Epidemic/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 skill that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this skill, see Epidemic. |
June 27, 2023
- Epidemic: Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from functioning against downed enemies.
Epidemic
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Corruption
- Training cost
- 4 Hero points
- Game link
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EpidemicCorruption. Apply vulnerability to yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes at a reduced duration.
WvW only: does not affect structures or targets with resistance.
Damage: 27 (0.1)?
3 Self Vulnerability (6s): +3% Incoming Damage, +3% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of Targets: 5
Duration Decreased: 50%
Radius: 900
Cannot Critical Hit
Range: 1,200
Unblockable
— In-game description
February 28, 2022
- Epidemic: The maximum number of stacks of each condition that are applied to targets has been reduced from 25 to 5.
July 10, 2018
- Epidemic: Increased the travel speed of epidemic projectiles by 33%. This skill now reduces the duration of conditions it copies by 50%.
Epidemic
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Corruption
- Training cost
- 4 Hero points
- Game link
“1EpidemicCorruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes at a reduced duration.
WvW Only: Does not affect structures or targets with resistance.
— In-game description
May 18, 2017
- Epidemic: Fixed a bug that caused conditions to not transfer on the fifth missile.
- The missiles fired from this ability will now pierce targets already struck by the skill.
- Removed the new functionality that caused condition durations to affect newly transferred conditions.
May 16, 2017
- Epidemic: This ability now fires slow-arcing projectiles from its initial target to up to 5 targets in range.
- Foes hit by the projectiles gain all conditions from the original Epidemic target.
- Projectile strikes are unblockable but cannot critically hit.
- Increased radius to 900.
- Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to affect allies.
Epidemic
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Corruption
- Training cost
- 4 Hero points
- Game link
“1EpidemicCorruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.
WvW Only: Does not affect structures or targets with resistance.
— In-game description
March 07, 2017
- Epidemic: WvW Only: Does not affect structures or targets with resistance.
Epidemic
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Corruption
- Training cost
- 4 Hero points
- Game link
“1EpidemicCorruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.
WvW Only: Does not affect structures or targets with resistance.
— In-game description
June 23, 2015
- Epidemic: With the changes to condition stacking, Epidemic now only applies up to 25 stacks of any given condition.
- Increased recharge to 20 seconds.
Epidemic
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Corruption
- Training cost
- 4 Hero points
- Game link
“1EpidemicCorruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.
— In-game description
July 01, 2014
- Epidemic: Added a missing skill fact for number of targets (5).
Epidemic
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Corruption
- Training cost
- 1 Hero points
- Game link
“1EpidemicCorruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.
— In-game description
April 30, 2013
- Epidemic skill: Now unblockable.
Epidemic
- Profession
- Necromancer (skill list)
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Corruption
- Training cost
- 1 Hero points
- Game link
“1EpidemicCorruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.
— In-game description
March 26, 2013
- Epidemic skill: Now requires line of sight of the main target to spread conditions to nearby enemies.
October 01, 2012
- Epidemic: This skill no longer has infinite range.
Original version
Epidemic
“15EpidemicCorruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.
— In-game description
