Plague Shards

Effect

Press to cast. Fire a cluster of plague shards in a narrow spread, dealing Decay Damage. Additional shards hitting the same enemy deal bonus damage.

Damage · Class · Plague Magic

Cost and timing

Concentration8

Cooldown4s

Cast time0.4000000059604645s

Damagex0.53 of magic power

Radius6

Cast range4

TargetsEnemy Only

Friendly fireNo Self

How to learn it

Skill tree

Upgrades (28)

• Inoculating Shards Increase I
  Increase the Inoculation gained from the 3-shard bonus by 1 per point and increase the maximum Inoculation gained per cast by 2 per point.
• Envenoming Shards Increase I
  Increase the maximum Poison applied per enemy by 1 per point.
• Purging Shards Increase I
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Inoculated Shards Increase I
  Increase the maximum Inoculation consumed by 1 per point.
• Inoculating Shards Increase II
  Increase the Inoculation gained from the 3-shard bonus by 1 per point and increase the maximum Inoculation gained per cast by 2 per point.
• Envenoming Shards Increase II
  Increase the maximum Poison applied per enemy by 1 per point.
• Purging Shards Increase II
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Inoculated Shards Increase II
  Increase the maximum Inoculation consumed by 1 per point.
• Inoculating Shards Increase III
  Increase the Inoculation gained from the 3-shard bonus by 1 per point and increase the maximum Inoculation gained per cast by 2 per point.
• Envenoming Shards Increase III
  Increase the maximum Poison applied per enemy by 1 per point.
• Plague Shards Subsequent Hit Damage Increase I
  Increase the bonus damage dealt by subsequent shard hits against the same enemy by 5% per point.
• Purging Shards Increase III
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Inoculated Shards Increase III
  Increase the maximum Inoculation consumed by 1 per point.
• Plague Shards Subsequent Hit Damage Increase II
  Increase the bonus damage dealt by subsequent shard hits against the same enemy by 5% per point.
• Plague Shards Subsequent Hit Damage Increase III
  Increase the bonus damage dealt by subsequent shard hits against the same enemy by 5% per point.
• Plague Shards Cooldown Decrease I
  Decrease the cooldown of Plague Shards by 10% per point.
• Plague Shards Range Increase I
  Increase the maximum travel distance of Plague Shards by 8% per point.
• Plague Shards Cooldown Decrease II
  Decrease the cooldown of Plague Shards by 10% per point.
• Plague Shards Range Increase II
  Increase the maximum travel distance of Plague Shards by 8% per point.
• Plague Shards Cooldown Decrease III
  Decrease the cooldown of Plague Shards by 10% per point.
• Plague Shards Range Increase III
  Increase the maximum travel distance of Plague Shards by 8% per point.
• Splintering Shards
  Plague Shards fires 2 additional shards in a wider spread, but each shard deals 25% less damage.
• Lingering Shards
  Plague Shards linger at the end of their path for 3 seconds after the initial cast, dealing Decay Damage to any enemies who enter.
• Channeled Shards
  Plague Shards becomes a channel spell. Hold to continuously fire jagged plague shards in a narrow spread, dealing Decay Damage every 0.5 seconds to enemies hit. Plague Shards no longer fires an initial burst. Plague Shards' base cooldown becomes 3 seconds.
• Inoculating Shards
  Plague Shards grants 1 Inoculation for each shard that hits a Poisoned enemy, up to 5 Inoculation per cast. If at least 3 shards hit Poisoned enemies in the same cast, gain 2 additional Inoculation.
• Envenoming Shards
  Plague Shards applies 2 Poison to enemies hit by the first shard. Each additional shard that hits the same enemy applies 1 Poison, up to 5 Poison per enemy per cast.
• Purging Shards
  Plague Shards consumes up to 5 Poison from each enemy hit. Each Poison consumed increases Plague Shards' damage to that enemy by 5%. Poison can only be consumed once per enemy per cast.
• Inoculated Shards
  Plague Shards consumes up to 5 Inoculation on cast. Each Inoculation consumed increases the bonus damage of subsequent shard hits against the same enemy by 5%. This increases the subsequent shard bonus from 25% to a maximum of 50%.