Death Curse

An active ability found on the third slot of 1h Cursed Staffs.

It is unlocked at mastery level 1.

Death Curse	Energy Cost	42	Places a Death Curse on the target, and will deal damage to the target after a few seconds depending on the number of charges of the Vile Curse on the target. Zero charges: 439 damage One charge: 659 damage Two charges: 878 damage Three charges: 1142 damage Four charges: 1493 damage
	Cast Time	0.56s
	Range	11m
	Cooldown	15s

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

Equipment

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 1.15.387.150212	18 September 2019	Percival Patch 5 (Midseason Patch)	Cursed Staffs Death Curse (One-Handed Cursed Staff): Damage can no longer be reflected Removed the small instant Damage at the start Fixed the delay before the Death Curse activated at the end Cataclysm (Damnation Staff): Armor Reduction: 0.17 → 0.24 Damage: 160 → 120
Version 1.15.383.148174	15 August 2019	Percival Patch 3 and [Known Issue] Wrong Castle Scoring Times	One-Handed Cursed Staff Death Curse Damage from Death Curse can no longer be reflected
Version 1.11.362.116876	2 May 2018	Lancelot Midseason Patch	Cursed Staffs Desecrate: Radius: 5m -> 9m Hit Delay: 0.2s -> 0.6s Standtime: 0.4s -> 0,8s Cooldown: 10s -> 15s Death Curse: Cast Time: 1.5s -> 0.6s Area of Decay: Delay until first hit: 1s -> 0s Energy cost: 24 -> 17 Haunting Screams (reworked): This spell is now a 0.8s cast, instead of a channel The area can be cast on the ground and has a slow forward movement effect Area Radius: 7m -> 6m