Plague Signet

This article is about the skill. For the ring, see Plague Signet (ring).

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Plague Signet

30

40

 4  

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Signet

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Passive: Transfers conditions from nearby allies to yourself.
Active: Send your conditions to a foe.

  Conditions Transferred: 1

  Conditions Sent: 5

  Interval: 3s

  Passive Radius: 1,200

  Breaks Stun

  Range: 1,200

— In-game description ^[?]

Notes

12 hours of Crippled transferred via Plague Signet.

• Transfers one condition from a nearby ally every 3 seconds and two conditions with the trait Signets of Suffering.
• Can transfer special "event conditions", either from NPC allies or from the user, that aren't meant to be removed/transferred.
• This skill is not affected by Blindness.

Related traits

•  Signets of Suffering — Signets have improved passive effects. Gain the benefits of your equipped signet passives while in shroud. Signets recharge every second that you are in shroud.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 27, 2018	Increased the cooldown from 30 seconds to 40 seconds in PvP and WvW.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Updated skill facts to clarify that this skill's passive effect transfers 1 condition every 3 seconds from allies to yourself.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Reduced recharge to 30 seconds. Reduced number of conditions transferred by the active component to 5 (previously all).
April 15, 2014	The activation of this signet will now transfer blind, instead of causing the skill to miss.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Plague Signet has been added to the game.

Trivia

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