Ruthless Support

Ruthless SupportSlam, Support, Melee, Attack, Strike
Icon: u
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports melee attack skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful. Cannot support channelling skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Attack DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed
Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal 1% more Melee DamageEvery third Attack with Supported Melee Attacks deals a Ruthless Blow
Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal (70-98)% more Melee Damage
Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills have a base Stun Duration of 0.8 seconds
Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal (70-98)% more Damage with Bleeding caused by Melee HitsThis 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.Acquisition
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Item class: Support Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemRuthless

Ruthless Support is a support gem that causes every third attack made with the skill to deal substantially more damage and have increased base stun duration.

Skill functions and interactions

When supported by Multistrike Support, Ruthless blows work differently, instead of occurring every third hit, it occurs every third multistrike. This means hits from the first 2 uses (attacks 1 - 6) will be "normal blows" and all hits from the 3rd multi-strike use (attacks 7-9) will be ruthless blows.

Using this idea, Ruthless Blow may actually trigger by skill use, rather than skill attack, meaning, you will have to use the attack skill 3 times to trigger Ruthless Blow.

The Ruthless Blow counter still counts if you hit with a skill or not, for example, if you miss the first 2 hits of your supported attack, Ruthless Blow will count at your last 3rd attack, whether it be a hit or not.

Tracking blows: Keeping track of ruthless blows allows for them to be ready to use before a fight begins.

• Multiple attacks - can be supported by ruthless support. Each attack tracks their own ruthless blows separately. When tracking multiple attacks, multiple ruthless blows can be ready before a fight begins.

Channeled skills, including Cyclone can not be supported by Ruthless and will not interact with it in any way.

Gem level progression

Level			More melee damage with Ruthless Blow	More bleeding damage from Ruthless Blow	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	75%	75%	0	0
2	2	0	78%	78%	70	70
3	4	0	81%	81%	308	378
4	7	16	84%	84%	1554	1932
5	11	22	87%	87%	6667	8599
6	16	30	90%	90%	26047	34646
7	20	36	93%	93%	49725	84371
8	24	42	96%	96%	95714	180085
9	28	48	99%	99%	169595	349680
10	32	54	102%	102%	283759	633439
11	36	60	105%	105%	453996	1087435
12	40	66	108%	108%	703128	1790563
13	44	72	111%	111%	1061223	2851786
14	48	78	114%	114%	2065870	4917656
15	52	84	117%	117%	2507110	7424766
16	56	90	120%	120%	5798936	13223702
17	60	96	123%	123%	15083919	28307621
18	64	102	126%	126%	27792735	56100356
19	67	106	129%	129%	43869739	99970095
20	70	111	132%	132%	242081556	342051651
21	72	114	135%	135%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	138%	138%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	141%	141%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	144%	144%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	147%	147%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	150%	150%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	153%	153%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	156%	156%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	159%	159%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	162%	162%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	165%	165%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	168%	168%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	171%	171%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	174%	174%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	177%	177%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	180%	180%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	183%	183%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	186%	186%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	189%	189%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	192%	192%	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
9	Gift of the Gemling QueenGift of the Gemling Queen9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla, as a symbol of our progress, shines greater than all the gems.	random level 20 Support gem	Automatic
7	Dialla's SubjugationDialla's Subjugation7Superior Support Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedA symbol of beauty and innocence The gems corrupted her mind Malachai corrupted her gems All but a glimmer of greatness lost in madness	random corrupted superior Support gem with 23% quality	Automatic
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 ↓
Mercy Mission 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	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Mercy Mission Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

In addition, the Large Chest in The Twilight Strand (Act 1) contains this gem, if the player selects Marauder as the character.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now has a 140% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 110%). Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills now deal 70-98% more Melee Damage (previously 75-132%). Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills now deal 70-98% more Damage with Bleeding caused by Melee Hits (previously 75-132%). Now only supports melee strike and slam skills (previously supported non-channeling melee attack skills). Quality on the Anomalous Ruthless Support no longer grants “Supported Skills have 0-10% increased Attack Speed”. It now grants “Supported Skills have 0-20% increased Stun Duration on Enemies”.
3.7.0	Now causes ruthless blows with supported skills to deal 75% more melee damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 132% more at gem level 20 (from 113%). Now causes ruthless blows with supported skills to deal 75% more damage with bleeding at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 132% more at gem level 20 (from 113%).
3.1.0	Can no longer support Channelled skills. CycloneCycloneAttack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 2 Mana Attack Speed: 300% of base Attack Damage: (44-54)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (44-54)%Requires Level 28Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning, building up stages while constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit0.25% more Movement Speed1% Chance to Avoid Interruption from Stuns While Using this SkillDeals (44-54)% of Base Attack Damage 30% less Movement Speed First Hit deals 50% less Damage Gains 1 Stage every (0.33-0.17) seconds while Channelling +1 to radius per Stage Lose 1 Stage every 0.33 seconds while not Channelling (5-28) to (8-42) Added Attack Physical Damage Maximum (3-6) Stages 8% increased Area of Effect per 1 additional Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can no longer be supported by Ruthless Support.
3.0.0	Ruthless Support has been added to the game.