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.

Equipment

Magic Weapon	Tier
Journeyman's Cursed Staff	3
Expert's Cursed Staff	5

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