Cleave - Path of Exile

Cleave is an active skill gem.

The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.

Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee. Level: 1–20. Cost: 6 Mana. Attack Speed: 80% of base. Attack Damage: 125–237% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 125–237%. Radius: 20. Requires Level 1.

When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
(2–75) to (3–113) Added Attack Physical Damage
+(0–10) to radius

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

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Cleave	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Cleave	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50
Anomalous Cleave	Gain (0–20) Life per Enemy Hit	20
Divergent Cleave	(0–40)% increased Area of Effect while not Dual Wielding	50
Phantasmal Cleave	(0–100)% chance to Destroy Corpses on Kill	50

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Dexterity	Base Damage	2 to 3 Added Attack Physical Damage	# to radius	Experience
1	1	6	4	125%	2, 3	0	70
2	2	7	5	130.9%	2, 3	1	308
3	4	10	7	136.8%	3, 4	1	1,554
4	7	14	10	142.7%	4, 6	2	6,667
5	11	19	13	148.6%	5, 8	2	26,047
6	16	26	18	154.5%	7, 11	3	49,725
7	20	31	22	160.4%	9, 13	3	95,714
8	24	37	25	166.3%	11, 17	4	169,595
9	28	42	29	172.2%	14, 20	4	283,759
10	32	47	33	178.1%	16, 25	5	453,996
11	36	53	36	183.9%	20, 30	5	703,128
12	40	58	40	189.8%	24, 35	6	1,061,223
13	44	63	44	195.7%	28, 42	6	2,065,870
14	48	68	48	201.6%	33, 49	7	2,507,110
15	52	74	51	207.5%	39, 58	7	5,798,936
16	56	79	55	213.4%	45, 68	8	15,083,919
17	60	84	59	219.3%	52, 79	8	27,792,735
18	64	90	62	225.2%	61, 91	9	43,869,739
19	67	94	65	231.1%	68, 102	9	242,081,556
20	70	98	68	237%	75, 113	10
21	72			242.9%	81, 122	10
22	74			248.8%	87, 130	11
23	76			254.7%	93, 140	11
24	78			260.6%	100, 150	12
25	80			266.5%	107, 160	12
26	82			272.4%	114, 172	13
27	84			278.3%	123, 184	13
28	86			284.2%	131, 197	14
29	88			290.1%	140, 210	14
30	90			295.9%	150, 224	15
31	91			298.9%	155, 232	15
32	92			301.8%	160, 240	15
33	93			304.8%	165, 248	16
34	94			307.7%	171, 256	16
35	95			310.7%	176, 265	16
36	96			313.6%	182, 273	17
37	97			316.6%	188, 282	17
38	98			319.5%	194, 292	17
39	99			322.5%	201, 301	18
40	100			325.4%	207, 311	18

Cleave is a melee attack that deals damage with all equipped weapons to enemies in a 180 degree arc in front of the player. When dual wielding, equipment requirement applies to both weapons, and each weapon does reduced damage. Requires an axe, sword, two-handed axe, or two-handed sword.

Skill functions and interactions

Attack Speed: When dual wielding attack speed is averaged between the two weapons.
Dual Wielding:
- If the player's weapons have different critical strike chance values, it is possible for one weapon to get a critical strike when the other doesn't. It is also possible to miss with only one of the weapons swung. The decrease in damage while dual wielding is multiplicative and applies to all damage bonuses.
- Two hits are calculated separately (one from each weapon) and then combined into one unique hit/stack (damaging ailments).

Item acquisition

Cleave can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Cleave can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Cleave:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Drop disabled

The following threshold jewels augment Cleave, but drop disabled:

(Drop-disabled item can still be acquired in the permanent leagues by trading with other players)

Item	Base Item	Level	Stats
Overwhelming Odds	Crimson Jewel	1	(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Hits with Cleave Fortify With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave has +1 to Radius per Nearby Enemy, up to +10

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cleave.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Cleave has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Demon Hand Cleave Effect	Your Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.