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	Break Armour	Bolts Loaded
1	0	0	0	8	—	12
2	3	0	0	9	—	12
3	6	9	9	10	—	13
4	10	13	13	12	—	13
5	14	17	17	13	—	14
6	18	20	20	15	—	14
7	22	24	24	17	—	15
8	26	28	28	19	—	15
9	31	32	32	21	—	16
10	36	37	37	23	—	16
11	41	41	41	25	—	17
12	46	46	46	28	—	17
13	52	51	51	31	—	18
14	58	57	57	33	—	18
15	64	62	62	37	—	19
16	66	64	64	40	—	19
17	72	70	70	43	—	20
18	78	75	75	47	—	20
19	84	80	80	51	—	21
20	90	86	86	55	—	21

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, Warcry, AoE, Trigger, Fire, Payoff Category: Armour Explosion Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks and Warcries, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour.Supported Skills trigger an Explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's 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.
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.

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
0.2.0	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.