Elixir of Ignorance

Elixir. Infuse the magical essence of ignorance into an elixir, gaining resistance and protection and breaking stuns, and then toss the elixir at the targeted area, inflicting blindness on foes. If you are in the splash area of the elixir, gain Blight. If you are at or above the Blight threshold when you activate this skill, consume that amount of Blight to double the damage and condition duration. — In-game description

Elixir of Ignorance

 

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Harbinger

Slot

Utility

Type

Elixir

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

62646

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0.5½  

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24

 

Elixir of Ignorance

Elixir. Infuse the magical essence of ignorance into an elixir, gaining resistance and protection and breaking stuns, and then toss the elixir at the targeted area, inflicting blindness on foes. If you are in the splash area of the elixir, gain Blight.

If you are at or above the Blight threshold when you activate this skill, consume that amount of Blight to double the damage and condition duration.

Self Effects on Cast

 Resistance (5s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

 Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage

Effects in Impact Area

 Damage: 213 (0.8)^?

 Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.

₁₀ Blight (25s): 3,250 Heal, -15% Health

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Blight Threshold: 5

When above Blight Threshold

 Damage and Condition Duration Increase: 100%

 Breaks Stun

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Curses

• Chilling Darkness — Blinding a target will also apply chill.
• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

Death Magic

• Dark Defiance — If you are disabled, gain protection. Incoming condition damage is reduced while you have protection. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, and launch.
• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Harbinger

• Wicked Corruption — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of blight you have. Critical strikes deal increased damage to targets with torment.
• Bolstering Brew — Elixir skills grant protection.
• Septic Corruption — Deal increased condition damage for each stack of blight you have. Shroud 2 skill also inflicts poison.
• Alchemic Vigor — Gain increased vitality. Heal each second for each stack of blight you have.
• Twisted Medicine — Elixir skills also grant their boons to allies within the elixir impact radius. Gain concentration based on your vitality.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	This skill now grants protection in addition to its previous effects. Reduced the cooldown from 24 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 24 seconds.
November 29, 2022	Fixed an issue that prevented harbinger elixirs from applying blight to the user and boons to allies.
June 28, 2022	All elixirs now use normal projectile targeting underwater, instead of using ground targeting.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Elixir of Ignorance has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Elixir of Ignorance was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Still breaks Stuns and grants Resistance to yourself on cast. Is now ground-targeted; damage and apply Blind (2s) to enemies in the impact area. If you are in the impact area, gain 10 Blight. Blight Threshold 5: Damage and condition duration doubled. Cooldown increased from 25s to 30s.
August 17, 2021	Elixir of Ignorance was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.