Infernal Blow
Level: 1–20
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 104–166%
Radius: 15
Requires Level 12
Attacks with your weapon, applying a charged debuff to enemies hit by your strike, and an uncharged debuff to any other enemies hit. Upon reaching 6 charges, expiring, or the enemy's death, the charged debuff is removed, and it deals damage to that and other nearby enemies. Enemies with either debuff explode when they die, damaging other nearby enemies. Damage from this explosion cannot be reflected. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.
Base duration is 0.8 seconds
(5–75) to (8–113) Added Fire Damage
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life
Debuff deals 66% of Damage per Charge

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0–10)% increased Area of Effect
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Unusual Gems /4
TypeStatsWeight
Superior (0–10)% increased Area of Effect50
Anomalous Explosion has (0–20)% chance to apply Uncharged Debuff on Hit20
Divergent (0–20)% chance to Ignite enemies
(0–60)% increased Burning Damage
100
Phantasmal (0–80)% increased Skill Effect Duration100
Quest /2
Level Effect /40
Implicit
Cost: 6
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Base duration is 0.8 seconds
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life
Debuff deals 66% of Damage per Charge
LevelRequires LevelStrengthBase Damage5 to 8 Added Fire DamageExperience
11233104%5, 815,249
21539107.3%7, 1041,517
31948110.5%8, 1381,983
42356113.8%11, 16147,968
52764117.1%13, 19250,557
63173120.3%16, 24405,086
73581123.6%19, 28447,718
83888126.8%22, 32615,318
94194130.1%25, 37834,639
1044100133.4%28, 421,570,760
1147106136.6%32, 471,633,987
1250113139.9%36, 542,151,030
1353119143.2%40, 602,812,189
1456125146.4%45, 685,099,360
1559132149.7%51, 769,400,731
1662138152.9%56, 8515,273,366
1764142156.2%61, 9126,286,582
1866146159.5%65, 9862,890,590
1968151162.7%70, 105212,046,017
2070155166%75, 113
2172169.3%81, 122
2274172.5%87, 130
2376175.8%93, 140
2478179.1%100, 150
2580182.3%107, 160
2682185.6%114, 172
2784188.8%123, 184
2886192.1%131, 197
2988195.4%140, 210
3090198.6%150, 224
3191200.3%155, 232
3292201.9%160, 240
3393203.5%165, 248
3494205.2%171, 256
3595206.8%176, 265
3696208.4%182, 273
3797210.1%188, 282
3898211.7%194, 292
3999213.3%201, 301
40100214.9%207, 311

Infernal Blow

CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xCurrencyUpgradeToMagicOrb of Transmutation
DropLevel 12
BaseType Infernal Blow
Class Active 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, Area, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee, Fire, Duration
BuffIconiconinnerfire
MetadataMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemInfernalBlow
Referencepoe.ninja
Infernal Blow Monster /2 ⍟
NameModifiersSpectre
Haki Karukarumonster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33]
40% Chance to Block Attack Damage
You take 20% of Damage from Blocked Hits
Y
Redblade Skullbreakermonster no map drops [1]
20% Chance to Block Attack Damage
You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits
cannot have affliction mods [1]
Y
Infernal Blow
You will explode if killed, dealing fire damage based on your maximum life. If this debuff has charges, it will deal attack damage in an area around you when it expires or has 6 charges.
base_monster_will_be_deleted_on_death

infernal_blow_new_debuff

IsBuffDefinition1
BuffMergeModesID4
IsCharged0
IsInvisible0
IsRemovable0
IsSkillBuff0
BuffGroupsID-1
MaxStacks6
Codebase monster will be deleted on death
IsPublic0
IsLocal0
IsWeaponLocal0
IsProxied0
IsParty0
IsVirtual0
IsScalable0
StatSemanticsBoolean
Microtransactions /1 ⍟
IconName
HideoutPlaceholderStygian Infernal Blow Effect
Your Infernal Blow becomes a Stygian Effect.
Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /8 ⍟
LevelNameModWeight
The Merciless LabyrinthEnchantment Infernal Blow Damage 125% increased Infernal Blow Damage75
The Eternal LabyrinthEnchantment Infernal Blow Damage 240% increased Infernal Blow Damage75
The Merciless LabyrinthEnchantment Infernal Blow Physical Damage Percent To Add As Fire Damage 110% of Infernal Blow Physical Damage gained as Extra Fire Damage75
The Eternal LabyrinthEnchantment Infernal Blow Physical Damage Percent To Add As Fire Damage 215% of Infernal Blow Physical Damage gained as Extra Fire Damage75
The Merciless LabyrinthEnchantment Infernal Blow Area Of Effect 116% increased Infernal Blow Area of Effect75
The Eternal LabyrinthEnchantment Infernal Blow Area Of Effect 224% increased Infernal Blow Area of Effect75
The Merciless LabyrinthEnchantment Infernal Blow Increased Damage Per Stack 1Infernal Blow Debuff deals an additional 3% of Damage per Charge75
The Eternal LabyrinthEnchantment Infernal Blow Increased Damage Per Stack 2Infernal Blow Debuff deals an additional 5% of Damage per Charge75
Supported By /103 ⍟
IconName
AddedFireDamageAdded Fire Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
FasterAttacksFaster Attacks Support
Supports attack skills.
AddedColdDamageAdded Cold Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
IncreasedAccuracyAdditional Accuracy Support
Supports attack skills.
IncreasedAOEIncreased Area of Effect Support
Supports any skill with an area of effect.
AddedLightningDamageAdded Lightning Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
IncreasedCriticalStrikesIncreased Critical Strikes Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
IncreasedCriticalDamageIncreased Critical Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
KnockbackKnockback Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
LifeLeechLife Leech Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
ManaLeechMana Leech Support
Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
AddedChaosDamageAdded Chaos Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
StunStun Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
IncreasedPhysicalDamageMelee Physical Damage Support
Supports melee attack skills.
IncreasedQualityItem Rarity Support
Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
ConcentratedAOEConcentrated Effect Support
Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
IncreasedDurationIncreased Duration Support
Supports any skill with a duration.
ColdtoFireCold to Fire Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
ChancetoIgniteCombustion Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
WeaponElementalDamageElemental Damage with Attacks Support
Supports attack skills.
BloodlustBloodlust 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.
LifeonHitLife Gain on Hit Support
Supports attack skills.
ElementalProliferationElemental Proliferation Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
CullingStrikeCulling 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.
MeleeDamageonFullLifeDamage on Full Life Support
Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
ChancetoFleeChance to Flee Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
BlindBlind Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
FirePenetrationFire Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
ColdPenetrationCold Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
LightningPenetrationLightning Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
ElementalPenetrationElemental Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
multipleattacksMultistrike 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.
SplashMelee Splash Support
Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
PowerChargesPower Charge On Critical Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
IncreasedBurnDurationBurning Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
CurseOnHitHextouch 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.
CastOnCritCast 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.
CastOnMeleeKillCast 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.
EnduranceChargeStunEndurance Charge on Melee Stun Support
Supports melee attack skills.
ReduceDurationLess Duration Support
Supports any skill that has a duration.
BreakBlockBlock Chance Reduction Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
PhysicalToLightningPhysical to Lightning Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
FortifyGemFortify Support
Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
FrenzyChargeOnShatterIce Bite Support
Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
DamageAgainstChilledHypothermia Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
OnslaughtOnSlayingShockedInnervate Support
Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
PoisonCritical Strike Affliction Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
VoidManipulationVoid Manipulation Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
ControlledDestructionGemControlled Destruction Support
Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
SupportRapidDecayGemSwift Affliction Support
Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
ElementalFocusElemental Focus Support
Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
IgniteProliferationIgnite Proliferation Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
ChanceToBleedChance to Bleed Support
Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills that create minions.
LesserPoisonChance to Poison Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
DeadlyAilmentsDeadly Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
DecayDecay Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
EfficacyEfficacy Support
Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
VileToxinsVile Toxins Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
MaimMaim Support
Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
ImmolateImmolate Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
UnboundAilmentsUnbound Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
BrutalityBrutality Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
RuthlessRuthless Support
Supports melee strike or slam skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful.
OnslaughtOnslaught Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
MirageStrikeAncestral 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.
SummonPhantasmSummon 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.
WitherGemSupportWithering Touch Support
Supports attack skills.
BoneChillSupportBonechill Support
Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
EnergyShieldLeechsupportEnergy Leech Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
CloseCombatClose Combat Support
Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
ShockwaveShockwave Support
Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.
impaleImpale Support
Supports attack skills.
PulverizePulverise Support
Supports melee attack skills.
RageSupportRage Support
Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
NightbladeNightblade Support
Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
AddedFireDamagePlusAwakened Added Fire Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
MirageStrikePlusAwakened 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.
BrutalityPlusAwakened Brutality Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
IncreasedBurnDurationPlusAwakened Burning Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
WeaponElementalDamagePlusAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
Supports attack skills.
FirePenetrationPlusAwakened Fire Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
IncreasedPhyscialDamagePlusAwakened Melee Physical Damage Support
Supports melee attack skills.
SplashPlusAwakened Melee Splash Support
Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
MultipleAttacksPlusAwakened 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.
AddedColdDamagePlusAwakened Added Cold Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
CastOnCritPlusAwakened 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.
ColdPenetrationPlusAwakened Cold Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
DeadlyAilmentsPlusAwakened Deadly Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
SupportRapidDecayPlusAwakened Swift Affliction Support
Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
VoidManipulationPlusAwakened Void Manipulation Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
AddedChaosDamagePlusAwakened Added Chaos Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
AddedLightningDamagePlusAwakened Added Lightning Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
ControlledDestructionPlusAwakened Controlled Destruction Support
Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
CurseOnHitPlusAwakened 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.
ElementalFocusPlusAwakened Elemental Focus Support
Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
IncreasedAOEPlusAwakened Increased Area of Effect Support
Supports any skill with an area of effect.
LightningPenetrationPlusAwakened Lightning Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
UnboundAilmentPlusAwakened Unbound Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
TrinitySupportGemTrinity 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.
BloodPriceSupportGemBloodthirst Support
Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
FragilityCruelty Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
ExecutionerSupportGemBehead Support
Supports strike skills.
PureShockSupportGemOvercharge Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.

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Infernal Blow

Infernal Blow is a melee attack skill that converts 60% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage, applying a special debuff to enemies. When the debuff reaches six charges, expires, or the enemy affected by the debuff dies, it releases an explosion that deals fire damage to nearby enemies. This skill requires a sword, axe, mace, staff or unarmed.

Skill functions and interactions

Damage conversion: Like all converted damage, the fire portion of Infernal Blow's damage will be modified by both fire damage increases and physical damage increases.

Duration: If the debuff caused by Infernal Blow is still active when the monster dies, it will explode even if Infernal Blow was not the killing blow. That makes this skill very effective with Melee Splash Support or Ancestral Cry.

Debuffs: When the attack made with Infernal Blow hits an enemy, it applies two debuffs: the first debuff can stack up to six times and creates an explosion that deals damage based on your weapon damage when it reaches full charges or when it expires. The second debuff causes the enemy to create an explosion that deals damage scaling with its maximum life when it dies.

Explosion: The corpse explosion deals fire secondary damage in an area and cannot be reflected. It is neither an attack nor a spell, so in particular it is not affected by modifiers to melee damage, weapon damage or spell damage, but is affected by Elemental Damage with Attack Skills. While in a party, the explosion ignores the increased life added for each player beyond the first and treats the monster's life as if you were solo.1(#1)

The charged debuff explosion deals the exact same damage types as the melee hit, plus area damage.2(#2) Ruthless blows (Ruthless Support) are calculated differently depending on how the charged debuff explosion was caused. If the debuff reaches 6 stacks, then the hit that applied the 6th stack determines whether or not the explosion is Ruthless. If the debuff expires for any other reason (such as the monster dying) then the hit that applied the 1st stack determines whether or not the explosion is Ruthless.3(#3)

Monster Types: Magic (blue named) and rare (yellow named) monsters, and unique monsters (orange named) can be exploded.

Area of effect modifiers will only apply to the explosion itself, not the melee attack.

References


  1. Mark_GGG (February 3, 2013 5:35 AM). "Devs and other GD people - Kripps Death a good thing". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  1. Mark_GGG (Jun 6, 2018, 6:22:38 PM). "So I still don't understand the new mechanics of Infernal Blow at all... (Page 1)". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  1. Mark_GGG (Jun 7, 2018, 5:47:47 PM). "So I still don't understand the new mechanics of Infernal Blow at all... (Page 2)". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

Version history

VersionChanges
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 166% of Base Damage, and has 166% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 133%).
  • 3.11.0
  • Now converts 60% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage (from 50%).
  • 3.7.0
  • Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 104% at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 133% at gem level 20 (from 123%).
  • Now adds 5 to 8 fire damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20.
  • 3.3.0
  • Previously placed a debuff for 0.5 seconds on enemies hit by the skill. If the target died while the debuff was active, it exploded, dealing fire damage equal to 10% of its maximum life to other nearby enemies.
  • Now places a debuff for 0.8 seconds. Repeated hits refresh the duration of the debuff and add another stack. If the target dies while debuffed, it explodes, dealing 6% of the monster's base maximum life to nearby enemies, plus 66% of base attack damage per debuff. At 6 stacks of the debuff, the target explodes for 66% of base attack damage per debuff and the debuffs are consumed. Monsters slain by this explosion will still explode, dealing damage based on its life.
  • Now requires level 12.
  • Now has an added damage effectiveness and base damage of 100% at gem level 1 (down from 130%), up to 123% at gem level 20 (down from 160%).
  • Now grants additional melee range as it levels, up to +3 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.
  • Radius increased by 22%.
  • 2.0.0
  • Base damage increased by 4% (from 125% to 130% of base damage).
  • Now grants 0.5% increased area of effect radius per 1% of quality (was 1% per 1% quality).
  • The explosion effect can no longer reflect damage to the player.
  • The explosion damage has been reduced from 25% to 10% of monsters life.
  • 1.3.0
  • The mana costs of Elemental Hit, Glacial Hammer, Infernal Blow and Lightning Strike have been reduced.
  • 1.0.0
  • The effect for Infernal Blow has been improved.
  • 0.11.4
  • Fixed a bug where Infernal Blow could still apply to targets if the attack missed.
  • 0.10.2
  • Infernal Blow's physical damage now increases by 4% per level rather than 3%.
  • 0.10.0
  • Now has +25% damage effectiveness rather than +12% attack damage.
  • 0.9.12
  • Now works with unarmed attacks.
  • 0.9.11i
  • Fixed Infernal Blow so that it benefits from increased Area of Effect|area of effect.
  • 0.9.4c
  • Set the default Critical Strike|critical strike chances of Infernal Blow (7%)
  • 0.9.3g
  • Changed Infernal Blow to not have the damage scaled by mods that affect Spell Damage.
  • 0.9.3c
  • Fixed a bug that caused damage bonuses to not appear on many weapon skills.
  • Increased damage by raising its flat damage bonus from 10% to 12%.
  • 0.9.3
  • The stats which convert damage from one type to another now calculate the damage in a way
    that takes into account your physical damage bonuses.
  • Fixed a bug where Infernal Blow was able to explode an enemy several times.
  • 0.9.2
  • Infernal Blow does more damage at higher levels than before.
  • 0.8.6
  • Added new skill prototype: "Infernal Blow"

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