Dark Water

This article is about the necromancer skill. For the jellyfish skill, see Dark Water (jellyfish). For the Jellyfish Battle Form skill, see Dark Water (Jellyfish Battle Form).

Blind and poison foes near your target with a dark cloud. — In-game description

Dark Water

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Parent skill

  Death Shroud

Slot

Transform

Type

Shroud

Game link

API

10644

This skill is the underwater replacement for: Dark Path

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0.5½  8  

Dark Water

Blind and poison foes near your target with a dark cloud.

  Damage: 106 (0.4)^?

  Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Poison (12s): 402 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 4

  Duration: 3 seconds

  Radius: 120

  Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Curses

• Plague Sending — Your first attack after entering shroud transfers conditions. Only activates if you have conditions.
• Chilling Darkness — Blinding a target will also apply chill.
• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.
• Parasitic Contagion — A percentage of your condition damage heals you. Healing will not occur while life force replaces health.

Death Magic

• Putrid Defense — Poison damage is increased. Applying poison grants carapace.
• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Blood Magic

• Vampiric Presence — You and your nearby allies siphon health with attacks. This effect increases while in Shroud.

Soul Reaping

• Sinister Shroud — Shroud skills gain reduced recharge.

Notes

• Damage value is calculated with the weapon strength of the active weapon before shroud is activated. Wiki value assumes unequipped value of 690.5

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 16, 2019	Reduced recharge from 15 seconds to 8 seconds. Reduced pulses from 7 to 4. Reduced duration from 6 seconds to 3 seconds.
December 12, 2017	Poison has been adjusted from 2 stacks for 6 seconds to 1 stack for 12 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This skill now applies 2 stacks of poison for 6 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Dark Water has been added to the game.