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title: "Strike"
summary: "Strike: Swing your weapon in a wide arc, hitting every enemy in front of you."
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source: generated by www/wiki/*.ts from the game data (data/game.json) + lore in www/content/wiki/skills/strike.md
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# Strike

[In game]

Swing your weapon in a wide arc, hitting every enemy in front of you.

- **Type:** Attack
- **Mana cost:** 0 at level 1
- **Speed:** 100% of weapon speed
- **Damage:** 100% of weapon damage
- **Critical chance:** The weapon's

Lore [Concept]

> Hearthold's first lesson: the ember is for the dark, the blade is for what lives in it.

## How it works

Swings at every enemy within 1.9 tiles (plus your own radius) in a 135° arc in front of you, and anything touching you. One damage roll is shared by everything it hits. Using it on a monster out of reach walks you into range first. Once the swing has hit, moving cuts the rest of it short (unless you are still holding an attack).

## Scales with

- [Added physical damage (min)](../../wiki/stats.md#addedphysmin)
- [Added fire damage (min)](../../wiki/stats.md#addedfiremin)
- [Added cold damage (min)](../../wiki/stats.md#addedcoldmin)
- [Added lightning damage (min)](../../wiki/stats.md#addedlightmin)
- [Increased physical damage](../../wiki/stats.md#incphys)
- [Increased attack damage](../../wiki/stats.md#incattack)
- [Increased damage](../../wiki/stats.md#incdamage)
- [Increased attack speed](../../wiki/stats.md#attackspeed)
- [Increased critical strike chance](../../wiki/stats.md#inccrit)
- [Critical strike multiplier](../../wiki/stats.md#critmulti)

## With each weapon

A plain weapon of each base, before affixes, increases and critical strikes.

| Weapon | Level | Damage per hit | Uses per second | Damage per second |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rusted Sword](../../wiki/items/bases/rusted_sword.md) | 1 | 4–9 | 1.45 | 9.4 |
| [Glass Shank](../../wiki/items/bases/glass_shank.md) | 1 | 3–10 | 1.5 | 9.8 |
| [Driftwood Wand](../../wiki/items/bases/driftwood_wand.md) | 1 | 2–5 | 1.4 | 4.9 |
| [Hand Axe](../../wiki/items/bases/hand_axe.md) | 2 | 6–12 | 1.25 | 11.3 |
| [Gnarled Staff](../../wiki/items/bases/gnarled_staff.md) | 3 | 7–15 | 1.25 | 13.8 |
| [Broadsword](../../wiki/items/bases/broadsword.md) | 12 | 11–23 | 1.45 | 24.6 |
| [Bone Wand](../../wiki/items/bases/bone_wand.md) | 12 | 5–11 | 1.4 | 11.2 |
| [Stiletto](../../wiki/items/bases/stiletto.md) | 13 | 8–28 | 1.5 | 27 |
| [Bearded Axe](../../wiki/items/bases/bearded_axe.md) | 14 | 16–30 | 1.25 | 28.8 |
| [Ironwood Staff](../../wiki/items/bases/ironwood_staff.md) | 15 | 16–32 | 1.25 | 30 |
| [Knight Blade](../../wiki/items/bases/knight_blade.md) | 28 | 22–44 | 1.5 | 49.5 |
| [Crystal Wand](../../wiki/items/bases/crystal_wand.md) | 28 | 10–20 | 1.45 | 21.8 |
| [Obsidian Kris](../../wiki/items/bases/obsidian_kris.md) | 29 | 14–52 | 1.55 | 51.1 |
| [Executioner Cleaver](../../wiki/items/bases/cleaver.md) | 30 | 32–58 | 1.25 | 56.3 |
| [Runic Staff](../../wiki/items/bases/runic_staff.md) | 30 | 28–56 | 1.3 | 54.6 |
| [Ether Wand](../../wiki/items/bases/ether_wand.md) | 44 | 15–30 | 1.5 | 33.8 |
| [Voidsteel Sword](../../wiki/items/bases/voidsteel_sword.md) | 45 | 36–70 | 1.55 | 82.2 |
| [Worldsplitter Axe](../../wiki/items/bases/worldsplitter.md) | 46 | 50–92 | 1.3 | 92.3 |

## As a gem

A Strength gem with the tags Attack, Melee, Physical. It requires 9 Strength at gem level 1; 120 Strength at gem level 10; 257 Strength at gem level 20; 365 Strength at gem level 30. Support gems that fit it: [Faster Attacks](../../wiki/skills/support-gems.md#faster_attacks), [Added Fire Damage](../../wiki/skills/support-gems.md#added_fire), [Added Lightning Damage](../../wiki/skills/support-gems.md#added_lightning), [Elemental Focus](../../wiki/skills/support-gems.md#elemental_focus), [Heavy Hand](../../wiki/skills/support-gems.md#heavy_hand), [Critical Strikes](../../wiki/skills/support-gems.md#critical_strikes).

Other skills: [Earthshatter](../../wiki/skills/earthshatter.md), [Fireball](../../wiki/skills/fireball.md), [Arc](../../wiki/skills/arc.md), [Frost Nova](../../wiki/skills/frost-nova.md), [Ember Dash](../../wiki/skills/ember-dash.md)