Health degeneration

Health degeneration is the constant loss of a creature's health caused by various effects, notably conditions and hexes. All effects that cause health degeneration stack and are negated 1:1 by health regeneration. If the total degeneration is stronger than total health regeneration, it is represented by left-facing pips on the health bar; each pip represents a loss of two health per second. The maximum degeneration is capped at 10 pips (i.e. a net loss of 20 health per second).

Sources

Conditions

Four of the ten conditions cause health degeneration.

Condition	Pips
Bleeding	3
Burning	7
Disease	4
Poison	4

A health bar under degeneration from bleeding.

A health bar under degeneration from poison or disease.

A health bar under degeneration from a hex.

Skills

Necromancer Corrupt Enchantment (elite) Faintheartedness Life Siphon Life Transfer (elite) Lingering Curse (elite) Malaise Parasitic Bond Putrid Bile Reaper's Mark (elite) Suffering Ulcerous Lungs Vile Miasma Weaken Knees (elite) Well of Silence Well of Suffering Wither (elite)

Mesmer Conjure Nightmare Conjure Phantasm Crippling Anguish (elite) Illusion of Pain Images of Remorse Migraine (elite) Overload Phantom Pain Recurring Insecurity (elite) Shrinking Armor Ranger Lacerate Toxicity

Elementalist Teinai's Heat Teinai's Prison Assassin Enduring Toxin Mark of Insecurity (elite) Ritualist Lamentation PvE only Ether Nightmare Cry of Pain Radiation Field

Other

• Some environment effects apply health degeneration.
• Weapons with a Vampiric or Vampiric strength modifier cause 1 pip of degeneration each.
• Minions have inherent health degeneration.
• Drink from the Chalice of Corruption causes your character to suffer 2 pips of degeneration until the quest is resolved.

Notes

• Characters suffering health degeneration do not automatically regenerate health.

Anomaly.The descriptions of the majority of skills causing health degeneration use the double negative phrasing of –[n] health degeneration rather than the more technically correct, –[n] health regeneration.

See also

• Damage over time