Pinpoint Support Gem - Path of Exile

Pinpoint Support Pinpoint Support is a support gem which grants the supported spell additional projectiles, but less projectile damage. Casting the spell while standing still gathers intensity, decreasing the number of projectiles but granting more projectile damage.

Supports projectile spells you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.

Support, Projectile, Spell. Level: 1–20. Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%. Requires Level 31.

  • Supported Spells gain Intensity when you Cast them, to a maximum of 3
    Supported Skills fire 1 fewer Projectile per Intensity
  • Supported Spells lose 1 Intensity every 0.25 seconds while moving, or immediately if you teleport
  • Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage with Hits per Intensity
  • Supported Skills fire 3 additional Projectiles
  • Supported Skills deal (16–25)% less Projectile 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
Pinpoint SupportSupported Skills deal (0–10)% increased Projectile Damage50

PoE 3.20 Changes

Pinpoint Support
Added
  • Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage with Hits per Intensity
Removed
  • Supported Skills deal 20% more Projectile Damage with Hits per Intensity

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Pinpoint Support Build Guide

PoE 3.12 changed the Intensity mechanic to be one we can build into other skills and supports, like Crackling Lance and the new Pinpoint Support.

Pinpoint Support gives 3 additional projectiles, while each stack of Intensity will reduce the number of projectiles you fire by 1 while greatly increasing the skill’s damage. By increasing your maximum Intensity you could lose all projectiles, so this support works well with spells that can easily gain additional projectiles.

Pinpoint Support

Frostbolt + Pinpoint Support Build Example

Frostbolt Frostbolt fires a slow-moving projectile that pierces through enemies, dealing cold damage.

Projectile Skill Gems

Pinpoint Support can support the following skill gems.

Skill gem Required Level
Artillery Ballista Artillery Ballista 28
Barrage Barrage 12
Blast Rain Blast Rain 28
Blink Arrow Blink Arrow 10
Caustic Arrow Caustic Arrow 1
Cobra Lash Cobra Lash 1
Cremation Cremation 28
Elemental Hit Elemental Hit 12
Ensnaring Arrow Ensnaring Arrow 16
Ethereal Knives Ethereal Knives 1
Explosive Arrow Explosive Arrow 28
Frenzy Frenzy 16
Frost Blades Frost Blades 1
Galvanic Arrow Galvanic Arrow 1
Lancing Steel Lancing Steel 28
Lightning Strike Lightning Strike 12
Mirror Arrow Mirror Arrow 10
Rain of Arrows Rain of Arrows 12
Scourge Arrow Scourge Arrow 28
Shattering Steel Shattering Steel 12
Shrapnel Ballista Shrapnel Ballista 4
Siege Ballista Siege Ballista 12
Sniper’s Mark 24
Spectral Shield Throw Spectral Shield Throw 12
Spectral Throw Spectral Throw 1
Split Arrow Split Arrow 1
Tornado Shot Tornado Shot 28
Toxic Rain Toxic Rain 12
Unearth Unearth 10
Vaal Burning Arrow Vaal Burning Arrow 1
Vaal Lightning Strike Vaal Lightning Strike 12
Vaal Rain of Arrows Vaal Rain of Arrows 12
Vaal Spectral Throw Vaal Spectral Throw 1
Venom Gyre Venom Gyre 12
Wild Strike Wild Strike 28
Arcanist Brand Arcanist Brand 38
Ball Lightning Ball Lightning 28
Creeping Frost 12
Essence Drain Essence Drain 12
Fireball Fireball 1
Freezing Pulse Freezing Pulse 1
Frostbolt Frostbolt 1
Ice Spear Ice Spear 12
Icicle Mine Icicle Mine 12
Kinetic Blast Kinetic Blast 28
Kinetic Bolt Kinetic Bolt 1
Lightning Trap Lightning Trap 12
Magma Orb Magma Orb 1
Orb of Storms Orb of Storms 4
Power Siphon Power Siphon 12
Pyroclast Mine Pyroclast Mine 28
Soulrend Soulrend 28
Spark Spark 1
Vaal Fireball Vaal Fireball 1
Vaal Lightning Trap Vaal Lightning Trap 12
Vaal Power Siphon Vaal Power Siphon 12
Vaal Spark Vaal Spark 1
Winter Orb Winter Orb 28
Holy Flame Totem Holy Flame Totem 4
Molten Strike Molten Strike 1

Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityIntelligenceSupported Skills deal 25% less Projectile DamageExperience
131233325285,815
234253625252,595
336263824314,394
438274024388,734
540294123477,437
642304323583,786
744314522710,359
8463347221,355,511
9483449211,138,877
10503551211,368,233
11523753201,638,338
12543855201,956,648
13563957193,655,184
14584058193,017,327
15604260187,720,126
166243621815,058,455
176444641725,964,218
186646661762,460,771
1968476816211,508,743
2070487016
217215
227415
237614
247814
258013
268213
278412
288612
298811
309011
319110
329210
339310
349410
35959
36969
37979
38989
39998
401008

Skill functions and interactions

Be careful when taking other sources of maximum Intensity (such as from Caster Mastery) without any other sources of additional Projectiles, because this can cause skills to fire 0 Projectiles

Item acquisition

Pinpoint Support can drop anywhere. Drop level: 31.

Recipes

Pinpoint Support can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
13 The Cataclysm Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
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

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