Vigilant Strike - Path of Exile

Vigilant Strike is an active skill gem.

Attacks enemies with a powerful melee strike which grants Fortification, reducing damage you take from hits. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge. Requires a Melee Weapon.

Attack, Melee, Strike. Level: 1–20. Cost: 6 Mana. Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec. Attack Speed: 85% of base. Attack Damage: 230–350% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 230–350%. Requires Level 4.

+2 to Melee Strike Range
Melee Hits Fortify for 8 seconds

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
Vigilant Strike	(0–20)% increased Damage	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Vigilant Strike	(0–20)% increased Damage	50
Anomalous Vigilant Strike	(0–40)% increased Area of Effect	100
Divergent Vigilant Strike	(0–10)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	50
Phantasmal Vigilant Strike	Melee Hits Fortify for (0–2) seconds	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Intelligence	Base Damage	Experience
1	4	10	7	230%	841
2	6	13	9	236.3%	3,099
3	9	17	12	242.6%	7,433
4	12	21	14	248.9%	22,895
5	16	26	18	255.3%	49,725
6	20	31	22	261.6%	95,714
7	24	37	25	267.9%	169,595
8	28	42	29	274.2%	283,759
9	32	47	33	280.5%	453,996
10	36	53	36	286.8%	703,128
11	40	58	40	293.2%	1,061,223
12	44	63	44	299.5%	2,065,870
13	48	68	48	305.8%	2,507,110
14	52	74	51	312.1%	2,573,731
15	55	78	54	318.4%	7,611,351
16	58	82	57	324.7%	13,437,908
17	61	86	60	331.1%	25,052,147
18	64	90	62	337.4%	43,869,436
19	67	94	65	343.7%	242,081,178
20	70	98	68	350%
21	72			356.3%
22	74			362.6%
23	76			368.9%
24	78			375.3%
25	80			381.6%
26	82			387.9%
27	84			394.2%
28	86			400.5%
29	88			406.8%
30	90			413.2%
31	91			416.3%
32	92			419.5%
33	93			422.6%
34	94			425.8%
35	95			428.9%
36	96			432.1%
37	97			435.3%
38	98			438.4%
39	99			441.6%
40	100			441.7%

Vigilant Strike is a melee attack skill that applies the Fortify buff on hit. Vigilant Strike has one of the highest base damages of any attack skill, but has a cooldown that can only be bypassed by expending an endurance charge.

Skill functions and interactions

Dual wielding: When dual wielding, Vigilant Strike will randomly choose one weapon to attack with.[citation needed]
- Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support will generate an endurance charge if Vigilant Strike stuns an enemy, allowing for continued use of the skill.
- Stun Support can synergize with Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support, increasing the chance that the attack will generate an endurance charge.
- Multistrike Support will cause Vigilant Strike to repeat twice per attack, causing its cooldown and endurance charge expenditure to be more effective. Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support will only trigger on the first hit, if it stuns. Multistrike will also cause Vigilant Strike to automatically target nearby enemies, potentially increasing its total hit chance versus manually targeting.
- Fortify Support will impart additional Fortify duration and increased melee physical damage, but its utility will be redundant.
- Melee Splash Support works as usual, allowing Vigilant Strike to damage more than one target.

Fortify duration modifiers also apply to the fortify buff granted to allies.

Item acquisition

Vigilant Strike can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Vigilant 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

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Breaking Some Eggs 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 ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vigilant Strike:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats
The Vigil	1	Medium	(10-15)% increased Armour With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Hits with Vigilant Strike Fortify you and Nearby Allies for 8 seconds

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vigilant Strike.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Vigilant Strike Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Vigilant Strike Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Vigilant Strike Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Vigilant Strike Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Vigilant Strike Fortify Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Vigilant Strike has 30% increased Fortification Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Vigilant Strike Fortify Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Vigilant Strike has 45% increased Fortification Duration	helmet 100 default 0