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Archmage SupportLightning, Support, Spell
Icon: ^
Level: (1-20)
Requires Level 31Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have mana costs. Cannot support triggered skills, or skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Mana CostSupported Skills gain Added Cold Damage equal to 2% of Mana Cost, if Mana Cost is not higher than the maximum you could spend
Supported Skills lose Added Lightning Damage equal to 2% of Mana Cost, if Mana Cost is not higher than the maximum you could spend
Supported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
Supported Skills have (1-7) to (15-134) added Lightning Damage
Supported Skills have base Mana Cost equal to 5% of Unreserved Maximum Mana, if that value is higher
Supported Skills gain Added Lightning Damage equal to 75% of Mana Cost, if Mana Cost is not higher than the maximum you could spend
This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Archmage Support inventory icon
Acquisition
Area level: 31
Vendor Prices
Normal1x Orb of Chance
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Support Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemArchmage


Archmage Support is a support gem that changes the linked spell's base mana cost to be equal to a proportion of your unreserved mana. It gives the skill added lightning damage based on how much mana was spent to cast that skill.

Skill functions and interactions[ | ]

  • Supported Skills gain Added Lightning Damage equal to 75% of Mana Cost... - Casting linked spells adds lightning damage based on mana cost of linked spell.
  • ...if Mana Cost is not higher than the maximum you could spend - Removes all lightning damage based on mana. While it is not possible to cast a spell that costs more than your current unreserved mana, Indigon inventory iconIndigonIndigon
    Hubris Circlet
    Quality: +20%
    Energy Shield: (205-228)
    Requires Level 69, 154 Int(150-180)% increased Energy Shield
    (6-10)% increased maximum Mana
    Recover (8-10)% of Life when you use a Mana Flask
    Non-instant Mana Recovery from Flasks is also Recovered as Life
    (50-60)% increased Mana Cost of Skills for each 200 total Mana you have Spent Recently
    (20-25)% increased Spell Damage for each 200 total Mana you have Spent Recently, up to 2000%
    Where the body's limits begin,
    the mind's limits end.
    Indigon inventory icon
    can raise the mana cost beyond base after the spell is already casted.
  • Vaal spells cannot be supported by Archmage. (This was possible shortly after the release, however.)

Damage Scaling - The base lightning damage scales with the base mana cost of skills. The base mana cost can be increased by having more total mana and increasing the mana cost of skills.

Mana Cost Scaling - There are multiple options for scaling higher mana cost. These options are not for scaling your total mana pool. See mana page for mana pool options.

  • Use high mana multiplier support gems. Use Fevered Mind. Pledge of Hands inventory iconPledge of HandsPledge of Hands
    Judgement Staff
    Warstaff
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: 87.6-163.2
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
    Attacks per Second: 1.30
    Weapon Range: 13
    Requires Level 68, 113 Str, 113 Int+20% Chance to Block Spell Damage while wielding a StaffSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 30 Greater Spell Echo
    (120-160)% increased Spell Damage
    50% increased maximum Mana
    "To shake a hand is to double your power."
    - Jaetai, Queen's Advisor
    Pledge of Hands inventory icon
    give a 50% increase in mana cost compared to 2 handed weapons with no support gems built into the item.
  • Indigon inventory iconIndigonIndigon
    Hubris Circlet
    Quality: +20%
    Energy Shield: (205-228)
    Requires Level 69, 154 Int(150-180)% increased Energy Shield
    (6-10)% increased maximum Mana
    Recover (8-10)% of Life when you use a Mana Flask
    Non-instant Mana Recovery from Flasks is also Recovered as Life
    (50-60)% increased Mana Cost of Skills for each 200 total Mana you have Spent Recently
    (20-25)% increased Spell Damage for each 200 total Mana you have Spent Recently, up to 2000%
    Where the body's limits begin,
    the mind's limits end.
    Indigon inventory icon
    can raise the mana cost to it's highest functioning percent which is 100%, with the downside of the damage not working past 100% mana cost. This requires a delicate balance of mana spent recently and is generally harder to use than the other option. The following tips are broad and may not cover all details.
    • Never raise any spell cost over 100% or it will not gain lightning damage from archmage.
    • Try to spend the around the same amount of mana every 4 seconds. This does not have to be exact, but precision can help maximize the damage. The less skills with mana cost in your rotation, the easier this is.
    • Lavianga's Spirit inventory iconLavianga's SpiritLavianga's Spirit
      Sanctified Mana Flask
      Recovers (1430-1650) Mana over 3.25 seconds
      Consumes 7 of 35 Charges on use
      Requires Level 50(30-50)% increased Amount Recovered
      100% increased Recovery rate
      Your Skills have no Mana Cost during Flask effect
      "When the Ancestors fill your cup,
      It is only good manners to drink your fill."
      - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom
      Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
      Lavianga's Spirit inventory icon
      will make skills cost no mana. While this makes archmage do no damage during flask effect, it also prevents indigon from raising the mana cost. When using dynamic spells with a duration like Blade Vortex inventory iconBlade VortexBlade VortexSpell, AoE, Duration, Physical
      Level: (1-20)
      Cost: (6-16) Mana
      Cast Time: 0.50 sec
      Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
      Effectiveness of Added Damage: 25%
      Radius: 15
      Requires Level 12This spell creates ethereal blades which orbit in an area around you, dealing damage every 0.6 seconds to all enemies in their radius. As more blades are added, the damage becomes greater and more frequent.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect0.02% of Damage Leeched as Life1% chance to create an additional Blade3% increased Damage while you have 5 or fewer BladesDeals (3-101) to (5-151) Physical Damage
      Base duration is 5 seconds
      Can have up to 10 active spinning blades
      10% increased Critical Strike Chance for each blade
      35% increased Hit Rate for each blade
      35% more Damage for each blade
      +(0-4) to radius
      Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
      Blade Vortex skill icon
      Blade Vortex inventory icon
      or Cremation inventory iconCremationCremationSpell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Projectile
      Level: (1-20)
      Cost: (11-20) Mana
      Cast Time: 0.60 sec
      Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
      Requires Level 28A targeted corpse explodes, dealing area damage and turning into a volcanic geyser, which will repeatedly unleash projectiles sequentially over the surrounding area for a duration. The explosion of the corpse is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Fire Damage5% increased Burning DamageFires Projectiles 0.25% faster2% chance to Explode a nearby Corpse when Firing ProjectilesDeals (49-434) to (74-651) Fire Damage
      Base duration is 8 seconds
      Maximum of 3 Geysers at a time
      Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4% of the corpse's Maximum Life
      Fires 3 additional Projectiles
      Fires Projectiles every 1 seconds
      +(0-3) to radius
      Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
      Cremation skill icon
      Cremation inventory icon
      , more casts can be used without going over 100% mana cost. These skill will do maximum archmage damage when lavianga's duration expires or your mana maxes out. In other words characters temporarily do no archmage damage during the flask effect in order to do higher amounts of damage once the flask ends.
    • Indigon does not necessarily need the other options to raise it's mana cost, but they can still be useful. It depends on many factors.

Gem level progression[ | ]

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceAdded
Lighting
Damage
Exp.Total Exp.
131521 to 1500
234571 to 19285815285815
336601 to 21252595538410
438631 to 24314394852804
540661 to 273887341241538
642692 to 304774371718975
744722 to 335837862302761
846752 to 377103593013120
948782 to 4213555114368631
1050812 to 4711388775507508
1152843 to 5213682336875741
1254873 to 5816383388514079
1356903 to 65195664810470727
1458934 to 72365518414125911
1560964 to 80301732717143238
1662995 to 89772012624863364
17641025 to 981505845539921819
18661056 to 1092596421865886037
19681086 to 12162460771128346808
20701117 to 134211508743339855551
21721148 to 148N/AN/A
2274N/A9 to 164N/AN/A
2376N/A10 to 181N/AN/A
2478N/A11 to 200N/AN/A
2580N/A12 to 221N/AN/A
2682N/A13 to 244N/AN/A
2784N/A14 to 269N/AN/A
2886N/A16 to 296N/AN/A
2988N/A17 to 327N/AN/A
3090N/A19 to 360N/AN/A
3191N/A20 to 378N/AN/A
3292N/A21 to 396N/AN/A
3393N/A22 to 416N/AN/A
3494N/A23 to 436N/AN/A
3595N/A24 to 458N/AN/A
3696N/A25 to 480N/AN/A
3797N/A26 to 503N/AN/A
3898N/A28 to 528N/AN/A
3999N/A29 to 554N/AN/A
40100N/A31 to 581N/AN/A

Item acquisition
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Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

AmountIngredientGeneral
Notes
Type
9Divination card inventory iconGift of the Gemling QueenGift of the Gemling Queen card artDivination card frameGift of the Gemling Queen9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla,
as a symbol of our progress,
shines greater than all the gems.
Divination card inventory icon
random level 20 Support gemAutomatic
7Divination card inventory iconDialla's SubjugationDialla's Subjugation card artDivination card frameDialla's Subjugation7Superior Support Gem
Quality: +23%
Corrupted
A symbol of beauty and innocence
The gems corrupted her mind
Malachai corrupted her gems
All but a glimmer of
greatness lost in madness
Divination card inventory icon
random corrupted superior Support gem with 23% qualityAutomatic
8Divination card inventory iconDying AnguishDying Anguish card artDivination card frameDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem
Alternative Quality: +19%
Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
Divination card inventory icon
random level 19 gem with 19% alternative qualityAutomatic
1Gemcutter's Incubator inventory iconGemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Quality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Gemcutter's Incubator inventory icon
random superior gemAutomatic
6Divination card inventory iconThe FoxThe Fox card artDivination card frameThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
- Ezomyte Proverb
Divination card inventory icon
random level 20 gemAutomatic
13Divination card inventory iconThe CataclysmThe Cataclysm card artDivination card frameThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem
Corrupted
The mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Divination card inventory icon
random corrupted level 21 Spell gemAutomatic
3Divination card inventory iconGemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise card artDivination card frameGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem
Quality: +20%
"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Divination card inventory icon
random superior gem with 20% qualityAutomatic
1Divination card inventory iconThe VoidThe Void card artDivination card frameThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Divination card inventory iconrandom divination card set exchangeAutomatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Clarissa
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.15.0d
  • Archmage Support now has Supported Skills gain Added Lightning Damage equal to 75% of Mana Cost (previously 60%).
3.15.0
  • Supported Skills now gain Added Lightning Damage equal to 60% of Mana Cost, if Mana Cost is not higher than the maximum you could spend (previously 70-108%).
  • Supported Skills have base Mana Cost equal to 5% of Unreserved Maximum Mana, if that value is higher (previously 6%).
  • Can now support triggered spells.
  • Can no longer support Arcane Skills.
  • Quality on the Anomalous Archmage Support now grants “Supported Skills lose Added Lighting Damage Equal to 0-40% of Mana Cost, if Mana Cost is not higher than the maximum you could spend” (previously 0-60%), and “Supported Skills gain Added Cold Damage Equal to 0-40% of Mana Cost, if Mana Cost is not higher than the maximum you could spend" (previously 0-60%).
3.11.0
  • Supported skills now gain added lightning damage equal to 70% of Mana Cost at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 108% at gem level 20 (from 127%).
3.10.0
  • Archmage Support has been added to the game.

References[ | ]

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