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 Attack Damage Base duration is 1 seconds Secondary Debuff deals 50% of the total remaining Expected Poison Damage of all Poisons on the dying Enemy per second as Chaos Damage Base secondary duration is 1 seconds 60% chance to Poison on Hit 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage 30% more Poison Duration (20-113) to (30-169) Added Chaos Damage +(0-2) to Melee Strike Range
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +0.5% to Damage over Time Multiplier for Poison1% increased Area of Effect1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Pestilent Strike is a strikeskill that deals chaos damage and applies poison. If the poisoned enemy dies while poisoned it will inflict other nearby enemies with another chaos damage over time debuff.
Enemies killed while under the effect of Pestilent Strike’s signature debuff will leave no corpse. This can be useful for bypassing some monsters’ on-death effects.
Multiple debuffs can be on the same monster, but only the highest damage debuff will cause damage at any given time.
The debuff requires an enemy to die with poison on it near the enemy you want the debuff on. For solo enemy fights, Vaal BreachVaal BreachSpell, Vaal Level: 1 Souls Per Use: 100 Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 40 sec Cast Time: 2.50 secRequires Level 10Creates a breach, making you vulnerable to its powerful inhabitants.Monsters from the Breach do not grant Experience or drop Items
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (3-60)% increased Cast SpeedCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can spawn enemies to spread the debuff.
The debuff takes half of the poison damage left on the monster when it died and deals it incrementally over 1 second.
Example - A 6 second poison does 3 seconds worth of debuff damage in 1 second. In this example the debuff does 3 times the damage (200% more damage) per second than the poison damage.
Damage Calculations
Scaling
Pestilent Strikes debuff can scale poison damage in unique ways that would not be beneficial to most other poison attacks. Some examples:
Because all sources of poisons transfer on the debuff, spells, minions and even other players with poison, can help scale the damage.
Poison duration will increase the damage per second of the debuff. The assassin ascendancy passive Noxious Strike with many poisons landed per second is the largest source of poison duration.
Gem level progression
Level
Damage Effectiveness
Attack Damage
Chaos Damage
Melee Range
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
28
42
29
125%
125%
20 to 30
N/A
0
0
2
31
46
32
127%
126.8%
23 to 35
N/A
199345
199345
3
34
50
35
129%
128.7%
27 to 40
N/A
285815
485160
4
37
54
37
131%
130.5%
31 to 46
N/A
401344
886504
5
40
58
40
132%
132.4%
35 to 53
N/A
554379
1440883
6
42
60
42
134%
134.2%
38 to 58
N/A
477437
1918320
7
44
63
44
136%
136%
42 to 63
N/A
583786
2502106
8
46
66
46
138%
137.9%
45 to 68
N/A
710359
3212465
9
48
68
48
140%
139.7%
49 to 74
N/A
1355511
4567976
10
50
71
49
142%
141.6%
53 to 80
N/A
1138877
5706853
11
52
74
51
143%
143.4%
58 to 86
N/A
1368233
7075086
12
54
76
53
145%
145.2%
62 to 93
N/A
1638338
8713424
13
56
79
55
147%
147.1%
67 to 101
N/A
1956648
10670072
14
58
82
57
149%
148.9%
73 to 109
N/A
3655184
14325256
15
60
84
59
151%
150.8%
78 to 117
N/A
3017327
17342583
16
62
87
60
153%
152.6%
84 to 126
N/A
7759995
25102578
17
64
90
62
154%
154.4%
91 to 136
N/A
15138193
40240771
18
66
92
64
156%
156.3%
98 to 146
N/A
26083825
66324596
19
68
95
66
158%
158.1%
105 to 157
N/A
62620247
128944843
20
70
98
68
160%
160%
113 to 169
N/A
211708088
340652931
21
72
100
70
162%
161.8%
121 to 181
N/A
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
164%
163.7%
130 to 195
N/A
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
166%
165.5%
139 to 209
N/A
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
167%
167.3%
149 to 224
N/A
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
169%
169.2%
160 to 239
N/A
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
171%
171%
171 to 256
N/A
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
173%
172.9%
183 to 274
N/A
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
175%
174.7%
196 to 293
N/A
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
177%
176.5%
209 to 314
N/A
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
178%
178.4%
223 to 335
N/A
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
178%
178.4%
231 to 346
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
180%
180.2%
239 to 358
N/A
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
182%
182.1%
247 to 370
N/A
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
184%
183.9%
255 to 382
N/A
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
186%
185.7%
263 to 395
N/A
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
188%
187.6%
272 to 408
N/A
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
189%
189.4%
281 to 421
N/A
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
191%
191.3%
290 to 435
N/A
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
193%
193.1%
300 to 449
N/A
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
195%
194.9%
309 to 464
N/A
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 corruptedlevel 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:
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.
Vaal BreachVaal BreachSpell, Vaal
can spawn enemies to spread the debuff.
The Bitter Blossom
The Bitter Blossom
3Level 21 Chaos Gem
The Fox
6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Gemcutter's Promise
3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.