Spells/Plague Shards

Plague Shards

Decay

Press to cast. Fire a cluster of plague shards in a narrow spread, dealing Decay Damage. Additional shards hitting the same enemy deal bonus damage.

In the game

On the skill tree

Plague Shards (Shadow)

Requirements

Class: Shadow

Numbers

Damage0.53

Damage typeDecay

Radius6

Concentration8

Cooldown4 s

Cast time0.4 s

TagsDamage, Class, Plague Magic

Hits and scaling

Hit	Type	Multiplier	How often
First shard	Decay	x0.53	1 time per cast
Later shards Second to fifth shard on the same target	Decay	x0.6625	Depends on where the target is

What it scales with

Decay hits use Magic Power.
Damage bonus: Decay Damage and Magic Damage from gear and the tree, added together into one bonus.
Magic Power = Intelligence x1, Charisma x0.5, Adventure x0.5, plus flat Magic Power from gear and the tree. Archetype passives add: Elemental Ranger Adventure x0.25, Earthshaker Strength x0.5, Echo Weaver Agility x0.5.
One hit = power x (1 + bonus / 100) x (1 - the target's defence share) x the hit multiplier, rounded up. A critical hit then adds your Critical Damage.

How the game works out a hit

Upgraded by

28 nodes on the skill tree upgrade it.

Channeled Shards (Shadow)
Envenoming Shards (Shadow)
Envenoming Shards Increase I (Shadow), Envenoming Shards Increase II (Shadow), Envenoming Shards Increase III (Shadow)
Inoculated Shards (Shadow)
Inoculated Shards Increase I (Shadow), Inoculated Shards Increase II (Shadow), Inoculated Shards Increase III (Shadow)
Inoculating Shards (Shadow)
Inoculating Shards Increase I (Shadow), Inoculating Shards Increase II (Shadow), Inoculating Shards Increase III (Shadow)
Lingering Shards (Shadow)
Plague Shards Cooldown Decrease I (Shadow), Plague Shards Cooldown Decrease II (Shadow), Plague Shards Cooldown Decrease III (Shadow)
Plague Shards Range Increase I (Shadow), Plague Shards Range Increase II (Shadow), Plague Shards Range Increase III (Shadow)
Plague Shards Subsequent Hit Damage Increase I (Shadow), Plague Shards Subsequent Hit Damage Increase II (Shadow), Plague Shards Subsequent Hit Damage Increase III (Shadow)
Purging Shards (Shadow)
Purging Shards Increase I (Shadow), Purging Shards Increase II (Shadow), Purging Shards Increase III (Shadow)
Splintering Shards (Shadow)

What each upgrade changes

Channeled Shards

	Without	With
Cooldown	4 s	3 s
Cast time	0.4 s	0 s
Shards per volley	5	3
Concentration per volley while held One volley every 0.5 s while held; stops below 3 Concentration	none	3

Hold to fire a volley every 0.5 s; the first volley comes 0.5 s after the press

Envenoming Shards

	Without	With
Poison from the first shard hit	none	2
Poison from each later shard hit	none	1
Max Poison per enemy per cast	none	5

Envenoming Shards Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Max Poison per enemy per cast With Envenoming Shards	5	6	7	8

Inoculated Shards

	Without	With
Max Inoculation consumed per cast	none	5
Later shard bonus per Inoculation consumed	none	5%

Inoculated Shards Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Max Inoculation consumed per cast With Inoculated Shards	5	6	7	8

Each extra Inoculation adds 5 points to the later shard bonus, so the node text cap of 50% rises with this upgrade

Inoculating Shards

	Without	With
Max Inoculation per cast from shards on Poisoned enemies	none	5
Extra Inoculation when 3 or more shards hit Poisoned enemies	none	2

1 Inoculation per shard that hits a Poisoned enemy

Inoculating Shards Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Max Inoculation per cast from shards on Poisoned enemies With Inoculating Shards	5	7	9	11
Extra Inoculation when 3 or more shards hit Poisoned enemies With Inoculating Shards	2	3	4	5

Lingering Shards

	Without	With
Lingering zone duration	none	3 s
Zone damage per second, share of shard damage Enemy inside a zone at each 1 s tick	none	x0.5

One zone at the end point of each shard. The size of the zone is not in the files we read.

Plague Shards Cooldown Decrease

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Cooldown Without Channeled Shards	4 s	3.6 s	3.2 s	2.8 s

Channeled Shards sets a fixed 3 s cooldown, so this upgrade does nothing with it

Plague Shards Range Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Shard travel distance	8 m	8.64 m	9.28 m	9.92 m
Aim range	6 m	6.48 m	6.96 m	7.44 m

Plague Shards Subsequent Hit Damage Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Later shard bonus damage Second and later shard that hits the same enemy in one cast	25%	30%	35%	40%

Purging Shards

	Without	With
Max Poison consumed per enemy	none	5
Damage per Poison consumed	none	5%

Purging Shards Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Max Poison consumed per enemy With Purging Shards	5	7	9	11

Splintering Shards

	Without	With
Shards per cast	5	7
Shard damage	x0.53	x0.3975

The spread widens with the extra shards (10 degrees between shards)

Rank it

Compare it with every other damaging spell on the spell ranking.

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