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Despair

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DespairAoE, Chaos, Duration, Curse
Tier: 9
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (42-251) Mana
Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.Curse applies after 1 second delay
Cursed enemies have (-36-30)% to Chaos Resistance
Curse radius is (1.5–2.1) metres
Curse duration is (6–7.4) seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Curse radius is (0–0.2) meters
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

Despair is a curse spell that lowers of the chaos resistance of enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
-X% Chaos ResistanceCurse RadiusCurse Duration
10142-30%1.56
23946-30%1.56.2
361651-30%1.66.2
4102556-31%1.66.2
5143461-31%1.66.4
6184367-31%1.76.4
7225274-32%1.76.4
8266181-32%1.76.6
9317289-32%1.86.6
10368398-33%1.86.6
114195108-33%1.86.8
1246106119-33%1.96.8
1352119130-34%1.96.8
1458133143-34%1.97
1564146157-34%2.07
1666151173-35%2.07
1772164190-35%2.07.2
1878178208-35%2.17.2
1984191229-36%2.17.2
2090205251-36%2.17.4

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 Decaying Hex Heightened Curse Impending Doom
II Coming Soon Focused Curse Ritualistic Curse
III Burning Inscription Coming Soon Hex Bloom

Item acquisition

Despair has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Despair has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.