Decay Support

Decay Support Decay Support is a support gem.

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Chaos, Support. Level: 1–20. Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%. Requires Level 38.

  • Supported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing (120–843) Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds

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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Decay SupportSupported Skills deal (0–10)% increased Chaos Damage50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityIntelligenceSupported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing 120 Chaos Damage per second for 8 secondsExperience
1382740120388,734
2402941137477,437
3423043156583,786
4443145177710,359
54633472011,355,511
64834492281,138,877
75035512581,368,233
85237532921,638,338
95438553291,956,648
105639573713,655,184
115840584193,017,327
126042604713,576,232
136243625304,231,667
146444645962,395,078
156545656328,421,063
1666466667016,159,983
1767466771041,170,367
1868476875286,794,448
19694869796157,405,063
20704870843
2172945
22741059
23761186
24781328
25801485
26821660
27841855
28862073
29882314
30902583
31912728
32922881
33933043
34943213
35953393
36963582
37973781
38983992
39994213
401004447

Decay Support is a support gem that makes hits from the supported skill inflict chaos damage over time.

Skill functions and interactions

Being a chaos damage over time gem, Decay's damage is affected by modifiers (from passive tree, items or skills) that apply to Chaos Damage, Damage over Time or overall (unspecified) Damage. The duration of Decay is not affected by modifiers to skill effect duration.

Because Decay allows the skill to deal damage over time to enemies the skill hits, support gems that can apply to the skill can also modify the decay damage. Relevant support gems will include the wording supported skills deal x% more/less/increased/decreased damage/chaos damage/damage over time. If the decay damage is applied by a minion, trap, mine or totem, it will be affected by modifiers to these entities. Note that decay is not an ailment, so modifiers such as "damage with hits and ailments" will not apply.

Relevant conditional modifiers that affect Chaos damage, Damage Over Time or will also apply to Decay if these modifiers apply to the hit that applies to Decay. Such conditional modifiers include those from Infernal Blow, Storm Burst, and Arc.

Decay does not add a skill effect with a duration to the skill it supports. If the skill does not innately have such a component, neither the skill nor Decay can be modified by Less Duration Support. If the skill is supported by Arcane Surge Support (for spells only) or Lifetap Support (all skills), they gain a skill effect with a duration and can be supported by Less Duration.

Potential Support Gems

  • Efficacy Support
  • Void Manipulation Support
  • Lifetap Support
  • Cruelty Support
  • Swift Affliction Support (does not change the duration of Decay)
  • Cast when Damage Taken Support
  • Cast on Death Support

Support Gems that apply conditionally

  • Infused Channelling Support (if applied by a channelled skill)
  • Energy Leech Support (if on full and/or while leeching energy shield)
  • Multistrike Support (if applied by a melee attack supportable by Multistrike)
  • Vicious Projectiles Support (if applied by an projectile attack)
  • Trap and Mine Damage Support (if applied by a trap or mine)
  • Minion Damage Support, Predator Support, or Meat Shield Support (if applied by a minion)
  • Less Duration Support (if applied by a skill that has a skill effect with a duration; does not change the duration of Decay)
  • Increased Duration Support (if applied by Storm Burst)

Item acquisition

Decay Support can drop anywhere. Drop level: 38.

Recipes

Decay Support can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
3 The Bitter Blossom Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality
9 Gift of the Gemling Queen Random level 20 support gem
7 Dialla's Subjugation Random corrupted support gem with 23% quality
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 ↓
The Eternal Nightmare
Act 4

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 ↓
The Eternal Nightmare
Act 4
Petarus and Vanja
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

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