Puncture

Puncture is an attack skill that applies the Bleed ailment to enemies it hits, causing them to take physical damage over time that increases while the target is moving. Bleed applied with this skill deals more damage than usual.

Mechanics

Unlike other sources of bleed, Puncture's bleed ailment lasts 8 seconds and is affected by % increased Skill Effect Duration modifier, including the support gem.

For mechanics of the bleed effect itself, see Bleed.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Physical Damage	Bleeding Damage	Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	135%	134.74%	3 to 4	30%	N/A	0	0
2	6	0	0	136%	136.28%	3 to 5	31%	N/A	841	841
3	9	17	0	138%	137.82%	4 to 7	32%	N/A	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	140%	139.45%	5 to 8	33%	N/A	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	141%	140.99%	7 to 11	34%	N/A	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	142%	142.54%	9 to 13	35%	N/A	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	144%	144.16%	11 to 17	36%	1	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	146%	145.71%	14 to 20	37%	1	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	147%	147.25%	16 to 25	38%	1	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	149%	148.88%	20 to 30	39%	1	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	151%	150.42%	24 to 35	40%	1	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	152%	151.96%	28 to 42	41%	1	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	153%	153.59%	33 to 49	42%	1	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	155%	155.14%	39 to 58	43%	2	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	157%	156.68%	43 to 65	44%	2	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	159%	158.31%	49 to 73	45%	2	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	160%	159.85%	54 to 82	46%	2	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	161%	161.39%	61 to 91	47%	2	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	163%	163.02%	68 to 102	48%	2	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	165%	164.56%	75 to 113	49%	2	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	166%	166.11%	81 to 122	50%	3	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	168%	167.73%	87 to 130	51%	3	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	170%	169.28%	93 to 140	52%	3	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	171%	170.82%	100 to 150	53%	3	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	172%	172.45%	107 to 160	54%	3	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	174%	173.99%	114 to 172	55%	3	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	176%	175.53%	123 to 184	56%	3	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	177%	177.16%	131 to 197	57%	4	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	179%	178.71%	140 to 210	58%	4	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	180%	180.25%	150 to 224	59%	4	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	181%	181.11%	155 to 232	60%	4	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	182%	181.88%	160 to 240	61%	4	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	183%	182.65%	165 to 248	62%	4	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	183%	183.42%	171 to 256	63%	4	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	184%	184.19%	176 to 265	64%	5	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	185%	184.96%	182 to 273	65%	5	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	186%	185.82%	188 to 282	66%	5	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	187%	186.59%	194 to 292	67%	5	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	188%	187.36%	201 to 301	68%	5	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	189%	188.13%	207 to 311	69%	5	N/A	N/A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Puncture.

(30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 135% at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 165% at gem level 20 (from 123%). Now adds 3 to 4 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now deals 30% more damage with bleeding at gem level 1, up to 49% more at gem level 20. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 70%. Now causes bleeding inflicted by the skill to deal damage 0.5% faster per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% increased skill duration per 1% gem quality).
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
3.0.0	Puncture's description has been updated. Puncture now applies Bleeding for 8 seconds.
2.0.0	Now grants 1% increased skill effect duration per 1% quality (was 1.5% per 1% quality).
1.3.0	Puncture now bleeds for 10% of hit damage at all levels and 50% of hit damage while moving.
1.2.0	Fixed a bug where Puncture did not benefit from Increased Item Rarity or Increased Item Quantity.
1.0.2	Generic modifiers to damage dealt will now apply to damage over time that your character causes. Damage over time is not spell damage, nor attack damage, so modifiers specific to those types will not apply. Non-specific "increased damage" modifiers will apply to damage over time. Type-specific modifiers will apply as well.
1.0.0d	Fixed a bug where monster deaths from Puncture were not awarded as kills correctly.
0.10.8	Increased damage at high levels and Physical Damage % added to it that increases each level, to match other similar skills. May now be used with Two Handed Swords.
0.10.0	Increases to physical damage taken now apply correctly to physical degeneration (such as damage from Puncture).
0.9.13	Puncture is now scaled to start much stronger with a flatter progression to match other melee skills that scale weapon damage.
0.9.11j	Fixed Puncture's quality bonus so that it now works.
0.9.11	Fixed a bad interaction between on-drink flask effects and Puncture.
0.9.10	Fixed a rare bug that would cause you to take damage from Puncture indefinitely until you left the instance. Fixed a bug where being punctured multiple times would cause incorrect behaviour.
0.9.7b	Removed the 1% pierce chance.
0.9.7	Puncture has been added to the game.