Brittle

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Brittle

Ailment

Hits against you have additional critical strike chance.

Brittle is an Elemental Ailment associated with Cold. Hits against brittle enemies have up to +15% chance to critically strike afflicted enemies, based on the Cold Damage of the Hit that inflicted this ailment, for 4 seconds.

Brittle's magnitude is given by the formula: 25 * (Damage / ailment threshold)^0.4.

Related items

Base items

The following base items are related to Brittle:

Item		Stats
Endothermic BucklerEndothermic BucklerChance to Block: 22% Evasion: 112 Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 30, 76 DexInflict Brittle on Enemies when you Block their Damage	30	Inflict Brittle on Enemies when you Block their Damage
HydrosphereHydrosphereSpell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Orb, Lightning, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (12-20) Mana Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 34Create a sphere of water, or move an existing sphere and reset its duration. The sphere continually applies a drenched debuff with a short duration to enemies in its area or those it moves through. You can hit the sphere with other skills to inflict Cold and Lightning Ailments (other than Chill). The sphere pulses when created, at regular intervals while afflicted by an Ailment, and after moving, damaging all drenched enemies in a large area.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Pulse Frequency0.5% increased Cast Speed0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is 8 seconds Deals (37-356) to (56-533) Physical Damage Pulses every 0.4 seconds while Frozen, Shocked, Brittle or Sapped Base secondary duration is 4 seconds Drenched Enemies have Cold and Lightning Exposure, applying -10% to Resistances 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere has no Ailments 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage while sphere is Shocked or Sapped 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere is Frozen or BrittlePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	34	Base duration is 8 seconds Deals (37-356) to (56-533) Physical Damage Pulses every 0.4 seconds while Frozen, Shocked, Brittle or Sapped Base secondary duration is 4 seconds Drenched Enemies have Cold and Lightning Exposure, applying -10% to Resistances 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere has no Ailments 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage while sphere is Shocked or Sapped 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere is Frozen or Brittle
Polar BucklerPolar BucklerChance to Block: 22% Evasion: 185 Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 50, 121 DexInflict Brittle on Enemies when you Block their Damage	50	Inflict Brittle on Enemies when you Block their Damage
Cold-attuned BucklerCold-attuned BucklerChance to Block: 22% Evasion: 302 Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 70, 159 DexInflict Brittle on Enemies when you Block their Damage	70	Inflict Brittle on Enemies when you Block their Damage

Unique items

The following unique items are related to Brittle:

Item	Base Item		Stats
GalesightGalesight Solaris CircletQuality: +20% Energy Shield: (205-228)Requires Level 59, 122 Int(240-280)% increased Energy Shield +(30-40)% to Cold Resistance (30-40)% increased Elemental Damage 25% chance to inflict Brittle Cannot inflict Freeze or Chill 10% increased Elemental Damage per Sextant affecting the areaSee creation as it will be, frozen and silent.	Solaris Circlet	59	(240-280)% increased Energy Shield +(30-40)% to Cold Resistance (30-40)% increased Elemental Damage 25% chance to inflict Brittle Cannot inflict Freeze or Chill 10% increased Elemental Damage per Sextant affecting the area
Leadership's PriceLeadership's Price Onyx AmuletRequires Level 68+(10-16) to all Attributes+(-3-3)% to maximum Fire Resistance +(-3-3)% to maximum Cold Resistance +(-3-3)% to maximum Lightning Resistance You have Scorching Conflux, Brittle Conflux and Sapping Conflux while your two highest Attributes are equal Cannot Ignite, Chill, Freeze or Shock Corrupted"Remain poised. Remain balanced. Keep all the emotions of a lifetime caged. Let only your enemies see the truth of your rage."	Onyx Amulet	68	+(10-16) to all Attributes+(-3-3)% to maximum Fire Resistance +(-3-3)% to maximum Cold Resistance +(-3-3)% to maximum Lightning Resistance You have Scorching Conflux, Brittle Conflux and Sapping Conflux while your two highest Attributes are equal Cannot Ignite, Chill, Freeze or Shock Corrupted

Keystone passive skills

The following keystone passive skills are related to Brittle:

Name	Stats
Secrets of Suffering	Cannot Ignite, Chill, Freeze or Shock Critical Strikes inflict Scorch, Brittle and Sapped [1]

Version history

Version	Changes
3.10.0	Scorch and Brittle (alternate ailments for Fire and Cold damage respectively) have both had their maximum effects raised. 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).
3.9.0	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.
3.6.0	Now grants up to +10% chance to critically strike afflicted enemies. This chance is further increased by sources of increased Critical Strike Chance, whereas previously, as the result of a bug, it was not.
3.5.0	Introduced to the game. Updated the reminder text for Ailments to include the 3 new Ailments. (Stated in patch preview) Hits have up to +20% Critical Strike Chance against Brittle Enemies, based on the Cold Damage of the Hit which inflicted Brittle, for 2 seconds.