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 bypasses energy shield, reducing life or mana 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:
These passives affect Chaos Damage in miscellaneous ways:
These passives affect minions Chaos Resistance:
Skills
Active:
- Strength: Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Abyssal Cry". Please choose only one of the following ids:
EssenceAbyssalCry - (50-100)% increased Taunt Duration, Base duration is 4.00 seconds, (12-28)% reduced Movement Speed, Damage cannot be Reflected, (0.6-0.94)% reduced Movement Speed per Nearby Enemy, Explosion deals Chaos Damage equal to 1% of the Monster's maximum Life (page)
WbAbyssalCry - Base duration is 4.00 seconds, (12-28)% reduced Movement Speed, (0.6-0.94)% reduced Movement Speed per Nearby Enemy, Explosion deals Chaos Damage equal to 1% of the Monster's maximum Life (page) - Dexterity: 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) - Intelligence: Summon Chaos Golem
Support:
- Intelligence: Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Added Chaos Damage"
Unique items
Offensive
Deals Chaos damage:
- Alberon's WarpathAlberon's Warpath
Soldier BootsArmour: (268-319)
Energy Shield: (18-20)Requires Level 49, 47 Str, 47 Int(15-18)% increased Strength
Adds 1 to 80 Chaos Damage to Attacks
+(180-220) to Armour
+(13-19)% to Chaos Resistance
25% increased Movement Speed
Summoned Skeleton Warriors are Permanent and Follow you
Summon Skeletons cannot Summon more than 1 Skeleton WarriorAlberon walked among the accursed,
and they welcomed him. - Apep's RageApep's Rage
Omen WandWand
Physical Damage: 33-61
Critical Strike Chance: 8.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.20Requires Level 53, 200 Int(27-31)% increased Spell DamageAdds (90-130) to (140-190) Chaos Damage to Spells
(25-30)% increased Cast Speed
+(5-10)% to Chaos Resistance
Lose 40 Mana when you use a Skill
Poisons you inflict deal Damage (30-50)% fasterApep's poison entraps, encircles,
and engulfs the leaking mind of Man. - 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 = Blood of Corruption"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Cherrubim's Maleficence"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Edge of Madness"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Eldritch Knowledge"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Mutewind Pennant"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Null's Inclination"
- 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 = Soul Strike"
- 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 = Weight of Sin"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Wings of Entropy"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Broken Faith"
- 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 = Infernal Mantle"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Lightbane Raiment"
- 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 = The Consuming Dark"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Shadows and Dust"
- 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 = Bino's Kitchen Knife"
- 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 = Mark of the Doubting Knight"
- 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 = Snakebite"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = The Consuming Dark"
Minion Chaos damage:
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Vis Mortis"
Defensive
Chaos resistance:
- Alberon's WarpathAlberon's Warpath
Soldier BootsArmour: (268-319)
Energy Shield: (18-20)Requires Level 49, 47 Str, 47 Int(15-18)% increased Strength
Adds 1 to 80 Chaos Damage to Attacks
+(180-220) to Armour
+(13-19)% to Chaos Resistance
25% increased Movement Speed
Summoned Skeleton Warriors are Permanent and Follow you
Summon Skeletons cannot Summon more than 1 Skeleton WarriorAlberon walked among the accursed,
and they welcomed him. - Apep's RageApep's Rage
Omen WandWand
Physical Damage: 33-61
Critical Strike Chance: 8.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.20Requires Level 53, 200 Int(27-31)% increased Spell DamageAdds (90-130) to (140-190) Chaos Damage to Spells
(25-30)% increased Cast Speed
+(5-10)% to Chaos Resistance
Lose 40 Mana when you use a Skill
Poisons you inflict deal Damage (30-50)% fasterApep's poison entraps, encircles,
and engulfs the leaking mind of Man. - Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Bino's Kitchen Knife"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Blood of Corruption"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Death Rush"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Devoto's Devotion"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Dusktoe"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Geofri's Crest"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Lori's Lantern" (when on low life)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Maloney's Nightfall"
- 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 = Null's Inclination"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Solaris Lorica" (−10 Chaos Damage taken)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = The Broken Crown"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = The Vertex"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Victario's Acuity"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Zahndethus' Cassock"
Maximum Chaos resistance:
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Saffell's Frame"
Damage taken as Chaos damage:
- 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 = Incandescent Heart"
Chaos Damage does not bypass Energy Shield:
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Shavronne's Wrappings"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Solaris Lorica"
Monsters
Monsters with chaos damage attacks include: Some Spawns, some Beasts, some Spiders, some Skeletal Archers, some Snakes, some Bandits, some Ghosts, some Undyings, some Spitters, and some Zombies.
Bosses with chaos damage attacks include:
- Oozeback Bloom (Enemies Lose Life Over Time)
- Sawbones (Cast 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)) - Plague Retch (Viper Strike, Enemies Lose Life Over Time)
- Black Death (use Viper Strike)
- Tailsinger (Throws Posion Bombs)
- The Weaver (Deals Chaos Damage, Viper Strike)
- Spinesnap (Leaves poison clouds)
- Fleshrend, Grand Inquisitor (Cast 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)) - Alal the Terrifying (Throws Posion Bombs)
- Maligaro, The Inquisitor (Cast 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), Vaal Fire Trap)