Plague Bearer

Plague BearerBuff, Persistent, AoE, Physical, Chaos, Nova
Tier: 4
Level: 1
Reservation: 30 spiritWhile active, stores all Poison Damage you deal. Using the Plague Nova skill unleashes the stored Poison.Stores 4% of Expected Poison damage
Stores up to (43–15257) Poison DamagePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.

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

Plague Bearer is a persistent buff skill. The skill stores a portion of pre-mitigated poison damage you deal. This gem also grants the active skill Plague Nova, which deals physical damage equal to the amount of damage stored to enemies in an area around you.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0

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	Magnified EffectMagnified EffectSupport, AoE Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 30% more 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	VitalityVitalitySupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 1 Reservation: 20 spiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Regenerate 1% of maximum Life per second while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.
II	Coming Soon	SplinterSplinterSupport, Physical Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Break Armour equal to 15% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported SkillPlace 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.
III	Astral ProjectionAstral ProjectionSupport Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Nova Skills, causing those Skills to take place at the targeted location when used instead of around you.Supported Skills Cast at the targeted location instead of around you Supported Skills have 25% 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	CannibalismCannibalismSupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 3 Reservation: 15 spiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.2% of maximum Life recovered on Kill while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.

Item acquisition

Plague Bearer has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Plague Bearer has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0g	Fixed a bug where Plague Bearer's Nova was not considered to be area damage.
0.2.0	Plague Bearer now stores up to 197-15257 Poison Damage at Gem levels 4-20 (previously 158-14989). The damage past Gem level 20 has also been reduced.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.