Skills Folder

Purpose

Documentation for Path of Exile skill gems, active abilities, and support gems.

Template

Required: templates/skill-template.md

Naming Convention

Format: [skill-name].md (kebab-case)

Examples:

• righteous-fire.md
• spectral-helix.md
• lightning-conduit.md
• brutality-support.md
• vaal-righteous-fire.md

Required Frontmatter

template: "templates/skill-template.md"
document_type: "skill"
title: "[Skill Name]"
status: "draft|review|published|outdated"
author: "[Your Name]"
created: "YYYY-MM-DD"
updated: "YYYY-MM-DD"
tags: ["tag1", "tag2"]
league: "3.25"
patch: "3.25.1"

# Skill-specific fields
skill_type: "active|support|vaal"
gem_color: "red|green|blue"
gem_tags: ["spell", "fire", "aoe", "duration"]

Content Guidelines

What to Include

• Skill description and mechanics
• Base damage/effectiveness
• Gem tags and scaling
• Quality bonuses
• Common support gem combinations
• Build archetypes that use this skill
• Leveling viability
• Patch history (significant changes)

Tags

Use descriptive tags for damage types, mechanics, and use cases:

tags: ["fire", "spell", "dot", "aoe", "defensive", "skill"]

Relationships

Common relationship types:

• synergizes_with - Works well with other skills/items
• supported_by - Common support gems
• used_by - Builds that use this skill
• alternative_to - Similar skills

Example:

relationships:
  synergizes_with:
    - path: "mechanics/items/the-brass-dome.md"
      title: "The Brass Dome"
  used_by:
    - path: "builds/marauder/rf-juggernaut.md"
      title: "RF Juggernaut"

Quality Checklist

• [ ] Used templates/skill-template.md
• [ ] Followed naming convention (kebab-case)
• [ ] Included all required frontmatter
• [ ] Set correct skill_type and gem_color
• [ ] Added gem_tags array
• [ ] Used absolute paths for relationships
• [ ] Added descriptive tags