Vigilant Strike

Vigilant Strike is a melee attack skill that cannot be evaded and applies the Fortify buff on hit. Vigilant Strike has one of the highest base damages of any attack skill, but has a cooldown that can only be bypassed by expending an endurance charge.

Skill functions and interactions

• Dual wielding: When dual wielding, Vigilant Strike will randomly choose one weapon to attack with.^{[citation needed]}
• Can't be Evaded causes any other source of this modifier, as well as accuracy in general, to be redundant.
• Vigilant Strike can still miss if the target dodges or blocks.
• Critical Strikes work as normal, but accuracy does not need to be checked.
• Support gems:
  • will generate an endurance charge if Vigilant Strike stuns an enemy, allowing for continued use of the skill.
  • can synergize with , increasing the chance that the attack will generate an endurance charge.
  • will cause Vigilant Strike to repeat twice per attack, causing its cooldown and endurance charge expenditure to be more effective. will only trigger on the first hit, if it stuns. Multistrike will also cause Vigilant Strike to automatically target nearby enemies, potentially increasing its total hit chance versus manually targeting.
  • will impart additional Fortify duration and increased melee physical damage, but its utility will be redundant.
  • works as usual, allowing Vigilant Strike to damage more than one target.

Fortify duration modifiers also apply to the fortify buff granted to allies.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Fortify Duration	Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	222%	222%	75%	2	0	0
2	6	0	0	224%	224%	80%	2	841	841
3	9	17	0	226%	226%	85%	2	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	228%	228%	90%	2	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	230%	230%	95%	2	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	232%	232%	100%	2	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	234%	234%	105%	3	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	236%	236%	110%	3	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	238%	238%	115%	3	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	240%	240%	120%	3	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	242%	242%	125%	3	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	244%	244%	130%	3	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	246%	246%	135%	3	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	248%	248%	140%	4	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	250%	250%	145%	4	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	252%	252%	150%	4	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	254%	254%	155%	4	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	256%	256%	160%	4	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	258%	258%	165%	4	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	260%	260%	170%	4	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	262%	262%	175%	5	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	264%	264%	180%	5	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	266%	266%	185%	5	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	268%	268%	190%	5	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	270%	270%	195%	5	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	272%	272%	200%	5	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	274%	274%	205%	5	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	276%	276%	210%	6	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	278%	278%	215%	6	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	280%	280%	220%	6	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	281%	281%	222%	6	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	282%	282%	225%	6	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	283%	283%	228%	6	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	284%	284%	230%	6	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	285%	285%	232%	7	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	286%	286%	235%	7	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	287%	287%	238%	7	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	288%	288%	240%	7	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	289%	289%	242%	7	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	290%	290%	245%	7	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vigilant Strike:

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vigilant Strike.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 222% at gem level 1 (from 165%), up to 260% at gem level 20 (from 203%). Now has +2 to melee range at gem level 1 (from 0), up to +4 at gem level 20 (from +2). Now has an attack speed multiplier of 85%.
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
2.6.0	Now grants at 75% Increased Fortify Duration at level 1 (up from 50%), and increases by 5% each gem level.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
2.0.0	Vigilant Strike has been added to the game.