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Desiccate

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Desiccate

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Utility
Type
Punishment
Training cost
15 Hero points
Game link
API
42935
0.75¾ Activation time  16 Recharge time  
Desiccate

Punishment. Draw vital energy from your foes to gain life force and grant boons to nearby allies. Gain additional life force per target struck. Convert a boon on affected enemies to torment.

Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Might.png8 Might (9s): 240 Condition Damage, 240 Power
Might.png8 Might (6s): 240 Condition Damage, 240 Power
Fury.png Fury (9s): +20% Critical Chance
Torment.png3 Boon Conversion (8s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Miscellaneous effect.png Boons Converted to Conditions: 1
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force: 10%
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force per Hit: 2%
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Spite Spite

Curses Curses

Death Magic Death Magic

Scourge Scourge

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
June 27, 2023
  • This skill now also grants fury to nearby allies. Increased might from 5 stacks for 8 seconds to 8 stacks for 9 seconds. Reduced cooldown from 20 seconds to 16 seconds.
October 04, 2022
  • Punishment skills no longer inflict crippled when removing a boon. Increased number of torment stacks applied when removing a boon from 1 to 3.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced might duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. Increased number of might stacks from 5 to 8.
March 05, 2019
  • Fixed a bug with this skill in which its might gain applied in a larger radius than the listed value. Removed an unlisted whirl finisher. Reduced the casting time from 1 second to 0.75 seconds. Increased its damage by 150%. This skill now grants a bonus 2% life force for each target it strikes.
February 06, 2018
  • Punishment Skills: The torment durations of this skill category have been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
    • The cripple duration has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
December 12, 2017
  • Adjusted torment from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 1 stack for 10 seconds.
September 22, 2017 Path of Fire release:
  • Desiccate has been added to the game.