Spell damage

Spell Damage describes damage done directly by skills with the Spell Keyword. It does not increase the damage of minions even if they are created with a spell.

Spell Damage Passives

Basic Spell Damage Passives are:

• 4 x Spell Damage (12%)
• 4 x Spell Damage (8%)
• 3 x Spell Damage (6%)

For a total of 11 Spell Damage (passive skill) nodes granting 98% increased Spell Damage.

Other passive skills which increase Spell Damage: Template:Passive table header Spell Damage per Power Charge (passive skill)

Pain Attunement

Keystone

30% more Spell Damage when on Low Life [1]

Embrace the pain, drink it in. Your enemies will know your agony tenfold.

Pain Attunement is a keystone passive skill that grants more spell damage when the character is on low life.

Location

Pain Attunement is a standalone keystone located on the inner layer of the transition area between Witch and Shadow.

Class	Distance from start
Shadow	7
Witch	7
Scion	11
Templar	16
Ranger	17
Duelist	21
Marauder	21

Interactions

The low life threshold can be met using Petrified BloodPetrified BloodSpell
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 35% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Applies a buff that protects the lower half of your life, preventing some of the immediate life loss when damaged by hits and applying the loss over time instead. Your life cannot be raised above low life other than by flasks, and while above low life, skills will cost life as well as mana.Life Recovery other than Flasks cannot Recover Life to above Low Life
When taking Damage from Hits, 40% of Life loss below half Life is Prevented, then (100-81)% of Life loss prevented this way is lost over 4 seconds
Skills gain a Base Life Cost equal to 40% of Base Mana Cost while not on Low Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
-(0.25-5)% of Life loss prevented is lost over 4 secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., reserving life via Arrogance SupportArrogance SupportAura, Support
Icon: B
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: (220-201)%Requires Level 31Supports any non-blessing skill with a reservation.Supported Skills have (10-19)% increased Aura effect
Supported Skills Reserve Life instead of Mana

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% increased Aura effectThis 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., or equipping a Coward's LegacyCoward's Legacy
Chain BeltRequires Level 52+(9-20) to maximum Energy Shield+(15-20) to all Attributes
(5-10)% increased Movement Speed
50% increased Effect of Curses on you
You count as on Low Life while you are Cursed with Vulnerability
You are Cursed with VulnerabilityDeath is your most important duty.
Face it, or curse your bloodline for all eternity..

If doing the above, your Light radius will be dramatically reduced. You can counteract this using the Energy Shield Mastery that grants Light Radius is based on Energy Shield instead of Life.

Related unique items

Item	Base Item		Stats
Crown of ThornsCrown of Thorns Vine CircletEnergy Shield: (157-235)+(150-225) to maximum Energy Shield Reflects 5 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers +25 Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits Pain AttunementLift it lightly, don it slow. The spikes point out and in, you know.	Vine Circlet	1	+(150-225) to maximum Energy Shield Reflects 5 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers +25 Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits Pain Attunement
Skin of the LordsSkin of the Lords Simple RobeMovement Speed: -3%Has no Attribute Requirements or Energy Shield (Hidden) Sockets cannot be modified +2 to Level of Socketed Gems 100% increased Global Defences You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item Has 6 Linked Sockets (Hidden) <Random Keystone>CorruptedThe Lords are chosen so carefully. Only they may grace His flesh.	Simple Robe	1	Has no Attribute Requirements or Energy Shield (Hidden) Sockets cannot be modified +2 to Level of Socketed Gems 100% increased Global Defences You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item Has 6 Linked Sockets (Hidden) <Random Keystone> Acrobatics Ancestral Bond Arrow Dancing Avatar of Fire Blood Magic Warlord's Call Conduit Crimson Dance Divine Shield Hex Master Eldritch Battery Elemental Equilibrium Elemental Overload Eternal Youth Ghost Dance Ghost Reaver Glancing Blows Iron Grip Iron Reflexes Iron Will Lethe Shade Magebane Mind Over Matter Minion Instability Pain Attunement Perfect Agony Point Blank Precise Technique Resolute Technique Runebinder Imbalanced Guard Solipsism Supreme Ego The Agnostic The Impaler Unwavering Stance Vaal Pact Versatile Combatant Wicked Ward Wind Dancer Zealot's Oath Corrupted

Version history

Version	Changes
0.9.9	Increased damage bonus from 25% to 30%.
0.9.6	Introduced to the game.

Path of the Savant

Notable Passive Skill

+20 to Intelligence
+20 to maximum Mana
16% increased Spell Damage [1]

Path of the Savant is a notable passive skill that grants increased spell damage. It also grants additional intelligence and base maximum mana.

Anointment

Blight anointment to unlock the passive:

Oil #1	Oil #2	Oil #3	Outcome
Sepia Oil	Amber Oil	Verdant Oil	Path of the Savant	+20 to Intelligence +20 to maximum Mana 16% increased Spell Damage

Version history

Version	Changes
1.1.0	Most spell damage, elemental damage and specific elemental damage passives have been improved.
1.0.0	The centre of the tree has been significantly reworked to facilitate the Scion.

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Other passive skills affecting Spell Damage: Template:Passive table header

This article describes historical game content.

Phase Acrobatics has been removed from the skill tree on version 3.16.0

Phase Acrobatics

Keystone

30% Chance to Dodge Spell Hits

With enough practice, you can feel the spells coming before they're even cast.

Phase Acrobatics was a keystone passive skill that grants additional chance to dodge spells that inflict damage.

Related unique items

Before the removal of this keystone from the passive skill tree, Skin of the LordsSkin of the Lords
Simple RobeMovement Speed: -3%Has no Attribute Requirements or Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+2 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Has 6 Linked Sockets (Hidden)
<Random Keystone>CorruptedThe Lords are chosen so carefully.
Only they may grace His flesh. and The Perfect FormThe Perfect Form
Zodiac LeatherEvasion: (2135-2946)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 65, 197 Dex+50% chance to Suppress Spell Damage
(150-200)% increased Evasion Rating
-30% to Cold Resistance
Evasion Rating is increased by Overcapped Cold Resistance
AcrobaticsWe share one space,
speak one voice,
act through one body.
A flawless crystal.
Brittle. are able to grant this keystone. After the removal, the items are granting Acrobatics instead.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	Phase Acrobatics no longer exists.
1.0.0	Acrobatics and Phase Acrobatics have been increased to providing 30% dodge chance.
0.9.7	Introduced to the game. 20% chance to dodge spell damage.

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Spell Damage Item Mod Prefixes

Spell Damage is available as three different families of Item Affixes, all of which are prefixes:

• Spell Damage
• Weapon Spell Damage
• Weapon Spell Damage and Mana

The Spell Damage prefix is only found on amulets. The other two families of prefixes are found on wands, daggers, sceptres, int-only shields, and staves. The Spell Damage bonus on a staff has as higher range than the same prefix on one-handed items.

In addition, all wands come with an implicit modifier for increased Spell Damage.

Skills

For a list of all skills which count as spells, see Spell Keyword.

adds more Spell Damage to your other spells while it is in effect.