Contagion

Template:Gem Infobox Contagion is a spell which deals chaos damage to all enemies in the area, and spreads when an enemy dies. Neither the duration of Contagion or associated degeneration effects () are reset when spread to allies on death.

Skill functions and interactions

Spell Damage, Chaos Damage, Damage Over Time and Area of Effect Damage modifiers affect the damage over time component of this spell. The Area of Effect can be increased with #% increased Radius of Area Skills modifiers, for example .

Contagion does not "hit" so cannot confer the effects of supports such as or

• – Enemies that die with Essence Drain and Contagion active spread it to nearby enemies.

Gem level progression

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 |- ! 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.90 | 841 | 841 |- ! 3 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 5.15 | 3,099 | 3,940 |- ! 4 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 6.65 | 7,433 | 11,373 |- ! 5 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 9.07 | 22,895 | 34,268 |- ! 6 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 16 | 12.07 | 49,725 | 83,993 |- ! 7 | 24 | 25 | 37 | 17 | 15.77 | 95,714 | 179,707 |- ! 8 | 28 | 29 | 42 | 18 | 20.30 | 169,595 | 349,302 |- ! 9 | 32 | 33 | 47 | 19 | 25.87 | 283,759 | 633,061 |- ! 10 | 36 | 36 | 52 | 20 | 32.65 | 453,996 | 1,087,057 |- ! 11 | 40 | 40 | 58 | 21 | 40.90 | 703,128 | 1,790,185 |- ! 12 | 44 | 44 | 63 | 22 | 50.90 | 1,061,223 | 2,851,408 |- ! 13 | 48 | 48 | 68 | 23 | 63.00 | 2,065,870 | 4,917,278 |- ! 14 | 52 | 51 | 74 | 24 | 77.58 | 2,507,110 | 7,424,388 |- ! 15 | 55 | 54 | 78 | 25 | 90.47 | 2,573,731 | 9,998,119 |- ! 16 | 58 | 57 | 82 | 26 | 105.25 | 7,611,351 | 17,609,470 |- ! 17 | 61 | 60 | 86 | 26 | 122.20 | 13,437,908 | 31,047,378 |- ! 18 | 64 | 62 | 90 | 27 | 141.65 | 25,052,147 | 56,099,525 |- ! 19 | 67 | 65 | 94 | 27 | 163.90 | 43,869,436 | 99,968,961 |- ! 20 | 70 | 68 | 98 | 28 | 189.37 | 242,081,178 | 342,050,139 |- ! 21 | 72 | 70 | 100 | 28 | 208.35 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 74 | | | 29 | 229.08 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | 76 | | | 29 | 251.75 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 24 | 78 | | | 30 | 276.50 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 25 | 80 | | | 30 | 303.52 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 26 | 82 | | | 30 | 333.03 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 27 | 84 | | | 30 | 365.22 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 28 | 86 | | | 31 | 400.35 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 29 | 88 | | | 31 | 438.67 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 30 | 90 | | | 32 | 480.45 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Arcane Contagion EffectArcane Contagion EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Contagion becomes a blue arcane effect.	90	Replaces the standard effect on a skill gem with a blue arcane effect. Preview

Version history

Version	Changes
2.2.1d	Fixed an instance crash with Contagion.
2.1.1c	Fixed an instance crash with [...] Contagion.
2.1.1b	Fixed a bug where Contagion could be cast and spread through walls.
2.1.1	Contagion can now be supported by Iron Will.
2.1.0	Added to the game.