Curse

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

Mechanics

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

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. Some mobs also have curse effect reduction:

• Act bosses have 60% reduced curse effect
• Map bosses have 60% reduced curse effect
• Other unique mobs have 0% reduced curse effect: Rogue exiles, Invasion bosses, Beyond, Vagan, Warbands, etc.

Note that this is a reduced modifier, so it will stack additively with any increased curse effect which you have according to:

 NetCurseEffect = CurseEffect * sum(100% + increasedCurseEffect - reducedCurseEffect)

Curses can be turned into an aura by linking them with the support gem.

Curse Limit

By default, enemies can have one curse active at a time. While a curse is active, casting a different curse will override it. The following can increase the number of curses you can apply on an enemy:

• Whispers of Doom
• Malediction (Occultist only)
• 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. (Can equip 2 for +2 additional curses)
• 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.
• An amulet with a Enemies can have 1 additional Curse, obtainable by corrupting an amulet with a Vaal OrbVaal OrbStack Size: 20Corrupts an item, modifying it unpredictablyRight click this item then left click an item to corrupt it. Corrupted items cannot be modified again.

This allows for a theoretical maximum of 6 curses (7 for Occultists) on an enemy at one time.

In addition, Self-FlagellationSelf-Flagellation
Viridian JewelLimited to: 1(10-20)% increased Damage per Curse on you
An additional Curse can be applied to youCorruptedBeg for forgiveness.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. increases the maximum number of curses you can have on yourself.

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. The Silence curse is used by monsters only.

Skill	Icon	Description
Punishment		Curses all targets in an area, causing them to grant a Buff to anyone they hit with Melee Attacks. The Buff grants more Melee Damage and increased Attack Speed.
		Curses all targets in an area, making them more vulnerable to stuns. Hitting the cursed targets will leech life and mana, and killing them will result in a chance to gain an endurance charge.
		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 more vulnerable to critical strikes. Killing the cursed targets will grant life and mana, and a chance to gain a Power Charge.
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 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 less resistant to cold damage and giving cold damage a chance to freeze.
		Curses all targets in an area, making them take increased damage from physical attacks and Damage Over Time.

Related unique items

The following unique items affect your curses:

Passive skills

There are passive skills that grant curse bonuses.

Radius for curses

These passive skills grant increased area of effect radius for curses.

Cast speed for curses

These passive skills grant increased cast speed for curses.

Duration for curses

These passive skills grant increased duration for curses.

Effectiveness of curses

These passive skills grant increased effect magnitude for curses.

Additional curses

These passive skill raise the active curse limit by one.

Version history

Version	Changes
2.0.0	?
1.0.0	Map Bosses now have 60% reduced curse effect (up from 50%). Act bosses now have 70% reduced curse effect (up from 40%). Rogue Exiles now have 50% reduced curse effect (up from 0%).