Decompose

Decompose is a Necromancer skill from the Basic skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Shadow Dmg	N/A
Increased Dmg
Essence
Slows (CC)
Basic
Darkness

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

Decompose Details and Upgrades

Decompose Tear the flesh from the enemy, dealing 33% damage per second and forming a usable corpse with the flesh every 2 seconds. Damage: Shadow Generates : 8 Essence per second Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Tags: Basic, Darkness, Channeled

Upgrades

Enhanced Decompose Decompose now causes a small explosion dealing 40% damage when creating a Corpse or when the enemy dies, and you gain 10 Essence.	Acolyte's Decompose Explosions from Decompose make enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
	Initiate's Decompose Decompose Slows (CC) enemies by 50%. When Decompose explodes, you gain + 30% Movement Speed for 8 seconds.

Items that work with Decompose

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Decompose
• Create a condition Decompose can exploit
• Exploit a condition Decompose creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of the Damned	Offensive	You and your Minions deal 35 - 55%[x] increased Shadow damage to enemies afflicted by any Curse. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Uldur's Cave (Map)	Kehjistan	Necromancer
Aspect of the Long Shadow	Resource	Lucky Hit: Your Shadow Damage Over Time (DoT) effects have a 15.0 - 35% chance to generate 3 Essence. Damage from your Shadowblight Key Passive will always generate 2 Essence. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Necromancer
Flesh-Rending Aspect	Resource	When Decompose explodes, gain 25 - 45 Essence. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Nostrava Deepwood (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Necromancer
Rotting Aspect	Offensive	Decompose can chain and burst up to 4 additional targets. Explosions from Decompose deal x15 - 35% increased damage. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Necromancer

Unique Items

Bloodless Scream "My companion swung her odd weapon in a wide arc, and our pursuer stopped short. The look of horror on his face as his body fell to pieces will haunt me forever." - The Ebon Pages, Canto II, Verse XI Type: Unique Two-Handed Scythe Class: Necromancer Description: Your Darkness Skills Chill (CC) enemies for up to 100% and deal x 100 - 200% increased damage to Frozen (CC) enemies. Lucky Hit: Your Darkness Skills have up to a 100% chance to generate 15 - 25 additional Essence against Frozen targets.

+170.0% Non-Physical Damage Affixes: +14 - 16% Lucky Hit Chance +160- 188 Intelligence +1 - 2 to Darkness Skills +52 - 70% Freeze Duration

Changes to Decompose

Patch 1.1.0a, July 18, 2023

• Initiate's Decompose - Slow increased from 30% to 50%.

Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

• Base damage increased from 30% to 33%.
• Base Essence generated per second increased from 7 to 8.
• Corpses formed frequency increased from 2.5 to 2 seconds.