PoE2 skill gem

Plague Bearer

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.

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

Effects

10 effects

Plague Bearer

Plague Bearer

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Dex
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Dex

Gem level progression

40 levels
Plague Bearer levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelDexBase DamageStores 4% of Expected Poison damage, up to 43Deals Physical damage equal to the stored Poison
104100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 43
239100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 77
3614100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 130
41021100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 197
51428100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 288
61835100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 401
72241100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 552
82648100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 749
93157100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 998
103665100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 1320
114174100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 1726
124682100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 2239
135292100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 2890
1458103100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 3703
1564113100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 4728
1666116100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 6019
1772126100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 7634
1878137100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 9638
1984147100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 12142
2090157100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 15257
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Plague Bearer levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelDexBase DamageStores 4% of Expected Poison damage, up to 43Deals Physical damage equal to the stored Poison
21Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 15905
22Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 17245
23Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 19654
24Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 22634
25Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 26320
26Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 27636
27Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 29017
28Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 30468
29Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 31992
30Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 33592
31Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 35270
32Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 37034
33Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 38886
34Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 40830
35Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 42872
36Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 45016
37Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 47267
38Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 49630
39Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 52111
40Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 54716

Quality effects

2 effects

Plague Bearer standard quality

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

Compatible support gems

29 source records
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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Buff, OngoingSkill, HasReservation, Persistent, AttackInPlace

Granted by items

1 items

Acquisition

2 sources

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Bow, tier 4

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 4 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Bow

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Plague Bearer. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
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Patch history

6 changes
0.4.0b
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Astral Projection support was not functioningly correctly with Plague Bearer.

0.2.0g
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Plague Bearer's Nova was not considered to be area damage.

0.3.0
Direct change

Support Gems which support skills "you use yourself" can no longer support Persistent Skills. They can still support gems that have both a persistent component and a manually activated component, such as Plague Bearer.

0.3.0
Direct change

Updated the wording and presentation for Plague Bearer to be more simplified.

0.2.0
Direct change

Plague Bearer now stores up to 197-15257 Poison Damage at Gem levels 4-20 (previously 158-14989). The damage past Gem level 20 has also been reduced.

0.2.0
Direct change

Fixed some wonkyness with Skills that could occur when using Flasks, such as Plague Bearer poison nova stacks being cleared.