Blight

Reduces your maximum health. Stacks intensity. — In-game description

Blight

Effect type

Effect

Stacking

Intensity

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Effect ID

62653

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Reduces your maximum health. Stacks intensity.

— In-game description

Blight is an effect unique to the Harbinger’s shroud and elixir skills that lasts 25 seconds and reduces maximum health by 1% per stack (1.5% per stack in WvW only). It can stack in intensity up to 25 times for a total of 25% maximum health reduction (37.5% in WvW only). While having the minor trait Alchemic Vigor equipped (in general this is always the case) each stack also heals for 13 (0.0125)^? per second for a total of 325 (0.3125)^? for 25 seconds.

Related skills

Healing skills that inflict blight

•   Elixir of Promise — 10 stacks of Blight on Self (25s): 3,250 Heal, -10% Health (in PvE, PvP); 10 stacks of Blight on Self (25s): 3,250 Heal, -15% Health (in WvW)

Utility skills that inflict blight

•   Elixir of Anguish — 10 stacks of Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -10% Health (in PvE, PvP); 10 stacks of Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -15% Health (in WvW)
•   Elixir of Bliss — 10 stacks of Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -10% Health (in PvE, PvP); 10 stacks of Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -15% Health (in WvW)
•   Elixir of Ignorance — 10 stacks of Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -10% Health (in PvE, PvP); 10 stacks of Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -15% Health (in WvW)
•   Elixir of Risk — 10 stacks of Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -10% Health (in PvE, PvP); 10 stacks of Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -15% Health (in WvW)

Elite skills that inflict blight

•   Elixir of Ambition — 15 stacks of Blight (25s): 4,875 Heal, -15% Health (in PvE, PvP); 15 stacks of Blight (25s): 4,875 Heal, -220.5½% Health (in WvW)

Profession mechanic skills that inflict blight

•   Harbinger Shroud — 2 stacks of Blight Gained per Second in Shroud (25s): 325 Heal, -1% Health (in PvE, PvP); Blight Gained per Second in Shroud (25s): 325 Heal, -10.5½% Health (in WvW)

Related traits

Traits that inflict blight

• Dark Disciple (Harbinger) — Death Shroud is replaced with Harbinger Shroud, granting powerful offensive skills but leaving you vulnerable to attack. As you remain in Harbinger Shroud, you accumulate stacking Blight. Blight decreases your maximum health.

Traits that improve blight

• Wicked Corruption (Harbinger) — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of blight you have. Critical strikes deal increased damage to targets with torment.
• Septic Corruption (Harbinger) — Deal increased condition damage for each stack of blight you have. Shroud 2 skill also inflicts poison.
• Alchemic Vigor (Harbinger) — Gain increased vitality. Heal each second for each stack of blight you have.

Version history

For a detailed effect history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 24, 2025	Reduced the health percentage decrease from 1.5% to 1% in PvE only.
October 08, 2024	Reduced the health percentage decrease from 1.5% to 1% in PvP only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Blight has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Blight was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. The reduction to your maximum health per stack of Blight has been reduced from 2% to 1.5%.
August 17, 2021	Blight was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.

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