Curses

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No inherent effect. Many Necromancer skills, especially Hex spells which reduce your foes' effectiveness in battle, become more effective with higher Curses.

— in-game description

Curses is a necromancer secondary attribute.

Notes

• Curses are spells or skills used to hinder, damage your enemy over time, or stop them from doing something. Curses are not too offensive, for they lack good damage over time. Skills such as Barbs and Mark of Pain are great support skills that have the potential to dish out damage, but you need a team of melee attackers to do so. Curses are extremely useful in defensive play because of their ability to hinder, and stop your foes from doing certain things.
• Many Curses skills are hexes that hinder physical attacks, inflict cracked armor, poison and weakness conditions, cause degeneration (health and energy), or do damage; the Curses line also has many enchantment removal skills.

Curses skills

Icon	Name	Description						Campaign
	Atrophy	Hex Spell. (3...6...7 seconds.) Reduces this foe's primary attribute to 0.	0	1010	01.001	02020		Eye of the North
	Barbs	Hex Spell. (30 seconds.) Target foe takes 1...12...15 damage whenever it takes physical damage.	0	1010	02.002	0055		Core
	Cacophony	Hex Spell. (10 seconds.) Deals 35...91...105 damage whenever target foe uses a shout or chant.	0	1010	02.002	01515		Eye of the North
	Chilblains	Spell. Deals 10...37...44 cold damage to foes in the area around your target; removes 1...2...2 enchantment[s] from these foes. You are Poisoned (10 seconds).	0	2525	02.002	0088		Core
	Corrupt Enchantment	Elite Hex Spell. Removes one enchantment from target foe. Removal effect: -1...7...8 Health degeneration (10 seconds).	0	055	00.750.75¾	01010		Nightfall
	Defile Defenses	Hex Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Deals 30...102...120 damage the next time target foe blocks.	0	055	01.001	0055		Eye of the North
	Defile Enchantments	Spell. Deals 6...49...60 damage to target and nearby foes. Deals 4...17...20 more damage for each enchantment on them.	0	1010	02.002	01515		Factions
	Defile Flesh	Hex Spell. (5...29...35 seconds.) Reduces healing target foe receives by 33%. Only skills with the word "heal" in the description are affected.	}10%	1010	01.001	01010		Core
	Depravity	Elite Hex Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Causes 1...4...5 Energy loss whenever target foe casts a spell. One foe near your target also loses Energy.	0	1010	02.002	01515		Nightfall
	Desecrate Enchantments	Spell. Deals 6...49...60 damage to target and nearby foes. Deals 4...17...20 more damage for each enchantment on them.	0	1010	02.002	01515		Prophecies
	Enfeeble	Spell. Inflicts Weakness condition (10...26...30 seconds).	0	055	00.250.25¼	0055		Prophecies
	Enfeeble (PvP)	Spell. Inflicts Weakness condition (10...26...30 seconds).	0	055	00.250.25¼	01010		Prophecies
	Enfeebling Blood	Spell. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds) on this foe and nearby foes.	}10%	011	01.001	0088		Core
	Enfeebling Blood (PvP)	Spell. Inflicts Weakness condition (1...13...16 second[s]) on this foe and nearby foes.	}17%	011	01.001	0088		Core
	Enfeebling Touch	Touch Skill. Causes 5...41...50 Health loss. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds).	0	055	00.750.75¾	0055		Factions
	Envenom Enchantments	Spell. Removes one enchantment from target foe. Inflicts Poisoned condition (3...9...10 seconds for each remaining enchantment on that foe).	0	055	01.001	02020		Nightfall
	Faintheartedness	Hex Spell. (3...13...16 seconds.) Target foe attacks 50% slower and has -0...2...3 Health degeneration.	0	1010	01.001	0088		Core
	Feast of Corruption	Elite Spell. Deals 16...67...80 damage to target and adjacent foes. Steal 8...34...40 Health from each hexed foe.	0	1515	02.002	02020		Prophecies
	Insidious Parasite	Hex Spell. (5...13...15 seconds.) Steal 15...39...45 Health whenever target foe hits with an attack.	0	1515	01.001	01212		Prophecies
	Lingering Curse	Elite Hex Spell. (6...25...30 seconds.) Target and nearby foes have -0...2...3 Health degeneration and receive 20% less benefit from healing.	0	1515	01.001	01010		Core
	Malaise	Hex Spell. (5...29...35 seconds.) Causes -1 Energy degeneration. Deals 5...41...50 damage if target foe's Energy drops to 0. You have -1 Health degeneration. Ends if this foe's Energy drops to 0.	0	055	02.002	0022		Prophecies
	Mark of Pain	Hex Spell. (30 seconds.) Deals 10...34...40 damage to adjacent foes whenever target foe takes physical damage.	0	1010	01.001	02020		Core
	Meekness	Hex Spell. Also hexes foes in the area of target (5...25...30 seconds). These foes attack 50% slower.	}17%	1515	02.002	01515		Nightfall
	Order of Apostasy	Elite Enchantment Spell. Enchants all party members (5 seconds). These party members remove one enchantment when they deal physical damage. Removal cost: for each Monk enchantment, you lose 25...17...15% maximum Health.	0	2525	02.002	0		Factions
	Pain of Disenchantment	Elite Spell. Target foe loses 1...3...3 enchantment[s]. Removal effect: that foe and all adjacent foes lose 10...82...100 Health.	0	1010	01.001	01515		Nightfall
	Parasitic Bond	Hex Spell. (20 seconds.) Causes -1 Health degeneration. End effect: you are healed for 30...102...120 Health.	0	055	01.001	0022		Core
	Plague Sending	Spell. Transfer 1...3...3 condition[s] and [its/their] remaining duration[s] from yourself to target foe and all adjacent foes.	}10%	011	01.001	0055		Prophecies
	Plague Signet	Elite Signet. Transfers all conditions with 100...180...200% of their remaining durations from yourself to target foe. 50% failure chance unless Curses 5 or more.	0	0	01.001	0044		Core
	Plague Touch	Touch Skill. Transfers 1...3...3 condition[s] from yourself to target foe.	0	055	00.750.75¾	0		Core
	Poisoned Heart	Spell. Inflicts Poisoned condition (5...13...15 seconds) to adjacent foes. You are also Poisoned.	0	055	00.250.25¼	01212		Nightfall
	Price of Failure	Hex Spell. (30 seconds.) 25% chance to miss. Target foe takes 1...37...46 damage whenever it fails to hit.	0	1515	02.002	02020		Prophecies
	Reckless Haste	Hex Spell. Also hexes foes adjacent to your target (6...11...12 seconds). These foes have 50% chance to miss, but attack 25% faster.	0	1515	01.001	01212		Factions
	Rend Enchantments	Spell. Removes 5...8...9 enchantments from target foe. Removal cost: you lose 55...31...25 Health for each Monk enchantment removed.	0	055	02.002	02020		Core
	Rigor Mortis	Hex Spell. (8...18...20 seconds.) Target foe cannot block.	0	1010	01.001	02020		Core
	Rip Enchantment	Spell. Removes 1 enchantment. Removal effect: inflicts Bleeding (5...21...25 seconds).	0	055	01.001	01515		Nightfall
	Shadow of Fear	Hex Spell. Also hexes foes adjacent to target (5...25...30 seconds). They attack 50% slower.	0	1010	02.002	0055		Prophecies
	Shivers of Dread	Hex Spell. (10...34...40 seconds.) Cold damage interrupts target foe's skills. Interruption cost: you lose 10...6...5 Energy or this hex ends.	0	1010	02.002	01515		Factions
	Soul Barbs	Hex Spell. (30 seconds.) Deals 15...27...30 damage when an enchantment or hex is cast on target foe.	0	1010	02.002	02020		Prophecies
	Soul Bind	Elite Hex Spell. (30 seconds.) Every time target foe is healed, the healer takes 20...68...80 damage. Ends if target is suffering from a Smiting Prayers hex.	0	1010	01.001	0055		Factions
	Spinal Shivers	Hex Spell. (10...34...40 seconds.) Cold damage interrupts target foe's skills. Interruption cost: you lose 10...6...5 Energy or Spinal Shivers ends.	0	1010	02.002	01515		Prophecies
	Spiteful Spirit	Elite Hex Spell. (8...18...20 seconds.) Deals 5...29...35 damage to target and adjacent foes whenever this foe attacks or uses a skill.	0	1515	02.002	01010		Prophecies
	Suffering	Hex Spell. Also hexes foes near target (6...25...30 seconds). These foes have -0...2...3 Health degeneration.	0	1515	01.001	01010		Core
	Ulcerous Lungs	Hex Spell. Also hexes foes near your target (10...22...25 seconds). Causes -4 Health degeneration to any of these foes that are Bleeding. Inflicts Bleeding (3...13...15 seconds) whenever these foes use a shout or chant.	0	1515	02.002	01010		Nightfall
	Vocal Minority	Hex Spell. Also hexes foes near target (5...17...20 seconds). These foes cannot use shouts or chants.	0	1010	01.001	02020		Nightfall
	Weaken Armor	Spell. Also affects adjacent foes. Inflicts Cracked Armor condition (5...17...20 seconds).	0	055	01.001	0055		Core
	Weaken Knees	Elite Hex Spell. (1...13...16 second[s].) Target foe has -1...3...4 Health degeneration and takes 5...9...10 damage while moving.	0	055	01.001	01010		Factions
	Well of Darkness	Well Spell. (5...41...50 seconds.) Hexed foes in this well have 50% chance to miss. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	1010	01.001	02020		Nightfall
	Well of Ruin	Well Spell. (5...25...30 seconds.) Inflicts Cracked Armor condition (5...17...20 seconds) to any foe in the well that takes physical damage. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	1010	01.001	02020		Eye of the North
	Well of Silence	Well Spell. (10...26...30 seconds.) Foes in this well cannot use shouts and chants and have -1...3...4 Health degeneration. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	1010	01.001	02020		Nightfall
	Well of Weariness	Well Spell. (10...46...55 seconds.) Foes in this well have -1 Energy degeneration. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	055	01.001	0055		Factions
	Wither	Elite Hex Spell. (5...29...35 seconds.) Causes -2...4...4 Health degeneration and -1 Energy degeneration. Deals 15...63...75 damage if target foe's Energy drops to 0. Ends if this foe's Energy drops to 0.	0	1010	02.002	01010		Prophecies