Soul Spiral

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Soul Spiral

20.75¾  30  

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Parent skill

 

 Reaper's Shroud

 

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Spiral and damage nearby foes, dealing high damage. This skill inherits traits from Life Transfer.

  Damage (12x): 1,272 (4.8)^?

  Damage (12x): 1,920 (7.2)^?

 ₁₂ Poison (2s): 804 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Number of Targets: 5

  Duration: 3s

  Radius: 300

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

— In-game description ^[?]

Notes

• Counts as 4 Whirl finishers.
• Damage value is calculated with the weapon strength of the active weapon before shroud is activated. Wiki value assumes unequipped value of 690.5

Bug:

Sometimes multiple seconds after casting hits enemies randomly far away from casting location or the user.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 10, 2018	The damage of this skill has been increased by 50% in PvE only.
November 07, 2017	Increased damage by 40%. Reduced poison duration from 4 seconds to 2 seconds. Reduced number of whirl finishers on this skill from 6 to 4.
April 19, 2016	Reduced the number of whirl combos during the course of the skill from 11 to 6.
January 26, 2016	Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from triggering whirl finishers while underwater.
November 04, 2015	Fixed a bug in which this skill would not display a skill fact for the casting bar or casting time.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Soul Spiral has been added to the game.