Despair

DespairSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance and increasing damage over time they take. All hits will deal added chaos damage to the cursed enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed enemies take 0.5% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects0.5% increased Effect of CurseSpell Hits have 0.5% chance to Hinder Cursed Enemies with 30% reduced Movement Speed for 4 secondsBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
Cursed enemies have -(20-29)% to Chaos Resistance
Cursed enemies take (15-25)% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects
Adds (9-46) to (12-57) Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies
Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
+(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
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Despair is a spell that curses all targets in an area, making them take increased chaos damage, damage over time, and chaos damage on hit.

Skill functions and interactions

• Cursed enemies take increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects: Because these stats are an increase to the target's damage taken, they are multiplicative with attacker's damage dealt and additive with any other effects to damage taken on the defender.
• Adds Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies: Skills, passives, and items that grant Increased effect of your Curses will increase the added chaos damage granted by this curse (Note: These increases are not reflected in the tooltip, they only display base values). This added damage is identical in function to other sources of added damage, such as Added Chaos Damage SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportChaos, Support
  Icon: H
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos DamageSupported Skills Penetrate 0.25% Chaos ResistanceSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamageSupported Skills have (17-170) to (26-255) added Chaos DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., and thus can be further increased by any of the applicable increases to the attacker's damage.
• Cursed enemies have -x% to Chaos Resistance: The reduction to Chaos Resistance granted by this curse (after modifiers) stacks additively with the Occultist's Void Beacon Ascendancy passive and other similar effects.
• Despair can be turned into an aura by linking it with either Blasphemy SupportBlasphemy SupportSupport, Hex, Aura
  Icon: A
  Level: (1-20)
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 31Supports hex curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of Supported Curses0.5% reduced Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have 2% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills have 0.1% reduced Mana ReservedSupported Skills apply their Curse as an Auras
  Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
  Using Supported Skills is Instant
  (0-76)% increased Area of Effect of Supported Curse SkillsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Awakened Blasphemy SupportAwakened Blasphemy SupportSupport, Hex, Aura
  Icon: A
  Level: (1-5)
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 72Supports hex curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.Per 1% Quality:1Superior0.5% increased Effect of Supported Curses
  +0.05 to Level of Supported Curse Skill Gems(80-88)% increased Area of Effect of Supported Curse Skills
  Supported Skills apply their Curse as an Auras
  Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
  Using Supported Skills is InstantThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

The aura version of Despair

Gem level progression

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	Duration	-x% Chaos Resistance	x% inc. DoT	Chaos Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	25	0	37	0%	0%	16	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9s	-20%	15%	9 to 12	N/A	0	0
2	27	28	0	41	0%	0%	17	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.1s	-20%	16%	11 to 13	+1	118383	118383
3	30	31	0	45	0%	0%	18	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.2s	-21%	16%	12 to 15	+1	175816	294199
4	33	34	0	49	0%	0%	19	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.3s	-21%	17%	14 to 17	+2	254061	548260
5	36	36	0	52	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.4s	-22%	17%	15 to 19	+2	359090	907350
6	39	39	0	56	0%	0%	22	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.5s	-22%	18%	17 to 21	+3	498508	1405858
7	42	42	0	60	0%	0%	23	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.6s	-23%	18%	19 to 24	+3	682057	2087915
8	45	45	0	64	0%	0%	24	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.7s	-23%	19%	21 to 26	+4	921777	3009692
9	48	48	0	68	0%	0%	25	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.8s	-24%	19%	23 to 29	+4	1727879	4737571
10	50	49	0	71	0%	0%	26	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9.9s	-24%	20%	25 to 31	+5	1138877	5876448
11	52	51	0	74	0%	0%	26	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10s	-25%	20%	27 to 33	+5	1368233	7244681
12	54	53	0	76	0%	0%	27	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.1s	-25%	21%	28 to 36	+6	1638338	8883019
13	56	55	0	79	0%	0%	28	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.2s	-26%	21%	30 to 38	+6	1956648	10839667
14	58	57	0	82	0%	0%	29	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.3s	-26%	22%	32 to 40	+7	3655184	14494851
15	60	59	0	84	0%	0%	29	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.4s	-27%	22%	34 to 43	+7	3017327	17512178
16	62	60	0	87	0%	0%	30	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.5s	-27%	23%	36 to 45	+8	7793914	25306092
17	64	62	0	90	0%	0%	31	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.6s	-28%	23%	39 to 48	+8	15206031	40512123
18	66	64	0	92	0%	0%	31	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.7s	-28%	24%	41 to 51	+9	26185582	66697705
19	68	66	0	95	0%	0%	32	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.8s	-29%	24%	43 to 54	+9	62755923	129453628
20	70	68	0	98	0%	0%	33	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10.9s	-29%	25%	46 to 57	+10	211877683	341331311
21	72	70	0	100	0%	0%	34	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11s	-30%	25%	49 to 61	+10	-341331311	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	34	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.1s	-30%	26%	51 to 64	+11	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	35	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.2s	-31%	26%	54 to 68	+11	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	36	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.3s	-31%	27%	57 to 72	+12	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	36	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.4s	-32%	27%	60 to 76	+12	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	37	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.5s	-32%	28%	64 to 80	+13	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	38	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.6s	-33%	28%	67 to 84	+13	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	39	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.7s	-33%	29%	71 to 89	+14	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	39	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.8s	-34%	29%	75 to 93	+14	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	40	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.9s	-34%	30%	79 to 98	+15	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	40	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11.95s	-34%	30%	81 to 101	+15	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	41	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12s	-35%	30%	83 to 104	+15	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	41	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.05s	-35%	30%	85 to 106	+15	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	42	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.1s	-35%	31%	87 to 109	+16	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	42	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.15s	-35%	31%	90 to 112	+16	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	42	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.2s	-36%	31%	92 to 115	+16	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	43	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.25s	-36%	31%	94 to 118	+16	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	43	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.3s	-36%	32%	97 to 121	+17	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	43	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.35s	-36%	32%	99 to 124	+17	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	44	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.4s	-37%	32%	102 to 127	+17	0	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Despair. No results found

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Despair:

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Related passive skills

Cluster Jewel passive skills

The following Cluster Jewel passives are related to Despair: No results found for the given query.

Other sources

Mods

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Delve Fossil Mods

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Delve Drop-only modifiers

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Legacy variants

Despair gem dropped before version 3.1, use the inv art of Vulnerability . That patch Vulnerability was split into Vulnerability and Despair , while the existing item became Despair gem , but retaining the old art.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 16 (was 24). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 33 (was 50). Cursed enemies now take 35% increased damage from damage over time effects at gem level 20.
3.1.2	Added new helmet enchantments for Bodyswap and Despair. These are available from the Divine Font in the Merciless and Eternal Labyrinths.
3.1.0	Existing VulnerabilityVulnerabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex Level: (1-20) Cost: (16-33) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec 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, and ailments inflicted on them will deal damage faster.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentAttacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 0.5% chance to inflict Bleeding0.5% increased Effect of CurseAttack Hits have 0.5% chance to Maim Cursed Enemies for 4 secondsBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds Cursed enemies take (30-39)% increased Physical Damage Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 20% chance to inflict Bleeding Ailments inflicted on Cursed Enemies deal Damage 20% Faster Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself +(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. Skill gems are now Despair gems. Despair curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to chaos damage, and causing them to take increased damage over time. Cursed enemies also take additional chaos damage when hit. There is a new red skill gem called VulnerabilityVulnerabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex Level: (1-20) Cost: (16-33) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec 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, and ailments inflicted on them will deal damage faster.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentAttacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 0.5% chance to inflict Bleeding0.5% increased Effect of CurseAttack Hits have 0.5% chance to Maim Cursed Enemies for 4 secondsBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds Cursed enemies take (30-39)% increased Physical Damage Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 20% chance to inflict Bleeding Ailments inflicted on Cursed Enemies deal Damage 20% Faster Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself +(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Vulnerability has been split into two skill gems - Vulnerability and Despair. Despair, an Intelligence Skill Gem, curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to chaos damage and causing them to take increased damage over time. Cursed enemies also take additional chaos damage when hit. Existing Vulnerability skill gems have become Despair.