Heavy Strike

Attack, Melee, Strike

Level: 1–20

Attack Speed: 85% of base

Attack Damage: 195–313% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 195–313%

Requires Level 1

Attacks enemies with a forceful blow, knocking them back. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Sword or Two-Handed Weapon.

Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
+2 to Melee Strike Range
(20–39)% chance to deal Double Damage

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–20)% increased Stun Duration on enemies
(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 /3

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–20)% increased Stun Duration on enemies (0–20)% increased Damage	50
Anomalous	(0–20)% increased Knockback Distance	50
Divergent	(0–100)% reduced Knockback Distance	10

Quest /2

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	The Twilight Strand		Marauder
1	Enemy at the Gate	Nessa	Duelist · Marauder · Scion · Templar

Heavy Strike /6

A simple melee single target attack that can knock enemies back.

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Ancestral Call Support	Allows 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 Support	Greatly 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 Support	Increases 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 Support	Grants more melee physical damage for Heavy Strike. This support also increases the amount of damage inflicted bleeds and poisons do.
Melee Splash Support	Allows 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 Support	Causes Heavy Strike to repeat an additional two times, as well as providing a large bonus to attack speed.

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Cost: 5 25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold +2 to Melee Strike Range Knocks Enemies Back on Hit (The Stun Threshold determines how much Damage can Stun something) (Affects Melee Strikes, including the Default Attack. Does not apply to Areas of Effect) (Knockback pushes Enemies away when Hit)

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Base Damage	20% chance to deal Double Damage	Experience
1	1	10	195%	20	70
2	2	12	201.2%	21	308
3	4	16	207.4%	22	1,554
4	7	22	213.6%	23	6,667
5	11	31	219.8%	24	26,047
6	16	41	226.1%	25	49,725
7	20	50	232.3%	26	95,714
8	24	58	238.5%	27	169,595
9	28	67	244.7%	28	283,759
10	32	75	250.9%	29	453,996
11	36	83	257.1%	30	703,128
12	40	92	263.3%	31	1,061,223
13	44	100	269.5%	32	2,065,870
14	48	109	275.7%	33	2,507,110
15	52	117	281.9%	34	5,798,936
16	56	125	288.2%	35	15,083,919
17	60	134	294.4%	36	27,792,735
18	64	142	300.6%	37	43,869,739
19	67	148	306.8%	38	242,081,556
20	70	155	313%	39
21	72		319.2%	40
22	74		325.4%	41
23	76		331.6%	42
24	78		337.8%	43
25	80		344.1%	44
26	82		350.3%	45
27	84		356.5%	46
28	86		362.7%	47
29	88		368.9%	48
30	90		375.1%	49
31	91		378.2%	49
32	92		381.3%	50
33	93		384.4%	50
34	94		387.5%	51
35	95		390.6%	51
36	96		393.7%	52
37	97		396.8%	52
38	98		399.9%	53
39	99		403.1%	53
40	100		406.2%	54

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
Acronym	Resistance
BaseType	Heavy Strike
Class	Active Skill Gems
Weapon	One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, Sceptres, Warstaves
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Attack, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeavyStrike
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Heavy Strike Monster /19 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Calaf, Headstaver	20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Bear Acolyte		Y
Ralakesh's Claw		Y
Fallen Azmeri		Y
Borboss the Bruiser	20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Colossal Bonestalker	undead description [1] monster beyond portal chance +% final [-35] monster hellscape charge +% [-35]	Y
The Blacksmith	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
Hillock	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
Massier	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] 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 Unchained	monster 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 Unchained	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] Your hits can't be Evaded Never deal Critical Strikes monster no map drops [1] 20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Balus Stoneskull	monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] 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
Massier	25% increased maximum Life 20% increased Character Size 50% increased Movement Speed monster dropped item quantity +% [1500] monster dropped item rarity +% [2000] monster slain experience +% [1000] 20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Redblade Skullbreaker	50% 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 Spirit		Y
Karui Sentry	monster ignores delve darkness mechanic [1] monster beyond portal chance +% final [-66] monster hellscape charge +% [-66] Cannot gain Charges	Y
Karui Sentry	monster ignores delve darkness mechanic [1] monster beyond portal chance +% final [-66] monster hellscape charge +% [-66]	Y
Bear Acolyte	undead description [1]	Y
Undead Vaal Commander		Y

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Heavy Strike Damage 1	25% increased Heavy Strike Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Heavy Strike Damage 2	40% increased Heavy Strike Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Heavy Strike Attack Speed 1	10% increased Heavy Strike Attack Speed	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Heavy Strike Attack Speed 2	15% increased Heavy Strike Attack Speed	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Heavy Strike Double Damage 1	Heavy Strike has a 8% chance to deal Double Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Heavy Strike Double Damage 2	Heavy Strike has a 12% chance to deal Double Damage	100

Supported By /98 ⍟

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.
	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 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.
	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.
	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 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 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.

Heavy Strike Unique /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Weight of the Empire Crimson Jewel (8–12)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Heavy Strike has a 20% chance to deal Double Damage

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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

Version	Changes
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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Unusual Gems /3

Quest /2

Heavy Strike /6

Level Effect /40

Heavy Strike

Heavy Strike Monster /19 ⍟

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Supported By /98 ⍟

Heavy Strike Unique /1 ⍟

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Heavy Strike

Skill functions and interactions

Version history

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