The Iron Mass

The Iron Mass
Gladius
One Hand Sword
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (140-159) to (203-230)
Critical Strike Chance: 5%
Attacks per Second: (1.48-1.53)
Weapon Range: 1.1 metres
Requires Level 60, 113 Str, 113 Dex
40% increased Global Accuracy Rating
(140–175)% increased Physical Damage
(14–18)% increased Attack Speed
Unholy Might
(20–25)% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit with this Weapon
Summoned Skeleton Warriors and Soldiers wield this Weapon while in your Main Hand
Summoned Skeleton Warriors and Soldiers deal Triple Damage with this
Weapon if you've Hit with this Weapon Recently
has unholy might [1]
(Unholy Might grants 30% of Physical Damage as extra Chaos Damage)
(Withered applies 6% increased Chaos Damage Taken, and can be inflicted up to 15 times)
(Recently refers to the past 4 seconds)
Lead by example.
The Iron Mass Attr /9
NameShow Full Descriptions
Limit「Heist」League Specific
The MarketThe Market
AcronymHit, Weapon, Skeleton, Unholy Might, Withered, Recently
IconArt/2DItems/Weapons/OneHandWeapons/OneHandSwords/SkeletonSword
Icon
Release VersionHeist
BaseTypeGladius
SkillUnholy Might
Withered
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
40% increased Global Accuracy Rating
FamilyIncreasedAccuracy
DomainsItem (1)
GenerationTypeUnique (3)
Req. level1
Stats
  • accuracy rating +% Min: 40 Max: 40 Global
  • Craft Tagsattack
    (140–175)% increased Physical Damage
    FamilyLocalPhysicalDamagePercent
    DomainsItem (1)
    GenerationTypeUnique (3)
    Req. level1
    Stats
  • local physical damage +% Min: 140 Max: 175 Local
  • Adds Tagshas_attack_mod
    Craft Tagsphysical_damage damage physical attack
    (14–18)% increased Attack Speed
    FamilyIncreasedAttackSpeed
    DomainsItem (1)
    GenerationTypeUnique (3)
    Req. level1
    Stats
  • local attack speed +% Min: 14 Max: 18 Local
  • Adds Tagshas_attack_mod
    Craft Tagsattack speed
    Unholy Might
    has unholy might [1]
    FamilyUnholyMightBuff
    DomainsItem (1)
    GenerationTypeUnique (3)
    Req. level1
    Stats
  • has unholy might Min: 1 Max: 1 Global
  • local display grants unholy might Min: 1 Max: 1 Local
  • Unholy Might
    You deal extra Chaos Damage, based on your Physical Damage
    has unholy might [1]
    (20–25)% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit with this Weapon
    FamilyWitherOnHitChance
    DomainsItem (1)
    GenerationTypeUnique (3)
    Req. level1
    Stats
  • local withered on hit for 2 seconds % chance Min: 20 Max: 25 Local
  • Summoned Skeleton Warriors and Soldiers wield this Weapon while in your Main Hand
    FamilySummonSkeletonsWarriorsGetWeaponStats
    DomainsItem (1)
    GenerationTypeUnique (3)
    Req. level1
    Stats
  • summoned skeleton warriors get weapon stats in main hand Min: 1 Max: 1 Local
  • Adds Tagsminion_unique_weapon
    Summoned Skeleton Warriors and Soldiers deal Triple Damage with this
    Weapon if you've Hit with this Weapon Recently
    FamilySkeletonWarriorsTripleDamage
    DomainsItem (1)
    GenerationTypeUnique (3)
    Req. level1
    Stats
  • local grant skeleton warriors triple damage on hit Min: 1 Max: 1 Local
  • Adds Tagsminion_unique_weapon
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    The Iron Mass
    Gladius
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    One Handed Sword
    Physical Damage: 141-204 (augmented)
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Attacks per Second: 1.52 (augmented)
    Weapon Range: 1.1 metres
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    Requirements:
    Level: 60
    Str: 113
    Dex: 113
    --------
    Sockets: G-R
    --------
    Item Level: 75
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    40% increased Global Accuracy Rating (implicit)
    --------
    161% increased Physical Damage
    17% increased Attack Speed
    Unholy Might
    25% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit with this Weapon
    Summoned Skeleton Warriors and Soldiers wield this Weapon while in your Main Hand
    Summoned Skeleton Warriors and Soldiers deal Triple Damage with this\nWeapon if you've Hit with this Weapon Recently
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    Lead by example.
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    Note: ~price 4 chaos
    " } }

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    The Iron Mass

    Mechanics

    Buff/Debuff

    Recently refers to the last 4 seconds.

    Math

    Base Damage

    Summon Skeletons normally have their own weapon with .8 attacks per second that gains base damage as they level up. A level 20 skeleton has 1,012 average damage per hit.

    The Iron Mass removes the skeletons' attack speed and base weapon damage from leveling up the gem and replaces it with its own damage and attack speed. An Iron Mass with maximum attack speed and damage rolls has 1.53 attacks per second and 195 average damage per hit.

    A level 20 skeletons does (1,012 X .8) = 810 DPS

    A perfect rolled hidden blade does (195 X 3) = 585 (585 X 1.53) = 895 (Note: Can go higher with corrupted modifiers.)

    Scaling Damage

    Skeleton damage normally scales with X 1.5 damage and X .8 attack speed. (1.5 X .8) = 120% of raw damage scaling.

    Skeletons with The Iron Mass have X 3 = damage and X 1.53 attack speed. (3 X 1.53) = 459% of raw damage scaling.

    459 / 120 = 3.825

    The Iron Mass gives nearly 4 times the damage per second from flat added damage and the base weapon damage is lower than skeleton damage from the gem at level 22. These 2 factors make added flat damage give higher damage per second than a skeleton build that doesn't use The Iron Mass.

    A few examples of flat minion damage may include:

    • Added Chaos Damage Support
    • Abyss jewels with Minions deal # to # additional [damage type] Damage
    • Auras with flat damage such as Envy.
    • Rallying Cry
    • Summon Carrion Golem have a buff that increases other minions' flat damage. This can be boosted by things like:
      • 150% increased Effect of the Buff granted by carrion golems from the Eternal Labyrinth helmet enchantment.
      • (#)% increased Effect of Buffs granted by your Golems from multiple sources. See golems.

    Item acquisition

    The Iron Mass can rarely replace a Curio Display in the final reward room of Alternate Quality Gems Blueprints e.g. Blueprint: Repository and Blueprint: Tunnels and cannot be chanced.

    Version history

    VersionChanges
    3.20.1b
  • Updated various descriptions to clarify which stats only apply to Summon Skeletons, and which apply also to Vaal Summon Skeletons (such as the modifier on Alberon's Warpath). Melee Skeletons from the Vaal Summon Skeletons are now referred to as "Soldiers" rather than "Warriors" in descriptions.
  • 3.12.0
  • Introduced to the game.

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