Bitter Chill

Chilling a foe inflicts vulnerability. — In-game description

Bitter Chill

Specialization

Spite (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Bitter Chill

Chilling a foe inflicts vulnerability.

₃ Vulnerability (8s): +3% Incoming Damage, +3% Incoming Condition Damage

₃ Vulnerability (6s): +3% Incoming Damage, +3% Incoming Condition Damage

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deathly Enervation — Sword
•   Gormandize — Sword
•   Spinal Shivers — Focus
•   Chillblains — Staff
•   Sinister Stab — Spear
•   Isolate — Spear
•   Frozen Abyss — Trident
•   Chilling Scythe — Greatsword
•   Grasping Darkness — Greatsword

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dark Path — Death Shroud
•   Executioner's Scythe — Reaper's Shroud

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Haunt
•   Spectral Grasp — Spectral
•   Well of Darkness — Well
•   "Suffer!" — Shout

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Plaguelands — Corruption
•   "Chilled to the Bone!" — Shout

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Spinal Shivers — Chill of Death
•   Chilling Nova — Chilling Nova

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Curses

• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

Death Magic

• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Reaper

• Decimate Defenses — Striking a foe with vulnerability increases your critical hit chance.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Curses

• Chilling Darkness — Blinding a target will also apply chill.

Reaper

• Shivers of Dread — Whenever you inflict fear, you also chill.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced vulnerability duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds.
August 25, 2015	Updated skill facts for necromancer skills that are influenced by this trait.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Bitter Chill has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this trait.