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Disease
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Condition. While suffering from this ailment, you lose Health over time. Disease is contagious between creatures of the same kind.
Concise description: You have -4 Health degeneration. Disease is contagious between creatures of the same kind
— In-game description
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[edit] Related skills
[edit] Skills that cause disease
Putrid Flesh — infects nearby foes by destroying a minion.
Rotting Flesh
Tainted Flesh (elite) — causes disease when target ally is struck in melee.
Virulence (elite) — causes disease if target is suffering any other condition.
Avatar of Grenth (elite)
Mystic Corruption
Radiation Field (PvE-only) — end effect.
Signet of Infection (PvE-only) — if target is Bleeding.
Yellow Snow (used by Grentch from summoning stones and is only available to players during certain Wintersday minigames and quests)
[edit] Skills that benefit from disease
[edit] Skills with disease-dependent effects
[edit] Skills that prevent disease
Tainted Flesh (elite)
Avatar of Grenth (elite)
[edit] Skills that specifically remove disease
- See also: List of condition removal skills
[edit] Skills that mimic the disease effect
[edit] Notes
- Like poison, disease is a condition which causes 4 pips of health degeneration to a character and turns the Health bar green. Diseased characters are surrounded by a green mist containing black flies.
- Unlike poison, it can spread between creatures of the same creature type which are nearby each other.
- It is the only condition that transfers between creatures.
- You can be diseased more than once by the spread of the disease from other characters.
- Like poison and bleeding, disease only affects fleshy creatures.
- A Rune of Purity or the inscription "Cast Out the Unclean" will reduce disease duration by 20%.
- In areas with numerous sources of Disease, you can reduce the threat of an epidemic by:
- Bringing party-wide condition removal (e.g. Extinguish) to prevent an epidemic.
- Using non-human heroes (Ogden Stonehealer, Zhed Shadowhoof, Vekk, Jora, Pyre Fierceshot and M.O.X.) or henchmen (Talon Silverwing, Brutus, Sheena).
- Keeping your party spread out.
- The Chalice of Corruption causes a similar effect to disease:
- The visual effects are identical and persist in towns and outposts;
- Your character suffers from 2 pips of health degeneration in explorable areas;
- The effects continue until you abandon the quest or complete its follow-up, Masters of Corruption.
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