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{{Specialization infobox
| elite icon = Scourge icon (extract).png
| description = "Sink into a sea of sand."

The scourge harnesses the power of the desert to summon [[Manifest Sand Shade|sand shades]] onto the battlefield. While they lose many of the protective benefits of [[Death Shroud|death shroud]], they control the battlefield by afflicting foes while bolstering allies and granting [[barrier]].
| profession = Necromancer
| type = Elite
| line number = 7
| id = 60
| requires = pof
}}
[[File:Spec image Scourge.jpg|400px|right]]
[[Scourge]] is an [[Specialization#Elite_specializations|elite specialization]] for the [[necromancer]] unlocked with the [[Path of Fire]] [[expansion]].
Instead of using [[life force]] as a second health pool, scourges use it to command the desert sands with [[Shade]] skills, overwhelming their enemies in [[condition]]s and supporting allies with [[barrier]]. They [[manifest Sand Shade]]s, extensions of their will that mimic any Shade skill they use.

Scourges have learned [[Punishment]] skills, commanding the sands to corrupt their enemy's boons into conditions, eroding their will. They can wield [[torches]] as [[off hand]] weapons, lighting the path for their enemies' souls into the afterlife, burning away their bodies. Scourges combine damage dealing and support, corrupting boons from enemies, cleansing conditions from allies, shielding them with barriers, and drowning their enemies in the desert sands.

== List of scourge skills ==
{{see|List of necromancer skills}}

=== Profession mechanic ===
{{Quotation|Scourge|May the sands take you.}}
Scourges lose access to [[Death Shroud]] in exchange for summoning sand shades and using [[Shade]] skills at all times. Shade skills are fueled by a static cost of life force that does not scale with the total life force pool; increasing vitality does not increase the cost of Shade skills. All skills, except Manifest Sand Shade, have a half-second delay before activating. All Shade skills are cast around the scourge and any sand shade they have created. Traits that activate when entering shroud will instead activate when using [[Desert Shroud]].

{| id="death-shroud-skills" class="necromancer skills table"
{{profession mechanic skill table header}}
{{profession mechanic skill table row|Manifest Sand Shade}}
{{profession mechanic skill table row|Nefarious Favor}}
{{profession mechanic skill table row|Sand Cascade}}
{{profession mechanic skill table row|Garish Pillar}}
{{profession mechanic skill table row|Desert Shroud}}
|}

=== [[Weapon]] skills ===
{| id="one-handed-skills" class="necromancer skills table"
{{weapon skill table header}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
==== [[Torch]] ====
{{weapon skill table row|Harrowing Wave}}
{{weapon skill table row|Oppressive Collapse}}
|}

=== Slot skills ===
==== [[Healing skill|Healing]] ====
{| id="healing-skills" class="necromancer skills table"
{{slot skill table header}}
{{slot skill table row|Sand Flare}}
|}

==== [[Utility skill|Utility]] ====
{| id="utility-skills" class="necromancer skills table"
{{slot skill table header}}
{{slot skill table row|Trail of Anguish}}
{{slot skill table row|Desiccate}}
{{slot skill table row|Sand Swell}}
{{slot skill table row|Serpent Siphon}}
|}

==== [[Elite skill|Elite]] ====
{| id="elite-skills" class="necromancer skills table"
{{slot skill table header}}
{{slot skill table row|Ghastly Breach}}
|}

== List of scourge traits ==
{{see|List of necromancer traits}}
{{Trait table|Scourge}}

== Lore ==
{{Quotation|Official site|Scourges channel their life force into the desert sands to summon biddable shades that damage enemies and create shields for their allies. They use punishment skills to torment their enemies, and wield torches to light the path to their destruction.}}

== Associated items ==
* {{item icon|Scourge's Torch}}
* {{item icon|Guide for the Lost}}
* {{item icon|Scourge's Tendrils}}
* {{item icon|Superior Rune of the Scourge}}
* {{item icon|Mini Scourge Akesi Xuni}}

== Related achievements ==
* {{achievement|Adept Scourge}}
* {{achievement|Master Scourge}}
* {{achievement|Guide for the Lost}}

== Gallery ==
[[File:Scourge specialization.png|thumb|Specialization background.]]
;Promotional material
<Gallery>
File:Scourge Wallpaper.jpg|Wallpaper
File:scourge concept art original.jpg|Concept art
File:scourge 1.jpg|Still frame from the reveal video
File:scourge 2.jpg|Still frame from the reveal video
File:Scourge icon (highres).png|Promotional official icon
</Gallery>
;Icons
<gallery>
File:Scourge (overhead icon).png|Official icon
File:Scourge icon white.png|Official icon
File:Scourge icon small.png|Wiki icon
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* Scourge utility skills were initially sacrifice skills that consumed [[life force]], but the developers felt that didn't cohere thematically, since life force was typically consumed by [[shroud]] skills. These utilities were replaced by [[punishment]] skills that corrupt enemy boons into specific conditions.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhBf1Q6gTnY Guild Chat Episode 51, Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™ Elite Specializations</ref>
* The Scourge Class [[NPC]] is [[Akesi Xuni]], and may be found outside the [[Court of the Dead]].

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV4dyXVjQIQ Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Elite Specializations—Scourge (Necromancer)]

== References ==
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