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Bitter Dead

Bitter Dead

Spell, AoE, Cold, Repeatable
Level: 1
Cast time: 0.75 sec
Spend Ward and target an area, transforming Corpses into bitter cores that seek out enemies and Chill enemies near them. The cores explode at the end of their duration, creating runes which deal additional Cold damage over time.
Transforms up to 1 Corpse
Transformation radius is 3.5 metres
Core duration is 5 seconds
Explosion
Deals 9 to 14 Cold damage
Explosion radius is 2 metres
Core
Chills enemies as though dealing 26 to 39 Cold damage
Chills enemies within 1.5 metre radius
Rune
Deals 6.5 Cold damage per second
Rune radius is 1.5 metres
Rune duration is 10 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to Debuff's Damage over Time

Every level

LevelDeals # to # Cold damageChills enemies as though dealing # to # Cold damageDeals # Cold damage per second
1Transforms up to 1 Corpse9 – 1426 – 396.5
2Transforms up to 1 Corpse13 – 1935 – 538.8
3Transforms up to 1 Corpse17 – 2648 – 7212
4Transforms up to 2 Corpses23 – 3463 – 9415.7
5Transforms up to 2 Corpses29 – 4379 – 11919.8
6Transforms up to 2 Corpses35 – 5398 – 14824.5
7Transforms up to 3 Corpses43 – 65120 – 18029.9
8Transforms up to 3 Corpses52 – 78144 – 21736
9Transforms up to 3 Corpses62 – 93172 – 25842.9
10Transforms up to 4 Corpses73 – 110203 – 30550.7
11Transforms up to 4 Corpses86 – 129239 – 35959.6
12Transforms up to 4 Corpses100 – 151280 – 42069.7
13Transforms up to 5 Corpses117 – 175326 – 48981.2
14Transforms up to 5 Corpses136 – 204378 – 56794.2
15Transforms up to 5 Corpses157 – 236438 – 657109.1
16Transforms up to 6 Corpses181 – 272506 – 759126
17Transforms up to 6 Corpses209 – 314583 – 875145.3
18Transforms up to 6 Corpses241 – 362672 – 1007167.4
19Transforms up to 7 Corpses277 – 416773 – 1159192.6
20Transforms up to 7 Corpses319 – 478888 – 1332221.4

Recommended supports

Patch notes

  1. 0.5.5
    • Fixed an issue where the cores spawned by Bitter Dead could fail to explode when approaching large enemies.
  2. 0.5.2
    • Bitter Dead now has a base Critical Strike chance of 12%.
  3. 0.5.0
    • Added 23 Kalguuran Skills that can be crafted from Remnants: Animus Exchange, Animus Splinters, Bitter Dead, Conductive Runes, Detonate Living, Eternal March, Explosive Transmutation, Fragments of the Past, Frostflame Nova, Grim Pillars, Hollow Shell, Leylines, Powered by Verisium, Rain of Blades, Refutation, Remnants of Kalguur, Repulsion, Runic Reprieve, Skyfall, Triskelion Cascade, Verisium Manifestations, Voltaic Barrier, and Wardbound Minions.
    • Added 23 Kalguuran Skills that can be crafted from Remnants: Animus Exchange, Animus Splinters, Bitter Dead, Conductive Runes, Detonate Living, Eternal March, Explosive Transmutation, Fragments of the Past, Frostflame Nova, Grim Pillars, Hollow Shell, Leylines, Powered by Verisium, Rain of Blades, Refutation, Remnants of Kalguur, Repulsion, Runic Reprieve, Skyfall, Triskelion Cascade, Verisium Manifestations, Voltaic Barrier, and Wardbound Minions.

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