Vulnerability - Path of Exile

Vulnerability, oh Exile, a hex that whispers promises of shattered defenses and amplified blows. Let's delve into its potent curse, but tread carefully, for its power cuts both ways.

A Curse for Crumbling Fortifications:

Vulnerability curses enemies, causing them to take increased physical damage.
Think of it as stripping away their armor and leaving them vulnerable to your every strike, punch, and arrow.
This buff makes it a cornerstone for any build focused on physical damage, particularly powerful with skills like Cyclone, Spectral Helix, or Flicker Strike.

Unleashing Vulnerability:

Several ways exist to unleash this potent curse:
- Skills: Casters can utilize gems like "Vulnerability" or "Bane" linked with "Vulnerability Support" to directly curse enemies.
- Attacks: Certain attack skills, like the Assassin's Mark, inherently apply Vulnerability as part of their effects.
- Items: Some unique items, like "Curse on Hit" rings or the "Winds of Change" helmet, enable automatic cursing on specific conditions.

Beyond the Hex: Synergies and Considerations:

Vulnerability shines when combined with other damage-boosting sources, like auras, passives, and support gems. Look for modifiers that further increase physical damage or penetration to maximize its impact.
Remember, while Vulnerability increases your damage, it doesn't discriminate. Be wary of allies inadvertently hitting cursed enemies and experiencing the increased physical damage themselves.
Consider the enemy type and resistance. Some enemies already have high physical resistance, reducing the effectiveness of Vulnerability against them.

A Double-Edged Sword: Beware the Reflection:

While Vulnerability strengthens your offense, remember it's a curse, and curses can be reflected back at you if not careful.
Some enemy skills and map modifiers can reflect curses, turning Vulnerability into a self-inflicted nightmare.
Invest in curse immunity or dispel options to avoid becoming the victim of your own potent hex.

Embrace Vulnerability with Cunning and Caution, Exile! Let its dark energy enhance your blows, but never forget the perilous edge of reflected curses.

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Vulnerability is an active skill gem.

Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding.

Spell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex. Level: 1–20. Cost: 16–33 Mana. Cast Time: 0.50 sec. Radius: 16. Requires Level 24.

Base duration is (8–11.8) seconds
+(0–10) to radius
Cursed enemies take (15–30)% increased Physical Damage
Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 25% chance to inflict Bleeding
10% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed Enemies

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Vulnerability	0-10% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed Enemies	50

PoE 3.20 Changes

Vulnerability

Added	10% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed Enemies
Removed	Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself Ailments inflicted on Cursed Enemies deal Damage 20% Faster
Modified	New: Base duration is 11.80 seconds Old: Base duration is 10.90 seconds New: Cursed enemies take 30% increased Physical Damage Old: Cursed enemies take 39% increased Physical Damage New: Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 25% chance to inflict Bleeding Old: Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 30% chance to inflict Bleeding
New: Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding. Old: Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding, and ailments inflicted on them will deal damage faster.

PoE 3.20: Vulnerability no longer has "Ailments inflicted on Cursed Enemies deal Damage 20% Faster". Now has "Cursed Enemies take 15% increased Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 30%), up to 30% at gem level 20 (previously 39%). Now has "Attacks against Cursed Enemies have 25% chance to inflict Bleeding" (previously 20%). Quality now provides 0-10% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed Enemies, instead of "Attack Hits against Cursed Enemies have 0-10% chance to inflict Bleeding."

Exploit Weakness now provides "Your Vulnerability Curse can affect Hexproof Enemies" and "Recover 2% of Life on killing Cursed Enemies."

Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Vulnerability	0-10% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed Enemies	50
Anomalous Vulnerability	(0–10)% increased Effect of Curse	100
Divergent Vulnerability	Attack Hits have (0–10)% chance to Maim Cursed Enemies for 4 seconds	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Intelligence	Cost	Base duration is 9 seconds	# to radius	Cursed enemies take 30% increased Physical Damage	Experience
1	24	37	25	16	9	0	30	118,383
2	27	41	28	17	9.1	1	30	175,816
3	30	45	31	18	9.2	1	31	254,061
4	33	49	34	19	9.3	2	31	359,090
5	36	53	36	21	9.4	2	32	498,508
6	39	56	39	22	9.5	3	32	682,057
7	42	60	42	23	9.6	3	33	921,777
8	45	64	45	24	9.7	4	33	1,727,879
9	48	68	48	25	9.8	4	34	1,138,877
10	50	71	49	26	9.9	5	34	1,368,233
11	52	74	51	26	10	5	35	1,638,338
12	54	76	53	27	10.1	6	35	1,956,648
13	56	79	55	28	10.2	6	36	3,655,184
14	58	82	57	29	10.3	7	36	3,017,327
15	60	84	59	29	10.4	7	37	7,793,914
16	62	87	60	30	10.5	8	37	15,206,031
17	64	90	62	31	10.6	8	38	26,185,582
18	66	92	64	31	10.7	9	38	62,755,923
19	68	95	66	32	10.8	9	39	211,877,683
20	70	98	68	33	10.9	10	39
21	72			34	11	10	40
22	74			34	11.1	11	40
23	76			35	11.2	11	41
24	78			36	11.3	12	41
25	80			36	11.4	12	42
26	82			37	11.5	13	42
27	84			38	11.6	13	43
28	86			39	11.7	14	43
29	88			39	11.8	14	44
30	90			40	11.9	15	44
31	91			40	11.95	15	44
32	92			41	12	15	45
33	93			41	12.05	15	45
34	94			42	12.1	16	45
35	95			42	12.15	16	45
36	96			42	12.2	16	46
37	97			43	12.25	16	46
38	98			43	12.3	17	46
39	99			43	12.35	17	46
40	100			44	12.4	17	47

Vulnerability is a hex spell that curses all targets in an area, making them take increased physical damage and granting hits dealt on the cursed targets a chance to apply bleed. Ailments applied to cursed targets will deal its damage faster.

Skill functions and interactions

Cursed enemies take increased damage: Because these modifiers are an increase to the target's damage taken, they are multiplicative with attacker's damage dealt and additive with any other effects to damage taken on the defender.
Vulnerability can be turned into an aura by linking it with either Blasphemy Support or Awakened Blasphemy Support.

Item acquisition

Vulnerability can drop anywhere. Drop level: 24.

Recipes

Vulnerability can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
13	The Cataclysm	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Lost in Love Act 3	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Lost in Love Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related modifiers

Name	Generation Type	Group	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
of the Conquest	Suffix	CurseOnHitLevel	75	Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit, with 20% increased Effect	ring_adjudicator 200 default 0
of the Conquest	Suffix	CurseOnHitLevel	80	Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit, with 32% increased Effect	ring_adjudicator 200 default 0
V2CurseOnHitVulnerabilityCorrupted	Corrupted	CurseOnHitLevelVulnerability	30	Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit, with (40-48)% increased Effect	gloves 1000 default 0

Delve Drop-only modifiers

of the Underground - Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit, with 20% increased Effect (Suffix)

The curse on hit Delve mod is appeared on ring only, and can be dropped from the node that states Contains Physical Items.

Synthesis implicit

Name	Group	Level	Stats
SynthesisImplicitCurseEffectVulnerability1_	CurseEffectiveness	55	(20-30)% increased Vulnerability Curse Effect
SynthesisImplicitCurseOnHitVulnerability1	CurseOnHitLevelVulnerability	45	Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit, with 20% increased Effect
SynthesisImplicitCurseOnHitVulnerability2	CurseOnHitLevelVulnerability	56	Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit, with 32% increased Effect

Legacy mods

Name	Generation Type	Group	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
CurseOnHitVulnerabilityCorruption	Corrupted	CurseOnHitLevelVulnerability	30	Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit, with (40-48)% increased Effect	gloves 0 default 0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vulnerability.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Vulnerability Curse Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Vulnerability Curse Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Vulnerability Curse Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Vulnerability Curse Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Vulnerability Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	30% increased Vulnerability Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Vulnerability Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	45% increased Vulnerability Duration	helmet 100 default 0

Related unique items

Item

Level

Stats

The Blood Thorn

+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff+12% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
100% increased Physical Damage
(5-10)% increased Attack Speed
Reflects (22-44) Physical Damage to Attackers on Block
Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Block, with 20% increased Effect
Level Requirement reduced by 100 (Hidden)

The Putrid Cloister

Players are Cursed with Vulnerability
Players are Cursed with Conductivity
Players are Cursed with Flammability
Players are Cursed with Frostbite
Players are Cursed with Despair
Unique Boss drops divination cards

The Tower of Ordeals

<5-6 random Ultimatum modifiers>

Corrupted

Watcher's Eye

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield
(4-6)% increased maximum Life
(4-6)% increased maximum Mana

<Two or Three random aura modifiers>

The Deep One's Hide

60% increased Block RecoveryAdds 4 to 8 Physical Damage to Attacks
Adds 12 to 15 Cold Damage to Attacks
(90-130)% increased Armour and Evasion
+(30-50)% to Fire Resistance
Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Block, with 20% increased Effect

Coward's Chains

+(9-20) to maximum Energy Shield+(15-20) to all Attributes
(5-10)% increased Movement Speed
Damage of Enemies Hitting you is Unlucky while you are Cursed with Vulnerability
You count as on Full Life while you are Cursed with Vulnerability
You are Cursed with Vulnerability, with 40% increased Effect

Uul-Netol's Kiss

(140-170)% increased Physical Damage
15% reduced Attack Speed
25% chance to Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit, with 40% increased Effect
Attacks have 25% chance to inflict Bleeding when Hitting Cursed Enemies

Coward's Legacy

+(9-20) to maximum Energy Shield+(15-20) to all Attributes
(5-10)% increased Movement Speed
50% increased Effect of Curses on you
You count as on Low Life while you are Cursed with Vulnerability
You are Cursed with Vulnerability, with 80% increased Effect

Impresence

+(10-16) to all AttributesAdds (12-16) to (20-25) Physical Damage
+(400-500) to Armour
+(50-70) to maximum Life
(30-40)% increased Stun and Block Recovery
Vulnerability has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Gain Maddening Presence for 10 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy

Impresence

<Secondary Curse> has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Vulnerability:

Name	Stats
Exploit Weakness	40% increased Vulnerability Curse Effect 15% increased Physical Damage

Vulnerability in maps

Vulnerability is one of the curses that can be rolled on maps and vaal side area (known as "secret_area" in spawn weight table), the curses affect the entire area and cannot be removed. The level of the curses is fixed (level 1)

Name	Generation Type	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
of Vulnerability	Suffix	69	15% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area Found Items have (1-3)% chance to drop Corrupted in Area Area contains 1 additional pack of Corrupted Vaal Monsters Players are Cursed with Vulnerability	secret_area 800 default 0
of Vulnerability	Suffix	1	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Vulnerability	mid_tier_map 850 expedition_logbook 0 primordial_map 0 default 0
of Vulnerability	Suffix	1	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Vulnerability	top_tier_map 1000 maven_map 0 expedition_logbook 0 primordial_map 0 default 0
of Vulnerability	Suffix	1	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Vulnerability	top_tier_map 0 expedition_logbook 1000 default 0
of Vulnerability	Suffix	68	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Vulnerability	top_tier_map 0 expedition_logbook 1000 default 0
of Vulnerability	Suffix	1	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area Players are Cursed with Vulnerability	top_tier_map 0 maven_map 1000 primordial_map 1000 default 0
of Vulnerability	Suffix	73	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Vulnerability	top_tier_map 0 expedition_logbook 1000 default 0