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Grasps of Essence

Grasps of Essence

Legendary Gloves

  • Legendary
  • Level 70

Properties

513–590 Armor

Primary Attributes

  • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8–10%

Secondary Attributes

  • When an exploded corpse damages at least one enemy, your Corpse Explosion deals 150–200% increased damage for 6 seconds, stacking up to 4 times. (Necromancer Only)

Random Affixes

  • +626–750 Intelligence
  • +626–750 Dexterity
  • +626–750 Strength

Ancient & primal values

Ancient

  • +825–1,000 Intelligence

Primal

  • +1,000 Intelligence

Fixed properties of the ancient form; primal items roll the top value of the ancient range. Game files, version 2.8.0.

All possible random properties (14 primary, 13 secondary)

Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 2 primary and 2 secondary properties at random from these lists.

Primary

  • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8–10%
  • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26–50%
  • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
  • Reduces all resource costs by 5–8%.
  • Attack Speed Increased by 5–7%
  • Regenerates 6,448–7,678 Life per Second ancient 8,445–10,000
  • Chance to Deal 10–20% Area Damage on Hit.
  • +91–100 Resistance to All Elements ancient +110–130
  • +626–750 Strength ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Dexterity ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Vitality ancient +825–1,000
  • +373–397 Armor ancient +436–516
  • +7,737–9,214 Life per Hit ancient +10,135–11,975

Secondary

  • +32–35% Extra Gold from Monsters
  • Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
  • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
  • +141–160 Physical Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Fire Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Cold Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Lightning Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Poison Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Arcane Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +2,401–2,880 Thorns Damage ancient +2,881–3,500
  • Level Requirement Reduced by 2–30 ancient 30–40
  • 1–5.1% Chance to Stun on Hit
  • Ignores Durability Loss

Pool of the item type from the game files, version 2.8.0. Skill damage bonuses only carry weight for their class. All properties of this slot

You feel attuned to the life force in all beings.

Grasps of Essence

These gloves are the heart of a Necromancer build around Corpse Explosion: when an exploded corpse hits at least one enemy, your Corpse Explosion damage rises for several seconds and stacks multiple times. That means sustained detonating builds an ever-climbing damage spiral that only peaks after several explosions in a row.

This is exactly why the build shines in dense packs and chokepoints where corpses are plentiful. Practical tip: keep the stack running without interruption by detonating corpses in rapid succession, because if the effect lapses you start back at zero and lose precious seconds ramping your damage up again.

Stacks, Duration and Roll

Each stack adds 150–200% damage and lasts 6 seconds, up to 4 stacks. The condition is modest: a single corpse that damages at least one enemy is enough. A high roll improves each of the 4 stacks, and a Primal Ancient pair gives 200% per stack.

Runes That Make Sure You Hit

Corpse Explosion detonates up to 5 corpses in an 11-yard target area, dealing 1050% weapon damage to enemies within 20 yards. Since the power only counts hits, runes that make missing harder are valuable:

  • Final Embrace sends the corpses to the nearest enemy, at the cost of 2% Life per corpse.
  • Bloody Mess widens the explosion radius to 25 yards.
  • Close Quarters detonates corpses near you for 1575% weapon damage as Poison.
  • Dead Cold freezes struck enemies for 2 seconds, and Shrapnel blasts the explosion in a cone away from you.

Stats on the Gloves

The fixed roll is 8–10% Critical Hit Chance, plus +626–750 of a main stat - Intelligence for the Necromancer. Critical Hit Damage, Cooldown Reduction, Area Damage and Attack Speed are the natural extras. The gloves are often worn with Leoric's Crown, the Aquila Cuirass, Blackthorne's Jousting Mail, Krysbin's Sentence, Lost Time and Reilena's Shadowhook. The flavor text describes the feeling of being attuned to the life force in all beings.

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