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Death Spiral

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Death Spiral

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Reaper icon small.png Reaper
Weapon
Greatsword
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Game link
API
30860
1 Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade, and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

Damage.png Damage (6x): 1,212 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage (6x): 726 (1.8)?
Vulnerability.png12 Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage
Vulnerability.png12 Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Whirl
Range.png Range: 240

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Curses Curses

Death Magic Death Magic

Reaper Reaper

Notes[edit]

  • Life force gain is per hit per target.
  • Other weapon skills with life force gain per hit: Chilling Scythe, Grasping Darkness, and Necrotic Grasp.
  • The maximum possible life force gain for one attack in PvE is 54% untraited, and 59,4% with Gluttony. In PvP and WvW, the maximum possible life force gain for one attack is 36% untraited, and 40% with Gluttony.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
May 02, 2023
  • Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from creating Combo Finisher: Whirl the correct number of times.
November 29, 2022
  • Increased life force gain per hit from 2% to 3% in PvE only.
August 23, 2022
  • (PvE only) Damage multiplier per hit increased from 0.425 to 0.5.
August 17, 2021
  • (Undocumented) This skill is now a whirl finisher.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.35 to 0.3. Reduced vulnerability duration from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
April 23, 2019
  • Reduced the recharge time from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
  • Increased the range from 220 to 240 to make the range a standard multiple of 60.
  • Adjusted the visual effects of this skill to be more pronounced.
  • Narrowed the attack cone so that this skill's attack region more accurately matches its animation.
  • Removed bonus damage to targets above 50% health.
  • Increased base damage by 28% in PvE and 6% in PvP and WvW.
July 10, 2018
  • This skill now deals increased damage to targets above 50% health, with the increase being 50% in PvE and 10% in PvP and WvW.
February 22, 2017
  • The damage of this skill has been increased by 20%.
October 18, 2016
  • The damage of this ability has been increased by 66%.
October 23, 2015 Heart of Thorns release:
  • Death Spiral has been added to the game.