Limit

Limit

Tooltip

Certain skills can only have a limited number of effects active at once. If a new effect is created while at the maximum number of effects, the oldest effect will disappear. Certain support gems and items can modify skill effect limits.

Certain skills have limits on the number of effects active at once. If a new effect is created while at the maximum number of effects, the oldest effect will disappear.

Skill Gems

Active skill gems

The following skill gems have a limit:

Gem	Tier
Explosive SpearExplosive SpearBarrageable, Attack, AoE, Projectile, Fire, Duration, Detonator Tier: 1 Level: (1-20) Cost: (5-37) Mana Attack Speed: 80% of base Attack Damage: (50-156)% of baseHurl a single payload Spear that pierces through enemies and lodges in terrain where it lands. The Spear will explode at the end of its Detonation Time or if Detonated. Consumes a Frenzy Charge if you have one to explode immediately, dealing more damage in a cross-shaped area and creating Ignited Ground.Detonation Time is 2.5 seconds Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Projectile count cannot be modified Pierces all Targets Limit 1 lodged SpearSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	1
Sniper's MarkSniper's MarkMark, Duration Tier: 7 Level: (1-20) Cost: (18-79) Mana Cooldown Time: 6.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Mark a target. The next Critical Hit the target receives Consumes the Mark to deal extra damage and grant you a Frenzy Charge.Maximum Mark duration is 8 seconds Next Critical Hit against Marked Enemy has (20-77)% increased Critical Damage Bonus Limit 1 Marked target Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Next Critical Hit against Marked Enemy has (0.75-15)% increased Critical Damage BonusSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	7
Voltaic MarkVoltaic MarkBarrageable, Attack, AoE, Mark, Lightning, Duration, Nova Tier: 7 Level: 1 Reservation: 1 SpiritMarks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage.Limit 1 Marked target Mark duration is 8 seconds Hits against Marked enemy have 50% more chance to Shock Shock has 30% increased effect on Marked enemyPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	7
Bone OfferingBone OfferingMinion, Buff, AoE, Physical, Duration Tier: 11 Level: (1-20) Cost: (25-110) ManaImpale a Skeleton on a bone spike to shield your Minions while the spike remains, reducing the amount of damage taken from Hits. Taking a Hit that deals damage above a certain threshold will cause that Minion's shield to absorb all damage from that Hit, then explode. The bone spike is itself a Minion, and shields itself. If it dies, shields on your other Minions disappear.Limit 1 Bone Offering Spike Spike duration is 8 seconds Minions take (15-25)% reduced damage from Hits while shielded Absorbs first Hit dealing over 25% of Minion's maximum life Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Shielded Minions take (1.5-30)% less Damage for 1 second after Shield is lostSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	11
Dark EffigyDark EffigyTotem, AoE, Projectile, Chaos, Duration Tier: 9 Level: (1-9)Requires Level 31Raises a Totem that bombard enemies afflicted by Chaos damage over time Debuffs. Fires a Projectile at every nearby enemy that is afflicted by a Chaos damage over time Debuff. Fires multiple Projectiles at enemies afflicted by multiple Debuffs, but Projectile count cannot be otherwise modified.Totem Totem duration is 8 seconds Limit 1 Totem Dark Effusion Cast Time: 1.00 Sec Critical Hit Chance: 11.00% Deals (2–34) to (4–64) Chaos Damage Fires 100 additional Projectiles Impact radius is 0.8 metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0-50)% Chance to apply Withered for 2 seconds on Hit.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	9
FirestormFirestormBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Sustained, Fire, Duration, Payoff Tier: 11 Level: (1-20) Cost: (16-168) Mana Cast Time: 1.40 sec Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%Rain flaming bolts over the targeted area. Ignites on enemies and Corpses in front of you are Consumed to fuel the Firestorm by creating improved bolts.Deals (3-96) to (5-144) Fire Damage Impact radius is 1 metre Storm radius is 5.6 metres Storm duration is 6 seconds One impact every 0.10 seconds Improves 5 Bolts per Ignite Consumed Limit 1 Firestorm Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.01-0.2) metres to impact radiusSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	11
Frost BombFrost BombSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Orb, Remnant Tier: 1 Level: (1-20) Cost: (9-99) Mana Cooldown Time: 6.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 13.00%Create a pulsing Orb of frost. Each pulse inflicts Elemental Exposure on nearby enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it Detonates, dealing Cold damage to surrounding enemies and leaving behind a Cold Infusion.Deals (7-238) to (11-358) Cold Damage Detonation Time is 4 seconds Chills Enemies as though dealing 300% more damage Initially applies 20% Elemental Exposure and 2% Exposure per pulse, up to a maximum of 50% Pulse and explosion radius are (2.4-3.1) metres Limit 1 Frost Bomb Exposure duration is 8 seconds Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Initially applies 0% Elemental Exposure and 0% Exposure per pulse, up to a maximum of (0.5-10)%Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	1
File:Living Bomb inventory icon.pngLiving BombLiving BombSpell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Remnant Tier: 3 Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-85) Mana Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%Plant a seed of Fire inside an enemy. Dealing enough damage to the enemy, or killing it outright, causes the seed to explode, dealing damage in an area and leaving behind a Fire Infusion Remnant.Deals (10-340) to (15-510) Fire Damage Explosion radius is 2.5 metres Seed duration is 15 seconds Limit 1 active Seed Explodes after enemy is dealt damage equal to 200% of its Ailment Threshold Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Inflicts (1-20)% more Flammability MagnitudeSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.File:Living Bomb inventory icon.png	3
Orb of StormsOrb of StormsSpell, AoE, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Chaining, Orb, Remnant Tier: 3 Level: (1-20) Cost: (12-129) Mana Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 10.00%Create an Orb of electricity that fires Chaining Lightning bolts at nearby enemies. The Orb leaves behind a Lightning Infusion Remnant when it expires.Deals (1-14) to (8-260) Lightning Damage Chains (3-5) times Fires a bolt every 4 seconds, and when you cast a Spell near the Orb Orb radius is 3.6 metres Orb duration is 12 seconds Limit 1 Orb of Storms Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Chains (0.15-3) timesSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	3
Pain OfferingPain OfferingMinion, Buff, AoE, Duration, Barrageable Tier: 5 Level: (1-20) Cost: (25-110) ManaSkewer a Skeleton on a bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains, making their skills faster and harder hitting. The bone spike is itself a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.Limit 1 Pain Offering Spike Minion Aura radius is 6 metres Spike duration is 6 seconds Aura grants Minions (20-29)% increased Attack and Cast Speed Aura grants Minions (20-58)% increased damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.12-2.4) metres to Minion Aura radiusSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	5
Profane RitualProfane RitualSpell, AoE, Chaos, Duration Tier: 7 Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-65) Mana Cast Time: 1.00 secMark a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete the Corpse is consumed and you gain a Power Charge.Deals (13.5-652.2) Base Chaos Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to Debuff's Damage over Time Limit 5 active rituals Ritual radius is 2.2 metres Ritual duration is 2 seconds Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% chance to not destroy Consumed CorpseSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	7
Raging SpiritsRaging SpiritsBuff, Minion, Persistent, Fire, Duration Tier: 4 Level: (1-20) Reservation: 30 SpiritWhile active, Fire Spells you use yourself will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them, ignoring commands. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them.Minions from this skill convert 70% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Limit 10 Summoned Raging Spirits Fire Area Spells summon a Spirit per 1.5 metres of radius Projectiles from Fire Spells summon a Spirit on hit Maximum 2 Spirits summoned per Spell cast Spirit duration is 5 seconds Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Limit (0.05-1) Summoned Raging SpiritsSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	4
Raise ZombieRaise ZombieMinion, Physical, Duration Tier: 5 Level: (1-20) Cost: (10-102) ManaConsume a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived Zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are Empowered.Limit 10 Raised Zombies Zombie duration is 20 seconds Empowered Zombies take 30% less damage Empowered Zombies deal 100% more damage with Hits Empowered Zombies have 25% more movement speed Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1.25-25)% increased effect of Empowerment on Raised ZombiesSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	5
Ravenous SwarmRavenous SwarmBuff, Minion, Persistent, Physical, Chaos, Duration Tier: 4 Level: (1-20) Reservation: 30 SpiritWhile active and enemies are present, swarms of insects emerge from your body to pursue nearby enemies. The swarms are untargetable Minions that Attack and Poison enemies.Swarms Attack enemies within 4 metre radius of you Swarm duration is (6-9.8) seconds Spawn a new Swarm once every 6 seconds Limit 3 active Swarms Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Swarms Attack enemies within (0.05-1) metre radius of youSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.File:Ravenous Swarm skill icon.png	4
Solar OrbSolar OrbSpell, AoE, Sustained, Fire, Duration, Orb Level: 1Creates a fiery Orb that periodically releases fiery pulses. Enemies that are very close to the Orb are Ignited.Deals 46 to 69 Fire Damage Pulses every 1.4 seconds Explosion radius is 2.5 metres Orb duration is 10 seconds Limit 1 Solar OrbPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	0
Soul OfferingSoul OfferingMinion, Buff, Duration Tier: 13 Level: (1-20) Cost: (32-141) ManaSkewer a Skeleton on a bone spike, granting you a powerful Spell damage Buff as long as the spike remains. Does not affect your Minions. The bone spike is itself a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.Limit 1 Soul Offering Spike Spike duration is 4 seconds Buff grants you (20-77)% increased Spell damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.05-1) seconds to Spike durationSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	13
UnearthUnearthSpell, Minion, AoE, Physical, Duration Tier: 1 Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-76) Mana Cast Time: 0.95 sec Critical Strike Chance: 15.00%Raise spikes of bone from the earth in front of you, damaging enemies. The bones of Corpses and dead Reviving Minions in the area are ripped out and reassembled into short-lived Bone Construct Minions that fight for you. Larger Corpses create more than one Bone Construct.Deals (4-117) to (6-176) Physical Damage Limit (8-20) Bone Constructs Cone length is 6 metres Bone Construct duration is 15 seconds Reviving Minions can only create one Bone Construct per death Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.25-5) seconds to Bone Construct duration Minions have (2.5-50)% increased Movement SpeedSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	1
Freezing MarkFreezing MarkBarrageable, Attack, AoE, Mark, Cold, Duration, Nova Tier: 7 Level: (1-7) Cost: (0-53) ManaMarks a target, making them more susceptible to being Frozen. When the Marked target dies, a Cold nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage.Limit 1 Marked target Mark duration is 8 seconds Hits against Marked enemy cause 28% more Freeze buildupPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	7
Galvanic ShardsGalvanic ShardsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Lightning, Chaining Tier: 5 Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-61) ManaLoad your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. Using this skill again reloads the clip.Ammunition 50% less reload speed 5 Bolts loaded per clip Projectile Rapidly fire charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. Can fire a limited number of bursts before needing to reload. Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage Knocks Back Enemies Cannot Chain Fires 6 fragments per shot Multiple fragments can Hit the same target Multiple Fragments hitting a target simultaneously will combine their damage into a single Hit Beam Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage Beam Chains to 1 enemy Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.1-2) Bolts loaded per clipSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.File:Load Galvanic Shards skill icon.png	5
Gas GrenadeGas GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, Fire, Chaos, Duration Tier: 5 Level: (1-20) Cost: (13-92) Mana Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Can Store 3 Use(s) Attack Speed: 75% of base Attack Damage: (40-163)% of baseFire a bouncing Grenade that causes a burst of Poison gas when its fuse expires, damaging enemies and leaving behind a growing Poison cloud. Burning effects or Detonator skills will cause the cloud to explode in a fiery blast.Impact Detonation Time is 2 seconds Impact radius is (1.4-2) metres Poison Cloud Limit 6 Poison Clouds Does not Hit, but Poisons enemies as though Hitting them Gains 20% more Radius per second, up to a maximum of 80% Cloud Duration is 6 seconds Cloud radius is (1.5-2) meters Explosion Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	5
Tempest BellTempest BellAttack, AoE, Melee, Sustained, Duration, Nova, Conditional Tier: 3 Level: 1Build Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your staff to grow to massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be Hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type, and Hits which would have caused Knockback increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.Requires 4 Combo to use Lose Combo if you generate no Combo for 8 seconds Limit 1 Bell Bell duration is 6 seconds Bell is destroyed after 10 Hits Impact Attack Damage: (120–490)% Impact radius is 1.8 metres Shockwave Attack Damage: (50–132)% 50% less Attack Speed Shockwave radius is 2.4 metres Shockwave can be triggered once every 0.25 seconds Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Bell is destroyed after (0-2) HitsPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel.	3
Shockwave TotemShockwave TotemAttack, Totem, AoE, Melee, Slam, Physical, Duration, Nova Tier: 3 Level: (1-40) Cost: (15-1317) ManaRaise a Totem that Slams the ground around it, repeatedly damaging nearby enemies. Jagged Ground erupts when hit by this Slam, damaging enemies standing on it.Totem Totem duration is 12 seconds Limit 1 Totem Totem base attack time is 1.5 seconds Totem base Critical Hit chance is 5% Totem uses its own weapon, dealing (4-103) to (6-155) base Physical damage Totem gains +(0-75)% to all Elemental Resistances Totem gains +(0-35)% to Chaos Resistance Slam Attack Damage: (80-211)% Shockwave radius is 3 metres Jagged Ground Eruption Attack Damage: (30-79)% Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Totem base attack time is -(0.01-0.2) secondsSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	3
Volcanic FissureVolcanic FissureAttack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Sustained, Fire, Duration Tier: 7 Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-41) Mana Attack Speed: 80% of base Attack Damage: (55-145)% of baseRequires: One Hand Mace, Two Hand MaceSlam the ground, creating a branching Molten Fissure that deals damage as it travels and remains for a duration. Using a different Slam on a Molten Fissure creates a spreading Aftershock.Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Limit 8 Fissures While Dual Wielding, both weapons hit with 30% less attack speed Fissure duration is 12 seconds Fissures branch 2 times Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% chance to cause an AftershockSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	7

Support skill gems

The following support gems are related to limit:

Gem	Tier
Overabundance IOverabundance ISupport Category: Overabundance Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills which can have a Limited number of effects active at once, increasing that Limit at the cost of their duration. Only applies to restrictions that use the word "Limit".Supported Skills have +1 to Limit Supported Skills have 50% less Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	1
Overabundance IIOverabundance IISupport Category: Overabundance Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills which can have a Limited number of effects active at once, increasing that Limit at the cost of their duration. Only applies to restrictions that use the word "Limit".Supported Skills have +1 to Limit Supported Skills have 40% less Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	4
Overabundance IIIOverabundance IIISupport Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills which can have a Limited number of effects active at once, increasing that Limit at the cost of their duration. Only applies to restrictions that use the word "Limit".Supported Skills have +1 to Limit Supported Skills have 50% less Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	1
Atziri's AllureAtziri's AllureSupport, Lineage, Curse Category: Atziri's AllureRequires Level 65 Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse Skills, causing those Curses to ignore the usual Curse Limit, but be reflected back to you.Curses inflicted by Supported Skills ignore Curse limit Curses inflicted by Supported Skills are reflected back to you Supported Skills have 25% less Curse EffectSuch was her seductive power, every noble in the court fell over themselves to do her bidding. Winning a single glance away from her mirror meant more than their lives.Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	0
Greatwood IGreatwood ISupport, Totem Category: Greatwood Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, limiting their active Totem count to one but granting significant benefits for supported Totems based on what their Totem Limit would have been without this restriction. Does not Support Skills used by Minions.Supported Skills can only have one active Totem Totem Limit instead grants 5% increased Area of Effect for Totems per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 20% Totem Limit instead grants 10% more Totem Damage per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 40% Totem Limit instead grants 10% more Totem Life per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 40%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	3
Greatwood IIGreatwood IISupport, Totem Category: Greatwood Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, limiting their active Totem count to one but granting significant benefits for supported Totems based on what their Totem Limit would have been without this restriction. Does not Support Skills used by Minions.Supported Skills can only have one active Totem Totem Limit instead grants 5% increased Area of Effect for Totems per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 20% Totem Limit instead grants 15% more Totem Damage per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 60% Totem Limit instead grants 15% more Totem Life per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 60%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	4

Unique items

Item	Base item		Stats
Idol of UldurnIdol of Uldurn Crimson Amulet(2-4) Life Regeneration per second+(60-80) to maximum Life +(10-20) to Dexterity Skills have +1 to LimitWorship of house gods was tolerated in Oriath, so long as it remained private.	Crimson Amulet	1	(2-4) Life Regeneration per second+(60-80) to maximum Life +(10-20) to Dexterity Skills have +1 to Limit

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.