Plague Blast

Blast a foe with a plague that transfers one condition to them. — In-game description

Plague Blast

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Parent skill

  Death Shroud

Slot

Transform

Type

Shroud

Game link

API

10690

This skill is the underwater replacement for: Life Blast

“

0.5½  

Plague Blast

Blast a foe with a plague that transfers one condition to them.

 Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

 Conditions Transferred: 1

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pierces

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Spite

• Reaper's Might — Shroud skill 1 grants might.

Curses

• Plague Sending — Your first attack after entering shroud transfers conditions. Only activates if you have conditions.

Death Magic

• Shrouded Removal — Lose a condition when you enter shroud and every few seconds while you remain in shroud. Gain carapace when removing conditions from yourself.

Blood Magic

• Vampiric Presence — You and your nearby allies siphon health with attacks. This effect increases while in Shroud.

Soul Reaping

• Unyielding Blast — Shroud skill 1 inflicts vulnerability.
• Dhuumfire — Shroud skill 1 inflicts burning on your target.

Notes

• When cast, this skill removes one condition from you. When the projectile damages a foe, it copies the removed condition to that foe.
• Damage value is calculated with the weapon strength of the active weapon before shroud is activated. Wiki value assumes unequipped value of 690.5
• The trait Dhuumfire replaces this skill with the skill Dhuumfire.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 26, 2016	This skill now pierces by default.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Fixed a bug that caused the projectiles fired from these skills to not deal damage to the caster if they were reflected.
July 01, 2014	Renamed the skill to "Plague Blast" in order to clarify its unique functionality. Updated the traits associated with this skill to specify that they work with Plague Blast in addition to Life Blast. Fixed an issue in which the damage skill fact was lower than the actual value.
May 20, 2014	Enabled Dhuumfire with this skill. Added a healing skill fact when traited with Renewing Blast.
June 25, 2013	Decreased the cast time and reduced the aftercast.
December 14, 2012	Updated projectile to fire from a more logical area of the necromancer.
November 15, 2012	This skill's casting time has been reduced.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Plague Blast has been added to the game.