Vicious Projectiles Support
Level: (1–20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Requires Level (18–70), (33–111) Dex
Supports projectile attack skills.
Supported Skills deal (30–49)% more Chaos Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30–49)% more Physical Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30–49)% more Physical Projectile Attack Damage
Supported Skills have 10% less Projectile Attack Speed

Additional Effects From Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0–10)% increased Physical Damage
This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Vicious Projectiles Support /4
NameShow Full Descriptions
Spectral Throw
Throws a copy of your weapon as a projectile at enemies. The projectile pierces enemies and returns back to the player, potentially hitting an enemy a second time.
Grants more physical damage with Spectral Throw. It also provides more damage with inflicted bleeds and poisons.
Split Arrow
A simple projectile attack that fires multiple arrows.
Grants more physical damage with Split Arrow. It also provides more damage with inflicted bleeds and poisons.
Caustic Arrow
A projectile attack that creates a patch of caustic ground on hit which deals chaos damage over time to affected enemies.
Greatly increases both the physical damage from hits and chaos damage over time component of Caustic Arrow.
Splitting Steel
Throw a splitting bolt of steel from your weapon that explodes on impact, dealing damage in an area. Use the Call of Steel ability from this gem to create Steel Shards that launch with Splitting Steel, exploding into multiple shards to damage nearby enemies.
Greatly increases the physical damage dealt by Splitting Steel, at the cost of slightly reducing your attack speed. An invaluable way to increase your damage.
Level Effect /40
Implicit
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Supported Skills have 10% less Projectile Attack Speed
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Attribute /8

Vicious Projectiles Support

KeyValue
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Alteration
AcronymProjectile
DropLevel 18
BaseType Vicious Projectiles Support
Class Support Gems
Icond
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemPhysicalProjectileAttackDamage
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Vicious Projectiles Support
Level: (1–20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Requires Level (18–70), (33–111) Dex
Supports projectile attack skills.
Supported Skills deal (30–49)% more Chaos Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30–49)% more Physical Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30–49)% more Physical Projectile Attack Damage
Supported Skills have 10% less Projectile Attack Speed

Additional Effects From Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0–10)% increased Physical Damage
This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Supported Gem /90
  • Allow Type: RangedAttack, ThresholdJewelRangedAttack
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    Elemental Hit of the Spectrum
    Fires a projectile with a wand or bow that deals fire, cold and lightning damage. If the projectile hits an enemy, it will deal damage in an area around them.
    Frenzy
    Performs an attack with a ranged weapon that gives the character a frenzy charge if it hits. Frenzy charges increase your attack speed.
    Split Arrow
    Fires multiple arrows at different targets.
    Split Arrow of Splitting
    Fires an arrow that splits to hit different targets.
    Caustic Arrow
    Fires an arrow which deals chaos damage in an area on impact, and spreads caustic ground. Enemies standing on the caustic ground take chaos damage over time.
    Caustic Arrow of Poison
    Fires a poisonous arrow which deals chaos damage in an area on impact.
    Explosive Arrow
    Fires an arrow which will stick into an enemy or wall, and then explode, dealing area damage around it, either after a duration or when the maximum number of arrows stuck to that target is reached. If an enemy has multiple Explosive Arrows stuck in them, the first one to explode will consume the others, adding their damage to its explosion.
    Rain of Arrows
    Fires multiple arrows into the air, to land in sequence after a delay, starting at the targeted location and spreading outwards in all directions. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it. Half of the arrows will land directly on targets if there are targets in their range.
    Rain of Arrows of Artillery
    Fires multiple arrows into the air, to land in sequence after a delay, starting in front of you and proceeding in a line in the direction of the target. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it.
    Rain of Arrows of Saturation
    Fires multiple arrows into the air, to slowly land in sequence after a delay, starting at the targeted location and spreading outwards in all directions. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it. Half of the arrows will land directly on targets if there are targets in their range.
    Vaal Rain of Arrows
    Fires multiple arrows into the air, to land in multiple sequences after a delay, each starting at the targeted location and spreading outwards in all directions. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it. Half of the arrows will land directly on targets if there are targets in their range.
    Lightning Strike
    Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hit a target.
    Lightning Strike of Arcing
    Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as a projectile as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies and chain between them. The projectile cannot miss if the melee attack hit a target.
    Vaal Lightning Strike
    Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy becomes an orb attached to the enemy you hit, or the ground if you don't hit an enemy. The orb will periodically fire projectiles at other nearby enemies for a duration, which will also damage the enemy the orb is attached to.
    Power Siphon
    Fires your wand to fire a single projectile each at a number of nearby enemies, granting you a power charge if an enemy is killed by, or soon after, the hit.
    Power Siphon of the Archmage
    Fires your wand to fire a single projectile each at a number of nearby enemies, granting you a power charge if an enemy is killed by, or soon after, the hit.
    Vaal Power Siphon
    Fires your wand simultaneously at all nearby enemies, culling those close to death and granting you a power charge for each. Cannot be supported by Volley.
    Puncture
    Punctures enemies with your Bow, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration.
    Lightning Arrow
    Fires a charged arrow which damages enemies by causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning, which also damages a number of surrounding enemies.
    Lightning Arrow of Electrocution
    Fires a charged arrow which damages enemies by causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning. It sticks into the final target, causing them to be struck and damaged multiple times.
    Burning Arrow
    Fires a burning arrow that deals fire damage and has a chance to ignite.
    Burning Arrow of Vigour
    Fires a burning arrow that deals fire damage and has a chance to ignite.
    Vaal Burning Arrow
    Fires an arrow that explodes, dealing fire damage to its target and other nearby enemies, with an increased chance of igniting them.
    Ice Shot
    Fires an arrow that converts some physical damage to cold on its target and converts all physical damage to cold in a cone behind that target.
    Ice Shot of Penetration
    Fires a piercing arrow that converts some physical damage to cold on its target and converts all physical damage to cold in two cones perpendicular to the target.
    Spectral Shield Throw
    Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the defences of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.
    Spectral Shield Throw of Shattering
    Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the evasion of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.
    Spectral Throw
    Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then returns to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in its path.
    Spectral Throw of Materialising
    Throws an intangible spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then becomes tangible as it returns to you, in a spinning attack that only hits and damages enemies while returning.
    Vaal Spectral Throw
    Throws several spectral copies of your melee weapon. They fly out and then return to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in their path.
    Barrage
    After a short preparation time, you fire individual projectiles repeatedly with a Bow or Wand. These projectiles have a small randomised spread. This skill cannot be Triggered.
    Barrage of Volley Fire
    After a short preparation time, you fire projectiles repeatedly with a Bow or Wand. These projectiles have a small randomised spread. This skill cannot be Triggered.
    Molten Strike
    Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will deal area attack damage to enemies where they land.
    Molten Strike of the Zenith
    Infuses your two-handed melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will deal area attack damage to enemies where they land. Every fifth time you attack with this skill it fires more, high-damage projectiles.
    Tornado Shot
    Fires a piercing shot that travels until it reaches the targeted location. It will then fire projectiles out in all directions from that point, which will travel for a short time before disappearing.
    Tornado Shot of Cloudburst
    Fires a single payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. It will then fire arrows out in all directions from that point.
    Kinetic Blast
    Fires a projectile from a Wand that causes a series of area explosions in a secondary radius around its point of impact, each damaging enemies.
    Kinetic Blast of Clustering
    Fires a projectile from a Wand that causes a series of area explosions in a secondary radius around its point of impact, each damaging enemies.
    Blink Arrow
    Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, you are teleported to it and a clone is summoned at your old location. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver.
    Blink Arrow of Bombarding Clones
    Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, you are teleported to it and a clone is summoned at your old location. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver to fire arrows into the air to land around a target.
    Blink Arrow of Prismatic Clones
    Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, you are teleported to it and a clone is summoned at your old location. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver to fire random elemental arrows which convert all physical damage to the chosen element and deal no damage of other damage types.
    Mirror Arrow
    Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, a clone is summoned. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver.
    Mirror Arrow of Bombarding Clones
    Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, a clone is summoned. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver to fire arrows into the air to land around a target.
    Mirror Arrow of Prismatic Clones
    Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, a clone is summoned. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver to fire random elemental arrows which convert all physical damage to the chosen element and deal no damage of other damage types.
    Frost Blades
    Attack enemies with increased range, releasing icy blades from the first enemy hit which fly at other enemies. Requires a Melee Weapon.
    Wild Strike
    Your melee weapon strikes enemies, converting physical damage to a random element. Then, depending on the element chosen, it releases a fiery explosion, an arcing bolt of lightning, or an icy wave. It will avoid choosing the same element twice in a row.
    Wild Strike of Extremes
    Your melee weapon strikes enemies, converting physical damage to a random element. Then, depending on the element chosen, it releases a fiery explosion, an arcing bolt of lightning, or an icy wave. It will avoid choosing the same element twice in a row.
    Blast Rain
    Fires arrows up in the air, to rain down in an area. Each arrow deals area damage around where it lands, and they will all overlap on the targeted location.
    Galvanic Arrow
    Fire a trio of electrical arrows that quickly dissipate, vanishing shortly after being loosed. The arrows are fired with such force that they create a burst of lightning, damaging enemies in a cone in front of you.
    Galvanic Arrow of Energy
    Create a burst of lightning from your Bow, firing no arrows but damaging enemies in a cone in front of you.
    Galvanic Arrow of Surging
    Fire a trio of electrical arrows that quickly dissipate, vanishing shortly after being loosed. If the arrows' flight is stopped by colliding with a target, they create a burst of lightning, damaging enemies in a cone behind the target
    Siege Ballista
    Summons a ballista totem that attacks with piercing arrows. Requires a Bow.
    Siege Ballista of Splintering
    Summons a ballista totem that attacks with forking arrows. Requires a Bow.
    Scourge Arrow
    Channel to infuse an arrow with chaos, gaining stages while it is held. Release to fire it, leaving spore pods in its wake. Each spore pod blooms, firing thorn arrows, which travel for a short time before dissipating. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will only apply to the initial arrows, and the spore pods will be divided between those arrows.
    Scourge Arrow of Menace
    Fire an arrow that leaves a spore pod in its wake. The spore pod blooms, firing thorn arrows, which travel for a short time before dissipating. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will only apply to the initial arrows, each of which leaves its own spore pod.
    Toxic Rain
    Fire arrows into the air that rain down around the targeted area, dealing damage to enemies they hit and creating spore pods where they land. Each spore pod deals chaos damage over time to nearby enemies and slows their movement speed. The pods last for a duration before bursting, dealing area damage.
    Toxic Rain of Sporeburst
    Fire arrows into the air that rain down around the targeted area, dealing damage to enemies they hit and creating spore pods where they land. Each spore pod slows the movement speed of nearby enemies. The pods last for a duration before bursting, dealing area damage.
    Toxic Rain of Withering
    Fire arrows into the air that rain down around the targeted area, dealing damage to enemies they hit and creating spore pods where they land. Each spore pod deals chaos damage over time to nearby enemies and withers them, causing them to take increased chaos damage. The pods last for a duration before bursting, dealing area damage.
    Lancing Steel
    Thrust an Axe or Sword forward, consuming your Steel Shards to form a cluster of shards in front of you. The cluster will fire a number of projectiles in sequence, aiming at enemies in front of or close to it. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.
    Lancing Steel of Spraying
    Thrust an Axe or Sword forward to form a cluster of shards in front of you. The cluster will fire a number of projectiles in sequence, aiming at enemies in front of or close to it.
    Shattering Steel
    Swing an Axe or Sword, firing projectiles which shatter on impact or soon after being launched, dealing area damage in front of where they shatter.
    Shattering Steel of Ammunition
    Swing an Axe or Sword, consuming Steel Shards to gain a Steel Ward that protects you for a duration, and fire projectiles which shatter on impact or soon after being launched, dealing area damage in front of where they shatter. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.
    Cobra Lash
    Fires a poisonous projectile based on your weapon that will chain between enemies. Requires a Dagger or Claw.
    Venom Gyre
    Fires a returning projectile that can be caught. Caught projectiles spiral outwards when you use Whirling Blades and do not return. Requires a Dagger or Claw.
    Shrapnel Ballista
    Summons a ballista totem that fires multiple arrows with extreme force, breaking them apart into shrapnel. Enemies can be hit by multiple arrows from the same attack. Requires a Bow.
    Shrapnel Ballista of Steel
    Summons a ballista totem that consumes your Steel Shards to fire multiple arrows with extreme force, breaking them apart into shrapnel. Enemies can be hit by multiple arrows from the same attack. Requires a Bow. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.
    Ensnaring Arrow
    Fires an arrow that remains in the ground behind its final target, tethering that enemy to it. Ensnared enemies have less movement speed while trying to break the snare. The snare will break if they leave the area of effect.
    Artillery Ballista
    Summons a ballista totem that propels a sequence of fiery arrows into the air. The arrows impact the ground in a line, each dealing area damage to enemies around it. Requires a Bow.
    Artillery Ballista of Cross Strafe
    Summons a ballista totem that propels a sequence of fiery arrows into the air. The arrows impact the ground in two perpendicular lines, each dealing area damage to enemies around it. Requires a Bow.
    Artillery Ballista of Focus Fire
    Summons a ballista totem that propels a number of fiery arrows into the air, each targeting a specific enemy. Arrows deal area damage to enemies around it on landing. Requires a Bow.
    Kinetic Bolt
    Fire a projectile from your wand that changes direction in a zig-zag pattern at regular intervals or when hitting enemies. Each time it changes direction, a secondary projectile breaks off, flying in the direction it changed away from.
    Kinetic Bolt of Fragmentation
    Fire a projectile from your wand that changes direction in a zig-zag pattern at regular intervals or when hitting enemies. Each time it changes direction, a secondary projectile breaks off, flying in the direction it changed away from. Multiple of these projectiles can hit the same target.
    Splitting Steel
    Fire a single projectile that splits on impact or at the targeted location, dealing area damage when it splits and again when the split projectiles explode at the end of their flight. Requires a Sword or Axe.
    Splitting Steel of Ammunition
    Consume Steel Shards to fire a single projectile that splits on impact or at the targeted location, dealing area damage when it splits and again when the split projectiles explode at the end of their flight. Requires a Sword or Axe. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.
    Spectral Helix
    Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It spins around while flying in a large spiral, damaging enemies in its path, and bouncing if it collides with walls.
    Storm Rain
    Fires an arrow into the air to land at a targeted location, dealing area damage. The arrow sticks in the ground where it lands, and periodically fires a beam of lightning to another arrow near it, dealing area damage between them.
    Storm Rain of the Conduit
    Fires an arrow into the air to land at a targeted location, dealing area damage. The arrow sticks in the ground where it lands, and periodically fires a beam of lightning to you, dealing area damage between the arrow and you.
    Storm Rain of the Fence
    Fires an arrow into the air to land at a targeted location, dealing area damage. The arrow sticks in the ground where it lands, and periodically fires a beam of lightning to another arrow near it, dealing area damage between them.
    Explosive Concoction
    Throws a bottle that explodes to deal unarmed attack damage in an area. Can consume charges from your Ruby, Sapphire, and Topaz flasks to add further damage. Requires an empty main hand, and no off-hand weapon.
    Explosive Concoction of Destruction
    Throws a bottle that explodes to deal unarmed attack damage in an area. Can consume charges from your Ruby, Sapphire, and Topaz flasks to add further damage. Requires an empty main hand, and no off-hand weapon.
    Poisonous Concoction
    Throws a bottle that explodes to deal unarmed attack damage in an area and has a chance to poison. Can consume charges from a Life flask to add further damage. Requires an empty main hand, and no off-hand weapon.
    Poisonous Concoction of Bouncing
    Throws a single bottle that releases a burst when it hits the ground, dealing unarmed attack damage in an area with a chance to poison. The skill chains, bouncing randomly to deal damage multiple times. Can consume charges from a Life flask to add further damage. Requires an empty main hand, and no off-hand weapon.
    Volcanic Fissure
    Slam the ground, creating a winding fissure that deals area damage while travelling outwards. When it reaches the target location it erupts, releasing a burst of molten projectiles. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.
    Vaal Volcanic Fissure
    Slam the ground, creating a winding fissure that deals area damage while travelling outwards. When it reaches the target location it erupts, releasing a burst of molten projectiles. After erupting, the fissure continues moving towards enemies to cause further eruptions. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.
    Vaal Caustic Arrow
    Fires a slow-moving serpentine arrow which deals chaos damage while piercing enemies, and leaves a trail of caustic ground. Enemies standing on the caustic ground take chaos damage over time.
    Vaal Molten Strike
    Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth causing area attack damage to enemies where they land.
    Vaal Venom Gyre
    Creates already-caught projectiles without firing them first, both immediately and over a secondary duration. Caught projectiles spiral outwards when you use Whirling Blades and do not return. Requires a Dagger or Claw.
    Vaal Lightning Arrow
    Fires charged arrows, which repeatedly travel for a short time before changing direction. When they hit enemies, they are struck by a bolt of lightning which damages a number of surrounding enemies.
    Vaal Ice Shot
    Fires an arrow that converts some physical damage to cold on its target and converts all physical damage to cold in a cone behind that target. When you use this skill, it summons a squad of Mirage Sharpshooters for a duration. Cannot be used by Totems, Traps, or Mines.
    Snipe
    Channel to charge up your bow, gaining stages. Release to trigger one supported bow skill for each stage gained. If there are no supported skills, but at least one stage was gained, this skill will fire its own arrow instead. Cannot be used by Totems.

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    Vicious Projectiles Support

    Vicious Projectiles Support is a Support gem. Projectile attack skill gems linked to this support gem deal more Physical damage and physical and Chaos damage over time, but suffer an attack speed reduction.

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    VersionChanges
    3.15.0d
  • Vicious Projectiles Support now has a Cost and Reservation Multiplier of 130% (previously 140%).
  • 3.15.0
  • Now has a 140% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 120%).
  • Supported Skills now deal 30-49% more Physical Projectile Attack Damage (previously 40-59%).
  • Supported Skills now deal 30-49% more Physical Damage over Time (previously 40-59%).
  • Supported Skills now deal 30-49% more Chaos Damage over Time (previously 40-59%).
  • 3.12.0
  • Now has alternative quality:
    Anomalous: Supported Attacks have 0.5% chance to cause Bleeding and Supported Skills have 0.5% chance to Poison on Hit (per 1% quality)
    Divergent: Supported Attacks have 0.5% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit (per 1% quality)
  • 3.8.0
  • Supported skills now deal 40% more Chaos Damage over Time at gem level 1 (from 30%), up to 59% more at gem level 20 (from 49%).
  • Supported skills now deal 40% more Physical Damage over Time at gem level 1 (from 30%), up to 59% more at gem level 20 (from 49%).
  • Supported skills now deal 40% more Physical Projectile Attack Damage at gem level 1 (from 30%), up to 59% more at gem level 20 (from 49%).
  • 3.4.0
  • Physical Projectile Attack has been renamed Vicious Projectiles.
  • In addition to 30% more Physical projectile attack damage and 10% less Projectile attack speed, It now causes supported skills to deal 30% more Chaos damage over time and 30% more Physical damage over time (as opposed to more damage with Bleeding and Poison specifically) at gem level 1.
  • 3.0.0
  • Physical Projectile Attack Damage Support now also grants 30% more Damage with Bleeding and Poison caused by Projectile hits. It now has the Attack tag.
  • 1.0.3
  • Physical Projectile Attack Damage has been added to the game.

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