Despair

DespairSpell, AoE, Chaos, Duration, Curse
Tier: 9
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (41-178) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 secCurse all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.Curse applies after 1.5 seconds delay
Curse inflicts -(35-49)% to Chaos Resistance
Curse radius is (1.5-3.1) metres
Curse duration is (6-7.4) seconds
Curse does not apply to enemies above level (20-0)

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Curse MagnitudesSkills 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/Gems/SkillGemDespair

Despair is a curse spell that lowers of the chaos resistance of enemies.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Base duration	-X% to Chaos Resistance	Curse Radius	Curse Duration
1	0	0	41	6.00 sec	-35%	1.5	6
2	3	9	46	6.20 sec	-35%	1.6	6.2
3	6	14	52	6.20 sec	-36%	1.7	6.2
4	10	21	57	6.20 sec	-37%	1.8	6.2
5	14	28	63	6.40 sec	-38%	1.8	6.4
6	18	35	69	6.40 sec	-38%	1.9	6.4
7	22	41	76	6.40 sec	-39%	2	6.4
8	26	48	82	6.60 sec	-40%	2.1	6.6
9	31	57	89	6.60 sec	-41%	2.2	6.6
10	36	65	96	6.60 sec	-41%	2.3	6.6
11	41	74	103	6.80 sec	-42%	2.3	6.8
12	46	82	110	6.80 sec	-43%	2.4	6.8
13	52	92	118	6.80 sec	-44%	2.5	6.8
14	58	103	126	7.00 sec	-44%	2.6	7
15	64	113	134	7.00 sec	-45%	2.7	7
16	66	116	142	7.00 sec	-46%	2.8	7
17	72	126	151	7.20 sec	-47%	2.8	7.2
18	78	137	160	7.20 sec	-47%	2.9	7.2
19	84	147	169	7.20 sec	-48%	3	7.2
20	90	157	178	7.40 sec	-49%	3.1	7.4

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	Heightened CurseHeightened CurseSupport, Curse Category: Heightened Curse Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse Skills, magnifying their power.Supported Curses have 25% increased MagnitudesPlace 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.	Impending DoomImpending DoomSupport, Spell, AoE, Trigger, Chaos Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse skills you cast yourself, causing them to trigger Doom Blast on Cursed enemies when the Curse expires.Support Trigger Doom Blast when Curses from Supported Skills expire Doom Blast Cooldown Time: 0.15s (3 uses) Cast Time: 1.00s Critical Hit Chance: 7.00% Deal Chaos damage in an area around the previously Cursed enemy. Deals base Chaos Damage equal to 15% of your Current Mana Blast radius is 2 metresPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Prolonged Duration IProlonged Duration ISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 30% more Skill Effect DurationPlace 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	Abiding HexAbiding HexSupport, Curse Category: Abiding Hex Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse Skills you cast yourself. Supported Skills will consume Power Charges on use, gaining significant Curse duration if they do.Supported Skills consume a Power Charge on use Supported Skills have 80% more duration when consuming a Power ChargePlace 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.	Focused CurseFocused CurseSupport, Curse Category: Focussed Curse Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse skills, causing them to Curse enemies more quickly after being cast.Curse zones from Supported Skills erupt after 50% less delayPlace 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.	LifetapLifetapSupport Category: Lifetap Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.Skill Mana Costs Converted to Life CostsPlace 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	Decaying HexDecaying HexSupport, Chaos, Curse Category: Decaying Hex Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse skills. Cursed enemies' bodies decay, taking Chaos damage over time.Supported Skills inflict Decay, dealing 100% of Intelligence as Chaos damage per second for 8 secondsPlace 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.	Prolonged Duration IIProlonged Duration IISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 35% more Skill Effect DurationPlace 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.	Ritualistic CurseRitualistic CurseSupport, Curse Category: Ritualistic Curse Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse skills, causing them to cover a larger area but take longer to Curse enemies.Supported Skills have 50% increased Area of Effect Curse zones from Supported Skills erupt after 30% more delayPlace 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	Burning InscriptionBurning InscriptionSupport, AoE, Trigger, Fire Category: Burning Inscription Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any Skill which creates Runic Inscriptions when Cast, causing those Runic Inscriptions to trigger Burning Inscription when they expire. Burning Inscription is a Spell which creates Ignited Ground based off of your Maximum Mana.Supported Skills trigger Burning Inscription after their Runic Inscriptions expire Burning Inscription Create Ignited Ground Igniting Enemies based on a percentage of your Maximum Mana. Create Ignited Ground, Igniting enemies as though dealing Fire Damage equal to 20% of your Maximum Mana Ignited Ground radius is 2 metres Ignited Ground duration is 4 secondsPlace 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.	Efficiency IIEfficiency IISupport Category: Efficiency Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Supported Skills have 40% less CostPlace 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.

Item acquisition

Despair has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Despair has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Curse skills and skills that apply Elemental Exposure now can't apply those debuffs to enemies that are significantly higher level than the skill's own level requirement. This requirement is fairly lenient and disappears completely by high gem levels. Higher Rarity enemies are now less affected by Curses. Curses have 15% less effect on Magic monsters, 30% less effect on Rare monsters, and 50% less effect on Unique monsters. Despair: Curse now inflicts -41 to -49% to Chaos Resistance at Gem levels 9-20 (previously -20 to -24%). Removed "Barrageable" gem tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.1	Added "Barrageable" gem tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.0b	All Curse Skill Gems now have a higher growth of radius per Level. Starting at 1.5 metres at Level 1, Growing to 3.1 metres (from 2.1 metres) at Level 20.
0.2.0	Curse Skills now apply their Curse after a 1.5 second delay (previously 1 second). Despair now causes Cursed enemies to have -20% to Chaos Resistance at Gem level 9 (previously -32%), scaling up to -24% at Gem level 20 (previously -36%).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.