Corruption

This article is about the necromancer skill type. For other uses, see Corruption (disambiguation).

Corruption is a skill type that specializes on applying conditions either on a single target or in an area. Corruptions give the caster a condition when cast.

List of corruption skills

Corruption training.

Skill				Description
Necromancer
Consume Conditions		1	25	Corruption. Feast on your conditions, gaining health for each one consumed. You become vulnerable.
Blood Is Power		0.75¾	0.5½	Corruption. Bleed yourself to grant might to allies around you and bleed your target.
Corrosive Poison Cloud		0.5½	30	Corruption. Weaken yourself and envelope[sic] the target area in a noxious cloud that blocks enemy missiles and poisons foes and leaves them weakened.
Corrupt Boon		0.5½	0.5½	Corruption. Poison yourself. Transform boons on your foe into negative conditions.
Epidemic		1	20	Corruption. Apply vulnerability to yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes at a reduced duration. WvW only: does not affect structures or targets with resistance.
Plaguelands		1	90	Corruption. Create a virulent cloud that inflicts conditions on foes in its area. This plague inflicts additional conditions every second it persists. Inflict bleeding on yourself.

Related traits

Trait skills that have the type corruption

•   Poison Nova (Death Nova) — Corruption. The target area is enveloped in a noxious cloud of poison.

Traits that improve corruption skills

• Master of Corruption (Curses) — Corruptions gain reduced recharge time and inflict additional conditions on you.

Notes

Bug:

Expertise does not increase the duration of self inflicted conditions. Other duration increases work properly

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