Multi Strike Support: What Does It Mean?
The Multi Strike Support gem in Path of Exile 2 is a crucial support gem for players looking to enhance their melee skills. This support gem allows players to perform rapid successive strikes, vastly improving their damage output and overall combat efficiency.
Mechanics and Features
When linked to a melee skill, the Multi Strike Support gem provides several key benefits:
- Repeated Attacks: Instead of performing a single attack, your character will execute multiple strikes in quick succession. This feature is particularly useful for quickly dispatching enemies or interacting with skills that trigger on hit.
- Increased Attack Speed: The gem provides a significant boost to attack speed, allowing for faster execution of melee skills and more efficient use of combat time.
- Targeting Efficiency: Multi Strike Support automatically targets nearby enemies for subsequent strikes, ensuring maximum damage distribution across multiple foes.
Strategies for Effective Use
To maximize the potential of Multi Strike Support, consider the following strategies:
- Pair with High Damage Skills: Link Multi Strike Support with melee skills that have high base damage to multiply the effectiveness of each attack.
- Utilize with Trigger Effects: Multi-hit capabilities synergize well with effects that trigger on hit, such as elemental damage procs, increasing overall damage output.
- Optimize with Attack Speed Gear: Equip gear and use passives that further enhance attack speed, making the most of the rapid strikes provided by the support gem.
Synergies and Combinations
Multi Strike Support works exceptionally well in conjunction with other support gems and skills:
- Melee Physical Damage Support: Increases the physical damage of your melee attacks, further amplified when used with Multi Strike's rapid hits.
- Increased Area of Effect: When used with skills that have area damage, this support gem can help clear groups of enemies more efficiently.
- Fortify Support: Provides both offensive and defensive benefits, as the rapid hits can quickly activate Fortify, reducing incoming damage.
For more detailed information about the specific mechanics and advanced strategies, visit the official Path of Exile website.