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Serpent Siphon

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Serpent Siphon

Not available underwater  0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  Ground-targeted  
Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Scourge icon small.png Scourge
Slot
Utility
Type
Punishment
Training cost
15 Hero points
Game link
API
API

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.

 Damage.png Damage: 226 (0.85)?
 Barrier.png Barrier: 1,487 (1.426)?
 Poisoned.png Poison (10s): 335 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
 Torment.png3 Boon Conversion (8s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
 Miscellaneous effect.png Boons Converted to Conditions: 1
 Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
 Radius.png Radius: 360
 Unblockable.png Unblockable
 Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Curses Curses

Death Magic Death Magic

Scourge Scourge

Notes[edit]

  • Each target struck by the attack drops a small packet on the ground next to it that is consumed and grants a barrier to the first ally that touches it. It is possible for a single ally to collect all barriers.
  • Each barrier packet lasts around 6 seconds.
This skill will summon a snake if the AoE is neither positioned on the caster or an ally; there will be no snake otherwise.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
October 04, 2022
  • Punishment skills no longer inflict crippled when removing a boon. Increased number of torment stacks applied when removing a boon from 1 to 3.
March 05, 2019
  • Fixed a bug that caused this skill to list an incorrect amount of barrier. Reduced its recharge time from 30 seconds to 25 seconds. Increased its damage by 21%.
February 06, 2018
  • Punishment Skills: The torment durations of this skill category have been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
    • The cripple duration has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
December 12, 2017
  • All skills that grant barrier now give 15% more barrier.
  • Poison has been adjusted from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 1 stack for 10 seconds.
  • Adjusted torment from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 1 stack for 10 seconds.
September 22, 2017 Path of Fire release:
  • Serpent Siphon has been added to the game.