Vile Curse

Vile Curse

An active ability found on the firstslot of Cursed Staffs.

It is unlocked at mastery 1.

Vile Curse	Energy Cost	11	Curse the targeted enemy, dealing 58 magical damage . Applies one Vile Curse Charge . Each Vile Curse Charge deals 234 magical damage over 8s ( stacks up to 4 times).
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	9m
	Cooldown	2s

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

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 18.060.1	31 May 2021	Call to Arms Patch 5/6 & Hotfix 6.1	Cursed Staffs Due to player feedback and its additional kiting potential in 1v1 situations, the range increase of Vile Curse has been reverted. The damage increase of the Haunting Screams, which was already gaining in popularity before patch 4, was slightly rolled back as well. Since the damage still cannot be reflected, it will remain threatening in bigger group fights. Vile Curse (all Cursed Staffs): Cast Range: 11m → 9m Haunting Screams (Cursed Skull): Damage per tick: 33 → 28
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 1.12.365.123101	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