Despair
Spell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Curse, Hex
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (16–33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Requires Level (24–70), (25–68) Dex, (37–98) Int
Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance.
Base duration is (8–11.8) seconds
+(0–1) metre to radius
Cursed enemies have (-30–-15)% to Chaos Resistance

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0–10)% increased Effect of Curse
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Quest /2
ActQuestNPCCharacter
3Lost in LoveQuest RewardWitch · Ranger · Shadow
3Lost in LoveClarissaRanger · Scion · Shadow · Witch
Genus
Level Effect /40
LevelRequires LevelIntDexCostBase duration is 8 seconds# metres to radiusCursed enemies have -15% to Chaos ResistanceExperience
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3304531188.40.1-17254,061
4334934198.60.2-18359,090
5365336218.80.2-18498,508
63956392290.3-19682,057
7426042239.20.3-20921,777
8456445249.40.4-211,727,879
9486848259.60.4-211,138,877
10507149269.80.5-221,368,233
1152745126100.5-231,638,338
125476532710.20.6-241,956,648
135679552810.40.6-243,655,184
145882572910.60.7-253,017,327
156084592910.80.7-267,793,914
1662876030110.8-2715,206,031
176490623111.20.8-2726,185,582
186692643111.40.9-2862,755,923
196895663211.60.9-29211,877,683
207098683311.81-30
217234121-30
22743412.21.1-31
23763512.41.1-32
24783612.61.2-33
25803612.81.2-33
268237131.3-34
27843813.21.3-35
28863913.41.4-36
29883913.61.4-36
30904013.81.5-37
31914013.91.5-37
329241141.5-38
33934114.11.5-38
34944214.21.6-39
35954214.31.6-39
36964214.41.6-39
37974314.51.6-40
38984314.61.7-40
39994314.71.7-40
401004414.81.7-41
Attribute /11

Despair

KeyValue
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Alteration
AcronymResistance, Curse
DropLevel 24
BaseType Despair
Class Skill Gems
TargetTypesGround, Enemy,
TypeSpell, Area, Duration, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Cascadable, Chaos, AppliesCurse, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell, InstantNoRepeatWhenHeld, InstantShiftAttackForLeftMouse, Hex
BuffIcon
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVulnerability
ActiveSkillsCodedespair
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Despair
Spell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Curse, Hex
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (16–33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Requires Level (24–70), (25–68) Dex, (37–98) Int
Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance.
Base duration is (8–11.8) seconds
+(0–1) metre to radius
Cursed enemies have (-30–-15)% to Chaos Resistance
base deal no damage [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0–10)% increased Effect of Curse
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Supported By /29
  • Active Type: Spell, Area, Duration, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Cascadable, Chaos, AppliesCurse, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell, InstantNoRepeatWhenHeld, InstantShiftAttackForLeftMouse, Hex
    • Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Trap Support
    Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.
    Faster Casting Support
    Supports non-instant spell skills.
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    Spell Totem Support
    Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.
    Blastchain Mine Support
    Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
    Spell Echo Support
    Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    Cast on Death Support
    Each supported spell skill will be triggered when you die. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Cast when Damage Taken Support
    Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Cast when Stunned Support
    Each supported spell skill will have a chance to be triggered when you are stunned. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Blasphemy Support
    Supports hex curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.
    Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Efficacy Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
    Arcane Surge Support
    Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.
    Spell Cascade Support
    Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Intensify Support
    Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Unleash Support
    Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    High-Impact Mine Support
    Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
    Awakened Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Awakened Blasphemy Support
    Supports hex curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.
    Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Awakened Spell Cascade Support
    Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Awakened Spell Echo Support
    Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
    Awakened Unleash Support
    Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Impending Doom Support
    Supports hex curse skills, causing them to trigger Doom Blast when the hex ends. Cannot support curse skills which are triggered or applied as an aura.
    Cursed Ground Support
    Supports non-aura hex curse skills.
    Hex Bloom Support
    Supports hex curse skills. Hexes from auras or cursed ground cannot transfer.
    Despair Unique /1
    Creates a Smoke Cloud on Use
    (-10–10)% reduced Charges per use
    Grants Level 21 Despair Curse Aura during Effect
    Despair
    You are cursed. You have reduced Chaos Resistance.
    base_chaos_damage_resistance_%
    degen_effect_+%
    minimum_added_chaos_damage_taken
    maximum_added_chaos_damage_taken
    chance_to_be_hindered_when_hit_by_spells_%
    Attribute /5

    curse_chaos_weakness

    KeyValue
    AcronymIgnite
    IsSkillBuff1
    BuffGroupsID30
    IsBuffDefinition1
    BuffMergeModesID6
    Base Chaos Damage Resistance %
    Codebase chaos damage resistance %
    IsPublic1
    IsLocal0
    IsWeaponLocal0
    IsProxied
    IsParty0
    IsVirtual0
    IsScalable1
    StatSemanticsPercentage
    Codedegen effect +%
    IsPublic1
    IsLocal0
    IsWeaponLocal0
    IsProxied
    IsParty1
    IsVirtual0
    IsScalable1
    StatSemanticsPercentage
    Codeminimum added chaos damage taken
    IsPublic1
    IsLocal0
    IsWeaponLocal0
    IsProxied
    IsParty0
    IsVirtual0
    IsScalable1
    StatSemanticsDiscrete
    Codemaximum added chaos damage taken
    IsPublic1
    IsLocal0
    IsWeaponLocal0
    IsProxied
    IsParty0
    IsVirtual0
    IsScalable1
    StatSemanticsDiscrete
    Codechance to be hindered when hit by spells %
    IsPublic0
    IsLocal0
    IsWeaponLocal0
    IsProxied
    IsParty0
    IsVirtual0
    IsScalable1
    StatSemanticsPercentage
    Despair Monster /5
    NameModifiersSpectre
    Rama, The KinslayerMonsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]    		Y
    Kalria, The RisenTraps from Skills are thrown randomly around targeted locationY
    Kalria, The RisenTraps from Skills are thrown randomly around targeted location
    Monsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]    		Y
    RibrattleY
    Tremorbonescorpse cannot be destroyed [1]Y

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    Despair

    Despair is a spell that curses all targets in an area, making them take increased chaos damage, damage over time, and chaos damage on hit.

    Skill functions and interactions

    • Cursed enemies take increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects: Because these stats are an increase to the target's damage taken, they are multiplicative with attacker's damage dealt and additive with any other effects to damage taken on the defender.

    • Adds Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies: Skills, passives, and items that grant Increased effect of your Curses will increase the added chaos damage granted by this curse (Note: These increases are not reflected in the tooltip, they only display base values). This added damage is identical in function to other sources of added damage, such as Added Chaos Damage Support, and thus can be further increased by any of the applicable increases to the attacker's damage.

    • Cursed enemies have -x% to Chaos Resistance: The reduction to Chaos Resistance granted by this curse (after modifiers) stacks additively with the Occultist's Void Beacon Ascendancy passive and other similar effects.

    • Despair can be turned into an aura by linking it with either Blasphemy Support or Awakened Blasphemy Support.

    Version history

    VersionChanges
    3.20.0
  • Now has Base duration is ('''8-11.8''') seconds (previously (9-10.9) seconds).
  • Now causes Cursed enemies have -('''15-30''')% to Chaos Resistance. (previously -(20-29)%).
  • No longer causes Cursed enemies take (15-25)% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects.
  • No longer causes Adds (9-46) to (12-57) Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies.
  • Quality no longer grants Cursed Enemies to take (0-10)% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects.
  • *Instead, it now grants (0-10)% increased Effect of Curse.
  • Anomalous quality no longer grants (0-10)% increased Effect of Curse.
  • *Instead, it now grants Cursed Enemies to take (0-10)% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects.
    • 3.12.0 ''All curse skills have been reworked and are now divided into two categories: Hexes and Marks.''
  • Hexes apply a curse in an area and, when manually cast, apply an amount of Doom per second to cursed enemies up to a maximum. Doom increases the effect of the afflicted curse and stacks additively with modifiers to increased Curse effect.
  • Curses applied by casting this spell now gain 10 Doom per second.
  • '''Despair''' is now offered to the Witch, Shadow and Ranger for completing Lost in Love, and can be purchased from Clarissa by the Scion.
    • 3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 16 (was 24).
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 33 (was 50).
  • Cursed enemies now take 35% increased damage from damage over time effects at gem level 20.
    • 3.1.2
  • Added new helmet enchantments for Bodyswap and '''Despair'''. These are available from the Divine Font in the Merciless and Eternal Labyrinths.
    • 3.1.0
  • Vulnerability has been split into two skill gems - Vulnerability and '''Despair'''. Existing Vulnerability Skill gems are now '''Despair''' gems. There is a new red skill gem called Vulnerability.
  • Despair curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to chaos damage, and causing them to take increased damage over time. Cursed enemies also take additional chaos damage when hit.
  • Despair, an Intelligence Skill Gem, curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to chaos damage and causing them to take increased damage over time. Cursed enemies also take additional chaos damage when hit.
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