Cleave

CleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (125-170)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-170)%
Radius: 20The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Attack Speed+1 Life gained for each Enemy hit by your Attacks2% increased Area of Effect while not Dual Wielding5% chance to Destroy Corpses on KillDeals (125-170)% of Base Attack Damage
When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
+(0-6) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemCleave

Cleave is a melee attack that deals damage with all equipped weapons to enemies in a 180 degree arc in front of the player. When dual wielding, equipment requirement applies to both weapons, and each weapon does reduced damage. Requires an axe, sword, two-handed axe, or two-handed sword.

Skill functions and interactions

• Attack Speed: When dual wielding attack speed is averaged between the two weapons.
• Dual Wielding: If the player's weapons have different critical strike chance values, it is possible for one weapon to get a critical strike when the other doesn't. It is also possible to miss with only one of the weapons swung. The decrease to damage while dual wielding is multiplicative and applies to all damage bonuses.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	125%	125%	2 to 3	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	127%	127.4%	2 to 3	N/A	70	70
3	4	0	0	130%	129.7%	3 to 4	1	308	378
4	7	0	14	132%	132.1%	4 to 6	1	1554	1932
5	11	0	19	134%	134.5%	5 to 8	1	6667	8599
6	16	18	26	137%	136.8%	7 to 11	2	26047	34646
7	20	22	31	139%	139.2%	9 to 13	2	49725	84371
8	24	25	37	142%	141.6%	11 to 17	2	95714	180085
9	28	29	42	144%	143.9%	14 to 20	3	169595	349680
10	32	33	47	146%	146.3%	16 to 25	3	283759	633439
11	36	36	52	149%	148.7%	20 to 30	3	453996	1087435
12	40	40	58	151%	151.1%	24 to 35	4	703128	1790563
13	44	44	63	153%	153.4%	28 to 42	4	1061223	2851786
14	48	48	68	156%	155.8%	33 to 49	4	2065870	4917656
15	52	51	74	158%	158.2%	39 to 58	5	2507110	7424766
16	56	55	79	161%	160.5%	45 to 68	5	5798936	13223702
17	60	59	84	163%	162.9%	52 to 79	5	15083919	28307621
18	64	62	90	165%	165.3%	61 to 91	6	27792735	56100356
19	67	65	94	168%	167.6%	68 to 102	6	43869739	99970095
20	70	68	98	170%	170%	75 to 113	6	242081556	342051651
21	72	70	100	172%	172.4%	81 to 122	7	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	175%	174.7%	87 to 130	7	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	177%	177.1%	93 to 140	7	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	179%	179.5%	100 to 150	8	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	182%	181.8%	107 to 160	8	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	184%	184.2%	114 to 172	8	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	187%	186.6%	123 to 184	9	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	189%	188.9%	131 to 197	9	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	191%	191.3%	140 to 210	9	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	194%	193.7%	150 to 224	10	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	195%	194.9%	155 to 232	10	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	196%	196.1%	160 to 240	10	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	197%	197.2%	165 to 248	10	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	198%	198.4%	171 to 256	10	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	200%	199.6%	176 to 265	10	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	201%	200.8%	182 to 273	11	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	202%	202%	188 to 282	11	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	203%	203.2%	194 to 292	11	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	204%	204.3%	201 to 301	11	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	206%	205.5%	207 to 311	11	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

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

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
8	Dying AnguishDying 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.	random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	Automatic
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random superior gem	Automatic
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter'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	random superior gem with 20% quality	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Cleave:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats
Overwhelming OddsOverwhelming Odds Crimson JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave grants Fortify on Hit With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave has +1 to Radius per Nearby Enemy, up to +10Even as the tide turned, and victory swiftly became impossible, The legionnaires of Lioneye's Watch stood their ground and fought on, Every last man dying a brutal but honourable death.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	1	Medium	(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave grants Fortify on Hit With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave has +1 to Radius per Nearby Enemy, up to +10

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cleave.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 1	66	10% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 2	75	15% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Damage 1	66	25% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Damage 2	75	40% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 2	75	24% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Cleave has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Demon Hand Cleave EffectDemon Hand Cleave EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.	Your Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 125% at gem level 1 (from 110%), up to 170% at gem level 20 (from 163%). Now adds 2 to 3 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 80%.
3.6.0	Can now affect up to 40 targets per attack (from 20).
2.6.0	Cleave gains 1 additional unit of radius every 3 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.4.0	19% more damage at gem level 20.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards. Cleave now gains increased area of effect radius of 1% for each level after the first.
2.0.0	Damage dealt while dual wielding reduced to 60% for each weapon (from 65%). Base damage increased by 10%.
1.2.0	The mana cost of all skills has been revised. Removed damage effectiveness penalty and reduced dual wield penalty from 40% to 35%.
1.1.2	Reduced Cleave penalty from -30% to -20%.
1.0.2b	Fixed a bug introduced in 1.0.2 where the skill tooltip damage per second stats displayed incorrect values for Dual Strike, Double Strike and Cleave.
1.0.0	The dual wielding penalty for Cleave is now multiplicative and includes elemental damage.
0.10.2	Cleave's physical damage now increases by 4% per level rather than 3%.
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers are now factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats. From 1% attack speed per quality point to 0.35%
0.9.12f	Fixed a newly introduced bug where Cleave would always get critical strikes.
0.9.7b	Cleave now averages the attack speed of your two weapons if you are dual wielding. Reduced the mana cost of level 1 Cleave.
0.9.7	Normalised the balance of Cleave slightly so that there isn't such a large disparity. Removed Cleave's bonus against the selected target. The damage against non-targeted enemies is now higher.
0.9.3	Cleave now does its augmented damage to one target and half of that damage to other enemies caught within its swing. The penalty for hitting with two weapons in a Cleave is now -40% total damage. Fixed a bug where Cleave dealt damage with the wrong timing.
0.9.2	Cleave now has less of a penalty when dual wielding.
0.9.1	Increased damage and attack range of Cleave.
0.7.2	Increased damage of Cleave skill
0.6.0	Added new skills: Ground Slam, Elemental Hit and Cleave