Chaos

Chaos Damage

Tooltip

Chaos damage is one of the five Damage Types. It is reduced by Chaos Resistance.

Chaos damage is the least common damage type, and removes twice as much Energy Shield as the damage value when taken.

Chaos damage is one of the five damage types. It can be mitigated by chaos resistance. Chaos damage has the effect of removing twice as much energy shield when dealing damage.

Chaos damage over time is usually inflicted by poison or other debuffs.

Mechanics

Chaos damage is somewhat rarer than the other damage types, and is more often seen as damage over time rather than hit damage. It is stronger against energy shield, but a character with Chaos Inoculation is completely immune to chaos damage.

Chaos damage is usually used alongside Withered, a stacking debuff that increases chaos damage taken.

Gems

A list of gems with the gem tag: Category:Chaos (gem tag)

Skill gems

Gem	Tier
Gas Arrow	7
Poisonburst Arrow	1
Contagion	1
Dark Effigy	9
Despair	9
Essence Drain	3
Hexblast	11
Profane Ritual	7
Skeletal Sniper	1
Gas Grenade	5
Mantra of Destruction	9
Toxic Growth	5
Vine Arrow	3

Spirit gems

Gem	Tier
Herald of Plague	8
Plague Bearer	4
Withering Presence	4

Support gems

Gem	Tier
Bursting Plague	1
Chaos Infusion	3
Chaos Mastery	3
Chaotic Freeze	3
Comorbidity	1
Corrosion	1
Deadly Poison	3
Decaying Hex	1
Envenom	1
Hinder	2
Impending Doom	1
Withering Touch	1

Base items

The following base items are related to chaos damage:

Item		Stats
Amethyst Charm	40	Used when you take Chaos damage from a Hit

Unique items

The following unique items are related to chaos damage:

Item	Stats
Blackheart	Adds 1 to 4 Physical Damage to Attacks(3–6) Life Regeneration per second Adds (4–6) to (8–10) Chaos Damage to Attacks 25% chance to Intimidate Enemies for 4 seconds on Hit
The Dark Defiler	Grants Skill: Level (1-20) Skeletal Warrior+(20-30) to maximum Mana +(5-10) to Intelligance (10-30)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate Gain 5% of Damage as Chaos Damage per Undead Minion
Blackflame	+(7-13)% to Chaos Resistance(15-30)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate 50% reduced Ignite Duration on Enemies Enemies Ignited by you take Chaos Damage instead of Fire Damage from Ignite 50% increased Magnitude of Ignite you inflict
Ming's Heart	+(7-13)% to Chaos Resistance20% reduced maximum Life Gain (30-40)% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage 30% reduced Global Defences
Original Sin	+(7-13)% to Chaos Resistance+(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance 100% of Elemental Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Lycosidae	Grants Skill: Raise Shield(30-40)% increased Block chance (60-100)% increased Armour Accuracy Rating is doubled Blocking damage poisons the enemy as though dealing 200 base Chaos damage
Perfidy	(100–150)% increased Armour and Evasion (10–40)% chance to Avoid Physical Damage from Hits (10–40)% chance to Avoid Chaos Damage from Hits Enemies in your Presence are Intimidated
Melting Maelstrom	Effect is not removed when Unreserved Mana is Filled (200–250)% increased Duration Every 3 seconds during Effect, deal 50% of Mana spent in those seconds as Chaos Damage to Enemies within 3 metres Recover all Mana when Used Deals 25% of current Mana as Chaos Damage to you when Effect ends
Beyond Reach	(20-30)% increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks(10-15)% reduced Attack Speed Chaos Damage from Hits also Contributes to Freeze Buildup Chaos Damage from Hits also Contributes to Electrocute Buildup Attacks Gain (10-20)% of Physical Damage as extra Chaos Damage
The Burden of Shadows	Grants Skill: Level (18-19) Sigil of Power(20-30)% increased Cast Speed Skill Mana Costs Converted to Life Costs Skills gain 1% of Damage as Chaos Damage per 3 Life Cost

Passive skills

Base passive skills

The following passive skills are related to chaos damage:

Keystone passive skills

The following keystone passive skills are related to chaos damage:

Ascendancy passive skills

The following Ascendancy passive skills are related to chaos damage:

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0e	Monsters' Chaos Damage now scales less aggressively over the Endgame.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.