Perforate

Attack, AoE, Slam, Melee

Level: (1–20)

Cost: (7–13) Mana

Attack Speed: 80% of base

Attack Damage: (219–623)% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: (219–623)%

Sand Radius: 11

Blood Radius: 8

Requires Level (1–70), (6–98) Str, (4–68) Dex

Requires One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, Two Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, Two Hand Axes

Smash the ground to bring forth multiple spears to damage enemies. When in Blood Stance, multiple spikes burst from the ground in sequence, able to hit enemies multiple times. In Sand Stance, the spikes are thrust outwards. Requires a Sword or Axe. You are in Blood Stance by default.

Creates 7 Spikes
75% less Damage while in Blood Stance
(0–76)% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance

Additional Effects From Quality:

Creates +(0–2) Spikes

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

Quest /2 ⍟

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

Genus

Perforate

Perforate of Duality

Perforate of Bloodshed

Perforate /6 ⍟

Slam the ground to launch deadly spikes up at enemies. The spikes are tightly packed, can hit multiple enemies, and can hit the same enemy multiple times. Switch to Sand Stance using Blood & Sand gems to explode spikes out over a wider area.

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Maim Support	Support Perforate with this gem to Maim enemies, dealing more physical damage and slowing their movement. Use this to slow monsters and make them easier to avoid.
Melee Physical Damage Support	This gem causes Perforate to deal more damage. A simple but invaluable way to quickly kill enemies.
Close Combat Support	Close Combat improves your damage against monsters close to you. As Perforate only hits nearby enemies (without Sand stance), this support is a valuable way to increase your damage. Travel Skills are also quicker after you hit enemies with this gem. Travel skills move you quickly to avoid danger.
Impale Support	Deal more physical damage and Impale enemies with the Impale debuff. Impaling enemies stores some of your damage on the enemy. For the next 5 hits on that enemy you deal extra stored damage. You can impale the same enemy more than once for extra damage from attacks.
Brutality Support	Cause Perforate to deal much more physical damage, but reduce any elemental damage it deals to zero. Try not to get any modifiers that grant lightning, fire, cold or chaos damage with this support gem. Only physical damage will be increased by this gem.
Multistrike Support	Greatly increase Perforate's attacking speed by performing three attacks in quick succession, dealing more damage on the second and third attacks. You cannot stop or move while multistriking. This gem greatly improves damage but be careful not to get stuck while monsters damage you.

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Creates 7 Spikes 75% less Damage while in Blood Stance

Level	Requires Level	Str	Dex	Cost	Base Damage	#% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	Experience
1	1	6	4	7	218.5%		70
2	2	7	5	7	229.8%	4	308
3	4	10	7	7	242.2%	8	1,554
4	7	14	10	7	255.7%	12	6,667
5	11	19	13	8	270.5%	16	26,047
6	16	26	18	8	286.6%	20	49,725
7	20	31	22	9	303.1%	24	95,714
8	24	37	25	9	320.6%	28	169,595
9	28	42	29	9	338.9%	32	283,759
10	32	47	33	9	358.4%	36	453,996
11	36	53	36	10	378.9%	40	703,128
12	40	58	40	10	400.7%	44	1,061,223
13	44	63	44	10	423.6%	48	2,065,870
14	48	68	48	11	447.8%	52	2,507,110
15	52	74	51	11	473.4%	56	5,798,936
16	56	79	55	11	500.4%	60	15,083,919
17	60	84	59	12	529.1%	64	27,792,735
18	64	90	62	12	559.2%	68	43,869,739
19	67	94	65	12	590%	72	242,081,556
20	70	98	68	13	622.6%	76
21	72			13	655.8%	80
22	74			13	690.9%	84
23	76			13	727.9%	88
24	78			13	766.7%	92
25	80			13	807.7%	96
26	82			14	850.8%	100
27	84			14	896.2%	104
28	86			14	944.1%	108
29	88			14	994.4%	112
30	90			14	1047.5%	116
31	91			14	1129.2%	118
32	92			14	1159.2%	120
33	93			14	1190.1%	122
34	94			15	1221.7%	124
35	95			15	1254.2%	126
36	96			15	1287.6%	128
37	97			15	1321.9%	130
38	98			15	1357.1%	132
39	99			15	1393.2%	134
40	100			15	1430.2%	136

Attribute /9

Key	Value
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
Acronym	Stance
BaseType	Perforate
Class	Skill Gems
Weapon	One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes
TargetTypes	Enemy, Ground
Type	Attack, Area, Damage, Melee, Multistrikeable, Slam, Totemable
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPerforate
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Crucible Weapon /1

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Trigger Level 20 Stance Swap when you Attack with Perforate or Lacerate

Perforate Monster /2 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Sevet Tetherein	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] Attacks cause Bleeding Attacks have 15% chance to Maim on Hit	Y
Sevet Tetherein	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] Attacks cause Bleeding Attacks have 15% chance to Maim on Hit 100% increased maximum Life 100% increased Area of Effect 80% increased Character Size	Y

Supported By /106 ⍟

Active Type: Attack, Area, Damage, Melee, Multistrikeable, Slam, Totemable

Icon	Name
Added Fire Damage Support	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Faster Attacks Support	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Added Cold Damage Support	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Additional Accuracy Support	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
Increased Area of Effect Support	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
Added Lightning Damage Support	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Strikes Support	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Damage Support	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Knockback Support	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Life Leech Support	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
Mana Leech Support	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
Added Chaos Damage Support	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Stun Support	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
Melee Physical Damage Support	Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
Item Rarity Support	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
Concentrated Effect Support	Concentrated Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
Cold to Fire Support	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Combustion Support	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Bloodlust Support	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	Life Gain on Hit Support Supports attack skills.
Elemental Proliferation Support	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
Culling Strike Support	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.
Iron Will Support	Iron Will Support Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
Damage on Full Life Support	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	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fire Penetration Support	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Cold Penetration Support	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Lightning Penetration Support	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Elemental Penetration Support	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
Multistrike Support	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.
Power Charge On Critical Support	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Burning Damage Support	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Hextouch Support	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	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	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	Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support Supports melee attack skills.
Block Chance Reduction Support	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Physical to Lightning Support	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fortify Support	Fortify Support Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
Ice Bite Support	Ice Bite Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Hypothermia Support	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Innervate Support	Innervate Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Critical Strike Affliction Support	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Controlled Destruction Support	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Swift Affliction Support	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Elemental Focus Support	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Ignite Proliferation Support	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Chance to Bleed Support	Chance to Bleed Support Supports attack skills.
Chance to Poison Support	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Decay Support	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Efficacy Support	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
Vile Toxins Support	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Maim Support	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
Immolate Support	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Brutality Support	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Ruthless Support	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	Momentum Support Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
Summon Phantasm Support	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	Withering Touch Support Supports attack skills.
Bonechill Support	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
Energy Leech Support	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
Close Combat Support	Close Combat Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
Shockwave Support	Shockwave Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.
Impale Support	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
Pulverise Support	Pulverise Support Supports melee attack skills.
Rage Support	Rage Support Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
Nightblade Support	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Brutality Support	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Burning Damage Support	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Awakened Fire Penetration Support	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support	Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
Awakened Multistrike Support	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	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support	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	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Swift Affliction Support	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Awakened Void Manipulation Support	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Awakened Hextouch Support	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	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Fist of War Support	Fist of War Support Supports slam skills, providing a powerful boost when they're used, with a delay before they can be boosted again. Cannot support Vaal skills or triggered skills. Cannot modify the skills of minions. Only skills you use yourself can receive the boost.
Trinity Support	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	Bloodthirst Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
Cruelty Support	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
Earthbreaker Support	Earthbreaker Support Supports slam skills, causing them to summon an ancestor totem that uses the skill for you while you're near it. Being near it grants you increased area of effect for melee skills.
Overcharge Support	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Prismatic Burst Support	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.
Devour Support	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Sadism Support	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Controlled Blaze Support	Controlled Blaze Support Supports melee attack skills.
Volatility Support	Volatility Support Supports attack skills.
Overexertion Support	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	Rupture Support Supports attack skills.

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Perforate

Perforate is an Attack skill where the user strikes the ground to launch multiple spikes from the ground that deal area of effect damage. This skill interacts with Blood and Sand Stance, launching multiple spikes in a small area in Blood Stance and launching the spikes outwards in Sand Stance.

Skill functions and interactions

Alt quality

In its phantasmal quality: "Creates 0.05 fewer Spikes, Creates 0.1 additional Spikes if you've changed Stance Recently" if you stay between 10-19% quality, you will not get one permanent fewer spikes while still having an additional Spikes if you've changed Stance Recently resulting in an always better case than going for 20% on this alternate quality.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 213% of Base Damage, and has 213% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 170%).
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved. Now deals base Damage and has an added Damage effectiveness of 125% at gem level 1 (from 140%), up to 170% at gem level 20 (from 196%). Now has 2 to 3 added Attack Physical Damage at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20 (previously had no added damage). Now creates 7 spikes (from 6). Now creates 2 additional spikes if you've changed stance recently. Now deals 75% less Damage while in Blood stance (from 65%). Now gains more area of effect while in Sand stance as the gem levels, up to 76% more at gem level 20. Gained the Slam and Physical Tag.
3.7.4	Added Labyrinth Enchantments.
3.7.0	Perforate has been added to the game.

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