Cruelty
Cruelty is a buff associated with Cruelty SupportCruelty SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: Y
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage with Hits
Cruelty has a Base Duration of 4 seconds
Hits from Supported Skills grant Cruelty
(0-19)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported Skills
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.25-5)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported SkillsThis 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. that grants more damage over time to supported skills.
Mechanics
Cruelty grants more damage over time with supported skills based on the percent of maximum life removed by a damaging hit. It lasts 4 seconds by default, and has a maximum effect of 40% which is unaffected by modifiers to its effect.[1]
At gem level 20, The Cruelty buff provides 15.85% more damage over time to skills supported by Cruelty when the hit does 0.01% of the monster's ailment threshold and 40% more damage over time to skills supported by Cruelty when the hit does 3.2% of the monster's ailment threshold.[2]
The effect of Cruelty is calculated using the following formula:[citation needed]
where D is the is the amount of damage caused by a hit, L is the enemy's maximum life, and M is the sum of increases to Cruelty effect.
Sources
Support skill gems
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Version history
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (Jun 3, 2021). "Cruelty buff damage cap". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved Jun 4, 2021.
- ↑ Community_Team (April 14, 2021). "GGG, Please explain Cruelty". Official Path of Exile Subreddit. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ↑ EmmittJ (December 4, 2014). "2.1.0". Github. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ Chris (August 11, 2014). "Tentative 1.2.0 Passive Skill Tree (Raw Data for Tools Authors)". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved April 27, 2022.