Patch 0.5.5 ·

Primal Strikes

Skill Gems

Primal Strikes is a Skill Gem (Dexterity) in Path of Exile 2. It is usable from character level 31 and can be cut from an Uncut Gem of level 9 or higher. Tags: Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Lightning, Payoff.

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Primal Strikes
Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Lightning, Payoff
Level: 1
Cost: 5 Mana
Use Time: 1 sec
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Perform a Lightning-charged stab that can be chained into a combination of up to three attacks. The first two attacks conjure a charging Wildwood spirit if they Hit a Shocked enemy and refresh Shock duration. The third attack is a large swipe that inflicts Elemental Exposure, and can Consume Shock to conjure a stampede of spirits.
Normal Strikes
Cannot Shock
+0.5 metres to Melee Strike Range
Converts 40% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
Final Strike
Consume Shock on Hit
35% less Attack Speed
Converts 20% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
Inflict Elemental Exposure on Hit, lowering Total Elemental Resistances by 50%
+1 metres to Melee Strike Range
Spirits
Charge length is 8.6 metres
Charge width is 1.8 metres
Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
Type
Skill Gems
Attribute
Dexterity
Tags
Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Lightning, Payoff
Usable from character level
31
Gemcutting
Uncut Gem level 9 or higher
Gemcutting category
Spear
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • 20% increased Attack Speed

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

  • 20% more Critical Hit Chance

Used in builds

None of our builds uses this yet.

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

Level Character levelCost+# metres to Melee Strike Range
1 –5 Mana1
2 36 Mana1
3 67 Mana1
4 108 Mana1
5 149 Mana1.1
6 1810 Mana1.1
7 2212 Mana1.1
8 2613 Mana1.1
9 3115 Mana1.2
10 3616 Mana1.2
11 4118 Mana1.2
12 4620 Mana1.2
13 5221 Mana1.3
14 5823 Mana1.3
15 6426 Mana1.3
16 6628 Mana1.3
17 7230 Mana1.4
18 7833 Mana1.4
19 8436 Mana1.4
20 9038 Mana1.5
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
Level Character levelCost+# metres to Melee Strike Range
21 –42 Mana1.5
22 –45 Mana1.5
23 –48 Mana1.5
24 –52 Mana1.5
25 –56 Mana1.5
26 –60 Mana1.5
27 –64 Mana1.5
28 –69 Mana1.5
29 –74 Mana1.5
30 –79 Mana1.6
31 –85 Mana1.6
32 –91 Mana1.6
33 –97 Mana1.6
34 –103 Mana1.6
35 –110 Mana1.6
36 –118 Mana1.6
37 –125 Mana1.6
38 –134 Mana1.6
39 –142 Mana1.6
40 –151 Mana1.6

Matching supports 287

287 Support Gems can support this skill.

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