Close Combat Support

Support, Melee, Attack, Duration

Level: (1–20)

Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%

Requires Level (18–70), (14–48) Str, (21–70) Dex

Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.

Supported Skills deal up to (25–39)% more Melee Damage to Enemies, based on proximity

Supported Skills grant Combat Rush on Hit
Combat Rush lasts 2 seconds or until you use a Travel Skill

Combat Rush grants 20% more Attack Speed to Travel Skills not Supported by Close Combat

Supported Skills can only be used with Axes or Swords

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–10)% increased Damage with Hits to Close Range Enemies

This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.

Quest /2

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
2	Sharp and Cruel	Quest Reward	Marauder · Ranger · Duelist
2	Sharp and Cruel	Yeena	Duelist · Marauder · Ranger · Scion · Shadow · Templar

Genus

Close Combat Support

Skills Tutorial /1

Perforate
Close Combat improves your damage against monsters close to you. As Perforate only hits nearby enemies (without Sand stance), this support is a valuable way to increase your damage. Travel Skills are also quicker after you hit enemies with this gem. Travel skills move you quickly to avoid danger.

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140% Supported Skills grant Combat Rush on Hit\nCombat Rush lasts 2 seconds or until you use a Travel Skill Combat Rush grants 20% more Attack Speed to Travel Skills not Supported by Close Combat Supported Skills can only be used with Axes or Swords

Level	Requires Level	Str	Dex	Base Damage	Supported Skills deal up to 25% more Melee Damage to Enemies, based on proximity	Experience
1	18	14	21	100%, 100%	25	69,833
2	22	17	24	100%, 100%	25	128,549
3	26	20	28	100%, 100%	26	154,553
4	29	21	31	100%, 100%	27	225,374
5	32	23	34	100%, 100%	28	320,672
6	35	25	37	100%, 100%	28	447,718
7	38	27	39	100%, 100%	29	615,318
8	41	29	42	100%, 100%	30	834,639
9	44	31	45	100%, 100%	31	1,570,760
10	47	33	48	100%, 100%	31	1,633,987
11	50	35	51	100%, 100%	32	2,151,030
12	53	37	54	100%, 100%	33	2,812,189
13	56	39	57	100%, 100%	34	3,655,184
14	58	41	58	100%, 100%	34	3,017,327
15	60	42	60	100%, 100%	35	7,818,905
16	62	43	62	100%, 100%	36	15,256,013
17	64	44	64	100%, 100%	37	26,260,555
18	66	46	66	100%, 100%	37	62,855,887
19	68	47	68	100%, 100%	38	212,002,638
20	70	48	70	100%, 100%	39
21	72			100%, 100%	40
22	74			100%, 100%	40
23	76			100%, 100%	41
24	78			100%, 100%	42
25	80			100%, 100%	43
26	82			100%, 100%	43
27	84			100%, 100%	44
28	86			100%, 100%	45
29	88			100%, 100%	46
30	90			100%, 100%	46
31	91			100%, 100%	47
32	92			100%, 100%	47
33	93			100%, 100%	47
34	94			100%, 100%	48
35	95			100%, 100%	48
36	96			100%, 100%	49
37	97			100%, 100%	49
38	98			100%, 100%	49
39	99			100%, 100%	50
40	100			100%, 100%	50

Attribute /8

Key	Value
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Alteration
Acronym	Hit, Travel, Melee
DropLevel	18
BaseType	Close Combat Support
Class	Support Gems
Icon	s
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemCloseCombat
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Close Combat Support

Support, Melee, Attack, Duration

Level: (1–20)

Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%

Requires Level (18–70), (14–48) Str, (21–70) Dex

Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.

Supported Skills deal up to (25–39)% more Melee Damage to Enemies, based on proximity

Supported Skills grant Combat Rush on Hit
Combat Rush lasts 2 seconds or until you use a Travel Skill

Combat Rush grants 20% more Attack Speed to Travel Skills not Supported by Close Combat

Supported Skills can only be used with Axes or Swords

supported by slashing [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–10)% increased Damage with Hits to Close Range Enemies

Supported Gem /100

Allow Type: Melee

Excluded Type: CreatesMinion

Leap Slam

Jump through the air, damaging and knocking back enemies with your weapon where you land. Enemies you would land on are pushed out of the way. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Sword or Staff.

Leap Slam of Groundbreaking

Jump a short distance through the air, damaging and knocking back enemies with your weapon where you land. Enemies you would land on are pushed out of the way. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Sword or Staff.

Charged Dash

Channel to project an illusion which you steer. You gain stages while it moves, until it stops at a maximum total distance. Waves of area damage frequently pulse along its path, based on your attack speed. Stop channelling to teleport to the illusion, dealing a final wave of damage. Requires a Melee Weapon.

Blade Flurry

Repeatedly hit enemies in a circle in front of you while channelling, dealing damage to and around the enemy. The damage is continually boosted while channelling. You unleash an additional hit for each stage reached once the channelling ends. Requires a Dagger, Claw or One-Handed Sword.

Blade Flurry of Incision

Repeatedly hit enemies in a circle in front of you while channelling, dealing damage to and around the enemy. The critical strike chance is continually boosted while channelling. You unleash an additional hit for each stage reached once the channelling ends. Requires a Dagger, Claw or One-Handed Sword.

Sweep

Swings a two handed melee weapon in a circle, knocking back monsters around the character.

Ground Slam

Slams the ground in front of you, creating a wave that travels forward and damages enemies with an increased chance to stun. The wave deals more damage to closer enemies. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Ground Slam of Earthshaking

Slams the ground in front of you, creating a wide wave that travels forward and damages enemies with an increased chance to stun. Requires a Two Handed Axe, Two Handed Mace, or Staff.

Vaal Ground Slam

Slams the ground in front of you, creating a wave that travels in all directions that damages enemies with an increased chance to stun. The wave deals more damage to closer enemies. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Cleave

The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.

Cleave of Rage

The character swings both their weapons in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Requires dual wielding both an Axe and a Sword.

Shield Charge

Charges at a targeted location or enemy, pushing away enemies in your path and repeatedly dealing off-hand damage in a small area in front of you. You deal damage in a larger area when you reach the target. The further you travel, the more damage you deal, and the greater your chance of stunning enemies.

Double Strike

Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon.

Double Strike of Impaling

Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon.

Double Strike of Momentum

Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon, gaining stages which cause this skill to attack faster. All stages are lost when you move.

Vaal Double Strike

Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon, each of which summons a double of you for a duration to continuously attack monsters in this fashion.

Lacerate

Slashes twice, releasing waves of force that damage enemies they hit. Enemies in the middle of the slashes can be hit by both. The slashes will have a chance to inflict bleeding in Blood Stance, or have a wider angle in Sand Stance. Can be used with Axes and Swords. You are in Blood Stance by default.

Lacerate of Butchering

Slashes twice, releasing wide waves of force that damage enemies they hit. Enemies in the middle of the slashes can be hit by both. Requires a Two Handed Axe or Two Handed Sword.

Lacerate of Haemorrhage

Slashes twice, releasing waves of force that damage enemies they hit. Enemies in the middle of the slashes can be hit by both. Requires a One Handed Axe or One Handed Sword.

Elemental Hit

Each attack with a melee weapon will choose an element at random, and will only be able to deal damage of that element. If the attack hits an enemy, it will deal damage in an area around them, with the radius being larger if that enemy is suffering from an ailment of the chosen element. It will avoid choosing the same element twice in a row.

Dual Strike

Attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one strike. Dual wield only. Does not work with wands.

Dual Strike of Ambidexterity

Attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one strike. Requires dual-wielding two different melee weapon types to use.

Whirling Blades

Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. If dual wielding attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one hit. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.

Frenzy of Onslaught

Perform a strike with a melee weapon that gives the character a frenzy charge if it hits. Frenzy charges increase your attack speed.

Flicker Strike

Teleports the character to a nearby monster and attacks with a melee weapon. If no specific monster is targeted, one is picked at random. Grants a buff that increases movement speed for a duration. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.

Flicker Strike of Power

Vaal Flicker Strike

Repeatedly teleports to enemies and hits them, inflicting a wound but dealing no damage. After the repeating finishes, each enemy is hit by the total damage of their wounds, which are removed.

Infernal Blow

Attacks with your weapon, applying a charged debuff to enemies hit by your strike, and an uncharged debuff to any other enemies hit. Upon reaching 6 charges, expiring, or the enemy's death, the charged debuff is removed to damage that and other surrounding enemies. Enemies with either debuff explode when they die, damaging other surrounding enemies. Damage from this explosion cannot be reflected. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Infernal Blow of Immolation

Attacks with your weapon, applying a charged debuff to you the first time you hit an enemy with this skill. Upon reaching 6 charges, or charges expiring, the charged debuff is removed to damage nearby enemies. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Glacial Hammer

Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If a non-unique enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.

Glacial Hammer of Shattering

Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will be a critical strike. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.

Vaal Glacial Hammer

Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. It traps enemies with you in a circle of ice so that they can't escape. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.

Viper Strike

Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.

Viper Strike of the Mamba

Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, deals the damage of both weapons in one strike. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.

Heavy Strike

Attacks enemies with a forceful blow. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Sword or Staff.

Heavy Strike of Trarthus

Attacks enemies with a forceful blow. Requires a Staff.

Lightning Strike

Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hit a target.

Lightning Strike of Arcing

Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as a projectile as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies and chain between them. The projectile cannot miss if the melee attack hit a target.

Vaal Lightning Strike

Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy becomes an orb attached to the enemy you hit, or the ground if you don't hit an enemy. The orb will periodically fire projectiles at other nearby enemies for a duration, which will also damage the enemy the orb is attached to.

Puncture of Shanking

Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with daggers, claws or swords.

Cyclone

Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.

Cyclone of Tumult

Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.

Vaal Cyclone

Spin and attack in place, damaging nearby enemies and pulling others towards you. While using this skill, you cannot be stunned or knocked back. Cannot be supported by Ruthless.

Reave

Attacks an area in front of you. Each Reave that hits an enemy grants stages, which you will begin to lose after a short period without hitting anything. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.

Reave of Refraction

Vaal Reave

Repeatedly attacks a large area in different directions. Each Vaal Reave that hits an enemy grants stages, which you will begin to lose after a short period without hitting anything. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.

Molten Strike

Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will deal area attack damage to enemies where they land.

Molten Strike of the Zenith

Infuses your two-handed melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will deal area attack damage to enemies where they land. Every fifth time you attack with this skill it fires more, high-damage projectiles.

Swordstorm

Retaliate against a blocked hit with a hail of blades that rains down in front of you, repeatedly dealing the damage of both your weapons combined. Requires Dual Wielding Melee Weapons.

Eviscerate

Retaliate against a blocked hit with an arcing slash that releases two waves of force. Enemies close in front of you can be hit by both waves. Requires a Sword or Axe and a Shield.

Glacial Shield Swipe

Retaliate against a blocked hit with a sweep of your Shield, unleashing a wave of ice in a cone in front of you.

Static Strike

Attack with a melee weapon, gaining static energy for a duration if you hit an enemy. While you have static energy, you'll frequently hit a number of nearby enemies with beams, dealing attack damage.

Crushing Fist

Retaliate against a blocked hit by calling forth a huge armoured fist to slam into the ground in front of you as you do the same, dealing weapon damage in an area.

Ice Crash

Slam the ground, damaging enemies in an area around the impact in three stages of increasing size. Enemies take slightly less damage on the second and third stage, and can only be hit by one stage. Works with Swords, Maces, Sceptres, Axes, Staves and Unarmed.

Ice Crash of Cadence

Slam the ground, damaging enemies in an area. Slams with main hand weapon deal more damage. Slams with off hand weapon have larger area of effect. Requires dual-wielding Swords, Maces, Sceptres, or Axes to use.

Vigilant Strike

Attacks enemies with a powerful melee strike which grants Fortification, reducing damage you take from hits. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge. Requires a Melee Weapon.

Frost Blades

Attack enemies with increased range, releasing icy blades from the first enemy hit which fly at other enemies. Requires a Melee Weapon.

Frost Blades of Katabasis

Attack enemies with greatly increased range, creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time if it hits. Requires a Melee Weapon.

Wild Strike

Your melee weapon strikes enemies, converting physical damage to a random element. Then, depending on the element chosen, it releases a fiery explosion, an arcing bolt of lightning, or an icy wave. It will avoid choosing the same element twice in a row.

Wild Strike of Extremes

Earthquake

Smashes the ground, dealing damage in an area and cracking the earth. The crack will erupt in a powerful aftershock after a duration. Cracks created before the first one has erupted will not generate their own aftershocks. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Earthquake of Amplification

Ancestral Protector

Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with melee strikes while you're near it. Being near it grants you more attack speed. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.

Ancestral Warchief

Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with a powerful slam while you're near it. Being near it grants you more melee damage. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.

Sunder

Slams the ground, creating a slow wave of churning terrain that damages enemies in a sequence of areas in front of you. A number of enemies hit by the wave will release a shockwave, damaging other enemies around them. Using the skill again will stop the previous wave. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Staff or Unarmed.

Sunder of Earthbreaking

Slams the ground, creating a wave of churning terrain that damages enemies in a sequence of areas in front of you. A number of enemies hit by the wave will release a shockwave, damaging other enemies around them. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Staff or Unarmed.

Sunder of Trarthus

Tectonic Slam

Slam the ground, unleashing a fiery fissure in front of you, dealing area damage and randomly releasing a number of smaller fissures branching off from it. Consume an Endurance Charge every third time you slam the ground with this skill. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Sword, Axe, Staff, or Unarmed.

Tectonic Slam of Cataclysm

Slam the ground, consuming all Endurance Charges and unleashing a fiery fissure in front of you, dealing area damage and randomly releasing a number of smaller fissures branching off from it. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Sword, Axe, Staff, or Unarmed.

Vaal Earthquake

Smashes the ground, dealing damage in an area and cracking the earth. The crack will erupt in a powerful aftershock after a short duration. After using this skill, your steps will deal damage around you, cracking the earth if the previous cracks have erupted. This effect ends after a secondary duration, or after a maximum number of aftershocks. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Vaal Ancestral Warchief

Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with a powerful cascading slam while you're near it. If the enemies are far away, it will leap toward them as it slams. Being near it grants you more melee damage. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.

Consecrated Path

Slams the ground at a targeted location. If an enemy is near where you target, you'll teleport to it from a short distance away, slam, and create an area of consecrated ground. Can't be supported by Multistrike, and requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Consecrated Path of Endurance

Slams the ground at a targeted location. If an enemy is near where you target, you'll teleport to it from a short distance away, slam, and create an area of consecrated ground. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge. Can't be supported by Multistrike, and requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Smite

Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Hitting an enemy grants an aura for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Smite of Divine Judgement

Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike nearby enemies, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Bladestorm

Perform a spinning attack, damaging enemies around you and creating a bladestorm matching your stance. The bladestorm repeatedly damages enemies, based on your weapon damage and attack time, for a duration. Blood bladestorms are stationary and cause Bleeding, while Sand bladestorms move slowly forwards and Blind enemies. Requires a Sword or Axe. You are in Blood Stance by default.

Bladestorm of Uncertainty

Perform a spinning attack, damaging enemies around you and creating a random bladestorm. The bladestorm repeatedly damages enemies, based on your weapon damage and attack time, for a duration. Blood bladestorms are stationary and cause Bleeding, while Sand bladestorms move slowly forwards and Blind enemies. Requires a Sword or Axe.

Perforate

Smash the ground to bring forth multiple spears to damage enemies. When in Blood Stance, multiple spikes burst from the ground in sequence, able to hit enemies multiple times. In Sand Stance, the spikes are thrust outwards. Requires a Sword or Axe. You are in Blood Stance by default.

Perforate of Duality

Perforate of Bloodshed

Smash the ground to bring forth multiple spikes from the ground in sequence, able to hit enemies multiple times. Requires a Sword or Axe.

Chain Hook

When used at range, throws out a chain, pulling you to the enemy hit dealing damage in an area behind them. When close to the enemy, just causes the area damage directly. Requires a One Handed Mace, Sceptre, Sword or Axe.

Chain Hook of Trarthus

Throws chains ahead of you, attaching them to targets hit. Enemies chained to you will grant rage when hit. When chains are broken, they snap and deal attack damage in an area around the target they were attached to. Requires a One Handed Mace, Sceptre, Sword or Axe.

Pestilent Strike

Attacks with your weapon, inflicting a debuff on enemies hit by the strike. If a debuffed enemy dies while poisoned, Pestilent Strike inflicts a secondary chaos damage over time debuff on enemies around them, based on the poisons on the slain enemy. This damage is not affected by your damage modifiers. Requires a Claw or Dagger.

Earthshatter

Slam the ground, sending out rectangular fissures that deal area damage to enemies and thrust a spike from the ground when they end. Warcries or other Slam Attacks performed by you or allied players near any spike will cause them to shatter, damaging surrounding enemies. Works with Maces, Sceptres, Axes, Staves and Unarmed.

Earthshatter of Fragility

Slam the ground, sending out rectangular fissures that deal area damage to enemies and thrust a spike from the ground when they end. The spikes shatter after a duration, damaging surrounding enemies. Works with Maces, Sceptres, Axes, Staves and Unarmed.

Earthshatter of Prominence

Slam the ground, sending out a rectangular fissure that deals area damage to enemies and thrusts a large spike from the ground where it ends. Warcries or other Slam Attacks performed by you or allied players near the spike will cause it to shatter, damaging surrounding enemies. Works with Maces, Sceptres, Axes, Staves and Unarmed.

Rage Vortex

Spin with a sword or axe to deal damage in an area around you. Sacrifices some rage to send a ragestorm forward. While enemies are inside it, the ragestorm will slow its movement and repeatedly deal attack damage based on your attack speed.

Rage Vortex of Berserking

Spin with a sword or axe to deal damage in an area around you. If you have at least 10 rage, create a ragestorm attached to you that repeatedly deals attack damage to enemies inside based on your attack speed. The ragestorm consumes rage at an accelerating rate, and ends if you run out.

Shield Crush

Swipe your shield, dealing area damage in three waves in front of you. Enemies can be hit by two of the waves where they overlap.

Shield Crush of the Chieftain

Swipe your shield, dealing area damage in three waves in front of you. Enemies can be hit by two of the waves where they overlap.

Boneshatter

Attack enemies with a forceful melee strike that also hurts you. Successive uses will raise the damage dealt both to enemies and you. Stunning an enemy with the strike releases a damaging pulse. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe or Staff.

Boneshatter of Complex Trauma

Boneshatter of Carnage

Attack enemies with a forceful melee strike. Stunning an enemy with the strike releases a damaging pulse. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe or Staff.

Volcanic Fissure

Slam the ground, creating a winding fissure that deals area damage while travelling outwards. When it reaches the target location it erupts, releasing a burst of molten projectiles. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Volcanic Fissure of Snaking

Slam the ground, creating a winding fissure that deals area damage while travelling outwards. When it reaches the target location it erupts dealing damage in an area. After erupting, the fissure continues moving towards enemies to cause further eruptions. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Vaal Volcanic Fissure

Vaal Cleave

The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Killing Blows on Rare or Unique enemies grant a buff that improves Cleave for a duration. Killing Blows on Rare Enemies also steal their modifiers for a secondary duration. Only works with Axes and Swords.

Vaal Molten Strike

Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth causing area attack damage to enemies where they land.

Vaal Smite

Calls lightning down to infuse your weapon, then performs a melee attack and causes lightning to strike nearby enemies, dealing damage in an area. Hitting an enemy grants an aura for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Vaal Blade Flurry

Channel to create an expanding circle area around you that blinds enemies within it. When you stop channelling, deals damage in a smaller area around each enemy in the circle. Requires a Dagger, Claw or One-Handed Sword.

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Close Combat Support

Close Combat Support is a Support gem which grants the supported Attack more melee damage based on how close the user is to the enemy. It also grants a buff that causes the next unsupported movement skill more attack and cast speed on the next use on hit. This support gem restricts the skill to swords and axes.

Close Combat Support is a support gem which grants the supported attack more melee damage based on how close the user is to the enemy. It also grants a buff that causes the next unsupported movement skill more attack and cast speed on the next use on hit. This support gem restricts the skill to swords and axes.

Skill functions and interactions

The "up to x% more damage" stat on Close Combat support (and the matching stat on the Slayer's Impact notable) apply the full damage bonus to targets up to a distance of 15 units from you, then linearly scales down the bonus to 0 at a distance of 40 units.

The damage increase is not shown on the character screen ('Offence' tab).

Distance	Melee Damage
15	59%
20	47%
25	35%
30	24%
35	12%
40	0%

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0d	Close Combat Support now has a Cost and Reservation Multiplier of 140% (previously 150%).
3.15.0	Now has a 150% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 140%). Supported Skills now deal up to 25-39% more Melee Damage to Enemies, based on proximity (previously 40-59%). Combat Rush now grants 20% more Attack Speed to Travel Skills that are not Supported by Close Combat (previously 20-24% more Attack and Cast Speed).
3.7.0	Close Combat Support has been added to the game.

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