Fetid Ground

Create fetid ground that damages and poisons foes. — In-game description

Fetid Ground

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Slot

Downed

Game link

API

10559

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0.25¼  20  

Fetid Ground

Create fetid ground that damages and poisons foes.

 Damage (6x): 1,278 (4.8)^?

₅ Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Dark

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Spite

• Death's Embrace — Deal increased strike damage while downed. Inflict vulnerability when you strike a foe below the health threshold. Cannot apply vulnerability to the same target more than once per interval.

Curses

• Parasitic Contagion — A percentage of your condition damage heals you. Healing will not occur while life force replaces health.
• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

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.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Increased the poison duration from 3 seconds to 5 seconds per pulse.
August 06, 2013	Added a radius skill fact.
October 22, 2012	This downed skill now has a Dark combo field. Its visual effects have been updated to show its actual radius.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Fetid Ground has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.