Cleave

Cleave Active skill gem Attribute(s) Strength, Dexterity Keywords Attack, AoE, Melee Damage effectiveness 70% Per 1% Quality +0.5% increased Attack Speed The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc towards the target. Also does damage to other nearby monsters. Only works with Axes and Swords. x% increased Physical Damage 40% reduced Physical Weapon Damage while Dual Wielding

Wielders of the axe and sword often find themselves beset by multiple foes. Expecting this, a trained armsman will employ the deadly Cleave. With a single practiced stroke, a Cleave sweeps sideways to inflict grievous harm to anyone standing nearby, lopping off heads and limbs with ease. As a player gains skill with Cleave, they strike harder, and hit more enemies with each swing of their blade.

Deals damage with all equipped weapons to enemies in a 180 degree arc in front of the player. When dual wielding, equipment requirement applies to both weapons, and each weapon does reduced damage. As the skill levels up, damage increases. Requires an axe, sword, two-handed axe, or two-handed sword.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Accuracy: This skill is affected by accuracy, and therefore can miss.

Attack Speed: When Dual Wielding attack speed is averaged between the two weapons.

Area of Effect: Increases to AoE will increase the radius of the affected area, but the current animation for Cleave doesn't accurately reflect this increase.

Dual Wielding: If the player's weapons have different critical strike chance values, it is possible to critical with one weapon, but not the other. It is also possible to miss with only one of the weapons swung. The decrease to dual wielding damage is additive (not multiplicative). The character tab DPS display is inaccurate for this skill because it doesn't currently account properly for dual wielding attacks.

Gem Leveling

Level				Mana Cost	Damage	Exp.
1	1	N/A	N/A	7	N/A	70
2	2	N/A	N/A	7	4%	308
3	4	N/A	N/A	7	8%	2,560
4	8	15	N/A	7	12%	8,813
5	12	21	14	7	16%	22,895
6	16	26	18	8	20%	68,427
7	21	33	23	8	24%	150,439
8	26	39	27	8	28%	581,328
9	32	47	33	8	32%	566,989
10	38	55	38	8	36%	1,143,783
11	42	61	42	9	40%	1,426,490
12	46	66	46	9	44%	2,737,323
13	49	70	48	9	48%	3,289,072
14	52	74	51	9	52%	3,351,223
15	55	78	54	9	56%	9,936,267
16	58	82	57	10	60%	21,346,397
17	61	86	60	10	64%	50,694,186
18	64	90	62	10	68%	90,050,815
19	66	92	64	10	72%	147,034,823
20	68	95	66	10	76%	N/A
21					-	N/A
22					84%	N/A
23					-	N/A

Gem Quality

Each 1% quality adds +0.5% increased Attack Speed.

Quest Reward

This gem is dropped during "Dying Exile" on Twilight Strand for the Duelist.

Alternate Skill Effects

Name	Cost	Description	Video
Demon Hand Cleave	95	Replaces the standard effect on a Cleave gem with a swiping, demonic claw.

Version History

Version	Changes
0.10.2	Cleave's physical damage now increases by 4% per level rather than 3%.
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers are now factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats. From 1% attack speed per quality point to 0.35%
0.9.12f	Fixed a newly introduced bug where Cleave would always get critical strikes.
0.9.7b	Cleave now averages the attack speed of your two weapons if you are dual wielding. Reduced the mana cost of level 1 Cleave.
0.9.7	Normalised the balance of Cleave slightly so that there isn't such a large disparity. Removed Cleave's bonus against the selected target. The damage against non-targeted enemies is now higher.
0.9.3	Cleave now does its augmented damage to one target and half of that damage to other enemies caught within its swing. The penalty for hitting with two weapons in a Cleave is now -40% total damage. Fixed a bug where Cleave dealt damage with the wrong timing.
0.9.2	Cleave now has less of a penalty when dual wielding.
0.9.1	Increased damage and attack range of Cleave.