Death Aura is a spell skill. It casts an aura that deals Chaos Damage over Time to nearby Enemies. This skill cannot be cast by Totems.
Icon | Name | Stats | Description |
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Death Aura |
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Item | Category | Lvl. | Stats | Note |
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Death’s Oath | body armour | 62 | Grants Level 20 Death Aura Skill | Unique |
As a red (strength) gem socket is not the desired colour for a Death Aura build, and because Death’s Oath has a high strength requirement, it is recommended to use a Crafting Bench and the add-socket / remove-socket method to recolour the socket of this item.
The chaos damage over time aura is a skill that activates on equipping Death’s Oath, and is modified by socketed support gems as well as modifiers that affect auras, area of effect, damage over time, and chaos damage. The tool tip damage does not display damage increases from X% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras you Cast modifiers from unique items such as Dying Breath and from the passive tree, but the actual damage of the skill is affected by these modifiers.
Currently, there are five support gems that naturally affect Death Aura:
Additionally, Arcane Surge Support can be used in a socket to support Death Aura. While this gem does not provide any direct damage increase (since Death Aura doesn’t scale with spell damage), it adds a duration component which will enable the use of the following support gems:
Since Death Aura is a triggered skill, it will not be activated if equipped on Animate Guardian. The on-kill damage taken, however, still applies.