Soul Shards

Striking an enemy with Perforate siphons health from them. — In-game description

Soul Shards

Effect type

Effect

Stacking

Intensity

Max. stacks

6

Game link

Effect ID

72975

Visual appearance
File:Soul Shards.jpg Click to enlarge

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Striking an enemy with Perforate siphons health from them.

 Healing Increase at Low Health: 50%

 Health Threshold: 50%

 Siphon Damage: 1,504 (0.1)^?

 Siphon Damage: 605 (0.038)^?

 Siphon Damage: 456 (0.038)^?

 Damage Increase vs. Low Health: 50%

 Siphon Healing: 860 (0.15)^?

 Siphon Healing: 576 (0.15)^?

 Siphon Healing: 476 (0.15)^?

— In-game description ^?

Soul Shards is an effect applied when striking an enemy with various Necromancer spear skills. Soul Shard charges are consumed when striking an enemy with Perforate. The duration of Soul Shards refreshes when gaining new shards.

Related skills

Weapon skills that grant Soul Shards

•   Addle — Spear (on land)
•   Deadly Slice — Spear (on land)
•   Distress — Spear (on land)
•   Extirpate — Spear (on land)
•   Sinister Stab — Spear (on land)

Version history

For a detailed effect history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 24, 2025	Reduced the life-steal damage from 605 to 456 and the life-steal healing from 576 to 476 in PvP only.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Soul Shards has been added to the game.
June 27, 2024	Soul Shards was available during the Spear Beta Event.