Snipe Adding 2 Projectiles and halfing damage

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4 link Puncture set up

Puncture
Snipe
VP
Cruelty

Tree is low level, no plus projectiles or arrows on gear either. If I take Snipe out of the set up Puncture drops to one arrow again

Add Snipe back in, and the Phys Damage drops and the skill fires additional two projectiles

Dont think i'm missing anything here...
Last edited by ValentyneUK#1316 on Mar 1, 2026, 3:09:00 AM
Last bumped on Mar 20, 2026, 1:08:43 PM
edit: Okay, no - I was wrong. I'm not sure what's happening here or why.
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Last edited by Sarno#0493 on Feb 27, 2026, 6:40:57 PM
Is it replicable with anyone else?
I have just added it into the Split Arrow setup. It also adds two additional projectiles to this and slashes the damage dealt
Possibly something to do with the new 'gem tsuedo 7 link' introduction, thought the damage decrease is more than that if it was to get a lvl 1 LMP

Numbers dont work out for additional or multiplicative 'Less Damage' of Snipe + LMP

I did notice the +2 proj on my testrun this week, but I didn't check whether the damage was halved. Also no idea where the +2 proj came from.
I am leveling a new character and I put Snipe into my Tabula using Burning Arrow and it is adding two extra projectiles to the skill. I have no source of added projectiles anywhere.

Bug Report ID: #21,192,103
Glad its not me going mad, hopefully fixed for league launch...
Bump, happening on league launch. Not sure whether the bleed DPS is affected?
Bump. Just started a snipe bleed puncture duelist and am having the same bug. The skill gem says it should only fire one arrow. Adding Multiple Projectiles makes it have 5 arrows.

Bug Report ID: #84,799,282

Edit: Made a reddit post with video: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1ruq7b0/is_snipe_bugged/

Edit 2: The support part of Snipe is causing the 40% less damage. The two additional arrows are unexplained but even PoB knows that Snipe causes them.
Last edited by Just_Lazer_DGE#1753 on Mar 15, 2026, 10:02:55 PM

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