Death Aura

Death Aura is a spell that deals chaos damage over time around the user, like. It is granted by.

Mechanics
The chaos damage over time aura is a skill that activates on equipping Death's Oath, and is modified by socketed support gems as well as modifiers that affect auras, area of effect, damage over time, and chaos damage. The tool tip damage does not display damage increases from modifiers from unique items such as  and from the passive tree, but the actual damage of the skill is affected by these modifiers.

Currently, there are several support gems that affect Death Aura beneficially:
 * ( gem mod only; despite tooltip would not reflect it )
 * ( gem mod only; not affected by other mod of the gem)
 * (currently unobtainable normally)
 * ( gem mod only; despite tooltip would not reflect it )
 * ( gem mod only; not affected by other mod of the gem)
 * (currently unobtainable normally)
 * ( gem mod only; not affected by other mod of the gem)
 * (currently unobtainable normally)
 * (currently unobtainable normally)

These gems depend on second active skill to gain buff that in turn benefit Death Aura skill:
 * (the gem mod, as long as another active skill uses Lifetap Support and meets the cost requirements to gain the buff, due to the mod )
 * (the gem mod, as long as another active skill uses Arcane Surge Support and meets the cost requirements to gain the buff (or other means to gain the buff), due to the mod )

Since Death Aura is a triggered skill, it will not be activated if equipped on. The on-kill damage taken, however, still applies.

Drop restrictions
Death Aura can only be obtained from.

Version history

 * Death Aura skill now deals 758 Base Chaos Damage per second (previously 563).


 * Death Aura skill now deals 25% more damage per second.


 * Now properly updates its behaviour when items, passives or skills change it in some way.


 * The chaos damage-over-time aura is now a skill that activates on equipping Death's Oath, and is modified by socketed support gems as well as modifiers that affect auras, area of effect, damage over time and chaos damage.
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