Pestilent Strike

Pestilent StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, AoE, Duration, Chaos
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Damage: (125-160)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-160)%Requires Level 28Attacks with your weapon, inflicting a debuff on enemies hit by the strike. If a debuffed enemy dies while poisoned, Pestilent Strike inflicts a secondary chaos damage over time debuff on enemies around them, based on the poisons on the slain enemy. This damage is not affected by your damage modifiers. Requires a Claw or Dagger.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal+0.5% to Damage over Time Multiplier for Poison1% increased Area of Effect1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamageDeals (125-160)% of Base Attack Damage
Base duration is 1 seconds
Secondary Debuff deals 50% of the total remaining Expected Poison Damage of all Poisons on the dying Enemy per second as Chaos Damage
Base secondary duration is 1 seconds
60% chance to Poison on Hit
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
30% more Poison Duration
(20-113) to (30-169) Added Chaos Damage
+(0-2) to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Area level: 28Vendor Prices

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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPestilentStrike

Pestilent Strike is a melee strike skill that deals chaos damage and applies poison. If the poisoned enemy dies while poisoned it will inflict other nearby enemies with another chaos damage over time debuff.

Skill functions and interactions

The base debuff radius is 27.

Enemies killed while under the effect of Pestilent Strike’s signature debuff will leave no corpse. This can be useful for bypassing some monsters’ on-death effects.

Multiple debuffs can be on the same monster, but only the highest damage debuff will cause damage at any given time.

The debuff requires an enemy to die with poison on it near the enemy you want the debuff on. For solo enemy fights, Vaal BreachVaal BreachVaal, Spell
Level: 1
Souls Per Use: 100
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 2.50 secRequires Level 10Creates a breach, making you vulnerable to its powerful inhabitants.Per 1% Quality:1Superior3% increased Cast SpeedMonsters from the Breach do not grant Experience or drop Items
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can spawn enemies to spread the debuff.

The debuff takes half of the poison damage left on the monster when it died and deals it incrementally over 1 second.

• Example - A 6 second poison does 3 seconds worth of debuff damage in 1 second. In this example the debuff does 3 times the damage (200% more damage) per second than the poison damage.

Damage Calculations

Scaling

Pestilent Strikes debuff can scale poison damage in unique ways that would not be beneficial to most other poison attacks. Some examples:

• Because all sources of poisons transfer on the debuff, spells, minions and even other players with poison, can help scale the damage.
• Poison duration will increase the damage per second of the debuff. The assassin ascendancy passive Noxious Strike with many poisons landed per second is the largest source of poison duration.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Chaos Damage	Melee Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	125%	125%	20 to 30	N/A	0	0
2	31	46	32	127%	126.8%	23 to 35	N/A	199345	199345
3	34	50	35	129%	128.7%	27 to 40	N/A	285815	485160
4	37	54	37	131%	130.5%	31 to 46	N/A	401344	886504
5	40	58	40	132%	132.4%	35 to 53	N/A	554379	1440883
6	42	60	42	134%	134.2%	38 to 58	N/A	477437	1918320
7	44	63	44	136%	136%	42 to 63	+1	583786	2502106
8	46	66	46	138%	137.9%	45 to 68	+1	710359	3212465
9	48	68	48	140%	139.7%	49 to 74	+1	1355511	4567976
10	50	71	49	142%	141.6%	53 to 80	+1	1138877	5706853
11	52	74	51	143%	143.4%	58 to 86	+1	1368233	7075086
12	54	76	53	145%	145.2%	62 to 93	+1	1638338	8713424
13	56	79	55	147%	147.1%	67 to 101	+1	1956648	10670072
14	58	82	57	149%	148.9%	73 to 109	+2	3655184	14325256
15	60	84	59	151%	150.8%	78 to 117	+2	3017327	17342583
16	62	87	60	153%	152.6%	84 to 126	+2	7759995	25102578
17	64	90	62	154%	154.4%	91 to 136	+2	15138193	40240771
18	66	92	64	156%	156.3%	98 to 146	+2	26083825	66324596
19	68	95	66	158%	158.1%	105 to 157	+2	62620247	128944843
20	70	98	68	160%	160%	113 to 169	+2	211708088	340652931
21	72	100	70	162%	161.8%	121 to 181	+3	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	164%	163.7%	130 to 195	+3	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	166%	165.5%	139 to 209	+3	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	167%	167.3%	149 to 224	+3	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	169%	169.2%	160 to 239	+3	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	171%	171%	171 to 256	+3	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	173%	172.9%	183 to 274	+3	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	175%	174.7%	196 to 293	+4	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	177%	176.5%	209 to 314	+4	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	178%	178.4%	223 to 335	+4	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	178%	178.4%	231 to 346	+4	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	180%	180.2%	239 to 358	+4	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	182%	182.1%	247 to 370	+4	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	184%	183.9%	255 to 382	+4	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	186%	185.7%	263 to 395	+5	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	188%	187.6%	272 to 408	+5	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	189%	189.4%	281 to 421	+5	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	191%	191.3%	290 to 435	+5	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	193%	193.1%	300 to 449	+5	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	195%	194.9%	309 to 464	+5	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
3	The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.	random corrupted superior level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality	Automatic
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternative Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	Automatic
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random superior gem	Automatic
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem with 20% quality	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Pestilent Strike:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Pestilent Strike.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Area Of Effect 1	66	Pestilent Strike has 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Area Of Effect 2	75	Pestilent Strike has 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Damage 1	66	Pestilent Strike deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Damage 2	75	Pestilent Strike deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Duration 1	66	Pestilent Strike has 25% increased Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Pestilent Strike Duration 2	75	Pestilent Strike has 40% increased Duration	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Now converts 60% of physical damage to chaos damage (from 50%).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.9.0	Now gains additional Melee range as the gem levels, up to +2 at gem level 20.
3.8.0	Pestilent Strike has been added to the game.