Armor Piercer

Armor Piercer

An active ability found on the second slot of Cursed Staffs.

It is unlocked at mastery level 1.

Armor Piercer	Energy Cost	33	Releases a demonic beam in the targeted direction, dealing 359 magical damage to all enemies hit. Reduces damage resistances by 47 for 4s .
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	22m
	Cooldown	15s

Note: numerical values are based on gear with 1060 item power. Affected values are in italic.

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 18.090.1	28 July 2021	Call to Arms Patch 9	Added four new icons to better represent the corresponding abilities: Blood Bandit (One-Handed Axe, E-slot) Protective Beam (Enigmatic Staff, E-slot) Arcane Orb (One-Handed Arcane Staff, E-slot) Ground Shaker (Maces, W-slot)
Version 18.040.1	6 May 2021	Call to Arms Patch 4 (Balance Patch)	Cursed Staffs Various underused Cursed Staff abilities were buffed, like Dark Matter and Cursed Beam. The range of Vile Curse was increased to make it more attractive in group PvP, where currently Cursed Sickle is the go-to choice. Armor Piercer is a staple of Cursed Staffs, but the armor shred was a bit too strong, and added too much of a damage spike to fights alongside its long range and short cooldown. Vile Curse (all Cursed Staffs): Cast Range: 9m → 11m Armor Piercer (all Cursed Staffs): Resistance Reduction: 0.2 → 0.17 Debuff Duration: 5s → 4s Cursed Beam (all Cursed Staffs): Now consumes Vile Curse stacks for additional AoE damage per tick For each tick that consumes a stack, the beam deals 72 magic damage in a 4m radius (instead of the base tick damage of 36 to only the beam target) Tick Interval: 1s → 0.5s Total Ticks: 5 → 10 Damage per Tick: 72 → 36 Dark Matter (all Cursed Staffs): Damage vs Players: 65.88 → 78 Damage vs Mobs: 32.94 → 36.7 Cast Time: 1s → 0.5s Cast Range: 11m → 13m Max Jump Distance to next enemy: 8m → 9m Haunting Screams (Cursed Skull): Damage can no longer be reflected Magic Damage per tick: 25 → 33
Version 1.16.396.166567	19 May 2020	Queen Patch 12 (Season 9 Balance Patch) and Hotfix 12.1	Cursed Staffs Armor Piercer (all Cursed Staffs): Hit Delay: 0.4s → 0.2s Standtime: 1s → 0.7s Damage: 77.11 → 130.00 Armor reduction: 0.15 → 0.20 Debuff Duration: 8s → 5s
Version 1.0.332.98217	27 September 2017	Joseph Update	New W-Spell: Grudge The Grudge can be cast on any ally, and lasts for x. While it is active, every normal attack they make inflicts a Vile Curse on the enemy. Armor Piercer AR/MR Reduction: 0.18 -> 0.15 Field of Death Healing Reduction: 70% -> 60% Energycost: 26 -> 20