Disease

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The visual effect of a diseased character: a greenish shroud plagued with black flies surrounding the torso

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The visual effect on the health bar of a diseased character: pale green color and four arrows of degeneration

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Condition. While suffering from this ailment, you lose Health over time. Disease is contagious between creatures of the same kind.

Concise description: You have -4 Health degeneration. Disease is contagious between creatures of the same kind

— in-game description

Game mechanics

• Like poison, disease is a condition which causes 4 pips of health degeneration to a character and turns the Health bar green. Diseased characters are surrounded by a green mist containing black flies.
• Unlike poison, it can spread between creatures of the same creature type which are adjacent to each other.
  • It is the only condition that transfers between creatures.
  • In most circumstances, an application of Disease affects each creature only once.
• Like poison and bleeding, disease only affects fleshy creatures.

Upgrades

• A Rune of Purity or the inscription "Cast Out the Unclean" will reduce disease duration by 20%.

Countering Disease

• In areas with numerous sources of Disease, you can reduce the threat of an epidemic by:
  • Bringing party-wide condition removal (e.g. Extinguish) to prevent an epidemic. Mystic Corruption with a teardown specifically removes disease.
  • Maintaining Tainted Flesh on party members as much as possible to make them immune and reduce the risk of the condition spreading.
  • Using non-human heroes (Jora, M.O.X, Ogden Stonehealer, Pyre Fierceshot, Vekk, and Zhed Shadowhoof) or henchmen (Brutus, Sheena, and Talon Silverwing).
  • Keeping your party spread out.

Skills that cause disease

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
File:Avatar of Grenth.jpg	Avatar of Grenth	Elite Form. (10...74...90 seconds.) Your scythe attacks deal dark damage and steal 0...10...12 Health. You are immune to Disease. Apply Disease to all adjacent foes (3 seconds) when you lose a Dervish enchantment. This skill is disabled for 45 seconds.	0	055	02.002	02020		dervisha	MysticismZ	Nightfall
File:Dark Soul Explosion.jpg	Dark Soul Explosion	When an Afflicted Necromancer dies, all foes in the area are struck for 25...57...65 dark damage, lose 1...3...4 enchantments, and suffer from Disease and Weakness (10 seconds).	0	0	0	0		monsteraMonster	Z	Winds of Change

Related skills

Skills that benefit from disease

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
File:Foul Feast.jpg	Foul Feast	Spell. Transfers all conditions from target ally to yourself. You gain 0...36...45 Health and 2...4...4 Energy for each condition transferred. Half recharge if you remove Disease. Cannot self-target.	0	055	00.250.25¼	0044		necromancera	Soul ReapingZ	Eye of the North

Skills that prevent disease

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
File:Avatar of Grenth.jpg	Avatar of Grenth	Elite Form. (10...74...90 seconds.) Your scythe attacks deal dark damage and steal 0...10...12 Health. You are immune to Disease. Apply Disease to all adjacent foes (3 seconds) when you lose a Dervish enchantment. This skill is disabled for 45 seconds.	0	055	02.002	02020		dervisha	MysticismZ	Nightfall

Skills that specifically remove disease

See also: List of condition removal skills

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
File:Antidote Signet.jpg	Antidote Signet	Signet. Remove Poison, Disease, and Blindness from yourself, and one additional condition.	0	0	01.001	0044		rangera	Z	Core

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