Essence of Dread

Essences of Dread can be used to upgrade an equipment with a guaranteed affix related to :

• Projectile speed
• +1-2 Bow Gems
• increased impale effect
• Armour

Monsters that possessed by the essence, would Cast a chaos version of FirestormFirestormSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (13-25) Mana
Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 55%Requires Level 28Flaming bolts rain down over the targeted area. They explode when landing, dealing damage to nearby enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased DamageFirst Impact deals 3% more Damage with Hits and Ailments
Base duration is 0.003 seconds1% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdBase duration is 1.4 seconds
Deals (22-207) to (33-311) Fire Damage
One impact every 0.2 seconds
First Impact deals 325% more Damage with Hits and Ailments
First Impact has 100% more Area of Effect
Maximum 3 Firestorms at a timePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Summon Guardian Golem, which is a unique Chaos Golem.

Essences of Dread refer to the following essences (see the table).

Item	Essence Level	Drop Level	Effect(s)

Version history

Version	Changes
2.4.0	Introduced to the game.

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