Elixir of Anguish

Elixir. Infuse the magical essence of anguish into an elixir, gaining swiftness and quickness, and then toss the elixir at the targeted area, inflicting cripple on foes. If you are in the splash area of the elixir, gain Blight. If you are at or above the Blight threshold when you activate this skill, consume that amount of Blight to double the damage and condition duration — In-game description

Elixir of Anguish

 

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Harbinger

Slot

Utility

Type

Elixir

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

62662

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0.5½  25  

Elixir of Anguish

Elixir. Infuse the magical essence of anguish into an elixir, gaining swiftness and quickness, and then toss the elixir at the targeted area, inflicting cripple on foes. If you are in the splash area of the elixir, gain Blight.

If you are at or above the Blight threshold when you activate this skill, consume that amount of Blight to double the damage and condition duration

Self Effects on Cast

 Swiftness (10s): +33% Movement Speed

 Quickness (5s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.

Effects in Impact Area

 Damage: 213 (0.8)^?

 Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed

₁₀ Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -15% Health

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Blight Threshold: 5

When above Blight Threshold

 Damage and Condition Duration Increase: 100%

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Curses

• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

Death Magic

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

Harbinger

• Wicked Corruption — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of blight you have. Critical strikes deal increased damage to targets with torment.
• Bolstering Brew — Elixir skills grant protection.
• Septic Corruption — Deal increased condition damage for each stack of blight you have. Shroud 2 skill also inflicts poison.
• Alchemic Vigor — Gain increased vitality. Heal each second for each stack of blight you have.
• Twisted Medicine — Elixir skills also grant their boons to allies within the elixir impact radius. Gain concentration based on your vitality.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP and WvW.
November 29, 2022	Fixed an issue that prevented harbinger elixirs from applying blight to the user and boons to allies.
June 28, 2022	All elixirs now use normal projectile targeting underwater, instead of using ground targeting.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Elixir of Anguish has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Elixir of Anguish was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Still grants Quickness and Swiftness to yourself on cast. Is now ground-targeted; damage and apply Cripple (5s) to enemies in the impact area. If you are in the impact area, gain 10 Blight. Blight Threshold 5: Damage and condition duration doubled.
August 17, 2021	Elixir of Anguish was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.