Soul Spiral

Shroud. Spin and damage nearby foes, and inflict a condition each strike. — In-game description

Soul Spiral

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Parent skill

  Reaper's Shroud

Slot

Transform

Type

Shroud

Game link

API

API

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20.75¾  30  

Shroud. Spin and damage nearby foes, and inflict a condition each strike.

  Damage (12x): 2,232 (8.4)^?

  Damage (12x): 720 (2.7)^?

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

  Number of Targets: 5

  Duration: 3 seconds

  Radius: 300

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

— In-game description

Related traits

Curses

• Plague Sending — Your first attack after entering shroud transfers conditions. Only activates if you have conditions.
• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.
• Parasitic Contagion — A percentage of your condition damage heals you. Healing will not occur while life force replaces health.

Death Magic

• Putrid Defense — Poison damage is increased. Applying poison grants carapace.
• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Blood Magic

• Vampiric Presence — You and your nearby allies siphon health with attacks. This effect increases while in Shroud.
• Transfusion — Shroud skill 4 heals and partially revives nearby allies. Up to five nearby downed allies are teleported to you upon using shroud skill 4.

Soul Reaping

• Sinister Shroud — Shroud skills gain reduced recharge.

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

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 02, 2023	Increased power coefficient from 0.6 to 0.7 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Reduced power coefficient per strike in PvP and WvW from 0.4 to 0.225.
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.