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Contagion

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ContagionSpell, AoE, Chaos, Duration
Level: 1
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Affects a single enemy with a Debuff that deals Chaos damage over time. If the enemy dies while affected by Contagion, it and all other Chaos damage over time Debuffs spread to nearby enemies and refresh their durations. Reanimating or detonating a corpse affected by Contagion will cause the Minion to explosion to spread Contagion on hit.Deals 1.8 Base Chaos Damage per second
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to Debuff's Damage over Time
Debuff deals 100% more damage for each time it has spread, up to 300%
Spread radius is 1.7 metres
Debuff duration is 5 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Debuff deals 0% more damage for each time it has spread, up to (0-100)%
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemContagion

Contagion is an AoE Chaos Duration Spell Skill that applies a spreading Chaos Damage over time Debuff. This debuff carries other Chaos damage over time debuffs along with it.

Skill functions and interactions

Enemies that are affected by the Damage over time Debuff of Essence Drain seem to be prioritized targets when casting Contagion

Gem level progression

Recommended support gems

Gem
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Skills
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Item acquisition

Contagion has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Contagion has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.