Contagion

ContagionSpell, AoE, Chaos, Duration
Level: 1
Cast Time: 1.00 secAffects a single enemy with a Debuff that deals Chaos damage over time. If the enemy dies while affected by Contagion, it and all other Chaos damage over time Debuffs spread to nearby enemies and refresh their durations. Reanimating or detonating a corpse affected by Contagion will cause the Minion to explosion to spread Contagion on hit.Deals 1.8 Base Chaos Damage per second
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to Debuff's Damage over Time
Debuff deals 100% more damage for each time it has spread, up to 300%
Spread radius is 1.7 metres
Debuff duration is 5 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Debuff deals 0% more damage for each time it has spread, up to (0-100)%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/Gems/SkillGemContagion

Contagion is an AoE Chaos Duration Spell Skill that applies a spreading Chaos Damage over time Debuff. This debuff carries other Chaos damage over time debuffs along with it.

Skill functions and interactions

Enemies that are affected by the Damage over time Debuff of Essence Drain seem to be prioritized targets when casting Contagion

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost
1	0	0	8
2	3	9	9
3	6	14	11
4	10	21	13
5	14	28	15
6	18	35	17
7	22	41	19
8	26	48	22
9	31	57	25
10	36	65	28
11	41	74	32
12	46	82	36
13	52	92	40
14	58	103	45
15	64	113	50
16	66	116	55
17	72	126	61
18	78	137	68
19	84	147	75
20	90	157	83

Recommended support gems

Gem tier	Skills
I
II
III

Item acquisition

Contagion has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Contagion has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0e	Increased the damage growth per level on Essence Drain, Contagion, Profane Ritual and Chaos Bolt (Wand Skill). Results in approximately 33% more damage at Gem Level 25.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.