Black Death

Black Death
Black Death
Level(s)	15
Location(s)	The Chamber of Sins Level 1 (Act 2)
Skill(s)	Viper StrikeViper StrikeAttack, Duration, Melee, Strike, Chaos Level: (1-20) Cost: 5 Mana Attack Damage: (90-154)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90-154)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.30% less Attack Speed if Dual Wielding Each Weapon Hits separately if Dual Wielding, dealing 20% less Damage Base duration is 4.00 seconds (5-169) to (7-254) Added Chaos Damage 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage 60% chance to Poison on Hit Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base duration is (0.05-1) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Black Death is a unique spider located in The Chamber of Sins Level 1 (Act 2).

The mini-boss reappeared in Act 7 as Black Death, Pain Unending

Attributes

• Uses Viper Strike (monster version)

Map variant

Stronger version of Black Death serves as map boss:

Map	Level	Name	Skills
Arachnid Tomb MapArachnid Tomb MapMap Level: 73 Map Tier: 6 Guild Character: !They feel your every move, your every breath, with a million little wires.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.	74	Hybrid Widow	Flicker StrikeFlicker StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: 10 Mana Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Attack Speed: 120% of base Attack Damage: (142-210)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (142-210)%Requires Level 10Teleports the character to a nearby monster and attacks with a melee weapon. If no specific monster is targeted, one is picked at random. Grants a buff that increases movement speed for a duration. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Base duration is 3.00 seconds 10% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge 15% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit Buff grants 20% increased Movement Speed Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. Viper StrikeViper StrikeAttack, Duration, Melee, Strike, Chaos Level: (1-20) Cost: 5 Mana Attack Damage: (90-154)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90-154)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.30% less Attack Speed if Dual Wielding Each Weapon Hits separately if Dual Wielding, dealing 20% less Damage Base duration is 4.00 seconds (5-169) to (7-254) Added Chaos Damage 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage 60% chance to Poison on Hit Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base duration is (0.05-1) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Gallery

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  Black Death waits

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Removed the Cruel and Merciless difficulty levels. Path of Exile is now a single ten-act playthrough.
2.0.0	Plague Retch has moved out of Chamber of Sins Level 1 and has been replaced by Black Death. We wish Plague Retch all the best on wherever his new journey takes him.
Before 0.10.0	Introduced to the game.