Dark Effigy

Dark EffigyTotem, AoE, Projectile, Chaos, Duration
Tier: 9
Level: (1-9)Requires Level 31Raises a Totem that bombard enemies afflicted by Chaos damage over time Debuffs.

Fires a Projectile at every nearby enemy that is afflicted by a Chaos damage over time Debuff. Fires multiple Projectiles at enemies afflicted by multiple Debuffs, but Projectile count cannot be otherwise modified.Totem
Totem duration is 8 seconds
Limit 1 Totem

Dark Effusion
Cast Time: 1.00 Sec
Critical Hit Chance: 11.00%
Deals (2–34) to (4–64) Chaos Damage
Fires 100 additional Projectiles
Impact radius is 0.8 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0-50)% Chance to apply Withered for 2 seconds on Hit.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemDarkEffigy

Dark Effigy is a skill that summons a totem that fires projectiles at enemies affected by chaos damage over time effects, bombarding the area and dealing chaos damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• Dark Effigy totems attack each enemy in range at a rate of X attacks per second, where X is the amount of Chaos DoT effects the enemy currently has applied to it. Valid effects include effects applied by specific skills, such as Contagion and Essence Drain, as well as Poison or Curses with the Decaying Hex support gem slotted. Despite not being displayed as a debuff, Profane Ritual is also counted as a unique debuff.
• Vile Effusion inherits all currently active modifiers from the character as if it were cast as a spell. Any modifiers to the number of projectiles will not apply to Vile Effusion, but all projectile modifiers will be applied.

Gem level progression

Level			Elemental Resistances	Chaos Resistances
1	—	—	—	—
2	—	—	—	—
3	—	—	—	—
4	—	—	—	—
5	—	—	—	—
6	—	—	—	—
7	—	—	—	—
8	—	—	—	—
9	31	72	—	—

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Concentrated AreaConcentrated AreaSupport, AoE Category: Concentrated Area Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Supported Skills deal 30% more Area Damage Supported Skills have 50% less Area of EffectPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Poison IPoison ISupport, Chaos Category: Poison Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to Poison enemies.Supported Skills have 40% chance to Poison on HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Withering TouchWithering TouchSupport, Chaos, Duration Category: Withering Touch Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to Wither enemies on Hit.Withered lasts 4 seconds Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage Chance to inflict Withered on Hit with Supported Skills can exceed 100% Supported Skills have 1% chance to inflict Withered on Hit for every 0.57% of enemy Ailment Threshold dealt as Chaos damagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Hardy Totems IHardy Totems ISupport, Totem Category: Hardy Totems Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Totems to have more Life.Totems created by Supported Skills have 40% more maximum LifePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Urgent Totems IUrgent Totems ISupport, Totem Category: Urgent Totems Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Skills to place Totems much more quickly.Supported Skills have 80% increased Totem Placement speedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	ExtractionExtractionSupport, Spell Category: Extraction Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spell Skills which cause Damaging Hits. Using supported Spells will cause you to Sacrifice a portion of your Life on use, gaining extra Chaos Damage in exchange. Does not support Persistent Skills, Minion Skills, or Triggered Skills.Supported Skills Gain 35% of Damage as extra Chaos Damage Supported Skills Sacrifice 10% of Life on usePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Greatwood IGreatwood ISupport, Totem Category: Greatwood Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, limiting their active Totem count to one but granting significant benefits for supported Totems based on what their Totem Limit would have been without this restriction. Does not Support Skills used by Minions.Supported Skills can only have one active Totem Totem Limit instead grants 5% increased Area of Effect for Totems per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 20% Totem Limit instead grants 10% more Totem Damage per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 40% Totem Limit instead grants 10% more Totem Life per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 40%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Poison IIPoison IISupport, Chaos Category: Poison Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to Poison enemies.Supported Skills have 60% chance to Poison on HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Greatwood IIGreatwood IISupport, Totem Category: Greatwood Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, limiting their active Totem count to one but granting significant benefits for supported Totems based on what their Totem Limit would have been without this restriction. Does not Support Skills used by Minions.Supported Skills can only have one active Totem Totem Limit instead grants 5% increased Area of Effect for Totems per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 20% Totem Limit instead grants 15% more Totem Damage per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 60% Totem Limit instead grants 15% more Totem Life per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 60%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Hardy Totems IIHardy Totems IISupport, Totem Category: Hardy Totems Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Totems to have more Life.Totems created by Supported Skills have 50% more maximum LifePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Rapid Casting IIRapid Casting IISupport, Spell Category: Rapid Casting Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Supported Skills have 20% increased Cast SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Chaos MasteryChaos MasterySupport, Chaos Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Chaos SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Profanity IIProfanity IISupport, Chaos Category: Profanity Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills you use yourself. Supported Skills consume many Corpses on use, dealing more Chaos Damage per Corpse consumed. Cannot support Triggered Skills or Reservation Skills.Supported Skills consume up to 10 Corpses within 5 metres on use, if possible Supported Skills deal 5% more Chaos Damage for each Corpse consumed this wayPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Projectile Acceleration IIIProjectile Acceleration IIISupport, Projectile Category: Projectile Speed Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster, and causing increases and reductions to Projectile speed to also apply to Damage.Increases and reductions to Projectile speed also apply to Projectile Damage with Supported Skills Supported Skills have 40% more Projectile SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

Dark Effigy has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Dark Effigy has the following alternate skill effects:

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Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Dark Effigy: Quality now provides +0-0.2 metres to Impact radius, instead of 0-20% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit.
0.2.0f	All Totem Skills now start gaining Elemental Resistances and Chaos Resistance, scaling up with Skill level, from around Gem level 13. At gem level 20 they have +75% to all Elemental Resistances and +35% to Chaos Resistances.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. Dark Effigy projectiles now have a Critical Hit Chance of 7% (previously 11%), and an impact radius of 1.2 metres (previously 0.8 metres). Quality is now 0-20% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit (previously 0-50%). Fixed a bug where Vile Effusion, the Skill used by Dark Effigy, was not correctly scaling with Area damage.
0.1.1f	Fixed the quality stat on the Dark Effigy Skill not functioning and applying Wither.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.