Detonate Dead

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Detonate DeadBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Physical, Fire, Detonator
Tier: 7
Level: 1
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 8.00%Requires Level 22Causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.Skills 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/Gems/SkillGemDetonateDead

Detonate Dead is a Spell skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Detonate Dead causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.

The explosion deals Fire and Physical damage.

Improving the quality of Detonate Dead increases the explosion radius by 0-0.04 meters. At 20% quality, this increases the total radius of the explosion to 3 meters.

Gem level progression

Detonate Dead deals fire damage that scales with its level.

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	Controlled DestructionControlled DestructionSupport, Spell Category: Controlled Destruction Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells that Hit enemies, boosting their damage but preventing them from dealing Critical Hits.Supported Spells deal 25% more Hit Damage Supported Skills cannot deal Critical 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.	Ignite IIgnite ISupport, Fire Category: Ignite Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Ignite.Supported Skills have 100% more 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.	Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% increased Area of EffectPlace 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	Fiery DeathFiery DeathSupport, Spell, AoE, Fire Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing enemies it Ignites to have a chance to explode on death.Enemies Ignited by Supported Skills have 60% chance to explode on death Explosion Cast Time: 1.00 sec Critical Hit Chance: 8.00% Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 10% of the Corpse's Maximum Life Explosion radius is 2 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.	WildfireWildfireSupport, AoE, Fire Category: Wildfire Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, Spreading Ignites it inflicts to nearby enemies after a delay.Ignites inflicted by Supported Skills Spread to other enemies that stay within 1.5 metres for 1 secondPlace 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	Corpse ConservationCorpse ConservationSupport Category: Corpse Conservation Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that consume Corpses, giving them a chance to take effect without destroying the Corpse.Corpses consumed by Supported Skills have 25% chance to not be destroyedPlace 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.	ExtractionExtractionSupport, Spell Category: Extraction Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spell Skills which cause Damaging Hits. Using supported Spells will cause you to Sacrifice a portion of your Life on use, gaining extra Chaos Damage in exchange. Does not support Persistent Skills, Minion Skills, or Triggered Skills.Supported Skills Gain 35% of Damage as extra Chaos Damage Supported Skills Sacrifice 10% of Life on usePlace 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.	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.
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.	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.	Searing Flame IISearing Flame IISupport, Fire Category: Searing Flame Tier: 4Support 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 30% less Damage with Hits 100% 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.
V	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.	Physical MasteryPhysical MasterySupport, Physical Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Physical skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Physical 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.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	The base damage scaling of all player spell and secondary damage skills has been tweaked to scale better in the late game. Generally speaking, spells that do not have damage number changes called out below will have near-identical base damage at low levels, roughly 5% more damage at gem level 20, and roughly 20% more damage at gem level 30.
0.2.1	Added "Barrageable" gem tag.[Undocumented]
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. Detonate Dead now deals Physical Damage equal to 8.8-10.7% of Corpse's maximum Life at Gem levels 7-20 (previously 20% at all Gem levels), scaling further past Gem level 20. It also now deals 41 to 61 Fire Damage at gem level 7 (previously 28 to 43), scaling up to 139 to 208 Fire Damage at gem level 20 (previously 169 to 254).
0.1.1	Fixed a bug where enemies could cast detonate dead on players minions when the player was using the Sacrifice Gem.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.