Nightmare Weapon

Weapon spell. Your strikes steal life from enemies and inflict vulnerability. Grant fewer stacks of this to nearby allies. — In-game description

Nightmare Weapon

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Ritualist

Slot

Utility

Type

Weapon spell

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

76739

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Nightmare Weapon

Weapon spell. Your strikes steal life from enemies and inflict vulnerability. Grant fewer stacks of this to nearby allies.

 Life Siphon Damage: 1,207 (0.05)^?

 Life Siphon Damage: 606

 Life Siphon Healing: 774 (0.5)^?

 Life Siphon Healing: 606 (0.15)^?

₅ Nightmare Weapon (10s): Striking a foe will steal life and inflict vulnerability.

₂ Vulnerability (8s): +2% Incoming Damage, +2% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Ally Stacks: 3

 Radius: 300

— In-game description

Related traits

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.

Ritualist

• Wielder's Boon — Weapon spells remove conditions from affected allies. Affected allies receive the full benefit of weapon spells.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the base healing from 1,207 to 774 and increased the healing power coefficient from 0.3 to 0.5 in PvE only.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Nightmare Weapon has been added to the game.
August 19, 2025	Nightmare Weapon was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.