Cluster Jewels are a new mechanic introduced in the Delirium league for Path of Exile. These Jewels modify the Passive Skill Tree with new nodes that offer bonuses based on the socketed Jewel. Like other Jewels, these can be modified by crafting.
Along with the massive spike in power, these Jewels came with over 280 new notables for players to experiment with. These range from niche quality of life upgrades to build-enabling additions. Some of these notables rival the strength of certain Uniques. From detonating corpses to summoning invulnerable minions, here are the ten best Cluster Jewel notables you can use in Path of Exile.
Updated April 17th, 2021 by Charles Burgar: Cluster Jewel notables have seen multiple balance passes since Delirium league first released. Aurastacking nodes have been nerfed multiple times now, although some balance changes in patch 3.14 have made the likes of Unspeakable Gifts more desirable than ever before. We've replaced certain entries with stronger notables that are incredibly strong for certain builds.
10 No Witnesses
No Witnesses: 10% chance to gain Elusive on kill. 25% increased Elusive effect.
Elusive is a powerful mechanic in Path of Exile that few skills can grant. That is why No Witnesses is such a powerful notable. Obtaining this passive will give the player a chance to gain Elusive on kill.
Elusive is 25% stronger and has a 10% chance to activate on kill, which is more than enough to have Elusive activate during Maps. The buff itself might not run at 100% effectiveness all the time, but gaining free dodge and movement speed on a kill is always useful.
9 Blessed Rebirth
Blessed Rebirth: Minions have 20% increased Maximum Life. Minions created recently cannot be damaged.
Summoners have received a wide range of changes throughout PoE's history. While minion skills tend to get nerfed each league, Cluster Jewels more than compensate for these nerfs.
Blessed Rebirth is a great example of this, making recently summoned minions immune to damage. It also grants a 20% health bump for your minions, but the invulnerability is the star of the show. Summon Raging Spirits becomes much stronger with this node, especially when combined with the Infernal Legion Support Gem.
8 Pressure Points
Pressure Points: 30% increased Critical Strike Chance. Your Critical Strikes have a 5% chance to deal Double Damage.
Want to make your Critical Strikes even more devastating? Consider using a Cluster Jewel with the Pressure Points notable. When allocated, your Critical Strikes have a 5% chance to deal Double Damage.
Double Damage is a multiplicative damage bonus that stacks with every other damage source in Path of Exile. A 5% chance sounds low, but builds that rapidly attack enemies will be surprised how often Pressure Points activates. Since Critical Strikes deal so much damage on their own, doubling that damage is a surefire way to annihilate rares and Map bosses.
7 Holy Conquest
Holy Conquest: Brands attach to a new enemy each time they activate, no more than once every 0.3 seconds. 10% increased Cast Speed with Brand skills. 5% increased Movement Speed.
Holy Conquest significantly improves the clearspeed of Brand builds by allowing them to chain between targets. Instead of lying on the floor when they kill a target, Holy Conquest allows Brands to attach to nearby targets whenever their current target dies. When combined with Brand attachment range modifiers, your Brands can clear entire Maps without much input.
6 Supercharge
Supercharge: Lightning Damage with Non-Critical Strikes is Lucky.
One of the largest issues with Lightning damage is its large damage range. Its lows are incredibly low, but its highs overshadow all other elemental damage types in the game.
Supercharge turns the large damage range into a massive boon. All Lighting damage dealt that does not Critically Strike is Lucky. Luck is similar to advantage or the Lucky feat in Dungeons & Dragons, forcing the game to roll damage twice and take the higher result. This pairs nicely with Elemental Overload, granting a more damage multiplier to elemental hits when you occasionally Critically Strike.
5 Vengeful Commander
Vengeful Commander: Anger, Hatred, and Wrath each have 15% increased Aura Effect.
Anger, Hatred, and Wrath are three auras that grant a sizable chunk of bonus damage to your attacks and skills while active, each aura having an affinity for a certain elemental damage type.
Vengeful Commander makes each of these auras 15% stronger. That doesn't sound strong on paper, but increasing the effect of auras is one of the most powerful things you can do to improve your damage and survivability. Aurabots and aurastackers will especially want to grab this notable.
4 Master of Fear
Master of Fear: Enemies you Curse are Unnerved.
Curses are an underappreciated mechanic by many Path of Exile players. These powerful debuffs can drastically improve the damage or survivability of any particular build.
Those who do utilize Curses should look at taking Master of Fear. While allocated, all of your Curses will Unnerve enemies. In other words, they take 10% more damage from spells, which is a massive damage bonus for a wide range of builds.
3 Will Shaper
Will Shaper: Gain 5% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield.
Mana stacking builds, notably Archmage casters, should seriously consider using Will Shaper. This notable grants 5% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield. If you have 8,000 Mana, this node grants 400 flat Energy Shield. You can also stack this notable on multiple Cluster Jewels, resulting in a hilarious boost to your Energy Shield total. Considering how powerful Mana builds are for self-casters, there's virtually no reason not to take this node if you're playing a Mana-oriented build.
2 Energy From Naught
Energy from Naught: +100 to Maximum Energy Shield.
Scaling Energy Shield can be difficult in Path of Exile when compared to scaling Life. It requires much more specific bases and modifiers to exceed what typical Life can achieve.
That is why Energy From Naught is so powerful. This notable grants 100 flat Energy Shield to your character. Since notables from Cluster Jewels can stack, you can obtain a ludicrous amount of flat Energy Shield for builds that lack strong gear. Virtually every character can get some use out of this notable, especially Energy Shield builds.
1 Unspeakable Gifts
Unspeakable Gifts: Enemies you kill have a 10% chance to explode, dealing a quarter of their Maximum Life as Chaos Damage.
After the nerf to the explosive chest mod in patch 3.14, weaker sources of on-kill explosions have become more sought after. Unspeakable Gifts is a node that has become much more powerful due to this nerf, giving you a 10% chance of detonating targets you kill.
Not only does this enhance your clear speed, but it also destroys corpses. Recent leagues have focused on killing players with a plethora of on-death effects that typically consume corpses. If you can destroy those corpses before that effect happens, you end up with a build that feels much safer in Delirious Maps and other difficult activities. It might only be a 10% chance, but stacking multiple sources of this mod can result in chain explosions that can clear enemy packs on their own.