Curses

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No inherent effect. Many Necromancer skills, especially Hex spells which reduce your foes' effectiveness in battle, become more effective with higher Curses.

— in-game description

Curses is a necromancer secondary attribute.

Notes

• Curses are spells or skills used to hinder, damage your enemy over time, or stop them from doing something. Curses are not too offensive, for they lack good damage over time. Skills such as Barbs and Mark of Pain are great support skills that have the potential to dish out damage, but you need a team of melee attackers to do so. Curses are extremely useful in defensive play because of their ability to hinder, and stop your foes from doing certain things.
• Many Curses skills are hexes that hinder physical attacks, inflict cracked armor, poison and weakness conditions, cause degeneration (health and energy), or do damage; the Curses line also has many enchantment removal skills.

Curses skills

Icon	Name	Description						Campaign
File:Atrophy.jpg	Atrophy	Hex Spell. (3...6...7 seconds.) Reduces this foe's primary attribute to 0.	0	1010	01.001	02020		Eye of the North
File:Barbs.jpg	Barbs	Hex Spell. (30 seconds.) Target foe takes 4...14...16 damage whenever it takes physical damage.	0	1010	01.001	0055		Core
File:Cacophony.jpg	Cacophony	Hex Spell. (15 seconds.) Deals 30...90...105 damage whenever target foe uses a shout or chant.	0	1010	01.001	01515		Eye of the North
File:Chilblains.jpg	Chilblains	Spell. Deals 10...37...44 cold damage to foes in the area around your target; removes 1...2...2 enchantment[s] from these foes. You are Poisoned (10 seconds).	0	2525	02.002	0088		Core
File:Corrupt Enchantment.jpg	Corrupt Enchantment	Elite Hex Spell. Removes one enchantment from target foe. Removal effect: -1...7...8 Health degeneration (10 seconds).	0	055	00.750.75¾	0055		Nightfall
File:Defile Defenses.jpg	Defile Defenses	Hex Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Deals 30...102...120 damage the next time target foe blocks.	0	055	01.001	0055		Eye of the North
File:Defile Enchantments.jpg	Defile Enchantments	Spell. Deals 6...49...60 damage to target and nearby foes. Deals 4...17...20 more damage for each enchantment on them.	0	1010	02.002	01515		Factions
File:Defile Flesh.jpg	Defile Flesh	Hex Spell. (5...29...35 seconds.) Reduces healing target foe receives by 33%. Only skills with the word "heal" in the description are affected.	}10%	1010	01.001	01010		Core
File:Depravity.jpg	Depravity	Elite Hex Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Causes 1...4...5 Energy loss whenever target foe casts a spell. One foe near your target also loses Energy.	0	1010	01.001	01515		Nightfall
File:Desecrate Enchantments.jpg	Desecrate Enchantments	Spell. Deals 6...49...60 damage to target and nearby foes. Deals 4...17...20 more damage for each enchantment on them.	0	1010	02.002	01515		Prophecies
File:Enfeeble.jpg	Enfeeble	Spell. Inflicts Weakness condition (10...26...30 seconds).	0	055	00.250.25¼	0055		Prophecies
File:Enfeeble (PvP).jpg	Enfeeble (PvP)	Spell. Inflicts Weakness condition (10...26...30 seconds).	0	055	00.250.25¼	01010		Prophecies
File:Enfeebling Blood.jpg	Enfeebling Blood	Spell. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds) on this foe and nearby foes.	}10%	011	01.001	0088		Core
File:Enfeebling Blood (PvP).jpg	Enfeebling Blood (PvP)	Spell. Inflicts Weakness condition (1...13...16 second[s]) on this foe and nearby foes.	}17%	011	01.001	0088		Core
File:Enfeebling Touch.jpg	Enfeebling Touch	Touch Skill. Causes 5...53...65 Health loss. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds).	0	055	00.750.75¾	0033		Factions
File:Envenom Enchantments.jpg	Envenom Enchantments	Spell. Removes one enchantment from target foe. Inflicts Poisoned condition (3...9...10 seconds for each remaining enchantment on that foe).	0	055	01.001	01515		Nightfall
File:Faintheartedness.jpg	Faintheartedness	Hex Spell. (4...15...18 seconds.) Target foe attacks 50% slower and has -1...3...3 Health degeneration.	0	1010	01.001	0088		Core
File:Feast of Corruption.jpg	Feast of Corruption	Elite Spell. Deals 16...67...80 damage to target and adjacent foes. Steal 8...34...40 Health from each hexed foe.	0	1515	02.002	01515		Prophecies
File:Insidious Parasite.jpg	Insidious Parasite	Hex Spell. (5...13...15 seconds.) Steal 15...39...45 Health whenever target foe hits with an attack.	0	1010	01.001	0088		Prophecies
File:Lingering Curse.jpg	Lingering Curse	Elite Hex Spell. (6...25...30 seconds.) Target and nearby foes have -1...3...4 Health degeneration and receive 25% less benefit from healing.	0	1515	01.001	01010		Core