With the right support gems, any skill can turn your character into a force to be reckoned with.

The beauty of Combo Finisher lies in its versatility.

It seamlessly integrates into various melee builds, rewarding you for maintaining a rhythm of strikes during combat.

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7Scattershot

If youve played any of the ranged-focused builds, Scattershot will be a staple support gem.

It modifies projectile skills to fire two additional projectiles, effectively increasing your area of effect and crowd-control capabilities.

Whether you’re launching arrows or casting spells, this gem ensures you hit more targets with each attack.

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After all, everyone knows that three projectiles are better than one.

However, great power always comes with a caveat.

While Scattershot increases your offensive reach, it also spreads your damage across more projectiles, reducing single-target damage.

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Balancing this trade-off is key to maximizing its effectiveness.

Despite this drawback, the result is worth it if raw damage output is your primary goal.

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Incorporating Elemental Focus into your build requires a bit of tinkering.

Arcane Tempo provides a significant cast speed boost that will help you avoid getting bogged down.

While the increased casting speed is advantageous, it’s essential to keep your mana consumption in mind.

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Pairing this gem with mana regeneration or reduction suffixes will help maintain the balance between speed and sustainability.

4Ignition

Ignition is a fiery addition to any build looking to trigger the Ignite debuff on enemies.

This support gem is straightforward, increasing the chance of igniting enemies by 100%.

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Selecting the right skills to pair with Ignite will ensure you maximize its potential.

3Hourglass

Hourglass is an interesting support gem that adds a cooldown to your skills.

However, the support gem also boosts the damage to the supported skill by a whopping 40%.

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This makes it particularly effective with skills that drop a lot of damage off one cast.

Sometimes you want to throw fireballs, while other times, a nice arrow is your taste.

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Of course, any time you add a cooldown to a skill, it can become a double-edged sword.

Its best saved for situations when enemies are crowd-controlled and cant avoid the damage from an Hourglass-boosted skill.

This is another almost universally useful support gem that can be used by every bang out of build.

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However, to be frank, this tradeoff is dwarfed by the benefits of increased area of effect.

Magnified Effect can elevate your skills to new heights, making it a valuable addition to many setups.

1Spell Cascade

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Spell Cascade takes a skill and triples it.

This makes it very effective at both increasing a skill’s overall damage and area of effect.

There is a slight drawback to these boons.

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The adjacent skill activations will have decreased damage and a smaller area of effect.

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