Chilling Scythe

Strike foes, and chill them. A successful strike reduces the recharge on Gravedigger. — In-game description

Chilling Scythe

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Weapon

Greatsword

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

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Game link

API

29867

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Chilling Scythe

Chain. Strike foes, and chill them. A successful strike reduces the recharge on Gravedigger.

 Damage: 726 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 457 (1.133)^?

 Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

 Life Force: 5%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Recharge Reduced: 100%

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Spite

• Bitter Chill — Chilling a foe inflicts vulnerability.

Curses

• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

Death Magic

• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Reaper

• Chilling Nova — Critical hits against chilled foes cause an explosion that chills adjacent foes.
• Shivers of Dread — Whenever you inflict fear, you also chill. Chill lasts longer.
• Chilling Victory — Striking a chilled foe grants might and life force. Single attacks can activate this trait more than once before recharging.
• Cold Shoulder — Chilled foes take increased strike damage from your attacks and deal less strike damage to you.
• Deathly Chill — Chill deals damage over time.

Notes

• Life force gain is per target hit.
• Maximum possible life force gained for one attack is 15% untraited, and with Gluttony it is 17%.
• Other weapon skills with life force gain per hit: Death Spiral, Grasping Darkness, and Necrotic Grasp.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 29, 2022	This skill now reduces the recharge of Gravedigger when striking an enemy.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1.7 to 1.8.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Autoattack Chain: Reduced power coefficients from 1.0/1.3/1.7 to 0.666/0.866/1.133.
November 07, 2017	Increased damage by 21%.
February 22, 2017	Increased life-force gain from 3% to 5%.
October 18, 2016	The aftercast of this ability has been reduced by 0.06 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Chilling Scythe has been added to the game.