Contagion

Effect

Press to cast. Infect a target with Poison and a contagious zone that deals Decay Damage and spreads Poison to nearby enemies each second.

Damage · Class · Plague Magic

Cost and timing

Concentration15

Cooldown16s

Cast time0.6000000238418579s

Damagex0.77 of magic power

Radius3

Cast range10

TargetsEnemy Only

Friendly fireNo Self

How to learn it

Skill tree

Upgrades (35)

• Contagion Radius Increase III
  Increase the radius of Contagion's contagious zone by 8% per point.
• Envenoming Contagion Increase I
  Increase the additional Poison applied to the infected target by 1 per point.
• Purging Contagion Increase I
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Inoculating Contagion Increase I
  Increase the Inoculation gained by Inoculating Contagion by 1 per point.
• Inoculated Contagion Increase I
  Increase the maximum Inoculation consumed by 1 per point.
• Coagulating Contagion Increase I
  Improve Coagulating Contagion's Poison-to-Bleeding conversion ratio by 1 step per point.
• Envenoming Contagion Increase II
  Increase the additional Poison applied to the infected target by 1 per point.
• Purging Contagion Increase II
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Inoculating Contagion Increase II
  Increase the Inoculation gained by Inoculating Contagion by 1 per point.
• Inoculated Contagion Increase II
  Increase the maximum Inoculation consumed by 1 per point.
• Contagion Damage Increase I
  Increase the Decay Damage dealt by Contagion's contagious zone by 8% per point.
• Coagulating Contagion Increase II
  Improve Coagulating Contagion's Poison-to-Bleeding conversion ratio by 1 step per point.
• Envenoming Contagion Increase III
  Increase the additional Poison applied to the infected target by 1 per point.
• Purging Contagion Increase III
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Inoculating Contagion Increase III
  Increase the Inoculation gained by Inoculating Contagion by 1 per point.
• Inoculated Contagion Increase III
  Increase the maximum Inoculation consumed by 1 per point.
• Coagulating Contagion Increase III
  Improve Coagulating Contagion's Poison-to-Bleeding conversion ratio by 1 step per point.
• Contagion Damage Increase II
  Increase the Decay Damage dealt by Contagion's contagious zone by 8% per point.
• Contagion Damage Increase III
  Increase the Decay Damage dealt by Contagion's contagious zone by 8% per point.
• Contagion Duration Increase I
  Increase Contagion's duration by 0.5 seconds per point.
• Contagion Radius Increase I
  Increase the radius of Contagion's contagious zone by 8% per point.
• Contagion Duration Increase II
  Increase Contagion's duration by 0.5 seconds per point.
• Contagion Cooldown Decrease I
  Decrease Contagion's cooldown by 20% per point.
• Contagion Radius Increase II
  Increase the radius of Contagion's contagious zone by 8% per point.
• Contagion Duration Increase III
  Increase Contagion's duration by 0.5 seconds per point.
• Coagulating Contagion
  When Contagion copies Poison from the infected target to enemies inside the contagious zone, it converts some of that copied Poison into Bleeding instead. At base, every 4 Poison copied applies 1 Bleeding instead, up to the amount of Poison copied.
• Focused Contagion
  Reduce Contagion's zone radius by 40%. The infected target takes 25% increased Decay Damage from Contagion.
• Vector Transfer
  If the infected target dies while Contagion is active, Contagion transfers to the nearest enemy within range and refreshes to 50% of its remaining duration. Vector Transfer can occur once per cast.
• Lingering Contagion
  When Contagion expires, the contagious zone remains at the target's final position for 3 seconds. The lingering zone deals 50% less Decay Damage and no longer copies Poison applied to the original target.
• Pandemic Cloud
  Contagion no longer attaches to the target. Instead, it creates a stationary contagious zone at the target's location for 6 seconds. The zone radius is increased by 25%.
• Bursting Contagion
  When Contagion expires, it bursts, dealing Decay Damage to enemies in the contagious zone. Burst damage is increased by 5% for each Poison on the infected target, up to 50%. Contagion's duration is reduced by 1 second.
• Envenoming Contagion
  Contagion applies 3 additional Poison to the infected target on cast. The contagious zone applies 1 additional Poison per second to enemies inside it.
• Purging Contagion
  Contagion consumes up to 10 Poison from the infected target when cast. Each Poison consumed increases Contagion's Decay Damage by 5% for its duration. Contagion no longer applies its initial 5 Poison.
• Inoculating Contagion
  When Contagion copies Poison from the infected target to at least one enemy inside the contagious zone, gain 2 Inoculation. This can occur once every 1 second.
• Inoculated Contagion
  Contagion consumes up to 5 Inoculation on cast. Each Inoculation consumed increases Contagion's radius by 6% and duration by 0.5 seconds.