Chaos

Damage is classified on three independent axes: source, delivery, and type. A component can come from an Attack, Spell, Thorns, or another source; deal a Hit or damage over time; and deal Physical, Fire, Cold, Lightning, or Chaos damage.

Chaos Resistance reduces Chaos damage taken. It is tracked independently from the other damage-type Resistances, has a default maximum of 75%, and can have a different uncapped value from the value currently used for mitigation.

Energy Shield is a rechargeable defensive resource that normally protects Life. Damage is mitigated first, then removes Energy Shield before Life unless the damage or another effect explicitly bypasses it.

Poison is a damaging Ailment that deals Chaos damage over time and bypasses Energy Shield. It lasts two seconds by default and requires an explicit chance or effect that can inflict Poison.

Ailments are damage-type-related debuffs: Bleeding, Ignite, Chill, Freeze, Shock, Electrocute, and Poison. Some deal damage over time, while others impair the target.

Each Withered stack makes the target take 5% increased Chaos damage. A target can have up to 10 stacks.

A Hit is an instantaneous damage event. Any damage that is not damage over time is Hit damage, whether it comes from an Attack, a Spell, Thorns, or another effect.

Duration is the length of time a skill component, Buff, Debuff, Ailment, Curse, Mark, Minion, Totem, Flask effect, Charm effect, Hazard, or delayed event remains active. Each duration modifier applies only to the effect type it names.

Fire a burst of Chaos energy at the target.

Simultaneously fires a Physical Projectile and a Chaos Projectile at the target. These projectiles Chain through any number of Cursed targets.

Afflict a single enemy with a Debuff that deals Chaos damage over time. If the enemy dies while affected by Contagion, it spreads itself, Curses, and other Chaos damage over time Debuffs on the target to nearby enemies. This refreshes their durations. Reanimating or detonating a corpse affected by Contagion will cause the Minion or explosion to spread Contagion on hit.

Raise a Totem that bombards enemies afflicted by Chaos damage over time Debuffs.

Sacrifice the life of a Minion to deal Chaos damage in an area around it. If you have no Minions, your own life is sacrificed instead.

Consume a Corpse to create a cloud of flammable Poisonous gas. Any Burning effects or Detonator skills will explode the gas cloud, creating a fiery explosion.

Curse all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.

Fire a Projectile that applies a powerful Chaos damage over time debuff to enemies it hits.

Fire a noxious arrow at the ground, creating a cloud of flammable poisonous gas at the end of its flight. The cloud will detonate if hit by a Detonator skill or if an Ignited enemy touches it, creating a fiery explosion.

While active, killing a Poisoned enemy spreads its Poison to other nearby enemies, and has a chance to also Hinder them.

Detonate a Curse on every enemy in an area, causing explosions of Chaos damage but removing the Curse. Can only detonate Curses for which at least half of the duration has expired.

Emit an Aura that boosts the Chaos Resistance of you and Allies in your Presence.

While active, stores a portion of the Poison Damage you deal. Using this Skill unleashes the stored Poison to damage and Poison enemies around you.

Fire a virulent arrow that creates a burst of Poison on hit, affecting all enemies in an area.

Mark a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete the Corpse is consumed and you gain a Power Charge.

While active and enemies are present, swarms of insects emerge from your body to pursue nearby enemies. The swarms are untargetable Minions that Attack and Poison enemies.

Activate to summon long-ranged, Reviving Skeletal Snipers that can fire a gas arrow on Command.

Fire a Piercing Projectile that seeks out enemies. Enemies hit are inflicted with a Debuff that Hinders them and deals Chaos damage over time for a short duration.

A flock of mist ravens circle you, dealing damage over time in an area. Their numbers are bolstered by slain foes, or in the Presence of dangerous enemies, but the flock as a whole is considered a single minion. You can Command some of them to take flight, leaving the flock to assail your enemies.

Create an area of Toxic Bloom on the ground around you. While in the Bloom, you have increased Skill costs, Regenerate Life, and your Projectile Attacks attach a Toxic Pustule, which can be Poisoned. Pustules will Detonate after a duration or when enough Poison has been applied, dealing more damage based on the stored Poison damage and applying Poison in an area around it.