Malice

MaliceBuff, Persistent, Aura, Duration, Critical
Level: (1-20)While active, emits an Aura that continuously inflicts Critical Weakness on enemies in your Presence.Critical Weakness duration is 4 second
Applies Critical Weakness to enemies every (0.7-0.51) seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Critical Weakness duration is (0.05-1) secondSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop disabled
Granted as an inherent weapon skill from an Omen Sceptre.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemMalice

Malice is a persistent buff skill granted by equipping an Omen Sceptre that causes Critical Weakness to be constantly applied to enemies in your presence.

Skill functions and interactions

The attribute requirements on Malice are unaffected by the attribute requirements for the scepter that grants it.

Gem level progression

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Level				Applies Critical Weakness
1	0	0	0	0.7
2	3	0	8	0.69
3	6	0	13	0.68
4	10	10	20	0.67
5	14	13	27	0.66
6	18	15	34	0.65
7	22	18	41	0.64
8	26	20	48	0.63
9	31	24	56	0.62
10	36	27	65	0.61
11	41	30	74	0.6
12	46	33	83	0.59
13	52	37	93	0.58
14	58	41	103	0.57
15	64	45	114	0.56
16	66	49	124	0.55
17	72	53	135	0.54
18	78	57	147	0.53
19	84	62	159	0.52
20	90	66	171	0.51

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Persistence	Vitality
II	Coming Soon	Herbalism
III	Cannibalism	Coming Soon

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Malice now applies Critical Weakness every 0.52 seconds at level 19 (previously 0.64 seconds).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.