PoE 3.25 Perforate: Unique Gem with Insane Area Effect Scaling

Perforate has a unique built-in area effect modifier, making it scale insanely well with increased AOE multipliers.

### Perforate Build Optimization Guide for Path of Exile
* ⚔️  Perforate is a unique skill with built-in **area effect modifiers**, making it scale exceptionally well with **increased area of effect (AoE)**.
* 📏  With **84% more AoE from Blood and Sand**, **17% from Seismic Cry**, and **50% from the Slayer ascendancy**, each point of increased AoE is effectively multiplied by roughly **3.23**.
* 💉  The Blood Stance of Perforate sends out overlapping spikes, with roughly **7-8 overlaps without Anomalous Perforate**, and potentially **up to 10 with a perfect Anomalous gem**.
* ⏳  Anomalous Perforate reduces the need to **stand extremely close to enemies for optimal performance**, allowing for **more comfortable gameplay**.
* ⚙️  The recommended setup includes using **Anomalous Perforate**, an axe with **high physical damage and attack speed**, and an **Enlighten support gem** for **reduced mana reservation**.
* 🌲  Skill tree adjustments are suggested to **optimize rage generation and management**, especially for **boss fights and mapping**.
* 💍  Using Amethyst Rings to mitigate poison damage is recommended for survivability, as **poison can quickly become lethal**.
* 🌟  Additional skill gems and passive tree adjustments are detailed to **maximize the build's damage output and clear speed**.

per is a pretty unique skill because it has a more area effect modifier built into the gem itself. Now in my setup, I'm getting 84% more areal effect for all the increased eoe that I get and the other eoe multipliers that I have blood and Sand and seismic cry. I get 733 per increased AOE and that increases to 894 if I've fulfilled the Slayer condition where I killed monster recently and gets increased area effect for that. Now in total we have three more AOE multipliers from the perforate. We have 84% more from blood and Sand 17% and CM cry 50%. So every point of increased error effect is multiplied by roughly 3.23 which gives the skill some really really insane a scaling. Now another unique thing about perate is that you have also is blood stands where you're sending out spikes that can overlap. Now without an ashes you're getting roughly seven overlaps if you stand very closely to your opponent with a not perfect ashes this will increase to eight.

Overall, it has a sand stance where you have a lot of AOE, and a blood stance where your single target is quite good, which makes the skill think pretty pretty good. Now, to get to get seven overlaps, you need to stand rather close to your opponent, and you should have a little bit of increased eoe. The increased eoe from pise is enough to get your seven overlaps. The downside of perforate blood stes is you definitely have to stand very very close, and I mean within a 1 M distance of your opponent, otherwise a lot of the spikes will miss. Now, with ashes, this number goes. You get eight overlaps, and within a perfect one, you would typically get nine overlaps, sometimes even 10, but 10 is rather there. Now, my current setup, I'm using an ashes. Ashes basically allows me to increase the cooldown recovery rate of my seis M cry, and I have it supported by Auto exertion. Auto exertion itself also gives increased cooldown recovery rate, and of course quality adds more in increased.

cool down recovery rate. So every perforate slam that I do usually is exerted by seismic trry. Now for the ax, I have VX. I think this is the best base. If you can get VX, it's fine too. Or a desport asites are fine too, but you want aan VX. And you don't want too many attacks on your. You want roughly two attacks per second so you exert most of your slams. Now I see a lot of people use the chance to deal double damage. Craft on their axe. This craft is not ideal because you already deal double damage with intimidating trry. So you already have 100%. So I have an auto exertion setup with seism cry. And that requires an Enlighten free. Otherwise, you have to throw out, I believe, Flash and stone if you don't have an Enlighten free. And with an Enlighten free, you also need the increased Manor res. Mana reservation efficiency of skills eer implicit. And then you can run your herir of Purity with your Flash and stone pride and the altic as well as the

Blood and Sand. Where is it? There it is. Other than that, I use amp strings to get close to Cacique Str. You don't have to, but I would really recommend it. If you have poisons, you can die very quickly. So, I would always go for AME amethyst ring so poison doesn't deal that much damage. Other than that, I've made a few changes to my skill tree. So, I took out these nodes because I only have two War R that I'm really effectively using. Since I have CM CR a exertion, but instead, I paid over here. So, you can click the increased uh the ax imp nose. And that allows you to go for an additional ax Mastery point. So, in this case, I click the increased damage while in Blood STS and increased area effect while in Sand STS. Since rage was reworked, uh, rage falls off rather fast. So, the one rage on hit and the other rage on hits is not sufficient. So, basically in my PB, I click this and this, but two rage on hit it's not enough. So, I click these.

notes. And basically, you can just I think we gain now four r on hit per hit, and our rage loss also starts 1 second later. And this is really good for boss fights. And also, if you're mapping and you don't get a monster pack within two seconds, your rage won't fall off. I also click these not initially because of expedition. I want the monsters cannot block attacks, but find the 40% increased Arrow effect really helps a lot with clear. As previously mentioned, we have a roughly 3.23 AE multiplier. So, this actually ends up being over roughly 130% increased area effect. So pretty pretty good.

Perforate - A Skill With Very High AoE Scaling

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Maximizing Area Effect and Overlaps with Perforate in Path of Exile

Perforate in Path of Exile has a unique area effect modifier and can achieve a high level of scaling with three multipliers.

The skill also offers the ability to have multiple overlaps, especially when using the Blood Stance with Ashes.

Using Ashes and Auto Exertion in the setup can further increase the cooldown recovery rate of Seismic Cry.

Optimizing Perforate Slam Build for Maximum Efficiency

Perforate slam is best exerted by Seismic Cry with VX or desport asites for a lower attack rate.

Using a chance to deal double damage craft on the axe is not ideal due to the existing double damage from intimidating trry.

An auto-exertion setup with Seismic Cry requires an Enlighten and increased mana reservation efficiency, allowing the use of Herald of Purity, Flash, and Stone.

Tips for Optimizing Blood and Sand Build in Path of Exile

Using amp strings can help get close to Cacique Str and it's recommended to use AME amethyst ring to reduce poison damage.

Making adjustments to the skill tree, such as focusing on increased damage and area effect while in Blood and Sand stances, can help optimize the build.

With the rework of rage, it's important to prioritize skills that provide sufficient rage on hit to prevent it from falling off too quickly.

The Benefits of the R Hit Per Hit Modifier in "Expedition"

The R Hit Per Hit modifier now gains 4 R on each hit, with a 1-second delay in rage loss, beneficial for boss fights.

The modifier also prevents rage from falling off during mapping if a monster pack isn't encountered within 2 seconds, providing a significant increase in arrow effect for clear speed.

23 AE multiplier, the 40% increased Arrow effect results in over 130% increased area effect, making it highly effective.