Pestilent Strike
Level: (1–20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125–160)%
Requires Level (28–70), (42–98) Dex, (29–68) Int
Attacks 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.
Base duration is 1 seconds
Base secondary duration is 1 seconds
(20–113) to (30–169) Added Chaos Damage
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
60% chance to Poison on Hit
30% more Poison Duration
Secondary Debuff deals 50% of the total remaining Expected Poison Damage of all Poisons on the dying Enemy per second as Chaos Damage

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0–20)% more Poison Duration
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Quest /2
Level Effect /40
Implicit
Cost: 6
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
Base duration is 1 seconds
(The Expected Damage of Poison is its Damage per second multiplied by its Duration)
(Poison deals Chaos Damage over time, based on the base Physical and Chaos Damage of the Skill. Multiple instances of Poison stack)
LevelRequires LevelIntDexBase Damage20 to 30 Added Chaos DamageExperience
1282942125%20, 30199,345
2313246126.8%23, 35285,815
3343550128.7%27, 40401,344
4373754130.5%31, 46554,379
5404058132.4%35, 53477,437
6424260134.2%38, 58583,786
7444463136%42, 63710,359
8464666137.9%45, 681,355,511
9484868139.7%49, 741,138,877
10504971141.6%53, 801,368,233
11525174143.4%58, 861,638,338
12545376145.2%62, 931,956,648
13565579147.1%67, 1013,655,184
14585782148.9%73, 1093,017,327
15605984150.8%78, 1177,759,995
16626087152.6%84, 12615,138,193
17646290154.4%91, 13626,083,825
18666492156.3%98, 14662,620,247
19686695158.1%105, 157211,708,088
20706898160%113, 169
2172161.8%121, 181
2274163.7%130, 195
2376165.5%139, 209
2478167.3%149, 224
2580169.2%160, 239
2682171%171, 256
2784172.9%183, 274
2886174.7%196, 293
2988176.5%209, 314
3090178.4%223, 335
3191178.4%231, 346
3292180.2%239, 358
3393182.1%247, 370
3494183.9%255, 382
3595185.7%263, 395
3696187.6%272, 408
3797189.4%281, 421
3898191.3%290, 435
3999193.1%300, 449
40100194.9%309, 464
Attribute /10

Pestilent Strike

KeyValue
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Chance
DropLevel 28
BaseType Pestilent Strike
Class Skill Gems
WeaponClaws, Daggers, Rune Daggers
TargetTypesGround, Enemy
TypeAttack, Melee, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Area, Duration, Chaos
BuffIcon
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPestilentStrike
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Crucible Weapon /2
WeightDesc
1000 (T5)Viper Strike and Pestilent Strike deal 25% increased Attack Damage per Frenzy Charge
1000 (T5)Viper Strike and Pestilent Strike deal 40% increased Attack Damage per Frenzy Charge
Pestilent Strike
If you die under the effect of this buff, surrounding targets will take chaos damage over time based on the Poisons on you.
Attribute /4

mamba_strike_initial_debuff

KeyValue
AcronymProjectile, Chain, Armour, Evasion
BuffGroupsID-1
IsBuffDefinition1
BuffMergeModesID2
Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟
LevelNameModWeight
The Merciless LabyrinthEnchantment Pestilent Strike Damage 1Pestilent Strike deals 25% increased Damage100
The Eternal LabyrinthEnchantment Pestilent Strike Damage 2Pestilent Strike deals 40% increased Damage100
The Merciless LabyrinthEnchantment Pestilent Strike Duration 1Pestilent Strike has 25% increased Duration100
The Eternal LabyrinthEnchantment Pestilent Strike Duration 2Pestilent Strike has 40% increased Duration100
The Merciless LabyrinthEnchantment Pestilent Strike Area Of Effect 1Pestilent Strike has 16% increased Area of Effect100
The Eternal LabyrinthEnchantment Pestilent Strike Area Of Effect 2Pestilent Strike has 24% increased Area of Effect100
Supported By /109 ⍟
IconName
Added Fire Damage Support
Faster Attacks Support
Added Cold Damage Support
Additional Accuracy Support
Increased Area of Effect Support
Added Lightning Damage Support
Increased Critical Strikes Support
Increased Critical Damage Support
Knockback Support
Life Leech Support
Mana Leech Support
Added Chaos Damage Support
Stun Support
Melee Physical Damage Support
Item Rarity Support
Concentrated Effect Support
Increased Duration Support
Cold to Fire Support
Combustion Support
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
Bloodlust Support
Life Gain on Hit Support
Elemental Proliferation Support
Culling Strike Support
Damage on Full Life Support
Chance to Flee Support
Blind Support
Fire Penetration Support
Cold Penetration Support
Lightning Penetration Support
Elemental Penetration Support
Multistrike Support
Melee Splash Support
Power Charge On Critical Support
Burning Damage Support
Hextouch Support
Cast On Critical Strike Support
Cast on Melee Kill Support
Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support
Less Duration Support
Block Chance Reduction Support
Physical to Lightning Support
Fortify Support
Ice Bite Support
Hypothermia Support
Innervate Support
Critical Strike Affliction Support
Void Manipulation Support
Controlled Destruction Support
Swift Affliction Support
Elemental Focus Support
Ignite Proliferation Support
Chance to Bleed Support
Chance to Poison Support
Deadly Ailments Support
Decay Support
Efficacy Support
Vile Toxins Support
Maim Support
Immolate Support
Unbound Ailments Support
Brutality Support
Ruthless Support
Momentum Support
Ancestral Call Support
Summon Phantasm Support
Withering Touch Support
Bonechill Support
Energy Leech Support
Close Combat Support
Shockwave Support
Impale Support
Pulverise Support
Rage Support
Nightblade Support
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
Awakened Ancestral Call Support
Awakened Brutality Support
Awakened Burning Damage Support
Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
Awakened Fire Penetration Support
Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support
Awakened Melee Splash Support
Awakened Multistrike Support
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support
Awakened Cold Penetration Support
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
Awakened Swift Affliction Support
Awakened Void Manipulation Support
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
Awakened Hextouch Support
Awakened Elemental Focus Support
Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
Trinity Support
Bloodthirst Support
Cruelty Support
Behead Support
Overcharge Support
Prismatic Burst Support
Trauma Support
Devour Support
Sadism Support
Controlled Blaze Support
Volatility Support

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Pestilent Strike


**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 Breach 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.

Version history

VersionChanges
3.16.0
  • The following Strike|Skills no longer have “+0-2 to Melee Strike Range”: Dominating Blow, Double Strike, Vaal Double Strike, Dual Strike, Elemental Hit, Frenzy, Infernal Blow, Pestilent Strike, Puncture, Riposte, Static Strike, Smite, Viper Strike, and Wild Strike.
  • 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.

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