Scorch

Scorch is an Elemental Ailment associated with fire that causes the affected target to have their Elemental Resistances lowered by up to 30%, based on the Fire Damage of the Hit, for 4 seconds.

Scorch's magnitude is given by the formula:

$E = 50 * ({D \over T})^{0.4}$

where D is the fire damage dealt, T is the enemy's ailment threshold.

Base items
The following base items are related to Scorch:

Unique items
The following unique items are related to Scorch:

Keystone passive skills
The following keystone passive skills are related to Scorch:

Version history

 * Scorch and Brittle (alternate ailments for Fire and Cold damage respectively) have both had their maximum effects raised. Scorch reduces elemental resistances by a maximum of 30% (from 20%). Brittle now increases the chance to critically strike an afflicted enemy by up to 15% (from 10%). Scorch, Brittle and Sap now all have a base duration of 4 seconds (from 2).


 * We've added an Ailment Threshold to monsters. In the great majority of cases, the Ailment Threshold matches the monster's Maximum Life. It primarily differs for especially high-life monsters (such as The Shaper), where the threshold is reduced to allow ailments to be applied with hits that wouldn't ordinarily reach the required Life thresholds.
 * The alternate ailments Sap, Scorch and Brittle have a slightly different calculation as they have lower caps on their magnitudes.


 * Introduced to the game.
 * Updated the reminder text for Ailments to include the 3 new Ailments.
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