Hungering Maelstrom

Create a dark maelstrom that deals damage, inflicts vulnerability, and steals health. Reactivate this skill to inflict additional damage and conditions on all targets hit by the maelstrom. — In-game description

Hungering Maelstrom

 

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand sword

Sequence

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Game link

API

71813

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Hungering Maelstrom

Create a dark maelstrom that deals damage, inflicts vulnerability, and steals health. Reactivate this skill to inflict additional damage and conditions on all targets hit by the maelstrom.

 Damage: 1,009 (2.75)^?

 Damage: 293 (0.8)^?

 Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

 Life Siphon Damage: 1,764 (0.005)^?

 Life Siphon Damage: 1,228 (0.005)^?

 First-Hit Healing: 1,764 (0.2)^?

 First-Hit Healing: 1,228 (0.2)^?

 Additional-Hit Healing: 294 (0.034)^?

₅ Vulnerability (8s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 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.

Reaper

• Decimate Defenses — Striking a foe with vulnerability increases your critical hit chance.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 24, 2025	Reduced the life-steal damage from 1,764 to 1,228 and reduced the first-hit healing from 1,764 to 1,228 in PvP only.
March 19, 2024	Fixed an issue that caused this skill to be unaffected by quickness and slowness.
February 27, 2024	Hungering Maelstrom has been added to the game. Sped up the casting time by 15% and reduced the aftercast of this skill. Reduced the time from casting to damage by 0.25 seconds. Increased the power coefficient from 1.5 to 2.75 in PvE only.
November 28, 2023	Hungering Maelstrom was available during the beta event.