Ravenous Swarm

Ravenous 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.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemRavenousSwarm

Ravenous Swarm is a buff skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Cannot be targeted by Minion Pact IMinion Pact ISupport, Minion
Category: Minion Pact
Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports damaging skills you use yourself, draining the life from one of your Minions on use in order to boost the skill's damage. Only takes effect if you have a Minion with enough life to drain the full amount.Supported Skills remove 100% of your maximum Life from a nearby Minion on use to deal 30% 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. or Minion Pact IIMinion Pact IISupport, Minion
Category: Minion Pact
Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports damaging skills you use yourself, draining the life from one of your Minions on use in order to boost the skill's damage. Only takes effect if you have a Minion with enough life to drain the full amount.Supported Skills remove 150% of your maximum Life from a nearby Minion on use to deal 35% 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..

Gem level progression

Level			Base duration
1	0	0	6.00 sec
2	3	9	6.20 sec
3	6	14	6.40 sec
4	10	21	6.60 sec
5	14	28	6.80 sec
6	18	35	7.00 sec
7	22	41	7.20 sec
8	26	48	7.40 sec
9	31	57	7.60 sec
10	36	65	7.80 sec
11	41	74	8.00 sec
12	46	82	8.20 sec
13	52	92	8.40 sec
14	58	103	8.60 sec
15	64	113	8.80 sec
16	66	116	9.00 sec
17	72	126	9.20 sec
18	78	137	9.40 sec
19	84	147	9.60 sec
20	90	157	9.80 sec

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Armour Demolisher IArmour Demolisher ISupport, Spell Category: Armour Demolisher Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Supported Skills Break 50% more ArmourPlace 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.	Prolonged Duration IProlonged Duration ISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 30% more 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.
II	Mysticism IMysticism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Mysticism Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 30% increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.	Upwelling IUpwelling ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Upwellling Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing your Minions to deal increased Damage while you are not on full Mana while the Supported Skill is active.Your Minions deal 30% increased Damage while you are not on full Mana while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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	Armour Demolisher IIArmour Demolisher IISupport, Spell Category: Armour Demolisher Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Supported Skills Break 70% more ArmourPlace 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.	Prolonged Duration IIProlonged Duration IISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 35% more 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.
IV	Clarity IIClarity IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Clarity Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.50% Increased Mana Regeneration Rate while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.	Upwelling IIUpwelling IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Upwellling Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 30 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing your Minions to deal increased Damage while you are not on full Mana while the Supported Skill is active.Your Minions deal 50% increased Damage while you are not on full Mana while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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	Chaos MasteryChaos MasterySupport, Chaos Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Chaos 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.

Item acquisition

Ravenous Swarm has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Ravenous Swarm has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Introduced to the game.