Chaos damage
Chaos Damage is one of the 5 Damage Types. It is the rarest damage type and the hardest to get Resistance against. Chaos damage ignores energy shield, reducing life directly. One can become immune to Chaos Damage with the Chaos Inoculation Keystone Passive.
One source of chaos damage is the Poison status ailment.
Passives
These passives increase Chaos Damage directly:
Chaos Damage is a small passive skill that grants increased chaos damage.
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ru:Урон хаосом (пассивное умение) Chaos Resistance and Chaos Damage (passive skill)
Corruption is a notable passive skill that grants increased Effect of Withered.
The increased effect of wither granted by this notable does not affect wither inflicted by minions.[1]
Location
As of version 3.19.0, the passive skill cluster is located at the top of the tree, aka Witch area. Heart of Darkness is in the same cluster. The cluster shares the same connection small passive node with Brand Equity, Prism Weave and Unnatural Calm clusters.
Anointment
Blight anointment to unlock the passive:
Oil #1 | Oil #2 | Oil #3 | Outcome | |
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Crimson Oil | Black Oil | Black Oil | Corruption | 20% increased Effect of Withered |
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References
- ↑ https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3123794
- ↑ https://github.com/grindinggear/skilltree-export/blob/d20c71a8b4453888c5562a59c59187aeb4f6351f/data.json
- ↑ Bex_GGG (June 17, 2020). "All Notables and Keystones in Path of Exile: Harvest". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/h7ao1j/the_corruption_cluster_has_changed_heres_how_it/
This article describes historical game content.
+1% to maximum Chaos Resistance
One with Evil (previously known as Method to the Madness) was a chaos-themed notable passive skill .
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References
- ↑ Bex_GGG (June 18, 2020). "Anointing Enchantments Table in Path of Exile: Harvest". Path of Exile Official Forums. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ↑ Natalia_GGG (September 6, 2019). "Anointing Enchantments Table in Path of Exile: Blight". Path of Exile Official Forums. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ↑ https://github.com/PoESkillTree/PoESkillTree/releases/tag/2.2.2
- ↑ Bex-GGG (December 7, 2015). "Development Manifesto: Content Update 2.1.0 Balance Changes". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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These passives affect Chaos Damage in miscellaneous ways:
+25% to Damage over Time Multiplier for Poison from Critical Strikes [1]
Adder's Touch is a notable passive skill that grants additional damage over time multiplier for poisons from critical strikes. It also grants poison on hit with critical strikes with daggers.
Anointment
Blight anointment to unlock the passive:
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Chaos Inoculation (often referred to as CI) is a keystone passive skill that grants immunity to chaos damage, but sets maximum life to 1.
Although the character must survive entirely on energy shield instead of life, immunity to chaos damage can be a significant advantage.
Interactions
The chance and duration of both being stunned and receiving an elemental status ailments is based on your maximum life before CI takes effect[1]. Maximum Life modifiers such as increased maximum Life, reduced maximum Life, etc. apply to the life before CI is applied. Since this base life value is then overwritten by CI, the only advantage life modifiers provide to a CI character is the reduction on stun and status ailment thresholds.
Low life conditions will never take effect while CI is enabled. Effects such as Pain Attunement and On Low Life mods on gear will not activate. For these effects, you must have 50% or less of your current maximum life. Chaos Inoculation sets your maximum life to 1. The exception to this is if you have Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Coward's Legacy" equipped.
Full life conditions will always take effect because you are always at 100% of 1 life, making the condition of Damage on Full Life SupportDamage on Full Life SupportAttack, Support
Icon: f
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.Supported Attack Skills deal (20-34)% more Damage while on Full Life
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. easy to maintain.
Interaction with life reduction
Life reductions apply before CI which sets life to 1. For example from Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Ephemeral Edge". Obtaining 100%+ reduced Maximum Life will not affect the 1 Life value.
Blood Magic
When linked with Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Lifetap Support" or Arrogance SupportArrogance SupportAura, Support
Icon: B
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: (220-201)%Requires Level 31Supports any non-blessing skill with a reservation.Supported Skills have (10-19)% increased Aura effect
Supported Skills Reserve Life instead of Mana
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% increased Aura effectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., or while taking the Blood Magic Keystone or other similar effects, affected skills (including auras) cannot be cast, unless the skill has 0 Cost and/or Reservation. The mod Skills Cost no Mana or Life while Focussed thus allows CI builds to cast skills with Life Costs (e.g. Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Reap", Corrupting FeverCorrupting FeverSpell, Duration, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (78-520) Life
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Draws out your own blood to power a buff for a duration, letting this skill inflict the Corrupting Blood debuff on enemies you hit, dealing physical damage over time for a short secondary duration. The buff's duration will be refreshed if you spend enough life before it expires.Deals (7.8-335.4) Base Physical Damage per second
Base duration is 6.00 seconds
Base secondary duration is 1.00 seconds
Buff Duration is refreshed after you spend a total of (26-205) Life
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Skill Effect DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or Blood RageBlood RageSpell, Duration, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (12-29) Life
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Adds a buff that deals Physical Damage over time, while increasing Attack Speed and Life Leech. Killing an enemy while this buff is active refreshes the buff duration, and can grant a Frenzy Charge.Base duration is (7.00-10.80) seconds
Grants (5-15)% increased Attack Speed
1.2% of Attack Physical Damage Leeched as Life
You take 4% of your Maximum Life per second as Physical Damage
You take 4% of your Maximum Energy Shield per second as Physical Damage
25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Kill
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Grants (0.25-5)% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.).
Chaos resistance reduction/penetration
Since CI grants a flat-out immunity to chaos damage, effects that reduce or penetrate chaos resistance (i.e. Occultist's Void Beacon) have no effect against CI.[2]
Being Poisoned
Being Immune to Chaos Damage means that Chaos Damage cannot inflict poison (to the entity immune to chaos damage), although physical damage can still inflict poison.
CI builds
It is generally best to wait until you have high energy shield before taking CI because it's much easier to survive on life at lower levels. Don't be afraid to take life passive skills for survivability while leveling up, since you can remove them later.
Characters with CI are usually more susceptible to stun and status ailments because of their low base life. Rather than taking otherwise useless life nodes as described above, Stun can be mitigated by obtaining Stun Immunity (e.g Vile Bastion), stacking Chance to Avoid Stuns, or through niche items such as Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Skyforth" or Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Valyrium". Status ailments can be mitigated or avoided in a variety of different ways, including Pantheon Powers, Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Purity of Elements", Chance to Avoid Ailments, Reduced Effect/Duration of Ailments on You, or niche items such as Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Auxium".
Chaos Inoculation works well with some other keystone passives, such as:
- Ghost Reaver converts sources of life leech into energy shield leech, at the cost of disabling ES recharge.
- Zealot's Oath applies life regeneration to energy shield. The amount recovered is based on the same % of your max ES, rather than your max life. Flat regeneration recovers the same amount. Note that "regeneration" does not include life flasks, as they are just "Recovery".
- Divine Shield can provide a large amount of regeneration to builds that also stack large amounts of Armour and Physical Damage Reduction.
- Ghost Dance can instantly recover ES on builds that have a decent amount of Evasion, at the cost of capping your energy shield by your evasion rating.
- Wicked Ward can be used by builds relying on recharge, sacrificing some recharge rate for uninterruptible recharge.
Location
Chaos Inoculation is located on the northeast edge of the skill tree.
Class | Distance from start |
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Witch | 9 |
Shadow | 11 |
Scion | 14 |
Templar | 16 |
Ranger | 19 |
Marauder | 23 |
Duelist | 25 |
Related unique items
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References
- ↑ https://fr.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/18201/page/1
- ↑ Dan_GGG (February 11, 2016). "Chaos Penetration vs CI?". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ↑ Mark_GGG (April 17, 2021). "re: CI (Chaos Inoculation) not granting 100% chaos immunity as it's supposed to with this patch". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1(20-30)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
(40-60)% increased Spell Damage while no Mana is ReservedWhen your thoughts flow like a river, why build a dam?Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
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6x Alchemy Shard
1x Alteration ShardMetadata
Item class: Jewel
Clear Mind is a unique Cobalt JewelCobalt JewelPlace into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket..
Mechanics
Blood Magic: When the Blood Magic keystone is allocated, the spell damage bonus from Clear Mind is always applied because having no mana implies that no mana is reserved.
Life reservation: If an aura is supported with Arrogance SupportArrogance SupportAura, Support
Icon: B
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: (220-201)%Requires Level 31Supports any non-blessing skill with a reservation.Supported Skills have (10-19)% increased Aura effect
Supported Skills Reserve Life instead of Mana
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% increased Aura effectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. to reserve life, then it is not reserving mana and the spell damage bonus from Clear Mind applies as expected.
Another way to use an aura and not reserve mana is to use the unique ring Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Essence Worm", which causes the socketed skill gem to not reserve mana.
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Version history
Clear Mind was removed from the drop pool in version 3.20.0. Its inventory icon was reused for Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Witchbane".
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+8% to Chaos Resistance
8% increased maximum Energy Shield [1]
Purity of Flesh is a notable passive skill that grants increased maximum life and increased maximum energy shield. It also grants additional chaos resistance.
Anointment
Blight anointment to unlock the passive:
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Version history
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References
- ↑ Bex_GGG (June 17, 2020). "All Notables and Keystones in Path of Exile: Harvest". Official Path of Exile forums. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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Skills
- Dexterity: Blood Rage, Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Poison Arrow", Viper Strike, Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Desecrate". Please choose only one of the following ids:
ArchnemesisDesecrate - 65% increased Cast Speed, Spawns 4 corpses, Spawns corpses up to Level 100, Maximum of 25 corpses allowed (page)
TormentInstantDesecrate - 65% increased Cast Speed, Spawns 6 corpses, Spawns corpses up to Level 100, Maximum of 10 corpses allowed (page)
Unique items
There are several unique items that increase your Chaos Damage.
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Blackheart"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Rebuke of the Vaal"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Infernal Mantle"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = The Covenant"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Death's Oath"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Ming's Heart"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Mortem Morsu"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Voltaxic Rift"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Darkscorn"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Lightbane Raiment"
There are also uniques that give you chaos resistance.