300% increased Quantity of Items Dropped
    800% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    monster no map drops [1]
    monster is invasion boss [1]
    20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits    		Y
    Massier25% increased maximum Life
    20% increased Character Size
    50% increased Movement Speed
    Monsters grant 1000% increased Experience
    1500% increased Quantity of Items Dropped
    2000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits    		Y
    Redblade Skullbreaker50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    monster no map drops [1]
    20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits
    cannot have affliction mods [1]    		Y
    Karui SpiritY
    Karui Sentrymonster ignores delve darkness mechanic [1]
    monster beyond portal chance +% final [-66]
    monster hellscape charge +% [-66]
    Cannot gain Charges    		Y
    Karui Sentrymonster ignores delve darkness mechanic [1]
    monster beyond portal chance +% final [-66]
    monster hellscape charge +% [-66]    		Y
    Karui SentryY
    Bear Acolyteundead description [1]Y
    Undead Vaal CommanderY

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    Heavy Strike

    Heavy Strike is an melee strike attack skill that hits and knocks back an enemy, using a mace, axe, sword or any two-handed weapon. Each hit has a chance to deal double damage.

    Skill functions and interactions

    • Dual Wielding: Dual wielders can use Heavy Strike as long as both of their weapons are an axe, sword or mace, the attack will alternate between weapons.

    Reduced Enemy Stun Threshold: This modifier increases the chance that enemies struck by Heavy Strike are stunned. This is additive with other reduced Enemy Stun Threshold modifiers, such as from Stun Support.

    Version history

    VersionChanges
    3.17.0
  • Heavy Strike now has 20% chance to deal Double Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 39% at gem level 20 (previously 20%).
    • 3.16.0
  • 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 313% of Base Damage, and has 313% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 250%).
    • 3.13.0
  • Now deals base weapon damage and has an added damage effectiveness of 195% at gem level 1 (from 176%), up to 250% at gem level 20 (from 222%).
    • 3.12.0
  • Now has alternative gem quality.
    • 3.7.0
  • Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 176% at gem level 1 (from 150%), up to 222% at gem level 20 (from 194%).
  • Now has +2 to melee range at gem level 1 (from 0), up to +4 at gem level 20 (from +2).
  • Now has 20% chance to deal double damage at all gem levels.
  • Now has an attack speed multiplier of 85%.
  • Now gains 1% increased Stun Duration on enemies and 1% increased damage per 1% gem quality (previously only gained increased stun duration on enemies).
    • 3.4.0
  • Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
    • 2.4.0
  • 5% more damage at gem level 20.
    • 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 1% increased stun duration per 1% quality (quality no longer affects attack speed).
    • 1.2.0
  • The mana cost of all skills has been revised.
    • 0.11.6
  • Heavy Strike: reduced stun threshold reduction from 30% to 25%.
    • 0.10.2
  • Heavy Strike's physical damage now increases by 5% per level rather than 4%.
    • 0.9.12qq
  • Heavy Strike's 50% damage bonus now affects support gems and elemental damage.
    It is now represented as Damage Effectiveness.
    • 0.9.12e
  • Fixed a client crash that could occur when using a Duelist and Heavy Strike with certain weapon combinations.
    • 0.9.3
  • Heavy Strike has been added to the game.
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