Target the Weak

Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision. — In-game description

Target the Weak

Specialization

Curses (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Minor

Training cost

6 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Target the Weak

Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

 Critical Chance Increase: 2%

 Gain Condition Damage Based on a Percentage of Precision: 13%

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Increase is per unique condition so stacking conditions like ₁₀ Bleeding count as one condition.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Rending Claws — Axe
•   Unholy Feast — Axe
•   Dark Pact — Dagger
•   Deathly Swarm — Dagger
•   Enfeebling Blood — Dagger
•   Blood Curse — Scepter
•   Rending Curse — Scepter
•   Putrid Curse — Scepter
•   Grasping Dead — Scepter
•   Devouring Darkness — Scepter
•   Feast of Corruption — Scepter
•   Deathly Enervation — Sword
•   Hungering Maelstrom — Sword
•   Gormandize — Sword
•   Devouring Visage — Sword
•   Consume — Sword
•   Soul Grasp — Focus
•   Spinal Shivers — Focus
•   Wail of Doom — Warhorn
•   Mark of Blood — Staff
•   Chillblains — Staff
•   Reaper's Mark — Staff
•   Sinister Stab — Spear
•   Wicked Spiral — Spear
•   Addle — Spear
•   Deadly Catch — Spear
•   Isolate — Spear
•   Dark Spear — Spear
•   Crimson Tide — Trident
•   Feast — Trident
•   Foul Current — Trident
•   Frozen Abyss — Trident
•   Chilling Scythe — Greatsword
•   Death Spiral — Greatsword
•   Nightfall — Greatsword
•   Grasping Darkness — Greatsword
•   Harrowing Wave — Torch
•   Oppressive Collapse — Torch
•   Vicious Shot — Pistol
•   Weeping Shots — Pistol
•   Vile Blast — Pistol

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dark Path — Death Shroud
•   Dark Water — Death Shroud
•   Doom — Death Shroud
•   Wave of Fear — Death Shroud
•   Gathering Plague — Death Shroud
•   Life Transfer — Death Shroud
•   Tainted Shackles — Death Shroud
•   Deathly Claws — Lich Form
•   Lich's Gaze — Lich Form
•   Ripple of Horror — Lich Form
•   Death's Charge — Reaper's Shroud
•   Terrify — Reaper's Shroud
•   Soul Spiral — Reaper's Shroud
•   Executioner's Scythe — Reaper's Shroud
•   Tainted Bolts — Harbinger Shroud
•   Dark Barrage — Harbinger Shroud
•   Devouring Cut — Harbinger Shroud
•   Voracious Arc — Harbinger Shroud
•   Voracious Dive — Harbinger Shroud
•   Anguish — Ritualist's Shroud
•   Wanderlust — Ritualist's Shroud

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sand Flare — Punishment
•   Elixir of Promise — Elixir

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blood Is Power — Corruption
•   Corrosive Poison Cloud — Corruption
•   Corrupt Boon — Corruption
•   Epidemic — Corruption
•   Summon Bone Fiend — Minion
•   Rigor Mortis
•   Necrotic Traversal
•   Haunt
•   Signet of Spite — Signet
•   Spectral Grasp — Spectral
•   Spectral Ring — Spectral
•   Well of Darkness — Well
•   Well of Suffering — Well
•   "Nothing Can Save You!" — Shout
•   "Suffer!" — Shout
•   "You Are All Weaklings!" — Shout
•   Desiccate — Punishment
•   Sand Swell — Punishment
•   Serpent Siphon — Punishment
•   Trail of Anguish — Punishment
•   Elixir of Anguish — Elixir
•   Elixir of Ignorance — Elixir
•   Elixir of Risk — Elixir
•   Nightmare Weapon — Weapon spell

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Plaguelands — Corruption
•   Summon Flesh Golem — Minion
•   "Chilled to the Bone!" — Shout
•   Ghastly Breach — Punishment
•   Elixir of Ambition — Elixir

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Manifest Sand Shade — Shade
•   Garish Pillar — Shade
•   Desert Shroud — Shade, Shroud
•   Innervate Wanderlust

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dhuumfire — Dhuumfire
•   Dhuumfire — Dhuumfire
•   Lesser Chilblains — Transfusion
•   Lesser Enfeeble — Weakening Shroud
•   Lesser Mark of Blood — Mark of Evasion
•   Lesser Spinal Shivers — Chill of Death
•   Poison Nova — Death Nova
•   Spiteful Spirit — Spiteful Spirit
•   Chilling Nova — Chilling Nova
•   Sandstorm Shroud — Herald of Sorrow
•   Approaching Doom — Doom Approaches
•   Cascading Corruption — Cascading Corruption

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 17, 2021	The description of this trait has been corrected to include that it also increases the necromancer's condition damage by a percentage of their precision.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added: Gain condition damage equal to 13% of your precision.
October 15, 2013	This trait will now properly increase damage when the target has the torment condition.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Target the Weak has been added to the game.