gww>Dandy: Removed note about healing skills with sacrifice costs. I think only Blood Ritual is actually viable out of the suggested alternative, but more important you want to avoid maintaining this skill on yourself because it leads to a poor attribute split & high hp loss.

2026-07-08T21:30:39Z

Removed note about healing skills with sacrifice costs. I think only Blood Ritual is actually viable out of the suggested alternative, but more important you want to avoid maintaining this skill on yourself because it leads to a poor attribute split & high hp loss.

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{{Otheruses 2|the skill|the blessing from an avatar|Dark Aura (blessing)|the blessing during Deactivating R.O.X.|Dark Aura (Deactivating R.O.X.)}}
{{Skill infobox
| id = 116
| name = Dark Aura
| campaign = Core
| profession = Necromancer
| attribute = Death Magic
| type = Enchantment Spell
| energy = 10
| activation = 1
| recharge = 10
| causes1 = Shadow Damage
| causes2 = Health Loss
| description = [[Enchantment Spell]]. For 30 seconds, whenever [[target]] [[ally]] [[sacrifice]]s [[Health]], Dark Aura deals {{gr|5|50}} [[shadow damage]] to [[adjacent]] [[foe]]s, and you lose {{gr|5|20}} Health.
| concise description = Enchantment Spell. (30 seconds). Deals {{gr|5|50}} damage to adjacent foes whenever target ally sacrifices Health. {{gray|Damage cost: you lose {{gr|5|20}} Health.}}
| aoe = adjacent
| target = allies
| pbaoe = target
}}

{{Skill progression
|attribute = [[Death Magic]]
|var1 name = [[Shadow damage]]
|var1 at0 = 5
|var1 at15 = 50
|var2 name = [[Health loss]]
|var2 at0 = 5
|var2 at15 = 20}}

== Acquisition ==
'''[[Skill quest]]s'''
* [[Prophecies]]
** [[Graven Images]] ([[North Kryta Province]])
'''[[Skill trainer]]s'''
* Prophecies
** [[Sorim]] ([[Quarrel Falls]])
** [[Master Scout Kiera]] ([[Henge of Denravi]])
** [[Dakk]] ([[Ember Light Camp]])
* [[Factions]]
** [[Michiko]] ([[Kaineng Center]])
* [[Nightfall]]
** [[Dau]] ([[The Mouth of Torment]])
'''[[Signet of Capture]]'''
* Prophecies
** [[Slog Bloodsplatter]] ([[Diessa Lowlands]])
** [[Shadow of Death]] ([[The Black Curtain]])
** [[Dread Nightstalk]] ([[Talmark Wilderness]])

==Hero Usage==
* Heroes will maintain this skill on party members with one of the following skills: [[Contagion]], [[Soul Taker]], [[Signet of Agony]], [[Touch of Agony]], [[Wallow's Bite]].
* Heroes will maintain this skill on allies under Masochism, when:
** They are wielding a melee weapon.
** They have two or more adjacent enemies.
* Targets with sacrifice skills and adjacent enemies are prioritized in combat.
* Heroes do not prioritize team members by their number of skills with a health sacrifice.
* Skills that are manually disabled are still counted.

== Notes ==
* You lose ''more'' health as Dark Aura deals ''more'' damage with each rank in Death Magic.

{{anomaly|Does not cause charmable animals to turn hostile.}}

;Player builds
* This skill is frequently used by [[Saccer]]s to forced-trigger [[Death Nova]].
** Combine Dark Aura with [[Touch skill|touch]] or point-blank skills that require sacrifices such as [[Signet of Agony]] and [[Touch of Agony]]. Other sacrifice skills, touch skills, or point-blank skills may also work well.

;AI tactics
* If triggered too rapidly in [[PvE]], [[creature]]s will flee the [[AoE]].

[[Category:Hero-vetted skills]]
[[Category:Necromancer skill rewards]]

Dark Aura - Revision history

gww>Dandy: Removed note about healing skills with sacrifice costs. I think only Blood Ritual is actually viable out of the suggested alternative, but more important you want to avoid maintaining this skill on yourself because it leads to a poor attribute split & high hp loss.