Scourge
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“Scourges channel their life force into the desert sands to summon biddable shades that damage enemies and create shields for their allies. They use punishment skills to torment their enemies, and wield torches to light the path to their destruction.
— Official site
Scourge is an elite specialization for the necromancer that focuses on punishment skills, boon corruption, bestowing might and barriers to allies, and replacing their death shroud with the ability to conjure sand shades. It also allows the use of an offhand torch.
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List of scourge skills[edit]
- See also: List of necromancer skills
Profession mechanic[edit]
- Scourges lose access to Death Shroud in favor of getting access to Shade skills at all times, which use life force directly on use. Life force cost is static, and does not scale with the total life force pool. Increasing vitality does not increase the cost of Shade skills. All skills, except Manifest Sand Shade, have a half-second delay before activating.
# | Skill | ![]() |
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Description |
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F1 | Manifest Sand Shade | ½ | Shade. Manifest a sand shade using some of your life force[sic]. Using a shade ability strikes enemies near you and your shades. | |
F2 | Nefarious Favor | 5 | Shade. Your shades convert a condition on nearby allies into a boon. Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast. | |
F3 | Sand Cascade | 10 | Shade. Sand rises up near your shades to shield nearby allies. Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast. | |
F4 | Garish Pillar | 15 | Shade. Induce fear in enemies around your sand shades. Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast. | |
F5 | Desert Shroud | 20 | Shade. Enter the desert shroud, gaining a powerful barrier and pulsing necrotic energy around your sand shades. Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per pulse. |
Weapon skills[edit]
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Torch[edit] | |||||
4 | Harrowing Wave | ½ | 20 | Unleash a wave of corrupted fire, burning and tormenting enemies. Gain life force for each enemy struck. | |
5 | Oppressive Collapse | ¾ | 25 | Corrupt the ground under your target; if they remain within the area, they will be knocked down. Grant might to allies near your target based on how many conditions they have. |
Slot skills[edit]
Healing[edit]
Skill | ![]() |
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Sand Flare | ¾ | 25 | Punishment. Grant nearby allies a barrier. Convert a boon on nearby enemies into torment and cripple. |
Utility[edit]
Skill | ![]() |
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Description |
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Trail of Anguish | ![]() |
25 | Punishment. Leave a trail of sand as you travel. Grant boons to allies passing through it. Inflict burning on enemies and corrupt a boon into cripple and torment. | |
Desiccate | ¾ | 20 | Punishment. Draw vital energy from your foes to gain life force and grant boons to nearby allies. Gain additional life force per target struck. Convert a boon on affected enemies to torment and cripple. | |
Sand Swell | ![]() |
1 | 35 | Punishment. Plunge into the ground, creating a portal through Tyria for allied use. Grant allies using this passage a health barrier. Convert a boon on nearby enemies into torment and cripple. |
Serpent Siphon | ![]() |
½ | 25 | Punishment. Unleash ghostly serpents toward foes in the targeted area; serpents striking their targets become magical sand, which grants allies a barrier. Convert a boon from struck enemies into torment and cripple. |
Elite[edit]
Skill | ![]() |
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Description |
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Ghastly Breach | ¾ | 75 | Punishment. Breach into the realm of torment for a brief time, granting might to allies and slowing enemies. Convert a boon on enemies into torment and cripple each pulse. |
List of scourge traits[edit]
- See also: List of necromancer traits
Tier | Trait | ![]() |
Description |
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Minor Proficiency | ![]() |
You can wield torches. | |
Minor Adept | ![]() |
Gain the power to craft sand shadows and command them using your life force. Gain access to Punishment and Shade skills. Shade skills inherit the effects of traits that affect shroud skills. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
Granting an ally a barrier removes conditions afflicting them and grants might. This effect only occurs with barrier from scourge skills and traits. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
Torch skills gain reduced recharge. Gain expertise based on your condition damage. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
3 | Gain life force when you inflict burning, and remove or corrupt a boon. |
Minor Master | ![]() |
Gain concentration and expertise for each of your active sand shades. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
Manifest Sand Shade grants a barrier to allies near it. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
Punishment skills gain reduced recharge and cause your next Manifest Sand Shade to inflict burning on foes near it. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
Desert Shroud becomes Harbinger Shroud. | |
Minor Grandmaster | ![]() |
Reduce incoming damage for each sand shade you have active. | |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
Summon only one shade at a time. This greater shade has a modified recharge. Influence a larger area with shade skills. A greater shade counts as three shades for related traits. | |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
Torment you inflict deals increased damage and causes your foes to burn. This trait can only inflict burning on a particular target once every three seconds. | |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
When you remove or corrupt a boon from an enemy, gain that boon. |
Associated items[edit]
- Scourge's Torch
- Guide for the Lost
- Scourge's Tendrils
- Superior Rune of the Scourge
- Mini Scourge Akesi Xuni
Related achievements[edit]
Specializations: Adept Scourge — Begin training the necromancer's scourge elite specialization. (5
)
Specializations: Master Scourge — Completely train the necromancer's scourge elite specialization. (10
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Specialization Collections: Guide for the Lost — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the scourge's torch, Guide for the Lost. (3
)
Gallery[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Scourge utility skills were initially sacrifice skills that consumed life force, but the developers felt that didn't cohere thematically, since life force was typically consumed by shroud skills. These utilities were replaced by punishment skills that corrupt enemy boons into specific conditions.[1]
- The Scourge Class NPC is Akesi Xuni, and may be found outside the Court of the Dead.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhBf1Q6gTnY Guild Chat Episode 51, Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™ Elite Specializations