Withering Step - Path of Exile

Withering Step is an active skill gem.

Grants Elusive and a buff that grants Phasing. While you have this buff, monsters that enter an area around you will be Withered. Using a skill or losing the Elusive buff ends this skill's effects. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills. Cannot be used while already Elusive.

Travel, AoE, Chaos, Movement, Blink, Spell, Duration. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8–23 Mana. Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec. Cast Time: Instant. Aoe Radius: 26. Requires Level 10.

Withered lasts 3 seconds
+(0–6) to radius
Cannot be Cast or Triggered while ElusiveGrants Elusive
This Skill"s Cooldown does not recover during its effect
(0–38)% increased Effect of Elusive from this Skill
Inflicts (4–6) Withered Debuffs the first time each Enemy enters the Area
Buff grants Phasing

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
Withering Step	(0–10)% increased Effect of Elusive from this Skill	50

PoE 3.21: Withering Step is now able to be supported by Spell Totem.

PoE 3.20 Changes

Withering Step

Added	Cannot be Cast or Triggered while ElusiveGrants Elusive
Removed	Removes existing Elusive before granting a new Elusive Buff when used
New: Grants Elusive and a buff that grants Phasing. While you have this buff, monsters that enter an area around you will be Withered. Using a skill or losing the Elusive buff ends this skill's effects. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills. Cannot be used while already Elusive. Old: Removes any existing Elusive buff before applying both Elusive and a buff that grants Phasing. While you have this buff, monsters that enter an area around you will be Withered. Using a skill or losing the Elusive buff ends this skill's effects. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.

PoE 3.20: Withering Step can no longer be used while already Elusive. This change shouldn't affect builds that don't have ways to gain Elusive outside of Withering Step.

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Withering Step	(0–10)% increased Effect of Elusive from this Skill	50
Anomalous Withering Step	Inflicts (0–2) Withered Debuffs the first time each Enemy enters the Area	100
Divergent Withering Step	(0–20)% chance not to remove Buff on Skill use	20

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Cost	# to radius	Inflicts 4 Withered Debuffs the first time each Enemy enters the Area	#% increased Effect of Elusive from this Skill	Experience
1	10	18	12	8	0	4		9,569
2	13	22	15	9	0	4	2	28,189
3	17	27	19	10	1	4	4	59,146
4	21	33	23	11	1	4	6	111,192
5	25	38	26	12	1	4	8	193,800
6	29	43	30	13	2	4	10	320,280
7	33	49	34	14	2	5	12	359,090
8	36	53	36	14	2	5	14	498,508
9	39	56	39	15	3	5	16	682,057
10	42	60	42	16	3	5	18	921,777
11	45	64	45	17	3	5	20	1,727,879
12	48	68	48	17	4	5	22	1,791,769
13	51	72	50	18	4	5	24	2,353,679
14	54	76	53	19	4	6	26	3,070,912
15	57	80	56	20	5	6	28	9,095,466
16	60	84	59	20	5	6	30	16,039,890
17	63	88	61	21	5	6	32	29,817,117
18	66	92	64	22	6	6	34	62,895,056
19	68	95	66	22	6	6	36	212,051,599
20	70	98	68	23	6	6	38
21	72			24	7	7	40
22	74			24	7	7	42
23	76			25	7	7	44
24	78			25	8	7	46
25	80			26	8	7	48
26	82			26	8	7	50
27	84			27	9	7	52
28	86			27	9	8	54
29	88			28	9	8	56
30	90			28	10	8	58
31	91			28	10	8	59
32	92			29	10	8	60
33	93			29	11	8	61
34	94			29	11	8	62
35	95			29	11	8	63
36	96			30	12	8	64
37	97			30	12	8	65
38	98			30	12	8	66
39	99			30	13	8	67
40	100			31	13	9	68

Withering Step is a movement skill that applies Elusive and Phasing on use. Enemies that get near you while you have Elusive receive multiple stacks of Withered, causing them to take increased chaos damage. Using any skill ends Withering Step's effects and removes all buffs.

Skill functions and interactions

Withering Step shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.

Unlike several other Blink skills, Withering Step does not gain one additional use when supported by Second Wind Support, since Withering Step is an instant skill.

Item acquisition

Withering Step can drop anywhere. Drop level: 10.

Recipes

Withering Step can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
3	The Bitter Blossom	Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality
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
The Caged Brute Act 1	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓

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
The Caged Brute Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Withering Step:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Withering Step.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Withering Step Elusive Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Withering Step has 20% increased Elusive Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Withering Step Elusive Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Withering Step has 30% increased Elusive Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Withering Step Wither Stacks1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Withering Step inflicts 2 additional Withered Debuffs	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Withering Step Wither Stacks 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Withering Step inflicts 3 additional Withered Debuffs	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Withering Step has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Demonic Withering Step Effect	Your Withering Step becomes a Demonic Effect.

PoE 3.20 Changes: Withering Step and Elusive

Problem:
Withering Step could be used to keep up a far stronger Elusive effect on average, especially in combination with the Nightblade Support. Normally you have to wait for Elusive to gradually lose effectiveness and fall off before you can gain Elusive again, but with Withering Step you could replace the existing Elusive buff with that of Withering Step's and then use any skill to lose Elusive again.

Solution:
Withering Step can no longer be used while already Elusive. This change shouldn't affect builds that don't have ways to gain Elusive outside of Withering Step.