Hexing Effigy

Hexing Effigies are invulnerable entities that are created by rare monsters with the Cursing modifier (formerly the Archnemesis mod Hexer).

Mechanics

Hexing Effigies place 3 randomly selected Hex areas, chosen randomly from Temporal Chains, Enfeeble, Elemental Weakness, Punishment and Vulnerability.

Hexing Effigies can apply 5 additional Curses and have an innate 100% more Effect of Curses modifier. They also have overrides for curse effects found in the ConstantStatsValues data as follows in version 3.20.0 (with the 100% more Effect factored in):

• EnfeebleEnfeebleSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, reducing their accuracy and making them deal less damage.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies have (10-19)% reduced Accuracy Rating
  Cursed Normal or Magic enemies deal (15-29)% less Damage
  Cursed Rare or Unique enemies deal (9-18)% less Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
  • Cursed enemies have 80% reduced Accuracy Rating
  • Cursed Normal or Magic enemies deal 80% less Damage
  • Cursed Rare or Unique enemies deal 30% less Damage

• Temporal ChainsTemporal ChainsSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all enemies in an area, lowering their action speed and making other effects on them expire more slowly.Base duration is (5.00-8.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  50% less Effect of Curse against Players
  Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies have (15-29)% less Action Speed
  Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 25% slower
  Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have (9-18)% less Action Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
  • Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies have 40% less Action Speed
  • Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have 40% less Action Speed
  • Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 80% slower ^{Note: this is capped at 75% due to a global minimum of 25% of normal expiry rate}

• VulnerabilityVulnerabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies take (15-30)% increased Physical Damage
  Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 25% chance to inflict Bleeding
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
  • Cursed enemies take 50% increased Physical Damage
  • Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 50% chance to inflict Bleeding

• Elemental WeaknessElemental WeaknessSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their elemental resistances.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies have -(15-30)% to Elemental Resistances
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Cursed enemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
  • Cursed enemies have -60% to Elemental Resistances

• PunishmentPunishmentSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, causing them to be debilitated when they hit enemies and increasing damage they take while on low life.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed Enemies take (30-58)% increased Damage while on Low Life
  Cursed Enemies are Debilitated for 2.00 Seconds when they Hit
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Cursed Enemies are Debilitated for +(0.05-1) Seconds when they HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
  • Cursed Enemies take 140% increased Damage while on Low Life
  • Cursed Enemies are Debilitated for 4 Seconds when they Hit

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.0	Hexing Effigy's Vulnerability curse now causes cursed enemies to take 50% increased Physical Damage (previously 60%) and attack hits against cursed enemies have 50% chance to inflict Bleeding (from 40%). It no longer has the nonfunctional "Damaging ailments deal damage 40% faster" modifier. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.17.0	Introduced to the game.