Double Strike - Path of Exile

Double Strike is an active skill gem.

Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon.

Attack, Melee, Strike, Physical. Level: 1–20. Cost: 5 Mana. Attack Speed: 80% of base. Attack Damage: 91–140% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 91–140%. Requires Level 1.

25% chance to cause Bleeding
Adds (3–113) to (5–169) Physical Damage against Bleeding Enemies

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
Double Strike	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Double Strike	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50
Anomalous Double Strike	(0–40)% increased Elemental Damage	100
Divergent Double Strike	(0–20)% chance to Maim on Hit	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Base Damage	Adds 3 to 5 Physical Damage against Bleeding Enemies	Experience
1	1	10	91%	3, 5	70
2	2	12	93.6%	3, 5	308
3	4	16	96.2%	4, 6	1,554
4	7	22	98.7%	6, 8	6,667
5	11	31	101.3%	8, 11	26,047
6	16	41	103.9%	10, 16	49,725
7	20	50	106.5%	13, 20	95,714
8	24	58	109.1%	17, 25	169,595
9	28	67	111.6%	20, 30	283,759
10	32	75	114.2%	25, 37	453,996
11	36	83	116.8%	30, 44	703,128
12	40	92	119.4%	35, 53	1,061,223
13	44	100	121.9%	42, 63	2,065,870
14	48	109	124.5%	49, 74	2,507,110
15	52	117	127.1%	58, 86	5,798,936
16	56	125	129.7%	67, 101	15,083,919
17	60	134	132.3%	78, 117	27,792,735
18	64	142	134.8%	91, 136	43,869,739
19	67	148	137.4%	101, 152	242,081,556
20	70	155	140%	113, 169
21	72		142.6%	121, 181
22	74		145.2%	130, 195
23	76		147.7%	139, 209
24	78		150.3%	149, 224
25	80		152.9%	160, 239
26	82		155.5%	171, 256
27	84		158.1%	183, 274
28	86		160.6%	196, 293
29	88		163.2%	209, 314
30	90		165.8%	223, 335
31	91		167.1%	231, 346
32	92		168.4%	239, 358
33	93		169.7%	247, 370
34	94		170.9%	255, 382
35	95		172.2%	263, 395
36	96		173.5%	272, 408
37	97		174.8%	281, 421
38	98		176.1%	290, 435
39	99		177.4%	300, 449
40	100		178.7%	309, 464

Double Strike is a melee attack that performs two fast attacks on a target enemy with the player's melee weapon(s). It deals bonus physical damage against bleeding enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

Multiple Hits: This attack hits twice, activating gain on hit twice, and giving two opportunities to activate chance-based effects such as blind, knockback, stun, and elemental status ailments. It does not, however, have two chances to crit. If one hit is a crit, the other will also be a crit.

Item acquisition

Double Strike can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Double Strike 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

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	✓

In addition, Double Strike is the starting skill gem for Duelist. It drops after killing the first monster of the game, Hungry Corpse.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Double Strike.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Double Strike Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Double Strike Attack Speed	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Double Strike Attack Speed	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Critical Strike Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	60% increased Double Strike Critical Strike Chance	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Critical Strike Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	90% increased Double Strike Critical Strike Chance	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Double Strike Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Double Strike Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Double Damage Vs Bleeding 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Double Strike has a 10% chance to deal Double Damage to Bleeding Enemies	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Double Strike Double Damage Vs Bleeding 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Double Strike has a 15% chance to deal Double Damage to Bleeding Enemies	helmet 75 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Double Strike has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Prismatic Double Strike Effect	Your Double Strike becomes a Prismatic Effect.