Fortify Support PoE Gem

Fortify Support Fortify Support is a support gem. It causes the linked melee skills to Fortify on hit, which reduces incoming damage from hits by 1% stackable 20 times. This effect only applies to active melee skills and does not work with trigger gems.

Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.

Attack, Support, Melee. Level: 1–20. Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%. Requires Level 31.

  • Melee Hits from Supported Skills Fortify
  • Supported Skills deal (10–19)% more Damage with Ailments caused by Melee Hits
  • Supported Skills deal (10–19)% more Melee Damage

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
Fortify SupportSupported Skills deal (0–10)% increased Attack Damage100

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthSupported Skills deal 10% more Melee DamageSupported Skills deal 10% more Damage with Ailments caused by Melee HitsExperience
131521010285,815
234571010252,595
336601111314,394
438631111388,734
540661212477,437
642691212583,786
744721313710,359
8467513131,355,511
9487814141,138,877
10508114141,368,233
11528415151,638,338
12548715151,956,648
13569016163,655,184
14589316163,017,327
15609617177,720,126
166299171715,058,455
1764102181825,964,218
1866105181862,460,771
19681081919211,508,743
20701111919
21722020
22742020
23762121
24782121
25802222
26822222
27842323
28862323
29882424
30902424
31912424
32922525
33932525
34942525
35952525
36962626
37972626
38982626
39992626
401002727

Item acquisition

Fortify Support can drop anywhere. Drop level: 31.

Recipes

Fortify Support can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Clarissa
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Unique items

Item Level Stats
Advancing Fortress 46 +44 Life gained for each Enemy hit by AttacksSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 12 Fortify
15% Chance to Block Attack Damage
(100-120)% increased Physical Damage
+110 to Evasion Rating
+35 to maximum Energy Shield
+(30-50) to maximum Life
Reflects (71-90) Physical Damage to Melee Attackers
The Hungry Loop 70 Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level
Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems
Has not Consumed any Gems
<Consumed support gem modifier>

Mods

Name Generation Type Level Stats Tags Spawn Weighting
The Elder's Prefix 68 Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Fortify support, gem boots_elder 800
default 0
The Elder's Prefix 68 Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 1 Fortify support, gem grants_2h_support 0
2h_sword_elder 400
2h_axe_elder 400
2h_mace_elder 400
staff_elder 400
warstaff_elder 400
default 0
V2SupportedByFortifyCorrupted_ Corrupted 1 Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Fortify support, gem bow 0
staff 0
two_hand_weapon 1000
default 0

Legacy mods

The list below displays Fortify Support related modifiers where all spawn weights have been set to zero.

Name Generation Type Level Stats Spawn Weighting
The Elder's Prefix 68 (101-115)% increased Physical Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 16 Fortify
grants_2h_support 0
2h_sword_elder 0
2h_axe_elder 0
staff_elder 0
default 0
The Elder's Prefix 75 (116-126)% increased Physical Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 18 Fortify
grants_2h_support 0
2h_sword_elder 0
2h_axe_elder 0
staff_elder 0
default 0
The Elder's Prefix 80 (127-134)% increased Physical Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Fortify
grants_2h_support 0
2h_sword_elder 0
2h_axe_elder 0
staff_elder 0
default 0
Elevated Elder's Prefix 78 Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 25 Fortify boots_elder 0
default 0

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