Nourishing Ashes

Gain life force when you inflict burning, and remove or corrupt a boon. — In-game description

Nourishing Ashes

Specialization

Scourge (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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3

Nourishing Ashes

Gain life force when you inflict burning, and remove or corrupt a boon.

 Life Force: 5%

 Life Force: 3%

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Unholy Feast — Axe
•   Dark Pact — Dagger
•   Devouring Darkness — Scepter
•   Feast of Corruption — Scepter
•   Path of Gluttony — Sword
•   Gorge — Sword
•   Spinal Shivers — Focus
•   Extirpate — Spear
•   Harrowing Wave — Torch

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sand Flare — Punishment

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Corrupt Boon — Corruption
•   Signet of the Locust — Signet
•   Well of Corruption — Well
•   Desiccate — Punishment
•   Sand Swell — Punishment
•   Serpent Siphon — Punishment
•   Trail of Anguish — Punishment

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Plaguelands — Corruption
•   Ghastly Breach — Punishment

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Spinal Shivers — Chill of Death
•   Spiteful Spirit — Spiteful Spirit
•   Sandstorm Shroud — Herald of Sorrow

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Spite

• Signets of Suffering — Signets steal health and remove boons from affected foes. Siphon healing is reduced for each target struck beyond the first.

Curses

• Path of Corruption — Shroud skill 2 now additionally converts boons into conditions.

Soul Reaping

• Dhuumfire — Shroud skill 1 inflicts burning on your target.

Scourge

• Sadistic Searing — Nefarious Favor now burns nearby enemy targets.
• Demonic Lore — Torment you inflict deals increased damage and causes your foes to burn. This trait can only inflict burning on a particular target once every three seconds.

Notes

• To clarify, this trait does not remove or corrupt a boon when you inflict burning. Instead, it causes you to gain Life Force when you do one of the following to an enemy:
  • Inflict burning
  • Remove a boon
  • Corrupt a boon

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced life force gain from 5% to 3%.
May 08, 2018	This trait has been renamed Nourishing Ashes and now grants life force when the player inflicts burning in addition to when the player corrupts a target or removes a boon.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Nourishing Rot has been added to the game.