Vigilant Strike - Path of Exile

Vigilant Strike 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.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Vigilant Strike(0–20)% increased Damage50

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Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthIntelligenceBase DamageExperience
14107230%841
26139236.3%3,099
391712242.6%7,433
4122114248.9%22,895
5162618255.3%49,725
6203122261.6%95,714
7243725267.9%169,595
8284229274.2%283,759
9324733280.5%453,996
10365336286.8%703,128
11405840293.2%1,061,223
12446344299.5%2,065,870
13486848305.8%2,507,110
14527451312.1%2,573,731
15557854318.4%7,611,351
16588257324.7%13,437,908
17618660331.1%25,052,147
18649062337.4%43,869,436
19679465343.7%242,081,178
20709868350%
2172356.3%
2274362.6%
2376368.9%
2478375.3%
2580381.6%
2682387.9%
2784394.2%
2886400.5%
2988406.8%
3090413.2%
3191416.3%
3292419.5%
3393422.6%
3494425.8%
3595428.9%
3696432.1%
3797435.3%
3898438.4%
3999441.6%
40100441.7%

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 ↓
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 ↓
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