Elemental Hit - Path of Exile

Elemental Hit Elemental Hit is an active skill gem.

Each attack with this skill will choose an element at random, and will only be able to deal damage of that element. If the attack hits an enemy, it will also deal damage in an area around them, with the radius being larger if that enemy is suffering from an ailment of the chosen element. It will avoid choosing the same element twice in a row.

Attack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Fire, Cold, Lightning, AoE, Prismatic, Bow. Level: 1–20. Cost: 7–11 Mana. AoE Radius: 10. Requires Level 12.

  • (18–391) to (33–726) Added Cold Damage
  • (22–480) to (40–891) Added Fire Damage
  • (3–75) to (67–1467) Added Lightning Damage
  • Only Deals Damage of the chosen Element
    Deals no Damage of other Damage Types
  • (30–49)% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite
  • 80% more Area Radius against Enemies affected by an Ailment of the chosen Element
  • 10% more Damage per Elemental Ailment on the Enemy

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Elemental Hit(0–20)% increased Elemental Damage50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityCost22 to 40 Added Fire Damage18 to 33 Added Cold Damage3 to 67 Added Lightning Damage30% chance to Freeze, Shock and IgniteExperience
11233722, 4018, 333, 673015,249
21539727, 5122, 414, 833141,517
31948736, 6629, 546, 1093281,983
42356846, 8638, 707, 14133147,968
52764859, 10948, 899, 17934250,557
63173873, 13660, 11112, 22535405,086
73581891, 16974, 13814, 27936447,718
838888107, 19887, 16217, 32737615,318
941949125, 231101, 18920, 38138834,639
10441009145, 269118, 21923, 443391,570,760
11471069168, 311137, 25426, 513401,633,987
12501139194, 360158, 29330, 592412,151,030
13531199223, 414182, 33835, 682422,812,189
145612510257, 476209, 38940, 784435,099,360
155913210294, 547240, 44646, 900449,400,731
166213810337, 626274, 51053, 10304515,273,366
176414210369, 684300, 55858, 11274626,286,582
186614610403, 748328, 61063, 12314762,890,590
196815111440, 816358, 66669, 134448212,046,017
207015511480, 891391, 72675, 146749
217211523, 971426, 79282, 159950
227411570, 1059464, 86390, 174351
237611621, 1153506, 94098, 189852
247811676, 1255550, 1024106, 206653
258011735, 1366599, 1114116, 224854
268212800, 1485651, 1211126, 244555
278412869, 1614708, 1316137, 265856
288612944, 1754769, 1430148, 288757
2988121026, 1905835, 1553161, 313658
3090121113, 2068907, 1686175, 340459
3191131160, 2154945, 1756182, 354659
3292131208, 2244984, 1830190, 369460
3393131258, 23371025, 1906198, 384760
3494131311, 24341067, 1985206, 400761
3595131365, 25341111, 2067214, 417261
3696141421, 26391157, 2152223, 434462
3797141479, 27481205, 2240232, 452362
3898141540, 28601254, 2332242, 470963
3999141603, 29781306, 2428252, 490263
40100141669, 30991359, 2527262, 510264

Elemental Hit is an attack skill that randomly deals fire, cold, or lightning damage in an area of effect around the target with each use. That use of Elemental Hit will only deal damage of the chosen element, and has more area of effect against enemies affected by the elemental ailments of that element. The skill deals more damage for each elemental ailment present on enemies.

Elemental Hit can be used with any weapon, or while unarmed.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Random damage type: Elemental Hit chooses a random elements each time it is used. That use can deal only damage of the chosen element (meaning it can never deal physical or chaos damage). The unique threshold jewels Combat Focus can be used to exclude elements from being chosen. The skill will never choose the same element twice in a row, unless forced to with two Combat Focus.
  • The chosen element also limits damaging ailments. For example, allocating Shaper of Flames and a chosen cold attack will not result in a damaging ignite.
  • 80% more Area Radius against Enemies affected by an Ailment of the chosen Element: The relevant elemental ailments are ignite, scorch (Fire), chill, freeze, brittle (Cold), shock, and sap (Lightning).
  • Area damage: When Elemental Hit hits an enemy, also it hits an area around the enemy, with base radius 10. This explosion won't affect the enemy originally hit; therefore, modifiers to area damage don't affect the skill's single-target damage. However, if used as a melee skill, each enemy hit will produce an explosion, which can hit other enemies that were also hit by the strike.[guesswork?]
  • Sequential Projectiles and Repeated Attacks: When linked to Barrage Support, Elemental Hit will choose one element per barrage of projectiles; When linked to Multistrike Support, Elemental Hit will choose one element for an attack and its repeats. In both cases, Elemental Hit will avoid choosing the same element for the next set of attacks.
  • Damage conversion: Elemental Hit has added damage of each element present on the gem. This flat damage applies even if it isn't of the chosen element, and in that case it's only negated after damage conversion has applied.
    • Example: If the player equips Call of the Brotherhood with 20% elemental quality from a catalyst, supports Elemental Hit with Cold to Fire Support, and allocates the keystone Avatar of Fire, 50% of the lightning damage will be converted to fire and 48% to cold. Then 100% of the cold damage, both native and converted from lightning, will be converted to fire. When Elemental Hit chooses fire, it will then deal significantly more damage than if the player did not perform damage conversion.
  • Dual Wielding: Elemental Hit will alternate weapons while dual wielding.

Item acquisition

Elemental Hit can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Elemental Hit 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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence
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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1
Nessa		 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Elemental Hit:

Item Limit Radius Stats
Combat Focus 2 Medium (10-15)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills
With 40 total Intelligence and Dexterity in Radius, Prismatic Skills cannot choose Fire
With 40 total Intelligence and Dexterity in Radius, Prismatic Skills deal 50% less Fire Damage
Combat Focus 2 Medium (10-15)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills
With 40 total Strength and Intelligence in Radius, Prismatic Skills cannot choose Cold
With 40 total Strength and Intelligence in Radius, Prismatic Skills deal 50% less Cold Damage
Combat Focus 2 Medium (10-15)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills
With 40 total Dexterity and Strength in Radius, Prismatic Skills cannot choose Lightning
With 40 total Dexterity and Strength in Radius, Prismatic Skills deal 50% less Lightning Damage

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Elemental Hit.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Elemental Hit Attack Speed 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 10% increased Elemental Hit Attack Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Elemental Hit Attack Speed 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 15% increased Elemental Hit Attack Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Elemental Hit Chance To Freeze Shock Ignite 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Elemental Hit has +20% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Elemental Hit Chance To Freeze Shock Ignite 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Elemental Hit has +30% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Elemental Hit Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Elemental Hit deals 25% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Elemental Hit Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Elemental Hit deals 40% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Elemental Hit has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Shadowstalker Elemental Hit Effect Your Elemental Hit becomes a Shadowstalker Effect.