Cursed Staffs

Cursed Staff Families

There are seven "Cursed Staff families" represented by the seven specialization nodes on the Destiny Board. To unlock all of these families, the player must attain at least Tier 4 cursed staff fighter. This will unlock the ability to then also level up specializations. The seven cursed staff families are:

Cursed Staff Weapon Families

Cursed Staff Types

Icon	Name	Tier	Item Power
	Journeyman's Cursed Staff	3	500
	Adept's Great Cursed Staff	4	700
	Adept's Demonic Staff	4	700
	Adept's Cursed Staff	4	700
	Adept's Lifecurse Staff	4	725
	Adept's Cursed Skull	4	750
	Adept's Damnation Staff	4	775
	Adept's Shadowcaller	4	800
	Expert's Great Cursed Staff	5	800
	Expert's Demonic Staff	5	800
	Expert's Cursed Staff	5	800
	Expert's Lifecurse Staff	5	825
	Expert's Cursed Skull	5	850
	Expert's Damnation Staff	5	875
	Expert's Shadowcaller	5	900
	Master's Cursed Staff	6	900
	Master's Demonic Staff	6	900
	Master's Great Cursed Staff	6	900
	Master's Lifecurse Staff	6	925
	Master's Cursed Skull	6	950
	Master's Damnation Staff	6	975
	Master's Shadowcaller	6	1,000
	Grandmaster's Great Cursed Staff	7	1,000
	Grandmaster's Cursed Staff	7	1,000
	Grandmaster's Demonic Staff	7	1,000
	Grandmaster's Lifecurse Staff	7	1,025
	Grandmaster's Cursed Skull	7	1,050
	Grandmaster's Damnation Staff	7	1,075
	Grandmaster's Shadowcaller	7	1,100
	Elder's Cursed Staff	8	1,100
	Elder's Demonic Staff	8	1,100
	Elder's Great Cursed Staff	8	1,100
	Elder's Lifecurse Staff	8	1,125
	Elder's Cursed Skull	8	1,150
	Elder's Damnation Staff	8	1,175
	Elder's Shadowcaller	8	1,200

Spells and Abilities

Icon	Spell/Ability Name	Spell Slot	Energy Cost	Cast Time	Range	Cooldown	Mastery Unlock
	Vile Curse	First	11	instant	9m	2s	1
	Cursed Sickle	First	19	instant	16m	5s	3
	Bane	Passive	-	-	-	-	1
	Energetic (Cursed Staffs)	Passive	-	-	-	-	6
	Furious (Cursed Staffs)	Passive	-	-	-	-	20
	Hit & Run (Cursed Staffs)	Passive	-	-	-	-	50
	Armor Piercer	Second	33	instant	22m	15s	1
	Cursed Beam	Second	28	channeled	11m	10s	1
	Desecrate	Second	33	instant	13m	15s	15
	Grudge	Second	19	instant	8m	20s	40
	Dark Matter	Second	28	0.94s	11m	20s	70
	Inner Shadow	Third	58	0.4s	15m	30s	1
	Field of Death	Third	61	0s	15m	30s	1
	Area of Decay	Third	52	channeled	15m	25s	1
	Death Curse	Third	42	0.56s	11m	15s	1
	Enfeeble Blades	Third	70	1s	11m	30s	1
	Haunting Screams	Third	61	0.75s	15m	30s	1
	Cataclysm	Third	94	2.5s	12m	30s	1

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 18.110.1	13 October 2021	Call to Arms Patch 11	Enfeeble Blades was a very underrepresented ability. To give it a more useful role, it has been reworked into a ground target area which purges each enemy hit. Since the Locus is now cleanse-only, Lifecurse Staff can take over the role of AoE purging in large-scale fights. Enfeeble Blades (Lifecurse Staff): Can now be cast at the ground and no longer requires an ally target (Blades remain on the ground area) Is now a channeled ability, and the Blade area lasts for the channel duration The area now also continues purging enemy buffs on every hit (doesn't purge enemy HoT) Cast Range: 11m → 15m Cast Time: 1s → 0.6s Cast and channel are now uninterruptible Area Radius: 6m → 5m Area Duration: 5s → 4s Damage Debuff per Stack: 5% → 4% Debuff Max Stacks: 10 → 5 Cooldown now scales with Item Power: 900 Item Power: 50s 1700 Item Power: 34s
Version 1.17.403.172369	12 August 2020	Rise of Avalon Update and Hotfix 1, 2	Avalonian Weapons are an entirely new line of Artifact Weapons and offhands, each with unique new abilities. They can be crafted with new Avalonian Artifacts, which can be obtained directly or forged from Avalonian Shards, which are dropped in Elite Dungeons and along the Roads of Avalon.
Version 1.12.365.123101	31 July 2018	Merlyn Update	Cursed Staffs: Vile Curse Cast Range: 8m -> 9m Number of Ticks: 4 -> 5 Standtime: 0.4s -> 0.2s Cursed Sickle Cast Range: 12m -> 13m Cooldown: 4s -> 3.5s Dark Matter (New W-slot spell) Casts Dark Matter onto an enemy target. This matter keeps jumping to the closest enemy in a 7m radius for up to 10 times, dealing magic damage to every enemy it passes through. The spell can't hit the same enemy twice in a row, but keeps jumping back and forth if at least two enemies are in range. Cast time: 1s Cast Range: 11m Cooldown: 20s
Version 1.0.34.184.105727	6 December 2017	Kay Update	Cursed Staffs: Grudge: Grudge no longer applies Vile Curses, but now has its own separate DoT The new Grudge DoT has its first tick after 1s The new DoT can be stacked up to 6 times Duration: 6s -> 10s Cooldown: 15s -> 20s Energy cost: 4 -> 7 Area of Decay Now removes 1 healing stack per tick (so Nature Rejuvenation stacks get reduced by one with each tick, for example).