Curse

A curse is a large area of effect spell that causes negative effects on enemy targets.

Curses have a limited duration, but can be refreshed simply by casting the spell again.

By default, enemies can have one curse active at a time. While a curse is active, casting a different curse will override it. Taking the Whispers of Doom notable allows the player to give enemies up to two different curses at once. The unique items Doedre's DamningDoedre's Damning
Paua Ring+(20-30) to maximum Mana+(5-20) to Intelligence
+(5-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
Gain (5-20) Mana per Enemy Killed
You can apply an additional CurseWhere her mouth should have been there was only a whirling, black void. and WindscreamWindscream
Reinforced GreavesArmour: (163-216)Requires Level 33, 61 Str(50-80)% increased Armour
+(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances
50% increased Area of Effect of Hex Skills
20% increased Movement Speed
You can apply an additional CurseThe mocking wind, a shielding spell,
The haunting screams, a maddening hell. grant +1 curse each. By corrupting an amulet there is chance of adding the Enemies can have 1 additional Curse implicit modifier. With 2 rings, Windscream, a corrupted amulet and and the passive point mentioned above, you can theoretically inflict a total of 6 Curses at one time.

Note that some monsters and maps have affixes that make them (or the monster inside of them, in the case of maps) immune to curses. Map bosses also have 60% reduced effect of curses on them, and Act Bosses 70%. Launching a curse that decreases the target's elemental resistances by 20% on Vaal oversoul would reduce his resistances by only 6%. This does not mean that curses are useless, but it can make it inadvisable to rely too heavily on curses when building a late game character. Note that this is a reduced modifier, so it will stack additively with any increased curse effect which you have.

Skills

There are 12 curse skills usable by players. When a player or monster is cursed, a curse icon will appear over their heads; the icon is the same as depicted on the skill icon.

Skill	Icon	Description
		Curses all targets in an area. Attacks on the cursed targets will leech life and mana, and killing them will result in more flask charges and a chance to gain an endurance charge.
Punishment		Curses all targets in an area, causing them to suffer some of the physical damage they deal with their attacks.
		Curses all targets in an area, making them less evasive. Hitting cursed targets will grant life and mana, and killing them will result in more flask charges and a chance to gain a frenzy charge.
		Curses all targets in an area, making them easier for projectiles to pierce and easier to knock back, while reducing their evasion against projectiles.
Temporal Chains		Curses all targets in an area, making time pass more slowly for them. They will move, attack and cast at a reduced speed, and effects on them will expire more slowly.
		Curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to cold damage and giving cold damage a chance to freeze.
Conductivity		Curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to lightning damage and giving lightning damage a chance to shock.
		Curses all targets in an area, making them more vulnerable to critical strikes. Killing the cursed targets will grant life and mana, and a chance to gain a Power Charge.
		Curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to elemental damage.
Enfeeble		Curses all targets in an area, making their attacks less effective.
Flammability		Curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to fire damage and giving fire damage a chance to burn.
		Curses all targets in an area, making them take increased damage from physical attacks and degeneration.

Related unique items

The following unique items affect your curses:

Passives

There are passive skill nodes that grant bonuses to curses.

Curses will also benefit from passive skills which offer increased Skill Effect Duration or increased Radius of Area Skills.