Rapid Assault

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Rapid AssaultAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Physical, Duration
Tier: 5
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (10-74) Mana
Attack Speed: 40% of base
Attack Damage: (25-78)% of basePerform a series of six rapid stabs. The final stab inflicts Bleeding and leaves a spearhead stuck in the target, Maiming them for a duration. Detonator Skills will cause the stuck spearheads to explode, dealing further damage to the target and other nearby enemies.+6 to Melee Strike Range

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% chance to leave an additional spearhead in the targetSkills 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/SkillGemRapidAssault

Rapid Assault is a spear skill.

Gem level progression

Level		Mana Cost	Attack Damage
1	0	10	25%
2	3	11	27%
3	6	12	30%
4	10	14	33%
5	14	15	36%
6	18	17	38%
7	22	19	41%
8	26	21	43%
9	31	23	46%
10	36	26	48%
11	41	29	50%
12	46	32	53%
13	52	36	55%
14	58	40	58%
15	64	44	61%
16	66	49	64%
17	72	54	67%
18	78	60	71%
19	84	66	74%
20	90	74	78%

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	BlindsideBlindsideSupport Category: Blindside Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills are more likely to Critically Hit Blinded Enemies, and deal more Damage with Critical Hits against Blinded Enemies, but cannot themselves inflict Blind.Supported Skills cannot inflict Blind Supported Skills have 15% more Critical Damage Bonus with Hits against Blinded Enemies Supported Skills have 15% more chance to Critically Hit Blinded 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.		UntouchableUntouchableSupport, Attack Category: Untouchable Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills you use yourself. While using Supported Skills, you gain increased Evasion Rating, with the increase scaling higher the longer the Attack time of the supported Skill. Cannot Support Channelling Skills.25% increased Evasion Rating while using Supported Skills per quarter second of Attack time of Supported 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.
II	Ancestral AidAncestral AidSupport, Attack, Melee, Strike, Conditional Category: Ancestral CallSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Strikes you use yourself. Supported Skills cannot be used until you have Blocked a certain number of Hits, but will be Ancestrally Boosted when used. After use, this Blocked Hit counter will reset. Cannot Support Channelled Skills or Skills which already have a Condition for use.Supported Skills cannot be used until you have Blocked 3 Hits Supported Strikes are Ancestrally BoostedPlace 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		DauntlessDauntlessSupport, Conditional Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills you use yourself which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills cannot be used unless you have been stationary for a certain duration, but deal increasingly more damage the longer you are stationary. Cannot support Skills which have a reservation, are Triggered, have a cooldown or have another usage Condition.Supported Skills cannot be used unless you have been stationary for 1.5 seconds This timer resets when you move Supported Skills deal 3% more Damage with Hits for each quarter second you have been stationary, up to 45% This Damage bonus resets when you movePlace 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.	TumultTumultSupport, Physical Category: TumultSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills you use yourself which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills consume a Frenzy Charge on use to powerfully Break Armour.Supported Skills Consume a Frenzy Charge on use to Break Armour equal to 50% of Physical Damage dealtPlace 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

Rapid Assault has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Rapid Assault has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0e	Rapid Assault's Explosion now inflicts Bleeding on Hit, and has a radius of 2.4 metres (previously 2 metres). The Explosion now deals 142-312% of Attack Damage at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 85-187%).
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.