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Molten StrikeAttack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Damage: (110-148)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-148)%
Projectile Speed: 750
Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will explode, causing AoE attack damage to enemies where they land.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Fire Damage1% increased Projectile Speed+0.1 to Melee Strike Range2% increased Damage over TimeDeals (110-148)% of Base Attack Damage
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Fires 3 additional Projectiles
Projectiles deal 50% less Damage
Damage Over Time caused by Projectiles deals 50% less Damage
+(2-6) to Melee Strike Range
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Fire Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Molten Strike skill iconMolten Strike inventory icon
Acquisition
Area level: 5
Vendor Prices
Normal1x Scroll of Wisdom
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemMoltenStrike

Molten Strike skill screenshot

Molten Strike is a strike (attack) skill that strikes an enemy, with some of the physical damage converted to fire damage. Each strike creates multiple molten ball projectiles that land to deal damage in a small area.

Skill functions[ | ]

An attack with Molten Strike consists of two parts:

Modifiers that require the keywords Melee, Projectile, or AoE only apply to the appropriate portions of the attack. For example, supporting Molten Strike with Melee Physical Damage Support inventory iconMelee Physical Damage SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportMelee, Physical, Support, Attack
Icon: M
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have +0.1 to Melee Strike RangeSupported Skills Overwhelm 0.25% Physical Damage ReductionSupported Skills deal (30-49)% more Melee Physical Damage
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding and Poison caused by Melee Hits
Supported Skills have 10% less Attack Speed
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.
Melee Physical Damage Support inventory icon
will increase the damage of the melee hit but not the projectiles. That said, passive points that grant Increased damage with one-handed melee weapons for example will in fact affect the projectile attack as well if one is using a one-handed weapon, since it is still an attack that is dealt with a melee weapon (though the damage you're dealing is not actually melee damage).

Magma projectiles: Unmodified projectiles will deal (72 to 87.96)% of full weapon damage, of which 60% of physical is converted to fire damage. Supporting Molten Strike with Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support inventory iconLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: l
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast Speed
Supported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile Speed
Projectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spread
Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
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.
Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support inventory icon
or Greater Multiple Projectiles Support inventory iconGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: P
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile Speed
Projectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spread
Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
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.
Greater Multiple Projectiles Support inventory icon
will increase the number of projectiles fired while reducing their damage, but will not affect the initial melee hit in any way. Since the projectiles are not a melee attack, Strength's melee physical damage bonus does not apply (unless the player has Iron Grip). It is possible for more than one projectile from this skill to hit a single enemy, including the one that was already hit by melee attack, although the chance to hit the initial target is considerably reduced because of deadzone around it. The projectile explosions themselves have a radius of 9.[1]

Travel distance: Projectiles have a minimum travel distance of 2 units and a maximum travel distance of 25 units by default. Modifiers to projectile speed and area of effect affect the distance projectiles can travel.[2]

Damage conversion: Like all converted damage, the fire portion of Molten Strike's damage will be modified by both fire damage and physical damage increases.

Tooltip damage: Damage per hit and DPS displayed on the skill tooltip show only the melee portion of the attack, with that of projectiles dependent on the average number of hits expected from the skill. An estimate to the area DPS and total single target DPS of the skill can be obtained using the calculator on the link [broken link].

Skill interactions[ | ]

Dual Wielding: Dual wielding attacks with Molten Strike will alternate the weapon being swung.

Gain on hit: The stated amount on hit will be restored for both the initial hit and for each projectile that strikes an enemy.

Area of effect: Projectiles are spread randomly over a 270 degree circular area within a radius of 5 to 20 units[3] around the target struck. Increased AoE bonuses affect both the explosion area of individual projectiles and the area they are spread over, resulting in similar degree of coverage over a larger area. Increased AoE bonuses only affect the outer radius; the inner radius is always 5. Unlike other skills such as Firestorm, Molten Strike ball landing positions are sampled uniformly over the arc's angle and radius rather than over the area of the circular arc.[4]

Piercing, forking and chaining projectiles: Molten Strike projectiles cannot chain, pierce or fork, since they are ground-targeted.

Point Blank: Projectiles are affected by Point Blank even though the melee attack is not.[5] While the description of Point Blank doesn't make this exactly clear, the damage multiplier received from it is proportional to the distance it has traveled from the melee target's location at the time the projectile was created.

Vicious Projectiles Support inventory iconVicious Projectiles SupportVicious Projectiles SupportProjectile, Attack, Physical, Chaos, Support
Icon: d
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Requires Level 18Supports projectile attack skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Physical DamageSupported Attacks have 0.5% chance to cause Bleeding
Supported Skills have 0.5% chance to Poison on Hit
Supported Attacks have 0.5% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Physical Projectile Attack Damage
Supported Skills have 10% less Projectile Attack Speed
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Physical Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Chaos Damage over Time
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.
Vicious Projectiles Support inventory icon
: The Projectiles will receive the damage multiplier, however Molten Strike attack speed will not be lessened because it is a Melee Attack that triggers a Projectile Attack, and is not a Projectile Attack itself.


Gem level progression[ | ]

LevelRequired LevelRequired StrengthDamage
Effectiveness
Attack
Damage
Melee RangeAttack Fire DamageExp.Total Exp.
110110%110%22 to 300
220112%112%22 to 37070
3416114%114%23 to 4308378
4722116%116%34 to 615541932
51131118%118%35 to 866678599
61641120%120%37 to 112604734646
72050122%122%39 to 134972584371
82458124%124%411 to 1795714180085
92867126%126%414 to 20169595349680
103275128%128%416 to 25283759633439
113683130%130%420 to 304539961087435
124092132%132%524 to 357031281790563
1344100134%134%528 to 4210612232851786
1448109136%136%533 to 4920658704917656
1552117138%138%539 to 5825071107424766
1656125140%140%545 to 68579893613223702
1760134142%142%652 to 791508391928307621
1864142144%144%661 to 912779273556100356
1967148146%146%668 to 1024386973999970095
2070155148%148%675 to 113242081556342051651
2172159150%150%781 to 122N/AN/A
2274N/A152%152%787 to 130N/AN/A
2376N/A154%154%793 to 140N/AN/A
2478N/A156%156%7100 to 150N/AN/A
2580N/A158%158%8107 to 160N/AN/A
2682N/A160%160%8114 to 172N/AN/A
2784N/A168%168%8123 to 184N/AN/A
2886N/A170%170%8131 to 197N/AN/A
2988N/A172%172%9140 to 210N/AN/A
3090N/A174%174%9150 to 224N/AN/A
3191N/A175%175%9155 to 232N/AN/A
3292N/A176%176%9160 to 240N/AN/A
3393N/A177%177%9165 to 248N/AN/A
3494N/A178%178%10171 to 256N/AN/A
3595N/A179%179%10176 to 265N/AN/A
3696N/A180%180%10182 to 273N/AN/A
3797N/A181%181%10188 to 282N/AN/A
3898N/A182%182%11194 to 292N/AN/A
3999N/A183%183%11201 to 301N/AN/A
40100N/A184%184%11207 to 311N/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
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
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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate
Act 1

Vendor reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
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 Molten Strike:

ItemLimitRadiusStats
WildfireWildfire inventory iconWildfire
Crimson Jewel
Limited to: 1
Radius: Medium
(10-15)% increased Fire Damage
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain on impacting ground
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain +1 time
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike fires 50% less Projectiles
News of Kaom's victory in the south spread quickly.
Those in support of the coming rebellion bided their time.
The rest fled like rats from a fire.
Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
Wildfire inventory icon
1Medium(10-15)% increased Fire Damage
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain on impacting ground
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike Projectiles Chain +1 time
With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Molten Strike fires 50% less Projectiles

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Molten Strike.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.StatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Molten Strike Damage 16625% increased Molten Strike Damagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Molten Strike Damage 27540% increased Molten Strike Damagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Molten Strike Num Of Additional Projectiles 166Molten Strike fires an additional Projectilehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Molten Strike Num Of Additional Projectiles 275Molten Strike fires 2 additional Projectileshelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Molten Strike Area Of Effect 16616% increased Molten Strike Area of Effecthelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Molten Strike Area Of Effect 27524% increased Molten Strike Area of Effecthelmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Molten Strike has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Celestial Molten Strike EffectCelestial Molten Strike Effect inventory iconCelestial Molten Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Molten Strike becomes a Celestial Effect.Celestial Molten Strike Effect inventory iconYour Molten Strike becomes a Celestial Effect.
Stygian Molten Strike EffectStygian Molten Strike Effect inventory iconStygian Molten Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Molten Strike becomes a Stygian Effect.Stygian Molten Strike Effect inventory iconYour Molten Strike becomes a Stygian Effect.

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.15.0
  • Now deals 185% of Base Damage, and has 185% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 148%).
3.11.0
  • The visual effects have been improved.
  • Now deals base Damage and has an added Damage effectiveness of 110% at gem level 1 (from 120%), up to 148% at gem level 20 (from 139%).
  • Projectiles now have a minimum travel distance of 2 units (from 6) and a maximum travel distance of 25 (from 20) by default. Modifiers to projectile speed, as well as modifiers to area of effect, now affect the distance projectiles can travel.
3.7.0
  • Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 120% at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 130% at gem level 20 (from 160%).
  • Now adds 2 to 3 fire damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20.
  • Now requires that you hit an enemy in order to produce projectiles, and splits the number of projectiles it produces evenly among all targets (if it can).
  • Projectiles now deal 50% less damage at all levels (from 40% less at gem level 1, to 30% less at gem level 20 previously).
  • Damage over time from projectiles now deals 50% less damage at all levels (from 40% less at gem level 1, to 30% less at gem level 20 previously).
  • Now has +2 to melee range at gem level 1 (from 0), up to +6 at gem level 20 (from +2).
3.5.0
  • Now deals 120% of base damage at gem level 1, and 161% of base damage (up from 147%) at gem level 20.
  • Projectiles deal 40% less damage at gem level 1, and 30% less damage (from 40%) at gem level 20.
  • Molten Strike Labyrinth Helmet enchantments now grant 1 additional projectile from the Merciless Labyrinth (down from 2) and 2 additional projectiles from the Eternal Labyrinth (down from 3).
3.4.0
  • Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21).
2.0.0
  • Now grants 1% increased fire damage per 1% quality (was 0.75% per 1% quality).
1.1.3
  • Molten Strike has been added to the game.

References[ | ]

  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/auyizx/aoe_radius_should_have_two_decimal_places/ehfj02a/
  2. Bex_GGG (June 17, 2020). "Molten Strike projectile travel distance". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. Mark_GGG (May 7, 2014). "Molten Strike & Point Blank interaction". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  4. Mark_GGG (October 2016). "Simple graphical explanation of Molten Strike and Firestorm AOE mechanics.". Reddit. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  5. Mark_GGG (December 3, 2012). "Mechanics Thread". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
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