Corrupt Boon

Corruption. Poison yourself. Transform boons on your foe into negative conditions. — In-game description

Corrupt Boon

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Corruption

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

10602

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0.5½  

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2

2

 

Corrupt Boon

Corruption. Poison yourself. Transform boons on your foe into negative conditions.

 Self Poison (6s): 201 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Boons Converted: 3

 Boons Converted: 2

 Boons Converted: 5

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 15 seconds

 Count Recharge: 24 seconds

 Range: 1,200

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

Curses

• Master of Corruption — Corruptions gain reduced recharge time and inflict additional conditions on you.
• 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

• Blighter's Boon — Gain life force when you apply a boon to yourself or remove a boon from an enemy. If you are in reaper's shroud, gain health instead.

Scourge

• Nourishing Ashes — Gain life force when you inflict burning, and remove or corrupt a boon.
• Feed from Corruption — When you remove or corrupt a boon from an enemy, gain barrier.

Notes

• Boons are converted as follows:

Boon	Condition
Aegis	Burning (1 stack, 3 s)
Alacrity	Chilled (3 s)
Fury	Blinded (5 s)
Might	Weakness (5 s)
Protection	Vulnerability (3 stacks, 8 s)
Quickness	Slow (3 s)
Regeneration	Poisoned (6s)
Resistance	Chilled (3 s)
Resolution	Confusion (3 stacks, 5 s)
Stability	Fear (1 s)
Swiftness	Crippled (10 s)
Vigor	Bleeding (2 stacks, 8 s)

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 29, 2022	(PvP only): Reduced ammunition from 2 to 1. Increased number of boons converted into conditions from 2 to 5. Increased cooldown from 24 seconds to 30 seconds.
March 17, 2020	Fixed the tooltip of this skill to display its 15-second ammunition recharge instead of 18 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced number of boons corrupted from 3 to 2. Increased ammo recharge from 18 seconds to 24 seconds.
July 10, 2018	This skill now has two charges with a 0.5-second cooldown between uses. Each charge takes 18 seconds to recover.
January 26, 2016	This skill now converts up to 3 boons into conditions. The recharge of this ability has been reduced from 40 seconds to 15 seconds.
September 09, 2014	Increased casting time from less than 0.25 seconds to 0.5 seconds. This change also reduces the aftercast of the skill by around 0.36 seconds.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the maximum amount of boons converted to 5.
April 30, 2013	No longer causes odd interactions with Aegis. Now unblockable.
October 22, 2012	This skill now properly removes aegis rather than being blocked by it.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Corrupt Boon has been added to the game.

See also

•   Well of Corruption