Perfect Strike

Skill functions and interactions

Perfect Strike is the only channelling strike skill in the game, so it is the only skill that can use both Barbs and Crackling Barrier. Even though Perfect Strike doesn't actually hit the target until after the button is released, you are still considered to be channelling it until you hit, so Barbs includes the Lightning Thorns Damage from Crackling Barrier. Since Barbs is a separate hit from the Perfect Strike hit, the thorns damage is the same whether you have perfect timing or not. Perfect timing will hit a larger area, however, so it may apply Barbs to more targets.

Recommended support gems

The gemcutting tool recommends these support gems.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Eternal Flame IEternal Flame ISupport, Fire Category: Eternal Flame Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing its Ignites to be inflicted less often but last longer.Supported Skills have 100% increased Ignite Duration on Enemies Supported Skills have 25% less Flammability MagnitudePlace 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.	Fire AttunementFire AttunementSupport, Attack, Fire Category: Fire Attunement Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.Supported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Fire Damage Supported Attacks deal 50% less Cold and Lightning DamagePlace 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.	Window of Opportunity IWindow of Opportunity ISupport, Channelling Category: Window of Opportunity Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Channelling skills that have special effects if released with Perfect Timing, causing them to deal much more damage if released with Perfect Timing but reducing the Perfect Timing window.Supported Skills have a 35% shorter Perfect Timing window Supported Skills deal 35% more Damage when released with Perfect TimingPlace 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.
II	Behead IBehead ISupport, Attack, Melee, Strike Category: Behead Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Strike skills, causing them to steal a Modifier from Rare monsters they kill.Killing Blows from Supported Strike Skills against Rare monsters grant one of their Modifiers for 20 secondsPlace 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.	Elemental Armament IIElemental Armament IISupport, Attack Category: Elemental Armament Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Supported Skills deal 25% more Elemental Attack damagePlace 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.	Exploit WeaknessExploit WeaknessSupport, Payoff Category: Exploit Weakness Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to deal more Damage against enemies with Broken Armour but preventing them from Breaking Armour themselves. Cannot support skills that Consume Broken Armour.Supported Skills cannot Break Armour Supported Skills Consume Enemy Fully Broken Armour to deal 40% more DamagePlace 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.
III	Deadly ResolveDeadly ResolveSupport, Attack, AoE, Trigger, Physical, Channelling, Staged Category: Deadly Resolve Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Channelling Skills you use yourself. While Channelling Supported Skills, periodically gain stages of Deadly Resolve. Expend a stage of Deadly Resolve when an enemy Hits you to Trigger a deadly slash towards that enemy, dealing more damage based on your Armour.Can Trigger Deadly Resolve once every 0.3 seconds Stage duration is 10 seconds Gain a stage every 1 second 3 maximum stagesPlace 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.	Eternal Flame IIEternal Flame IISupport, Fire Category: Eternal Flame Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing its Ignites to last longer.Supported Skills have 100% increased Ignite Duration on EnemiesPlace 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.	Searing Flame ISearing Flame ISupport, Fire Category: Searing Flame Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing inflicted Ignites to deal more damage but its Hits to deal less damage.Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage with Hits 75% more Magnitude of Ignite inflicted with Supported SkillsPlace 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.
IV	Fire ExposureFire ExposureSupport, Fire, Duration Category: Fire Exposure Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when Igniting.Supported Skills inflict Exposure for 8 seconds on Igniting a targetPlace 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.	Perfected EndurancePerfected EnduranceSupport, Channelling Category: Perfected Endurance Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills which have a benefit for Perfect Timing. Supported Skills grant at least one Endurance Charge when Hitting an enemy with Perfect Timing.Gain an Endurance Charge when hitting an Enemy with Supported Skill when Perfectly TimedPlace 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.	PerfectionPerfectionSupport Category: Perfection Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills which have a benefit for Perfectly Timing their use. On successfully executing Perfect Timing with Supported Skills, gain Perfection, which is a powerful damage buff. However, failing to execute any Perfect Timing (even with skills not supported by Perfection) will remove all Perfection on you.Successfully executing Perfect Timing with Supported Skills grants Perfection All Perfection is lost on failing to execute any Perfect TimingPlace 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.
V	Close Combat IIClose Combat IISupport, Attack Category: Close Combat Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Supported Skills deal 30% more Attack Damage to enemies within 1 metre of you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or furtherPlace 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.	Fire Penetration IIFire Penetration IISupport, Fire Category: Fire Penetration Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits ignore enemy Fire resistance.Hits from Supported Skills ignore enemy Fire ResistancePlace 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.	Stoicism IIStoicism IISupport Category: Stoicism Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Supported Skills steadily gain more Damage, up to a cap. This Damage bonus is reset if you Dodge Roll or use a Travel Skill.Supported Skills gain 2% more Damage every second, up to 20% This Damage Bonus resets if you Dodge Roll or use a Travel SkillPlace 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.

Alternate skill effects

Perfect Strike has the following alternate skill effects:

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Version history

Version	Changes
0.4.0	Perfect Strike: Now deals 157-343% of Attack Damage (previously 142-312%) at Gem levels 5-20.
0.3.0	Perfect Strike: Perfect Strike now has an Attack Damage of 470-1029% at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 598-1310%). A Perfect Strike now has +35 to Melee Strike Range (previously +14). Perfect Strike's Attack time is now 30% of base (previously 35%). Fixed a bug where the Perfect Strike Skill incorrectly had the Duration tag. Fixed a bug where Perfect Strike's visual effects did not match the damaging area.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Perfect Strike no longer always Ignites, and now has an Attack Speed of 35% of base (previously 45%). Quality now provides 0-20% more Ignite Chance (previously 0-20% increased Magnitude of Ignite you inflict). Perfect Strike also now deals damage in a wider area close to the player, making it less likely to miss enemies standing next to the player.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.