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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.

Debuffs are negative effects that deal damage or penalise stats for a duration or while a condition is met.

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

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.

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.

Freeze is a non-damaging Cold Ailment that prevents a target from moving or acting. Cold Hits can Freeze directly or add Freeze Buildup, and reaching 100% Buildup makes the target Frozen.

Ignite is a damaging Elemental Ailment that deals Fire damage over time for four seconds by default. A Hit's chance to Ignite comes from the target's total Flammability, including Flammability applied by that same Hit.

Shock is a non-damaging Lightning Ailment that makes a target take 20% increased damage by default. Lightning Hits gain a chance to Shock based on post-mitigation damage relative to the target's Elemental Ailment Threshold.

Lunge at a target and skewers them. Hitting an enemy that has suffered Blood Loss will cause a blood explosion and also Consume Bleeding. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.

Mark a target, making them suffer Heavy Stun build up from Blood Loss. The Mark will Activate, Consuming itself to Trigger Blood Explosion, when they are Heavy Stunned, or when they are killed if they suffered enough Blood Loss. The Mark's duration does not expire while the Marked target is suffering Blood Loss.

Plunge your Spear into the ground to emit a pulse that Consumes Freeze, Shock and Ignite on a number of nearby enemies, Allies and Corpses. The pulse itself deals no damage, but each Ailment Consumed causes an explosion of the corresponding elemental damage type.

Load your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy Consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode. These fragments can Merge.

Conjures a number of icy Projectiles that launch towards the target. Projectiles that Hit a Chilled or Frozen target create chunks of ice that deal additional damage on impacting the ground. Consumes a Cold Infusion if possible to cause each Projectile to lodge into the enemy then explode.

Sweep your Quarterstaff upwards, releasing an icy fissure which deals damage in a series of bursts culminating in a large spike. Frozen enemies hit by the final spike are dealt heavy damage but the Freeze is Consumed. Ice Crystals hit by the final spike explode.

While active, killing an enemy with Blood Loss will cause a bloody explosion that deals Physical Attack damage to surrounding enemies. This damage is not based on your Weapon, but is partially based on their accumulated Blood Loss. The explosion destroys their Corpse if the enemy was Normal or Magic, and has a chance to Aggravate Bleeding.

While active, Shattering an enemy with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.

Killing an enemy with Blood Loss will cause a bloody explosion that deals Physical Attack damage to surrounding enemies. This damage is not based on your Weapon Damage, but is based on their accumulated Blood Loss. The explosion destroys their Corpse if the enemy was Normal or Magic.

While active, killing Shocked enemies with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause subsequent Attack Hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.

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.

Load your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that apply Riven Armour to enemies with Fully Broken Armour, causing any Hits against those enemies to deal extra damage.

Conjure a hail of icy bolts over the targeted area. Chill and Freeze on enemies in front of you are Consumed to fuel the Icestorm by creating improved bolts.

Jump into the air, damaging and Knocking Back enemies with your mace where you land. Enemies you would land on are pushed out of the way.

Perform a Lightning-charged stab that can be chained into a combination of up to three attacks. The first two attacks conjure a charging Wildwood spirit if they Hit a Shocked enemy and refresh Shock duration. The third attack is a large swipe that inflicts Elemental Exposure, and can Consume Shock to conjure a stampede of spirits.

Load your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts which release damaging pulses upon Hitting an enemy affected by a Lightning Ailment. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.

Fire a Lightning-charged arrow that homes in on enemies afflicted by Lightning Ailments. Hitting such an enemy will cause your arrow to release a damaging shockwave and Chain towards nearby targets, with those Chaining Hits also releasing a shockwave. After the final Chain, the arrow lodges into the ground as a Lightning Rod. Consumes Shock from enemies it Hits, but not Electrocution.

Shapeshift into a Werewolf and lash out with a flurry of claw swipes. The first Attack can dash to faraway enemies and the final Attack Strikes twice. Attacking a Frozen enemy will create Ice Fragments, which are Projectiles that land and explode after a short delay.

Dash to a target and Strike them with your Quarterstaff. If the target is Shocked, Consume their Shock to release a Lightning shockwave around the target and grant you a Power Charge. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.

Activate to summon hard-hitting, Reviving Skeletal Brutes that can Stun Primed enemies and Warcry on Command. This Warcry Intimidates nearby enemies and Consumes Freeze on enemies and allies to deal damage in an Area around them.

Consume the elemental energy from a Frozen, Shocked or Ignited enemy, creating an elemental blast that leaves behind an Infusion Remnant. The blast will spread to other enemies affected by the same Ailment, but those blasts cannot spread further. Can also be cast on a Frostbolt to create a larger cold blast.

Channel to charge up your bow before releasing a powerful shot. Releasing with Perfect Timing causes the arrow to explode on impact and Consume Freeze on directly Hitting. Consuming Freeze enhances the explosion.

Slam the ground, creating a roiling fissure that damages enemies in a sequence of areas in front of you. A number of enemies hit by the wave will release a shockwave, damaging other enemies. Hitting an enemy with Fully Broken Armour applies Sundered Armour, making it take additional increased Physical damage.

Leap forward and Slam the ground, sending out a shockwave. The shockwave applies Broken Stance to Dazed enemies, causing any Hits against those enemies to deal extra damage.