Pestilent Strike

Pestilent StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, AoE, Duration, Chaos
Level: (1-20)
Attack Damage: (125-160)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-160)%Requires Level 28Attacks with your weapon, inflicting a debuff on enemies hit by the strike. If a debuffed enemy dies while poisoned, Pestilent Strike inflicts a secondary chaos damage over time debuff on enemies around them, based on the poisons on the slain enemy. This damage is not affected by your damage modifiers. Requires a Claw or Dagger.Deals (125-160)% of Base Damage
Base secondary duration is 1 seconds
Supported Skills have 60% chance to Poison on Hit
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
30% more Poison Duration
(20-113) to (30-169) Added Attack Chaos DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Prices

Normal

1x Orb of Chance

Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPestilentStrike

Skill functions and interactions

The base debuff radius is 27.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	125%	125%	0	0
2	31	46	32	127%	126.8%	199345	199345
3	34	50	35	129%	128.7%	285815	485160
4	37	54	37	131%	130.5%	401344	886504
5	40	58	40	132%	132.4%	554379	1440883
6	42	60	42	134%	134.2%	477437	1918320
7	44	63	44	136%	136%	583786	2502106
8	46	66	46	138%	137.9%	710359	3212465
9	48	68	48	140%	139.7%	1355511	4567976
10	50	71	49	142%	141.6%	1138877	5706853
11	52	74	51	143%	143.4%	1368233	7075086
12	54	76	53	145%	145.2%	1638338	8713424
13	56	79	55	147%	147.1%	1956648	10670072
14	58	82	57	149%	148.9%	3655184	14325256
15	60	84	59	151%	150.8%	3017327	17342583
16	62	87	60	153%	152.6%	7759995	25102578
17	64	90	62	154%	154.4%	15138193	40240771
18	66	92	64	156%	156.3%	26083825	66324596
19	68	95	66	158%	158.1%	62620247	128944843
20	70	98	68	160%	160%	211708088	340652931
21	72	100	70	162%	161.8%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	164%	163.7%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	166%	165.5%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	167%	167.3%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	169%	169.2%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	171%	171%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	173%	172.9%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	175%	174.7%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	177%	176.5%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	178%	178.4%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	178%	178.4%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	180%	180.2%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	182%	182.1%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	184%	183.9%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	186%	185.7%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	188%	187.6%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	189%	189.4%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	191%	191.3%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	193%	193.1%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	195%	194.9%	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Pestilent Strike can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Pestilent Strike can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
3	The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.	Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality	A
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Pestilent Strike:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Pestilent Strike.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Pestilent Strike has 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Pestilent Strike has 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Pestilent Strike deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Pestilent Strike deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Pestilent Strike has 25% increased Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Pestilent Strike has 40% increased Duration	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.8.0	Pestilent Strike has been added to the game.