Well of Suffering

Well. Target area pulses, damaging foes and inflicting vulnerability. — In-game description

Well of Suffering

 

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Well

Training cost

2 Hero points

Game link

API

10546, 10674

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0.25¼  

25

30

25

 

Well of Suffering

Well. Target area pulses, damaging foes and inflicting vulnerability.

 Damage (6x): 1,596 (6.0)^?

 Damage (6x): 1,038 (3.9)^?

 Damage (6x): 1,434 (5.4)^?

₂ Vulnerability (5s): +2% Incoming Damage, +2% Incoming Condition Damage

₄ Vulnerability (5s): +4% Incoming Damage, +4% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulse: 1 second

 Duration: 6 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Dark

 Range: 900

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Well of Suffering.

Notes

• Well of Suffering starts with a very soft sound, with only whispering and muffled moans through its pulses.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 10, 2022	Reduced power coefficient per hit from 0.9 to 0.65 in WvW only.
July 08, 2020	Increased cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in WvW only.
July 07, 2020	Reduced recharge from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced pulse power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.9.
May 08, 2018	The cooldown of this skill is no longer split between game modes and has been reduced from 35 to 30 seconds in PvE.
March 27, 2018	Reduced the cooldown from 35 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP and WvW. Increased the amount of vulnerability applied per pulse from 2 stacks to 4 stacks in PvP and WvW.
February 22, 2017	Fixed a bug that caused wells to display their effects incorrectly while under the effects of quickness or slow.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Well skills now use ground targeting by default. When used underwater, wells cast at the player's location.
May 20, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused the kills from this skill to count towards the Sword Master achievement.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the cooldown to 35 seconds.
April 30, 2013	Updated damage skill fact to indicate the correct number of attacks. Updated the number of attacks to be consistent when affected by Focused Rituals.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Well of Suffering has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.