Wastrel's Demise

Hex Spell. For 5 seconds, target foe is hexed with Wastrel's Demise. Each second while hexed, target foe and all foes adjacent to that foe take 1...8...10 damage and an additional 1...8...10 damage for each second this spell is in effect. This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill.

Wastrel's Demise

• 5
• 0.25¼
• 3

Profession

Mesmer

Attribute

Domination Magic

Type

Hex spell

Campaign

Nightfall

Hex Spell. For 5 seconds, target foe is hexed with Wastrel's Demise. Each second while hexed, target foe and all foes adjacent to that foe take 1...8...10 damage and an additional 1...8...10 damage for each second this spell is in effect. This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill.

Concise description

Hex Spell. (5 seconds.) Each second while hexed, target foe and all foes adjacent to that foe take 1...8...10 damage. Foes take +1...8...10 damage each second this hex is in effect. Ends early if target foe uses a skill.

Progression
Domination Magic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Damage	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	14
+ Damage	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	14
Maximum damage	15	30	30	45	45	60	75	75	90	90	105	120	120	135	135	150	165	165	180	180	195	210

Acquisition

Skill trainers

• Nightfall
  • Tohn (Kamadan, Jewel of Istan)

Hero skill trainers

• Nightfall
  • Pikin (Kamadan, Jewel of Istan)

Signet of Capture

• Factions
  • Francis (The Undercity (Winds of Change), only during When Kappa Attack)

Related skills

• Glimmering Mark (elite)
• Wastrel's Worry

Hero Usage

• Heroes will preferentially use this on casters.

Notes

• The bonus damage begins to apply after the first damage pulse.
• Synergises with Psychic Instability.
• Useful to cover other hexes that punish foes for using skills, such as Diversion or Shame, forcing your target to choose between taking the damage or suffering the covered hex's effect.
  • However, this skill does not cover other hexes if the target uses their own hex removal skill, since activation of the hex removal will end Wastrel's Demise, allowing the skill to remove the next hex in the effects monitor.
• This skill is very effective against targets that do not use skills (e.g. minions or pets) or rarely use them (e.g. The Jade Quarry Carrier Juggernauts and Hauler Turtles activate their skill, Carrier Defense, under limited situations); it does the maximum damage against them and adjacent foes.

Anomaly.If the hex is reapplied before it ends, Wastrel's Demise will continue to add up the bonus damage until the first hex would have run out. After that, the bonus damage cycle will start over.

Anomaly.Unlike most area damage over time skills, Wastrel's Demise does not cause AI to scatter.

Trivia

• Wastrel's Demise and Savannah Heat are the only two skills for which damage over time increases over their duration.