Death Spiral/history

May 02, 2023

• Death Spiral: Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from creating Combo Finisher: Whirl the correct number of times.

November 29, 2022

• Death Spiral: Increased life force gain per hit from 2% to 3% in PvE only.

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

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1  10  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade, and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

 Damage (6x): 1,212 (3.0)^?

 Damage (6x): 726 (1.8)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

₁₂ Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 3%

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 240

— In-game description

August 23, 2022

• Death Spiral: (PvE only) Damage multiplier per hit increased from 0.425 to 0.5.

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

“

1  10  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade, and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

 Damage (6x): 1,212 (3.0)^?

 Damage (6x): 726 (1.8)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

₁₂ Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 240

— In-game description

August 17, 2021

• Death Spiral: (Undocumented) This skill is now a whirl finisher.

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

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1  10  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade, and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

 Damage (6x): 1,026 (2.55)^?

 Damage (6x): 726 (1.8)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

₁₂ Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 240

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

• Death Spiral: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.35 to 0.3. Reduced vulnerability duration from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

“

1  10  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade, and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

 Damage (6x): 1,026 (2.55)^?

 Damage (6x): 726 (1.8)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

₁₂ Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 240

— In-game description

April 23, 2019

• Death Spiral: Reduced the recharge time from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
  • Increased the range from 220 to 240 to make the range a standard multiple of 60.
  • Adjusted the visual effects of this skill to be more pronounced.
  • Narrowed the attack cone so that this skill's attack region more accurately matches its animation.
  • Removed bonus damage to targets above 50% health.
  • Increased base damage by 28% in PvE and 6% in PvP and WvW.

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

“

1  10  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

 Damage (6x): 1,026 (2.55)^?

 Damage (6x): 846 (2.1)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 240

— In-game description

July 10, 2018

• Death Spiral: This skill now deals increased damage to targets above 50% health, with the increase being 50% in PvE and 10% in PvP and WvW.

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

“

1  12  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade and rend the armor of foes in front of you. Deal increased damage to foes above the health threshold.

 Damage (6x): 798 (1.98)^?

 Damage Increase: 50%

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Health Threshold: 50%

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 220

— In-game description

February 22, 2017

• Death Spiral: The damage of this skill has been increased by 20%.

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

“

1  12  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

 Damage (6x): 799 (1.98)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 220

— In-game description

October 18, 2016

• Death Spiral: The damage of this ability has been increased by 66%.

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

“

1  12  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

 Damage (6x): 606 (1.5)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 220

— In-game description

Original version

Death Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

 

Game link

“

1  12  

Death Spiral

Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

 Damage (6x): 366 (0.9)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (10s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Life Force: 2%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 220

— In-game description