Well of Corruption

Well. Target area pulses, converting boons on foes into conditions. — In-game description

Well of Corruption

 

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Well

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

10545, 10671

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Well of Corruption

Well. Target area pulses, converting boons on foes into conditions.

 Damage (6x): 798 (3.0)^?

 Damage (6x): 444 (1.68)^?

 Damage (6x): 720 (2.7)^?

 Life Force: 1%

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulse: 1 second

 Duration: 5 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Dark

 Range: 900

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Well of Corruption.

Related traits

Death Magic

• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Reaper

• Blighter's Boon — Gain life force when you apply a boon to yourself or remove a boon from an enemy. If you are in reaper's shroud, gain health instead.

Scourge

• Nourishing Ashes — Gain life force when you inflict burning, and remove or corrupt a boon.
• Feed from Corruption — When you remove or corrupt a boon from an enemy, gain barrier.

Notes

• Grants 1% Life Force per target hit per pulse.
• Converts one boon into condition per second.
• Boons are converted as follows:

Boon	Condition
Aegis	Burning (1 stack, 3 s)
Alacrity	Chilled (3 s)
Fury	Blinded (5 s)
Might	Weakness (5 s)
Protection	Vulnerability (3 stacks, 8 s)
Quickness	Slow (3 s)
Regeneration	Poisoned (6s)
Resistance	Chilled (3 s)
Resolution	Confusion (3 stacks, 5 s)
Stability	Fear (1 s)
Swiftness	Crippled (10 s)
Vigor	Bleeding (2 stacks, 8 s)

• Well of Corruption's signature sound starts with a louder gasp of breath from Necrotic Grasp, then faint wails after.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 10, 2022	Reduced power coefficient per hit from 0.35 to 0.28 in WvW only.
December 01, 2020	Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.45 to 0.35 in WvW only.
July 08, 2020	Increased cooldown from 32 seconds to 40 seconds in WvW only.
July 07, 2020	Reduced recharge from 40 seconds to 32 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced pulse power coefficient from 0.5 to 0.45.
February 22, 2017	Fixed a bug that caused wells to display their effects incorrectly while under the effects of quickness or slow.
April 19, 2016	Well of Corruption has undergone an audio rework to make it sound like it is bursting from the ground, better matching its visual effects.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Added a missing skill fact for life-force gain per hit.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Well skills now use ground targeting by default. When used underwater, wells cast at the player's location.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the cooldown to 40 seconds.
April 30, 2013	Updated damage skill fact to indicate the correct number of attacks.
February 26, 2013	This skill's icon is now the same whether or not the Focused Rituals trait is equipped.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Well of Corruption has been added to the game.