Increased Area of Effect Support

Template:Gem Infobox This gem will increase the radius of any Areas of Effect produced by the linked skill. For a list of skills that feature an Area of Effect, see AoE skills.

If a skill has more than one AoE, all of them will be affected. For instance Firestorm has two areas of effect, one which defines the area that the fireballs can fall in, and another which defines the area in which the individual fireballs deal damage. Using Increased Area of Effect with Firestorm will result in larger fireballs, but spread out over a larger area.

If this gem is linked to a skill that creates a minion, totem, trap, or mine, gem will increase the radius of any AoE skills used by the summoned ally. For instance if a Necromancer is raised as a spectre, any curses it casts will have a larger AoE. Monster auras on rare monsters are not skills, they're an inherent property of the monsters, and will not be affected by this gem.

The gem will not affect the trigger radius of a trap or mine, or a totem's range.

Gem level progression

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 31 || 52 || 14% || 179,320 |- ! 2 | 33 || 55 || 15% || 225,766 |- ! 3 | 35 || 58 || 16% || 282,073 |- ! 4 | 37 || 61 || 17% || 349,759 |- ! 5 | 39 || 64 || 18% || 431,204 |- ! 6 | 41 || 67 || 19% || 528,465 |- ! 7 | 43 || 70 || 20% || 644,165 |- ! 8 | 45 || 73 || 21% || 782,325 |- ! 9 | 47 || 76 || 22% || 945,554 |- ! 10 | 49 || 79 || 23% || 1,138,877 |- ! 11 | 51 || 82 || 24% || 1,368,233 |- ! 12 | 53 || 85 || 25% || 1,638,338 |- ! 13 | 55 || 88 || 26% || 1,956,648 |- ! 14 | 57 || 91 || 27% || 2,329,968 |- ! 15 | 59 || 94 || 28% || 9,826,462 |- ! 16 | 61 || 97 || 29% || 21,126,787 |- ! 17 | 63 || 100 || 30% || 50,254,966 |- ! 18 | 65 || 103 || 31% || 89,391,985 |- ! 19 | 67 || 106 || 32% || 146,266,188 |- ! 20 | 69 || 109 || 33% || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}

Quest reward

This skill can be gained as a reward for finishing quests:

• Sharp and Cruel in Act 2 (Cruel), by Templar, Scion and Witch
• Sever the Right Hand in Act 3 (Cruel), by Templar, Scion and Witch
• Mercy Mission in Act 1 (Merciless), by Templar and Witch
• The Siren's Cadence in Act 1 (Merciless), by Templar and Witch
• Sharp and Cruel in Act 2 (Merciless), by Templar and Witch