Splitting Steel PoE Gem

Splitting Steel Splitting Steel consumes a Steel Shard to fire a single projectile that splits on impact or at the targeted location, dealing area damage when it splits and again when the split projectiles explode at the end of their flight. Requires a Sword or Axe. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.

Consume a Steel Shard to fire a single projectile that splits on impact or at the targeted location, dealing area damage when it splits and again when the split projectiles explode at the end of their flight. Requires a Sword or Axe. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.

Attack, Projectile, AoE, Physical. Level: 1–20. Cost: 5–8 Mana. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 100–210%. Requires Level 1.

  • (2–75) to (3–113) Added Attack Physical Damage
  • Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to
    the number of targets Projectile Splits towards
  • Projectiles Split towards (2–4) targets
  • +(0–4) to radius
  • If you have no Steel Shards, Projectile counts as already having Split
  • 60% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
  • Projectiles which have Split deal 35% less Damage
  • Projectiles can Split without hitting a target
  • 50% less Area of Effect after Splitting
  • Consumes up to 1 Steel Shard

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Splitting Steel(0–20)% increased Impale Effect50

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Related Gems

Splitting Steel Support Gems

Splitting Steel Guide

Splitting Steel is a new low level skill that uses the shard mechanic. Each use fires a single shard that explodes into additional projectiles when it hits an enemy or reaches the targeted location, creating smaller shards that fly towards nearby enemies before detonating in smaller explosions. The skill has some added physical damage and a chance to impale, something that wasn't previously accessible at such low levels.

Splitting Steel

Changes have been made to the Split mechanic that means Splitting now occurs before other projectile behaviours; This means that Fork, Pierce or Chain would take place after Split has generated all of the additional projectiles, opening up all sorts of interesting ways to take advantage of these mechanics.

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthDexterityCostBase Damage2 to 3 Added Attack Physical DamageProjectiles Split towards 2 targets# to radiusExperience
11465100%2, 32070
22575105.8%2, 320308
347105111.6%3, 4201,554
4710145117.4%4, 6206,667
51113195123.2%5, 82126,047
61618266128.9%7, 112149,725
72022316134.7%9, 132195,714
82425376140.5%11, 1731169,595
92829426146.3%14, 2032283,759
103233476152.1%16, 2532453,996
113636537157.9%20, 3032703,128
124040587163.7%24, 35321,061,223
134444637169.5%28, 42332,065,870
144848687175.3%33, 49332,507,110
155251747181.1%39, 58335,798,936
165655798186.8%45, 683315,083,919
176059848192.6%52, 793427,792,735
186462908198.4%61, 914443,869,739
196765948204.2%68, 10244242,081,556
207068988210%75, 11344
21729215.8%81, 12245
22749221.6%87, 13045
23769227.4%93, 14045
24789233.2%100, 15045
25809238.9%107, 16046
268210244.7%114, 17246
278410250.5%123, 18446
288610256.3%131, 19756
298810262.1%140, 21057
309010267.9%150, 22457
319111270.8%155, 23257
329211273.7%160, 24057
339311276.6%165, 24857
349411279.5%171, 25657
359511282.4%176, 26557
369611285.3%182, 27358
379712288.2%188, 28258
389812291.1%194, 29268
399912293.9%201, 30168
4010012296.8%207, 31168

PoE Splitting Steel Build

1. Character: 92 Champion

Life: 4908Strength:321
Energy Shield: 261Dexterity: 153
Mana: 810Intelligence: 113
Evasion Rating: 0Charges: E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour: 12377

2. Skill Gems Build

Splitting Steel. DPS: 478k. Damage types: Physical(100%).

These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Splitting Steel Splitting Steel (Green) (21 / 23), Vicious Projectiles Support Vicious Projectiles Support (Green) (19 / 20), Maim Support Maim Support (Red) (19 / 20), Concentrated Effect Support Concentrated Effect Support (Blue) (20), Brutality Support Brutality Support (Red) (18 / 20), Impale Support Impale Support (Green) (19 / 20),

Boots: Leap Slam Leap Slam (Red) (19 / 20), Culling Strike Support Culling Strike Support (Green) (19 / 20), Faster Attacks Support Faster Attacks Support (Green) (19 / 20), Ancestral Protector Ancestral Protector (Red) (19 / 20),

Helmet: Enduring Cry Enduring Cry (Red) (20), Second Wind Support Second Wind Support (Green) (20), Pride (Red) (19 / 20), Dread Banner Dread Banner (Red) (19 / 20),

Gloves: Molten Shell Molten Shell (Red) (19 / 20), Cast when Damage Taken Support Cast when Damage Taken Support (Red) (17), Increased Duration Support Increased Duration Support (Red) (19 / 20),

Weapon: Blood Rage Blood Rage (Green) (19 / 20), Precision Precision (Green) (13),

3. Passive Skill Build

Splitting Steel Passive Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

  • Iron Grip: 84%
  • Point Blank: 77%
  • Master of Metal: 70%
  • Call to Arms: 61%
  • Unstoppable Hero: 61%
  • Fortitude: 56%
  • First to Strike, Last to Fall: 53%
  • Iron Reflexes: 45%

4. Equipment Build

Weapons:

  • Sword / Sword: 42%
  • Two Handed Sword: 35%
  • Two Handed Axe: 14%
  • Axe / Shield: 6%

Body Armour: Sorrow Pelt Glorious Plate

Weapon: Scaeva Gladius

Offhand Weapon: Scaeva Gladius

Helmet: Crown of the Inward Eye Prophet Crown

Gloves: Blight Fingers Zealot Gloves

Boots: Storm Spur Ancient Greaves

Belt: Sol Buckle Rustic Sash

Amulet: Rapture Locket Agate Amulet

Ring: Corruption Whorl Diamond Ring, Bramble Twirl Diamond Ring

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 1 Steel Shard to have the projectile split to hit additional nearby enemies.
  • 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.
  • Gem Type: Splitting Steel is a Green gem, indicating that it is a dex gem. Splitting Steel is not affected by mods such as +# to Level of Socketed Strength Gems, but is affected by mods such as +# to Level of Socketed Dexterity/AOE/Projectile Gems or +# to Level of all Physical Skill Gems. Splitting Steel is an attack skill thus physical spell mods do not affect this gem.
  • Melee: Splitting Steel is not considered a melee attack despite using melee weapons, similar to Spectral Throw. Splitting Steel does not have melee gem tag.

Item acquisition

Splitting Steel can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Splitting 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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate
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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate
Act 1
Nessa		 ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Splitting Steel.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Splitting Steel Area 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Splitting Steel has 16% increased Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Splitting Steel Area 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Splitting Steel has 24% increased Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Splitting Steel Chance to Not Consume Shard 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Splitting Steel has 20% chance to not consume Steel Shards helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Splitting Steel Chance to Not Consume Shard 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Splitting Steel has 30% chance to not consume Steel Shards helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Splitting Steel 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Splitting Steel deals 25% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Splitting Steel 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Splitting Steel deals 40% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Splitting Steel:

Item Limit Radius Stats

Unique items

These unique items are related to Splitting Steel or its secondary skill Call of Steel

Item Base Item Level Stats
Lord of Steel Viridian Jewel 1 5% increased Impale Effect
Call of Steel deals Reflected Damage with (40-50)% increased Area of Effect
Call of Steel has (80-100)% increased Use Speed
Lord of Steel Viridian Jewel 1 10% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit with Attacks
Call of Steel deals Reflected Damage with (40-50)% increased Area of Effect
Call of Steel causes (20-25)% increased Reflected Damage
Lord of Steel Viridian Jewel 1 Impale Damage dealt to Enemies Impaled by you Overwhelms 10% Physical Damage Reduction
Call of Steel has (80-100)% increased Use Speed
Call of Steel causes (20-25)% increased Reflected Damage
Steelworm Broadhead Arrow Quiver 52 (8-10)% increased Attack SpeedGrants Call of Steel
(30-60)% increased Evasion Rating and Armour
Deal no Non-Physical Damage
Attacks that Fire Projectiles Consume up to 1 additional Steel Shard
Skills Fire 3 additional Projectiles for 4 seconds after
you consume a total of 12 Steel Shards

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