Sniper's Mark

Projectile WeaknessSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, making them easier to pierce and to knock back, and increasing the damage they take from projectiles.Base duration is (9-10.9) seconds
Projectiles Pierce Cursed Enemies
Hits on Cursed Enemies have an additional 25% chance to Knockback
Cursed enemies take (25-44)% increased Damage from Projectile Hits
+(0-10) 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/SkillGemProjectileWeakness

Projectile Weakness is a spell that curses all targets in an area, making them easier to pierce and to knock back. Additionally affected targets take increased damage from projectiles.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Cursed Enemies take #% increased Damage from Projectiles: because this modifier is an increase to the target's damage taken, it is multiplicative with players damage dealt and additive with any other increased damage taken effects on the target. It does not affect damage dealt by damage over time effects such as poison, ignite, or Essence DrainEssence DrainSpell, Projectile, Duration, Chaos, AoE
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%Requires Level 12Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You are healed for a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Chaos DamageRegenerate 0.01% of Debuff Damage as Life5% increased Damage with HitsDeals (31.2-1503.2) Base Chaos Damage per second
  Regenerate 0.5% of Debuff Damage as Life
  Base duration is 3.8 seconds
  Deals (9-433) to (14-649) Chaos Damage
  Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

• Additional Knockback Chance: any projectile type has a higher chance to cause the target to be knocked away from the player who created the projectile. It does not matter what direction the projectile strikes from, knockback is always away from the player who initiated the spell or attack projectile.

• Projectile Weakness can be turned into an aura by linking it with either Blasphemy SupportBlasphemy SupportSupport, Hex, Aura
  Icon: A
  Level: (1-20)
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 31Supports hex curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of Supported Curses0.5% reduced Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have 2% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills have 0.1% reduced Mana ReservedSupported Skills apply their Curse as an Auras
  Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
  Using Supported Skills is Instant
  (0-76)% increased Area of Effect of Supported Curse SkillsThis 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. or Awakened Blasphemy SupportAwakened Blasphemy SupportSupport, Hex, Aura
  Icon: A
  Level: (1-5)
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 72Supports hex curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.Per 1% Quality:1Superior0.5% increased Effect of Supported Curses
  +0.05 to Level of Supported Curse Skill Gems(80-88)% increased Area of Effect of Supported Curse Skills
  Supported Skills apply their Curse as an Auras
  Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
  Using Supported Skills is InstantThis 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..

  

  The aura version of Projectile Weakness

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Base Duration	increased Projectile Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	58	16	6	16%	N/A	0	0
2	27	64	17	6.2	17%	N/A	118383	118383
3	30	71	18	6.4	18%	N/A	175816	294199
4	33	77	19	6.6	19%	N/A	254061	548260
5	36	83	21	6.8	20%	N/A	359090	907350
6	39	90	22	7	21%	N/A	498508	1405858
7	42	96	23	7.2	22%	N/A	682057	2087915
8	45	102	24	7.4	23%	N/A	921777	3009692
9	48	109	25	7.6	24%	N/A	1727879	4737571
10	50	113	26	7.8	25%	N/A	1138877	5876448
11	52	117	26	8	26%	N/A	1368233	7244681
12	54	121	27	8.2	27%	N/A	1638338	8883019
13	56	125	28	8.4	28%	N/A	1956648	10839667
14	58	130	29	8.6	29%	N/A	3655184	14494851
15	60	134	29	8.8	30%	N/A	3017327	17512178
16	62	138	30	9	31%	N/A	7793914	25306092
17	64	142	31	9.2	32%	N/A	15206031	40512123
18	66	146	31	9.4	33%	N/A	26185582	66697705
19	68	151	32	9.6	34%	N/A	62755923	129453628
20	70	155	33	9.8	35%	N/A	211877683	341331311
21	72	159	34	10	36%	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	34	10.2	37%	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	35	10.4	38%	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	36	10.6	39%	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	36	10.8	40%	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	37	11	41%	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	38	11.2	42%	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	39	11.4	43%	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	39	11.6	44%	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	40	11.8	45%	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	40	11.9	45%	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	41	12	46%	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	41	12.1	46%	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	42	12.2	47%	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	42	12.3	47%	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	42	12.4	48%	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	43	12.5	48%	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	43	12.6	49%	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	43	12.7	49%	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	44	12.8	50%	N/A	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
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell 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 ↓
Lost in Love Act 3	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
Lost in Love Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Projectile Weakness. No results found

Version history

Version	Changes
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 16 (was 24). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 33 (was 50).
3.0.0	Now causes projectiles to pierce cursed enemies (up from 50% chance).
2.6.0	Increased Area of Effect mod and its progression per level doubled.
2.0.0	Pierce chance is now 50% at all levels. Knockback chance is now 25% at all levels. Mana cost reduced at all levels. Area of effect increases per gem level reduced, but the base area of effect has been increased by 37.5% (from 16 to 22). Normalised the increased duration per gem level. It now grants 0.5% chance to pierce cursed enemies per 1% quality (was 0.75% per 1% quality).
1.2.0	No longer reduces the enemy's chance to evade projectile attacks. This ability has been moved to the new skill Poacher's Mark.
1.1.0	Undocumented Change: Projectile damage taken changed from "more" to "increased".
0.9.5	Now increases damage taken from projectiles.
0.9.2	Projectile Weakness has been added to the game.