Armour Piercing Rounds

Armour Piercing RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Physical
Tier: 1
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (8-706) Mana
Attack Speed: 425% of base
Attack Damage: (20-166)% of baseLoads your Crossbow with a clip of bolts that can be fired rapidly and Break enemy Armour. Using this skill again reloads the clip.Armour Piercing Rounds
Hits Break (1-845) Armour
Knocks Back Enemies

Ammunition
(12-21) Bolts loaded per clip

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Break (1.5-30)% increased ArmourSkills 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/SkillGemArmourPiercingRounds

Armour Piercing Rounds is a crossbow ammunition skill. It loads your crossbow with rapid-fire bolts that break armour.

Skill functions and interactions

Armour Piercing Rounds always cause knockback when fired.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Break Armour	Bolts Loaded
1	1	1	1	8	20%	1	12
2	3	1	1	9	22%	2	12
3	6	10	10	10	24%	3	13
4	10	15	15	11	26%	5	13
5	14	20	20	13	28%	8	14
6	18	25	25	14	31%	12	14
7	22	30	30	16	33%	17	15
8	26	34	34	18	35%	24	15
9	31	40	40	20	36%	35	16
10	36	46	46	23	38%	50	16
11	41	52	52	26	40%	71	17
12	46	59	59	29	42%	98	17
13	52	66	66	32	44%	144	18
14	58	73	73	36	47%	209	18
15	64	80	80	41	49%	300	19
16	66	83	83	46	51%	402	19
17	72	90	90	51	54%	479	20
18	78	97	97	58	57%	569	20
19	84	104	104	65	59%	714	21
20	90	109	109	72	62%	845	21
21	—	—	—	81	65%	894	22
22	—	—	—	91	69%	945	22
23	—	—	—	102	72%	999	23
24	—	—	—	114	76%	1056	23
25	—	—	—	128	80%	1117	24
26	—	—	—	144	84%	1180	24
27	—	—	—	161	88%	1247	25
28	—	—	—	180	92%	1318	25
29	—	—	—	202	97%	1392	26
30	—	—	—	226	102%	1470	26
31	—	—	—	254	107%	1553	27
32	—	—	—	284	112%	1640	27
33	—	—	—	319	118%	1732	28
34	—	—	—	357	124%	1829	28
35	—	—	—	400	130%	1931	29
36	—	—	—	448	136%	2038	29
37	—	—	—	502	143%	2151	30
38	—	—	—	562	150%	2271	30
39	—	—	—	630	158%	2389	31
40	—	—	—	706	166%	2512	31

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			RuthlessRuthlessSupport Category: RuthlessSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing repeated uses to be more effective at Stunning enemies.Every fifth use of Supported Attacks causes 500% more Stun BuildupPlace 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	Armour ExplosionArmour ExplosionSupport, Attack, AoE, Trigger, Fire, Payoff Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour.Support Supported Skills trigger an Explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour Explosion Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Cannot Break Armour Explosion radius is 1.4 metresPlace 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.
III	Coming Soon	ForkForkSupport, Projectile Category: Fork Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Fork.Projectiles from Supported Skills Fork Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage after ForkingPlace 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.	MobilityMobilitySupport Category: Mobility Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills that can be used while moving, allowing you to move faster while using them.25% less Movement Speed penalty while using 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.
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Item acquisition

Armour Piercing Rounds has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Armour Piercing Rounds has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Armour Piercing Rounds: Quality now provides Break 0-20% of Armour (previously 0-30%).
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.