Shattering Steel PoE Build

Shattering Steel is a skill gem. Swing an Axe or Sword, consuming Steel Shards to gain a Steel Ward that protects you for a duration, and fire projectiles which shatter on impact or soon after being launched, dealing area damage in front of where they shatter. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill. Attack, Projectile, AoE, Physical. Level: 1–20. Cost: 7–9 Mana. Attack Speed: 85% of base. Attack Damage: 100–159% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 100–159%. AoE Radius: 28. Requires Level 12. Base duration is 5 seconds (8–113) to (12–169) Added Attack Physical Damage Fires 2 additional Projectiles Gain a Steel Ward if you have at least 2 Steel Shards, up to a maximum of 6 Each Steel Ward grants +4% Chance to Block Projectile Attack Damage 40% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit If you have no Steel Shards, only Fires 1 Projectile Projectiles deal up to 100% more Damage with Hits per Steel Shard consumed at the start of their movement, lowering this bonus as they travel farther Consumes up to 2 Steel Shards 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 Shattering Steel (0–20)% increased Impale Effect 50

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Related Gems

Shattering Steel Support Gems

• Impale Support(Green): 94%
• Brutality Support(Red): 85%
• Vicious Projectiles Support(Green): 81%
• Maim Support(Red): 77%
• Slower Projectiles Support(Green): 57%
• Pierce Support(Green): 57%
• Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support(Green): 17%
• Damage on Full Life Support(Red): 13%
• Awakened Brutality Support(Red): 13%
• Fork Support(Green): 12%
• Greater Multiple Projectiles Support(Green): 11%
• Chance to Bleed Support(Red): 7%

Level Effect

Skill functions and interactions

• Steel Shards: Equipping this skill grants the Call of Steel ability, which is used to generate Steel Shards. This skill consumes 2 Steel Shards to launch two additional projectiles and generate Steel Wards when used.

• Steel Ward: Each Steel Ward has a duration of 5 seconds, which are individually timed.

• Additional Projectiles: If you use the skill without any Steel Shards, it will always launch only one projectile, even if you have additional projectiles from other sources.

• Projectile Speed: Shattering Steel projectiles shatter after a fixed duration, so Projectile Speed will increase the distance the projectiles can travel.

• Melee: Shattering Steel is not considered a melee attack despite using melee weapons, similarly to Spectral Throw.

• Area of Effect: Modifiers to area of effect size or damage only affect the secondary shatter cone AoE of the projectile.

Item acquisition

Shattering Steel can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Shattering Steel 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 Shattering Steel:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Shattering Steel.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Shattering Steel Chance to Not Consume Shards 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Shattering Steel has 20% chance to not consume Steel Shards	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shattering Steel Chance to Not Consume Shards 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Shattering Steel has 30% chance to not consume Steel Shards	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shattering Steel Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Shattering Steel deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shattering Steel Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Shattering Steel deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shattering Steel Fortify On Hit Close Range 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Hits at Close Range with Shattering Steel Fortify	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Shattering Steel has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Temple Shattering Steel Effect	Your Shattering Steel becomes a Temple Effect.

Shattering Steel Build Example