Path of Exile 2: Aftershock, explained

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What is the aftershock effect?

What causes the aftershock effect?

There are many ways to cause damage Path of Exile 2. The skill tree is more like a skill forest. If you're in the forest on the warrior side, you've probably heard of the aftershock effect a few times.

Aftershock is one of the options players can choose while leveling up their warrior. Path of Exile 2, Used correctly, it can be very satisfying. Here's what you need to know about how Aftershock works, including what can be used to trigger it.

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What is the aftershock effect?

Aftershock is an effect tied exclusively to skills with the slam tag (with some exceptions). Basically makes the ability hit twice.. A slam is any ability that deals AoE damage by hitting the ground with your weapon, such as Rolling Slam and Sunder from the Mace skill tree, or Vaulting Leap from the Quarterstaff. When aftershocks occur, The ground vibrates after a short delay from the original slam attack.Deals damage to enemies standing on it. This is a great way to scale damage on Brutal difficulty and above.

Damage from aftershocks is the same as the attack that caused the aftershocks.Unless otherwise specified by the support gem or passive skill that caused the aftershock in the first place. For the Sunder skill, Aftershock explodes an additional wave of jagged spikes forward, essentially forcing you to cast the skill twice (or more).

What causes the aftershock effect?

Players can trigger Aftershocks by unlocking certain passive skills or using certain support gems. PoE 2. Some skills are guaranteed to trigger aftershocks. Notable aftershock triggers include:

Aftershock Skills and Passives
function	effect
shock shock wave (Tier 1 Support Gem)	The Melee Strike skill stuns enemies strongly and then causes aftershocks.
Aftershocks (Tier 2 Support Gem)	Supported slam skills have a 25% chance to cause aftershocks.
Tremors (Tier 3 Support Gem)	Supported slam skills deal 35% less damage, but may cause multiple aftershocks.
Earth Breaker (Titan Ascension Passive)	The slam you use has a 20% chance to cause an aftershock.
Split the Earth (Mace Passive)	Slam and strike skills using mace have a 10% chance to cause aftershocks.
Mace Aftershock Chance (Mace Passive)	All slam skills using the mace have a 10% chance to cause aftershocks.
Earthquake Cry (Mace skill)	Let out a war cry. If you hit a severely stunned enemy, your next slam attack will always cause an aftershock.
Supercharge Slam (Mace skill)	Charge up for a powerful slam. When fully charged, it guarantees up to 4 aftershocks.

Effects that increase or provide a chance to cause an aftershock work together, but do not necessarily stack with each other. For example, using the Aftershock support gem with the Titan's Earthbreaker passive will give all associated skills a 45% chance to trigger Aftershock, according to the in-game skill tooltip window. However, this does not account for the Split The Earth and Mace Aftershock Chance passives, which appear to roll separately from the set 45% proc chance.