Patch 0.5.5 ·

Skill Gems

Volatile Dead

Volatile Dead is a Skill Gem (Intelligence) in Path of Exile 2. Tags: Spell, AoE, Fire, Repeatable. 217 Support Gems can support it.

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Volatile Dead
Spell, AoE, Fire, Repeatable
Level: 1
Cost: 0 Mana
Cast Time: 0.8 sec
Critical Hit Chance: 7%
Consume a Corpse to create a volatile core that seeks out enemies and Ignites enemies near it. The core explodes at the end of its duration.
Consumes +1 Corpse
Core duration is 5 seconds
Explosion
Explosion radius is 2.2 metres
Deals 3 to 4 Fire Damage
Core
Ignites enemies within 1.5 metre radius
Ignites as though dealing 4 to 6 Fire damage
Type
Skill Gems
Attribute
Intelligence
Tags
Spell, AoE, Fire, Repeatable
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • Chance to not destroy Consumed Corpses: 10%

Granted by

Volatile Wand Base item Enezun's Charge Unique

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.

ExplosionCore
Level Character levelCostDeals # to # Fire DamageIgnites as though dealing # to # Fire damage
1 –0 Mana3–44–6
2 30 Mana3–55–8
3 60 Mana4–57–11
4 100 Mana4–69–14
5 140 Mana5–712–18
6 180 Mana6–815–23
7 220 Mana6–1018–28
8 260 Mana7–1123–34
9 310 Mana8–1227–41
10 360 Mana9–1333–49
11 410 Mana10–1539–59
12 460 Mana11–1646–69
13 520 Mana12–1853–80
14 580 Mana13–1962–93
15 640 Mana14–2172–108
16 660 Mana15–2283–124
17 720 Mana16–2496–143
18 780 Mana17–26110–165
19 840 Mana18–28127–190
20 900 Mana20–29146–218
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
ExplosionCore
Level Character levelCostDeals # to # Fire DamageIgnites as though dealing # to # Fire damage
21 –0 Mana21–31167–251
22 –0 Mana22–33192–288
23 –0 Mana24–35221–331
24 –0 Mana25–37253–380
25 –0 Mana26–40291–437
26 –0 Mana28–42334–502
27 –0 Mana29–44384–577
28 –0 Mana31–46442–663
29 –0 Mana32–49509–763
30 –0 Mana34–51586–879
31 –0 Mana36–53676–1013
32 –0 Mana37–56779–1169
33 –0 Mana39–59900–1350
34 –0 Mana41–611040–1561
35 –0 Mana43–641204–1806
36 –0 Mana44–671394–2092
37 –0 Mana46–701617–2426
38 –0 Mana48–721878–2817
39 –0 Mana50–752183–3275
40 –0 Mana52–782541–3812

Matching supports 217

217 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 60

Armour Break I Armour Break II Armour Break III Armour Demolisher I Armour Demolisher II Arms Length Atalui's Bloodletting Bleed I Bleed II Bleed III Bleed IV Break Endurance Brutality I Brutality II Brutality III Concoct I Concoct II Dauntless Deep Cuts I Deep Cuts II Devastate Efficiency I Efficiency II Enduring Impact I Enduring Impact II Eternal Flame I Eternal Flame II Eternal Flame III Execute I Execute II Execute III Exploit Weakness Fire Attunement Fire Exposure Fire Penetration I Fire Penetration II Flame Pillar Heft Ignite I Ignite II Ignite III Knockback Lifetap Rageforged I Rageforged II Relentless Rage Rupture Rusted Spikes Searing Flame I Searing Flame II Stun I Stun II Stun III Uhtred's Augury Uhtred's Exodus Uhtred's Omen Unbreakable Uruk's Smelting Uul-Netol's Embrace Xoph's Pyre

Dexterity 54

Admixture Arakaali's Lust Blind I Blind II Blindside Bounty I Bounty II Bursting Plague Chance to Freeze Charm Bounty Commiserate Corrosion Deadly Poison I Deadly Poison II Deliberation Electrocute Eonyr's Thunder Escalating Poison Ferocity Hobble Inhibitor Innervate Lasting Shock Leverage Life Bounty Life Drain Lightning Attunement Lightning Exposure Lightning Penetration Lockdown Malady Mana Bounty Mobility Momentum Neural Overload Outmaneuver Overcharge Pin I Pin II Pin III Poison I Poison II Poison III Rakiata's Flow Shock Slow Potency Soul Drain Swift Affliction I Swift Affliction II Swift Affliction III Tacati's Ire Tul's Stillness Tumult Wind Wave

Intelligence 93

Ambrosia Ambrosia II Ambush Arbiter's Ignition Arcane Surge Atziri's Call Biting Frost I Biting Frost II Blazing Critical Bone Shrapnel Brittle Armour Catharsis Chaos Attunement Cold Attunement Cold Exposure Cold Penetration Concentrated Area Concussive Spells Considered Casting Controlled Destruction Corpse Conservation Coursing Current Deep Freeze Derange Dialla's Desire Electromagnetism Elemental Discharge Elemental Focus Embitter Energy Barrier Enervation Esh's Radiance Excise Execrate Expand Expanse Extraction Fiery Death Fire Mastery Freeze Frost Nexus Frostfire Frozen Vortex Gorge Hourglass Ice Bite I Ice Bite II Inexorable Critical I Inexorable Critical II Invocation Living Lightning Living Lightning II Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Mana Flare Minion Pact I Minion Pact II Oisín's Oath Pinpoint Critical Potent Exposure Potential Practical Magic I Practical Magic II Profanity I Profanity II Rapid Casting I Rapid Casting II Rapid Casting III Rising Tempest Shock Conduction Shock Conduction II Shock Siphon Soulbreaker Spell Cascade Spell Echo Spreading Frost Static Shocks Stormfire Supercritical Thrill of the Kill Thrill of the Kill II Unbending Unleash Varashta's Blessing Verglas Volatile Power Volatility Wildfire Withering Touch Zarokh's Refrain Zarokh's Revolt Zenith I Zenith II

No attribute 10

Breachlord's Rift Esh's Prowess Mórrigan's Insight Prototype Seventeen Runic Extraction Scouring Flame Styrn's Anthem Trickster's Shard Tul's Avalanche Vorana's Siege

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