In The Forbidden Sanctum expansion, we've introduced several new gems and made some changes to existing ones. As usual, we've prepared the gem data at level 20 with 20% quality for all new and changed gems to help you theorycraft your builds for the upcoming launch.
Below are all the new and changed gems in Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum. We can't wait to see what you come up with!
New Gems
Updated Gems
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Vaal Ancestral Warchief
Added
- Modifiers to Totem Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Vaal Lightning Strike
Removed
- 20% increased Damage
Battlemage's Cry
Modified
Molten Strike
Added
- Projectiles deal 50% less Damage with Hits and Ailments
Removed
- Projectiles deal 50% less Damage
- Damage Over Time caused by Projectiles deals 50% less Damage
Punishment
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
- 10% of Overkill Damage from Killing Blows on Cursed Enemies is Reflected to other Enemies as Physical Damage
Modified
New: Curses all targets in an area, causing them to be debilitated when they hit enemies and increasing damage they take while on low life.
Old: Curses all targets in an area, causing them to be debilitated when they hit enemies and increasing damage they take while on low life. Some overkill damage from a killing blow on a cursed enemy will be reflected to surrounding targets.
Smite
Added
- Lightning strikes 1 target
New: Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a targeted location or nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Hitting an enemy grants an aura, giving you and your allies additional lightning damage for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.
Old: Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a targeted location or nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. If the melee strike hits a target, that enemy cannot also be hit by the area damage. If this skill hits an enemy, you gain an aura buff, granting you and your allies additional lightning damage for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.
Vulnerability
Added
- 10% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed Enemies
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
- Ailments inflicted on Cursed Enemies deal Damage 20% Faster
Modified
New: Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding.
Old: Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding, and ailments inflicted on them will deal damage faster.
Frost Blades
Removed
- 20% increased Damage
Modified
Lightning Strike
Removed
- 20% increased Damage
Modified
Spectral Helix
Modified
Temporal Chains
Added
- 20% increased Curse Duration
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
- 10% increased Effect of Curse
Modified
Venom Gyre
Added
- Returning Projectiles deal 75% less Damage with Hits and Ailments
- Maximum 30 caught Projectiles
- 40% chance to keep each caught Projectile fired with Whirling Blades
Removed
- Returning Projectiles deal 75% less Damage
- Can catch up to 30 Returning Projectiles
- 40% chance to keep caught Projectiles when firing them by using Whirling Blades
Modified
Withering Step
Added
- Cannot be Cast or Triggered while Elusive
Grants Elusive
Removed
- Removes existing Elusive before granting a new Elusive Buff when used
New: Grants Elusive and a buff that grants Phasing. While you have this buff, monsters that enter an area around you will be Withered. Using a skill or losing the Elusive buff ends this skill's effects. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills. Cannot be used while already Elusive.
Old: Removes any existing Elusive buff before applying both Elusive and a buff that grants Phasing. While you have this buff, monsters that enter an area around you will be Withered. Using a skill or losing the Elusive buff ends this skill's effects. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.
Bane
Added
- Applied Curses have 25% less Effect
Conductivity
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
Modified
Despair
Added
- 10% increased Effect of Curse
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
- Cursed enemies take 35% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects
- Adds 46 to 57 Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies
Modified
New: Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance.
Old: Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance and increasing damage over time they take. All hits will deal added chaos damage to the cursed enemies.
Elemental Weakness
Added
- 10% increased Effect of Curse
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
Modified
Enfeeble
Added
- 20% increased Curse Duration
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
- 10% increased Effect of Curse
Modified
Flammability
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
Modified
Frostbite
Removed
- Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
Modified
Hexblast
Added
- This Spell's Cast Time is added to its Cooldown if Triggered
- All Damage can Ignite, Freeze, and Shock
- 40% more Damage with Ailments if Enemy is Hexed
- 100% more Damage with Hits if Enemy is Hexed
Removes a Hex after Damaging
Removed
- All Damage can Shock
- All Damage can Ignite
- All Damage can Freeze
- 15% more Damage with Ailments per 5 Doom on Hex with most Doom
- 40% more Damage with Hits per 5 Doom on Hex with most Doom
Removes Hex with most Doom after Damaging
Modified
New: Deals chaos damage to a single enemy, dealing more damage if they are Hexed, then removing the Hex. If the enemy was Hexed, also deals area damage to other enemies around the target, boosting damage and removing Hexes from those enemies in the same way.
Old: Deals chaos damage to a single enemy, dealing more damage if they are Hexed, then removes the Hex with the highest Doom. If a Hex was removed this way, also deals area damage to other enemies around the target, boosting damage and removing Hexes from those enemies in the same way.
Lightning Conduit
Modified
Orb of Storms
Added
- Strikes every 0.50 seconds while Channelling a Lightning Skill near the Orb
Shockwave Support
New: Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.
Old: Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support Triggered attacks, skills used by Totems, or skills which create minions.
Blasphemy Support
Added
- Supported Curse Skills apply their Curses as Auras
Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills - 25% less Effect of Supported Curses
Removed
- Supported Skills apply their Curse as Auras
Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
Hexes from Supported Skills do not gain Doom over time - 10% increased Effect of Supported Curses
Modified
Hextouch Support
Added
- 35% less Effect of Supported Curses
Removed
- 10% increased Effect of Supported Curses
Modified
Impending Doom Support
Removed
- 15% more Damage with Ailments per 5 Doom on Hex
- 40% more Damage with Hits per 5 Doom on Hex
Modified
New: Deals chaos damage in an area.
Old: Deals chaos damage in an area based on the amount of Doom on the triggering Hex.
Pinpoint Support
Added
- Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage with Hits per Intensity
Removed
- Supported Skills deal 20% more Projectile Damage with Hits per Intensity
Predator Support
Added
- Minions from Supported Skills deal 24% more Damage to the Prey with Hits and Ailments
Removed
- Minions from Supported Skills deal 24% more Damage to the Prey
Awakened Blasphemy Support
Added
- Supported Curse Skills apply their Curses as Auras
Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills - 25% less Effect of Supported Curses
Removed
- Supported Skills apply their Curse as Auras
Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
Hexes from Supported Skills do not gain Doom over time - 10% increased Effect of Supported Curses
Modified
Awakened Hextouch Support
Added
- 35% less Effect of Supported Curses
Removed
- 10% increased Effect of Supported Curses
Modified
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