Signet of Spite

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Signet of Spite

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Signet
Training cost
3 Hero points
Game link
API
10622
Gallery
Signet of Spite (overhead icon).png

Overhead activation icon

0.75¾ Activation time  
40 Recharge time
30 Recharge time
 
Signet of Spite

Signet Passive: Improves power.
Signet Active: Inflict bleeding, blindness, crippled, poison, vulnerability, and weakness on your foe.

Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Signet of Spite.png Signet of Spite: 180 Power
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding (10s): 440 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding (8s): 352 Damage
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Blinded.png Blindness (4s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Crippled.png Cripple (10s): -50% Movement Speed
Crippled.png Cripple (4s): -50% Movement Speed
Poisoned.png2 Poison (10s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png2 Poison (8s): 536 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Torment.png2 Torment (6s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Torment.png2 Torment (8s): 352 Damage, 509 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (6s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Weakness.png Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Weakness.png Weakness (4s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Spite Spite

Curses Curses

Death Magic Death Magic

Blood Magic Blood Magic

Reaper Reaper

Scourge Scourge

  • Demonic Lore Demonic LoreTorment 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[edit]

  • Spread its conditions with Epidemic or use it to increase the effectiveness of Feast of Corruption.
  • Although the skill inflicts Torment it's not mentioned in the description.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
June 27, 2023
  • Reduced cooldown from 60 seconds to 40 seconds in PvE and from 40 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP and WvW. Reduced the duration of cripple, blind, and weakness to 4 seconds in PvP and WvW. Adjusted the duration of bleeding, poison, and torment to 8 seconds in PvP and WvW.
November 29, 2022
  • Reduced cooldown from 60 seconds to 40 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced vulnerability duration from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
August 08, 2017 Path of Fire pre-patch:
  • When activated, this skill now inflicts 2 stacks of torment for 6 seconds, in addition to its previous active effects.
November 04, 2015
  • Fixed an issue causing this skill to not play an animation while equipped with a greatsword.
September 29, 2015
  • Fixed a bug that caused this skill to apply 1 stack of vulnerability instead of 5.
August 25, 2015
  • Fixed a bug that caused this skill to inflict less bleeding than indicated in its tooltip.
June 23, 2015 Specialization update:
  • Increased the number of poison stacks from 1 stack for 10 seconds to 2 stacks for 10 seconds.
June 25, 2013
  • Now applies 2 stacks of bleeding for 10 seconds, blind for 5 seconds, cripple for 10 seconds, poison for 10 seconds, 5 stacks of vulnerability for 10 seconds, and weakness for 10 seconds.
  • Reduced the recharge to 60 seconds.
April 30, 2013
  • Updated the skill facts to indicate the passive effect of this skill. Increased the passive power boost by 100%.
November 15, 2012
  • This skill's description now indicates all conditions applied.
October 07, 2012
  • Signet of Spite can now be cast while on the move.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Signet of Spite has been added to the game.