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Wither
Spell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Channelling
Level: (1—20)
Cost: (3—9) Mana
Cast Time: 0.28 sec
Requires Level (10—70), (29—155) Int
Casts a debilitating debuff on enemies in an area, hindering their movement and also inflicts the Withered debuff, which increases the Chaos Damage they take and can stack up to 15 times.
Withered lasts 2 seconds
Base duration is 0.5 seconds
(0—19)% increased Area of Effect
(30—36)% reduced Movement Speed
6% increased Chaos Damage taken
(Withered applies 6% increased Chaos Damage Taken, and can be inflicted up to 15 times)

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0—20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Quest /2
ActQuestNPCCharacter
1The Caged BruteQuest RewardWitch
1The Caged BruteNessaScion · Shadow · Templar · Witch
Genus
WitherGem
Level Effect /40
Implicit
6% increased Chaos Damage taken
Base duration is 0.5 seconds
Withered lasts 2 seconds
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase Damage30% reduced Movement Speed#% increased Area of EffectExperience
110293100%, 100%, 100%309,569
213353100%, 100%, 100%30128,189
317434100%, 100%, 100%30259,146
421524100%, 100%, 100%313111,192
525605100%, 100%, 100%314193,800
629695100%, 100%, 100%315320,280
733775100%, 100%, 100%326359,090
836836100%, 100%, 100%327498,508
939906100%, 100%, 100%328682,057
1042966100%, 100%, 100%339921,777
11451027100%, 100%, 100%33101,727,879
12481097100%, 100%, 100%33111,791,769
13511157100%, 100%, 100%34122,353,679
14541218100%, 100%, 100%34133,070,912
15571278100%, 100%, 100%34149,095,466
16601348100%, 100%, 100%351516,039,890
17631408100%, 100%, 100%351629,817,117
18661469100%, 100%, 100%351762,895,056
19681519100%, 100%, 100%3618212,051,599
20701559100%, 100%, 100%3619
21729100%, 100%, 100%3620
227410100%, 100%, 100%3721
237610100%, 100%, 100%3722
247810100%, 100%, 100%3723
258010100%, 100%, 100%3824
268210100%, 100%, 100%3825
278411100%, 100%, 100%3826
288611100%, 100%, 100%3927
298811100%, 100%, 100%3928
309011100%, 100%, 100%3929
319111100%, 100%, 100%3929
329211100%, 100%, 100%4030
339312100%, 100%, 100%4030
349412100%, 100%, 100%4031
359512100%, 100%, 100%4031
369612100%, 100%, 100%4032
379712100%, 100%, 100%4032
389812100%, 100%, 100%4133
399912100%, 100%, 100%4133
4010012100%, 100%, 100%4134
Attribute /11

Wither

NameShow Full Descriptions
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xCurrencyUpgradeToMagicOrb of Transmutation
AcronymDamage taken, Withered
IdWither
DropLevel 10
BaseType Wither
Class Skill Gems
TargetTypesGround, ,
TypeSpell, Area, Duration, Totemable, Chaos, Channel, AreaSpell
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemWither
ActiveSkillsCodewither
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Crucible Weapon /30
WeightDesc
125 (T1)Adds 1 to 5 Chaos Damage
10% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 3 to 6 Chaos Damage
10% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 7 to 9 Chaos Damage
10% increased Effect of Withered
63 (T1)Adds 8 to 15 Chaos Damage
10% increased Effect of Withered
31 (T1)Adds 18 to 28 Chaos Damage
10% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 1 to 5 Chaos Damage
20% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 5 to 8 Chaos Damage
20% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 9 to 14 Chaos Damage
20% increased Effect of Withered
63 (T1)Adds 15 to 24 Chaos Damage
20% increased Effect of Withered
31 (T1)Adds 31 to 46 Chaos Damage
20% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 1 to 3 Chaos Damage to Spells
10% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 2 to 4 Chaos Damage to Spells
10% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 4 to 6 Chaos Damage to Spells
10% increased Effect of Withered
63 (T1)Adds 6 to 10 Chaos Damage to Spells
10% increased Effect of Withered
32 (T1)Adds 13 to 20 Chaos Damage to Spells
10% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 1 to 3 Chaos Damage to Spells
20% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 3 to 6 Chaos Damage to Spells
20% increased Effect of Withered
125 (T1)Adds 7 to 10 Chaos Damage to Spells
20% increased Effect of Withered
63 (T1)Adds 11 to 17 Chaos Damage to Spells
20% increased Effect of Withered
32 (T1)Adds 22 to 33 Chaos Damage to Spells
20% increased Effect of Withered
150 (T3, T4)6% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit
25% chance to be Withered for 2 seconds when you take Chaos Damage from a Hit
150 (T3, T4)10% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit
25% chance to be Withered for 2 seconds when you take Chaos Damage from a Hit
150 (T3, T4)10% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit
50% chance to be Withered for 2 seconds when you take Chaos Damage from a Hit
150 (T3, T4)15% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit
50% chance to be Withered for 2 seconds when you take Chaos Damage from a Hit
100 (T3, T4)Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Withering Touch
100 (T4)Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Withering Touch
25 (T3, T4)Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Withering Touch
25 (T4)Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Withering Touch
1000 (T5)Blight has 50% increased Area of Effect per second you have been Channelling, up to a maximum of 200%
Wither has 50% increased Area of Effect per second you have been Channelling, up to a maximum of 200%
1000 (T5)Blight has 80% increased Area of Effect per second you have been Channelling, up to a maximum of 200%
Wither has 80% increased Area of Effect per second you have been Channelling, up to a maximum of 200%
Version history /22
VersionChanges
3.28.0
  • Added a new Protection Mastery that provides 50% of Damage from your Hits cannot be Reflected (replacing the Mastery that granted 65% reduced effect of Wither on You).
    • 3.26.0
  • Summon Chaos Golem of the Maelström: Golem's Maelstrom Skill now inflicts significantly more Wither stacks to Enemies within the area. Quality now causes Minions to have 0-20% increased Effect of Withered (previously Minions have 0-20% chance to inflict Withered on Hit).
    • 3.25.0
  • Toxic Rain of Withering: Now has a Mana cost of 6 at gem level 1 (previously 7), scaling up to 10 at gem level 20 (previously 11).
    • 3.24.0
  • The Unholy Might buff no longer grants 30% of Physical Damage as extra Chaos Damage. It instead now provides 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage, and 25% chance to Apply Wither on Hit.
  • The Iron Mass Unique Sword no longer has 20-25% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hits with this Weapon, as this is provided by the Unholy Might Buff. This change affects existing versions of this item. It now has 175-200% increased Physical Damage (previously 140-175%). Existing versions of this item can be updated to the new values using a Divine Orb.
    • 3.23.0
    • Quality now provides 0-20% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit, instead of 0-10% increased Area of Effect.
    Withering Step:
    • Quality now causes the skill to inflict +0-2 Withered Debuffs the first time each Enemy enters the Area, instead of providing 0-10% increased Effect of Elusive from this Skill.
    3.22.0
  • Nature's Reprisal: No longer provides "25% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit" in Ruthless. It also now provides "35% increased Effect of Withered" (50% in non-Ruthless).
  • Withering Presence: No longer provides "+60% to Chaos Resistance", "15% more Chaos Damage" or "Nearby Hindered Enemies deal 15% reduced Damage over Time" in Ruthless.
    • 3.21.0
  • The Severed in Sleep Unique Sword no longer has +10-20 to all Attributes, Minions Deal 20-30% increased Damage, Minions have 60% chance to Poison Enemies on Hit, or Minions Recover 20% of Life on Killing a Poisoned Enemy. It now provides Minions have +29% Chaos Resistance, Grants level 25 Envy Skill, Minions have 60% chance to inflict Withered on Hit, and Minions have +5% to Critical Strike Multiplier per Withered Debuff on Enemy.
    • Added a series of new "Profane" modifiers that can roll on Maps, Logbooks, Delve Biomes, and Heist Contracts. These modifiers cause Monsters to deal extra Physical Damage as Chaos and cause Monsters to Inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit.
    • (New) Recover 1% of Life per Withered Debuff on each Enemy you Kill
  • (New) 5% chance when you inflict Withered to inflict up to 15 Withered Debuffs instead
    • (New) 65% reduced effect of Withered on you
  • 20% increased Effect of Withered
    • Nature's Reprisal: No longer grants 40% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage, 15% more Chaos Damage with Attack Skills, or Chaos Skills have 30% increased Area of Effect. It instead now grants 25% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit, and 50% increased Effect of Withered.
  • The Corruption Notable Passive Skill provided too high of a damage boost than is reasonable for a single Notable. We've change this so it now provides 20% increased Effect of Withered (previously 35%).
  • Withering Step is now able to be supported by Spell Totem.
    • 3.20.0

    Withering Step and Elusive

    Withering Step could be used to keep up a far stronger Elusive effect on average, especially in combination with the Nightblade Support. Normally you have to wait for Elusive to gradually lose effectiveness and fall off before you can gain Elusive again, but with Withering Step you could replace the existing Elusive buff with that of Withering Step's and then use any skill to lose Elusive again.
    Withering Step can no longer be used while already Elusive. This change shouldn't affect builds that don't have ways to gain Elusive outside of Withering Step.
    3.19.0
  • Fixed a wonky microtransaction interaction between the Delirium Wings and Demonic Withering Step.
    • 3.13.0

    Withering Presence
    3.12.0
  • Improved the targeting behaviour of Lightning Tendrils, Wither, and Blade Flurry. They should no longer 'name lock', and now allow you to retarget without ceasing channelling.
  • Improved the targeting behaviour of Lightning Tendrils, Wither, and Blade Flurry. They should no longer 'name lock', and now allow you to retarget without ceasing channelling.
    • 3.11.0
  • Fixed a bug where the Withering Step effect lost an eye. It had no effect on accuracy as far as we know.
    • 3.10.0
  • Standardised the behaviour of instant skills bound to the left mouse button or any button that is held thusly: all non-Vaal guard skills, Blood Rage, Detonate Mines, Convocation, Phase Run, Vortex, Summon Doedre's Effigy, Focus, Brand Recall and Withering Step will repeat as long as you hold the button down. Berserk, Frostblink and Deathmark will repeat as long as you hold the button down while you also have attack-in-place set. Throw Flare and Throw Dynamite will only be used once if you hold the button down. All auras and other reservation skills, Righteous Fire, Vaal Righteous Fire, Plague Bearer and Vaal Molten Shell will only be used once but also require that you have attack-in-place set.
    • 3.9.0
  • Fixed a bug where if you used both Phase Run and Withering Step simultaneously, you would get to keep the effects of both (whereas one should remove the other).
    • 3.8.0
  • Added a new Dexterity/Intelligence Skill Gem - Withering Step: Gain Phasing and Elusive, a buff that gives you a decaying movement speed bonus (replacing any other instances of Elusive on you), while applying Wither to nearby enemies when you move within range. Performing any skill removes Phasing and Elusive. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.
  • Withering Presence: Now grants +20% to Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier (was previously Non-Ailment Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier). The small passive leading to the notable have had the same treatment.
  • Added Withering Step as a quest reward for the Shadow and Scion, and as purchasable from Nessa for the Ranger and Witch, for completing The Caged Brute. It replaces Wither for the Shadow.
    • 3.6.0
    Wither
  • Spreading Rot no longer causes enemies Hindered by Blight to take increased Chaos Damage, and instead now causes Blight to inflict Withered on enemies for 2 seconds per copy of Spreading Rot.
    • 3.5.0
  • Added physics interactions to many skills, including Abyssal Cry, Blade Flurry, Blade Vortex, Blink and Mirror Arrow, all Curses, Desecrate, Discharge, Earthquake, Enduring Cry, Frost Bomb, Ice Crash, Ice Nova, Leap Slam, Lightning Warp, the Offering skills, Orb of Storms, Rallying Cry, Shield Charge, Sweep, and Wither.
  • New Notable - Withering Presence: +60% to Chaos Resistance, +20% to Non-Ailment Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier. Every second, inflict Withered on nearby Enemies for 15 seconds. Nearby Hindered Enemies deal 15% reduced Damage over Time.
  • Added a small passive leading to Withering Presence which grants 8% increased maximum Energy Shield and +5% to Non-Ailment Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier.
    • 3.4.0
  • Added a new Dexterity Support Gem - Withering Touch: Supported skills gain a portion of their Physical damage as extra Chaos damage, have a chance to inflict Withered on hit. Withered lasts 2 seconds, and is the same as the debuff applied by the skill "Wither".
    • 3.3.0
    Wither
    • Fixed a bug with the Wither skill in which the duration of the debuffs it was applying were not being modified by all of the correct modifiers.
      • 3.1.0
    • Wither now increases Chaos damage taken by 6% (down from 7%), and stacks up to 15 times (down from 20).
      • 2.4.0
    • Added a channelled skill system. Incinerate, Flameblast and Wither are now channelled skills.
    • Added a channelled skill system. Incinerate, Flameblast and Wither are now channelled skills.
      • 2.1.0
    • Added a new Intelligence Skill Gem - Wither: Casts a debilitating effect on enemies in an area, Hindering their movement and applying a stacking debuff that increases the Chaos Damage they take.
    • Spells that reduce movement speed now do so with a new debuff called "Hinder". You can only have one Hinder effect on you at once, so multiple movement-slowing spells will not stack. This is currently used on Abyssal Cry and the new Wither skill.
      • Wither
      Spell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Channelling
      Level: (1—20)
      Cost: (3—9) Mana
      Cast Time: 0.28 sec
      Requires Level (10—70), (29—155) Int
      Casts a debilitating debuff on enemies in an area, hindering their movement and also inflicts the Withered debuff, which increases the Chaos Damage they take and can stack up to 15 times.
      Withered lasts 2 seconds
      Base duration is 0.5 seconds
      (0—19)% increased Area of Effect
      (30—36)% reduced Movement Speed
      6% increased Chaos Damage taken
      (Withered applies 6% increased Chaos Damage Taken, and can be inflicted up to 15 times)

      Additional Effects From Quality:
      (0—20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
      Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
      Supported By /24
    • Active Type: Spell, Area, Duration, Totemable, Chaos, Channel, AreaSpell
      • IncreasedDuration
      More Duration Support
      Supports any skill with a duration.
      Totem
      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.
      Empower
      Empower Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      ReduceDuration
      Less Duration Support
      Supports any skill that has a duration.
      EmpowerPlus
      Awakened Empower Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      LifeTap
      Lifetap Support
      Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.
      TransfusionSupport
      Transfusion Support
      Supports non-blessing spells.
      enhance
      Enhance Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      SupportRapidDecayGem
      Swift Affliction Support
      Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
      SupportRapidDecayPlus
      Awakened Swift Affliction Support
      Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
      enhanceplus
      Awakened Enhance Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      IncreasedAOE
      Increased Area of Effect Support
      Supports any skill with an area of effect.
      FasterCast
      Faster Casting Support
      Supports non-instant spell skills.
      ConcentratedAOE
      Concentrated Effect Support
      Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
      Enlighten
      Enlighten Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      CastWhileChanneling
      Cast while Channelling Support
      Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
      Efficacy
      Efficacy Support
      Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
      ArcaneSurge
      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.
      StormBarrier
      Infused Channelling Support
      Supports any channelling skill, protecting you from damage while you channel it. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
      CastWhileChannelingPlus
      Awakened Cast While Channelling Support
      Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
      IncreasedAOEPlus
      Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
      Supports any skill with an area of effect.
      Enlightenplus
      Awakened Enlighten Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      FocusedChannellingSupportGem
      Focused Channelling Support
      Supports channelling spells you cast yourself, significantly empowering their damage the longer they are channelled for, while also raising their cost. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
      Eclipse
      Eclipse Support
      Supports any skill gem. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      Microtransactions /5
      ArcaneWither
      Arcane Wither Effect
      Your Wither becomes a blue arcane effect.
      CelestialWither
      Celestial Wither Effect
      Your Wither becomes a Celestial Effect.
      ProjectWitherEffect
      Project Wither Effect
      Your Wither becomes a Project Effect.
      ScientistWitherEffect
      Scientist Wither Effect
      Your Wither becomes a Scientist Effect.
      SunprismWitherEffect
      Sunprism Wither Effect
      Your Wither becomes a Sunprism Effect.
      Wither Monster /9
      NameModifiersSpectre
      Blightblade+2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
      kill traps mines and totems on death [1]      		Y
      Baracus PhraxisanctChaos Damage taken does not bypass Energy Shield
      99% of Maximum Life Converted to Energy Shield
      monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33]
      35% increased Cast Speed
      Regenerate 10% of Life per second
      You cannot Recharge Energy Shield
      Chill Effect and Freeze Duration on you are based on 100% of Energy Shield
      Stun Threshold is based on Energy Shield instead of Life
      25% Chance to Block Attack Damage
      25% Chance to Block Spell Damage
      You take 20% of Damage from Blocked Hits      		Y
      Baracus PhraxisanctChaos Damage taken does not bypass Energy Shield
      99% of Maximum Life Converted to Energy Shield
      monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33]
      35% increased Cast Speed
      Regenerate 10% of Life per second
      You cannot Recharge Energy Shield
      Chill Effect and Freeze Duration on you are based on 100% of Energy Shield
      Stun Threshold is based on Energy Shield instead of Life
      25% Chance to Block Attack Damage
      25% Chance to Block Spell Damage
      You take 20% of Damage from Blocked Hits
      100% increased maximum Life
      100% increased Area of Effect
      80% increased Character Size      		Y
      Ulysses Morvant+3 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
      kill traps mines and totems on death [1]
      30% Chance to Block Attack Damage
      You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits      		Y
      Ulysses Morvant+3 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
      kill traps mines and totems on death [1]
      30% Chance to Block Attack Damage
      You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits
      100% increased maximum Life
      100% increased Area of Effect
      80% increased Character Size      		Y
      DaemonY
      Wither DaemonY
      Rhodion15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
      Monsters grant 100% increased Experience
      kill traps mines and totems on death [1]
      cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
      cannot be stunned while stunned [1]      		Y
      Daemonemerge speed +% [0,30]Y

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      Wither

      Wither is a channelled spell that applies the Hinder debuff, which lowers their movement speed, and a stacking Withered debuff, which increases chaos damage taken, in an area periodically while channeling.

      Version history

      VersionChanges
      3.6.0
    • Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 3 (was 4)
    • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 9 (was 10)
      • 3.4.0
    • The debuff applied by the skill Wither has been assigned the name "Withered".
      • 3.1.0
    • Now max stacks 15, was 20.
    • Now 6% increased Chaos Damage taken, was 7%.
      • 2.4.0
    • Added a channelled skill system. Incinerate, Flameblast and Wither are now channelled skills.
    • Unlike other skills, which are used once and quickly finish, when you use a channelled skill, it doesn't finish until you release the relevant button/key. You continue performing the same skill.
    • You need to pay Mana repeatedly to keep the skill going. The channelled skill's mana cost must be paid again to maintain it with a frequency determined by the cast time. If you can't pay, the skill will end, just as if you'd lifted the button.
    • Dying, being stunned, and other game mechanics that interrupt the use of skills will cause channelling to end as well.
    • Effects which trigger when you use a skill will only trigger when you initially start channelling - regardless of how long you maintain a channelled skill, it's still the same use of the skill. You need to stop channelling if you want to use it again.
      • 2.1.0
    • Added to the game.
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