Blight

BlightSpell, Chaos, AoE, Channelling, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (2-5) Mana
Cast Time: 0.30 sec
Radius: 26Apply a debuff to enemies in front of you which deals chaos damage over time. Enemies who aren't already debuffed by Blight are also hindered for a shorter secondary duration, slowing their movement. Continued channelling adds layers of damage to the debuff, each with their own duration.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Chaos Damage3% increased Secondary DurationDeals (3.1-257.4) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 2.5 seconds
Base secondary duration is 0.8 seconds
80% reduced Movement Speed
Debuff can have up to 20 layers of Damage
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
+(0-6) 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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This page is about the skill gem. For the game mechanic, see Blight (game mechanic).

For the challenge league, see Blight league.

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Blight.

Blight is a channelling spell that deals chaos damage over time to all enemies in the area in front of the caster.

Skill functions and interactions

• Damage over time: Modifiers to spell, chaos damage, and damage over time affect the damage over time component of this spell.
• Area of effect: Increasing or decreasing the area works as expected, but area damage (from e.g. Concentrated Effect SupportConcentrated Effect SupportSupport, AoE
  Icon: o
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Area DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% less Area of EffectSupported Skills have 0.5% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdSupported Skills have 30% less Area of Effect
  Supported Skills deal (35-54)% more Area 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.) does not apply.
• Blight does not hit and therefore cannot be supported by added damage supports 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 cannot confer the effects of supports such as Blind SupportBlind SupportSupport
  Icon: x
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Blinding durationSupported Skills have 0.5% chance to Blind enemies on hitSupported Skills have 2% increased Critical Strike Chance against Blinded EnemiesSupported Skills have 10% chance to Blind enemies on hit
  Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Blinding durationThis 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 Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportTrigger, Support, Hex
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of Supported CursesSupported Skills deal 1% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments per Curse on Enemy0.5% reduced Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have 2% increased Curse DurationSupported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
  Supported Skills have (50-12)% reduced Curse Duration
  You cannot Cast Supported Curse SpellsThis 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.. Additionally, on hit effects such as Leech, poison, or life gain on hit will not occur while using Blight. Despite not hitting, Blight will break pots, baskets, cairns, etc. within its area of effect.
• See Channelling for more information.
• Blight and Vaal blight both count towards the maximum limit of 20 debuffs per monsters.

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	Chaos Damage per sec	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	0	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3.1	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3.5	N/A	70	70
3	4	0	0	16	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4.5	+1	308	378
4	7	0	0	22	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	6	+1	1554	1932
5	11	0	0	31	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	8.6	+1	6667	8599
6	16	0	0	41	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12.7	+2	26047	34646
7	20	0	0	50	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	16.8	+2	49725	84371
8	24	0	0	58	0%	0%	2	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	21.9	+2	95714	180085
9	28	0	0	67	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	28.2	+3	169595	349680
10	32	0	0	75	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	35.8	+3	283759	633439
11	36	0	0	83	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	45.1	+3	453996	1087435
12	40	0	0	92	0%	0%	3	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	56.4	+4	703128	1790563
13	44	0	0	100	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	70	+4	1061223	2851786
14	48	0	0	109	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	86.5	+4	2065870	4917656
15	52	0	0	117	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	106.4	+5	2507110	7424766
16	56	0	0	125	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	130.2	+5	5798936	13223702
17	60	0	0	134	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	158.8	+5	15083919	28307621
18	64	0	0	142	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	193.1	+6	27792735	56100356
19	67	0	0	148	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	223.1	+6	43869739	99970095
20	70	0	0	155	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	257.4	+6	242081556	342051651
21	72	0	0	159	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	282.9	+7	-342051651	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	310.8	+7	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	341.2	+7	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	374.4	+8	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	410.6	+8	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	450	+8	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	493.1	+9	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	540	+9	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	591.1	+9	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	646.8	+10	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	676.4	+10	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	707.4	+10	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	739.7	+10	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	773.4	+10	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	808.6	+10	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	845.3	+11	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	883.5	+11	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	923.5	+11	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	965.1	+11	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1008.6	+11	0	0

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Blight:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Blight. No results found

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Blight:

Item	Base Item		Stats

Alternate skill effects

Blight has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Blight EffectCelestial Blight EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blight becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Blight becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 5 (was 4). Now deals 3.1 base Chaos damage per second at gem level 1 (from 1.7) and 257.4 base Chaos damage per second at gem level 20 (from 209.9). Now gains additional radius as the gem levels up, up to +6 at gem level 20 (from +4 at gem level 20).
3.0.0	Blight deals 25% more damage at gem level 20.
2.6.0	Blight gains 1 additional unit of radius every 5 levels.
2.5.0	Blight's damage has been increased by 5% damage at level 1 of the gem, up to 35% more damage at level 20 of the gem.
2.4.2	Added new Intelligence skill - Blight: Apply a debuff to enemies in front of you which deals chaos damage over time. Enemies who aren't already debuffed by Blight are also hindered for a shorter secondary duration, slowing their movement. Continued channelling adds layers of damage to the debuff, each with their own duration.