Grudge

Grudge

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

It is unlocked at mastery level 40.

Grudge	Energy Cost	19	The grudge can be cast on any ally, and lasts for 10s. While it's active, every normal attack they make inflicts a Grudge Curse stack on the enemy. Each Grudge Curse stack deals 26 magical damage per second for 8 times (stacks up to 6 times).
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	8m
	Cooldown	20s

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

Note: This ability is only usable on items with an Item Power of 800 or above.

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 20.070.1	5 October 2022	Into the Fray Patch 7	With players having adapted to the new playstyle of the reworked Grudge, its damage output was somewhat too high. This has now been toned down. The damage output of Anguished Soul was also too great, considering its utility with the Fear effect, and has been reduced accordingly. Grudge (all Cursed Staffs): 0 Stack Damage: 20 → 18 1 Stack Damage: 25 → 22.5 2 Stack Damage: 60 → 54 3 Stack Damage: 100 → 90 4 Stack Damage: 150 → 135 Anguished Soul (Demonic Staff): Damage: 175 →  160
Version 20.020.1	5 July 2022	Into the Fray Patch 2 (+ Living Legends Event)	Cursed Staffs Cursed Tar (all Cursed Staffs) Hit Delay: 0.5s -> 0.35s Grudge (all Cursed Staffs) Damage after 0.0s: 10 -> 20 Damage after 0.5s: 20 -> 25 Damage after 1.0s: 40 -> 60 Damage after 1.5s: 70 -> 100 Damage after 2.0s: 120 -> 150
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 1.0.34.184.105727	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).
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