High Velocity Rounds

High Velocity RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Physical, Payoff
Tier: 3
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (7-602) Mana
Attack Damage: (150-1241)% of baseLoads your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that can consume Fully Broken Armour on enemies to deal extra damage.Fragmentation Rounds
Projectile
Knocks Back Enemies
Bolts Pierce 6 Targets
Vs Armour Broken
Attack Damage: (340-1060)%
Knocks Back Enemies
Bolts Pierce 6 Targets

Ammunition
1 Bolts loaded per clip

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% more Projectile Damage after Piercing an EnemySkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

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

High Velocity Rounds is a crossbow ammunition skill. It loads your crossbow with piercing bolts that consume Fully Broken Armour on enemies to deal more damage.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Attack Damage
1	1	1	1	7	150%	340%
2	3	1	1	8	165%	374%
3	6	10	10	9	182%	411%
4	10	15	15	10	198%	448%
5	14	20	20	11	214%	484%
6	18	25	25	12	230%	521%
7	22	30	30	14	246%	557%
8	26	34	34	15	261%	590%
9	31	40	40	17	274%	620%
10	36	46	46	19	287%	651%
11	41	52	52	22	302%	684%
12	46	59	59	25	317%	718%
13	52	66	66	28	332%	754%
14	58	73	73	31	349%	791%
15	64	80	80	35	367%	831%
16	66	83	83	39	385%	872%
17	72	90	90	44	404%	916%
18	78	97	97	49	424%	962%
19	84	104	104	55	446%	1010%
20	90	109	109	62	468%	1060%
21	—	—	—	69	491%	1113%
22	—	—	—	78	516%	1169%
23	—	—	—	87	542%	1228%
24	—	—	—	97	569%	1289%
25	—	—	—	109	597%	1353%
26	—	—	—	122	627%	1421%
27	—	—	—	137	658%	1492%
28	—	—	—	154	691%	1567%
29	—	—	—	172	726%	1645%
30	—	—	—	193	762%	1727%
31	—	—	—	216	800%	1814%
32	—	—	—	242	840%	1904%
33	—	—	—	272	882%	2000%
34	—	—	—	304	926%	2100%
35	—	—	—	341	973%	2205%
36	—	—	—	382	1021%	2315%
37	—	—	—	428	1072%	2431%
38	—	—	—	480	1126%	2552%
39	—	—	—	537	1182%	2680%
40	—	—	—	602	1241%	2814%

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
II	Inevitable CriticalInevitable CriticalSupport Category: Inevitable Critical Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill you use yourself that Hits enemies, causing it to accumulate Critical Hit chance over time.Supported Skills gain 25% increased Critical Hit Chance each second, up to 200%. This Critical Hit Chance is lost whenever a skill supported by Inevitable Critical Critically HitsPlace 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		HeftHeftSupport, Physical Category: Heft Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Supported Skills deal 30% more Maximum Physical Hit 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.	ImpaleImpaleSupport, Attack, Physical Category: Impale Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Impale on Hit but making them unable to Extract Impale themselves.Supported Skills cannot Extract Impale Supported Skills Impale Enemies on HitPlace 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

High Velocity Rounds has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

High Velocity Rounds has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
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.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.