Decompose

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

Creates Condition	Exploits Condition
Shadow Dmg (DoT)	N/A
+ Corpses
+ Essense
Slows (CC)
+ Movement
Vulnerable
Basic
Darkness
Channeled

'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 an enemy, dealing 33% damage per second and forming a usable Corpse with the flesh every 1 second. Generate Essence: 10 per second Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Damage: Shadow Damage Tags: Basic, Darkness, Channeled Class: Necromancer

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.

* Vulnerable enemies take 20% increased damage.

Other Skills that work with Decompose

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Decompose can exploit
• Exploit a condition Decompose creates

Decompose Creates	Skills that Exploit This Condition
Shadow Damage (DoT)	Shadowblight
Darkness	Reaper's Pursuit | Crippling Darkness | Gloom
Slows (CC)	Plagued Corpse Explosion | Terror
Vulnerable	Plagued Corpse Explosion | Enhanced Bone Prison | Evulsion (p)
Corpses	Corpse Explosion
Decompose Exploits	Skills that Create This Condition
N/A

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 Exposed Flesh	Resource	Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance to generate 35 - 55 Essence when hitting a Vulnerable enemy. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Necromancer
Aspect of Might	Defensive	Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for 2 - 10 seconds. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Dark Ravine (Map)	Dry Steppes	All
Aspect of Shared Misery	Utility	Lucky Hit: When you hit a Crowd Controlled enemy, there is up to a 35 - 55% chance for that Crowd Control effect to spread to another unaffected enemy. Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Oblivion (Map)	Hawezar	All
Aspect of the Expectant	Offensive	After attacking enemies with a Basic Skill, increase the damage of your next Core Skill cast within 5 seconds by 5 - 12% [x], up to 30% [x]. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Underroot (Map)	Scosglen	All
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
Aspect of the Umbral	Resource	Restore 1 - 8 of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Champion's Demise (Map)	Dry Steppes	All
Assimilation Aspect	Resource	You have 8% increased Dodge Chance. When you Dodge, Fortify for 5 - 12% of your Maximum Life. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	All
Exploiter's Aspect	Utility	You have 20% [x] increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal 25 - 45% [x] increased damage to them. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Pants, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	All
Flesh-Rending Aspect	Resource	When Decompose explodes, gain 25 - 45 Essence. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Nostrava Deepwood (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Necromancer
Rapid Aspect	Offensive	Basic Skills gain 15 - 35% [+] Attack Speed. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Buried Halls (Map)	Dry Steppes	All
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
Smiting Aspect	Offensive	You have 13 - 23% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain 25 - 45% [+] increased Crowd Control Duration. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	All
Splintering Aspect	Offensive	Bone Spear's primary attack makes enemies hit beyond the first Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Bone Shards from Bone Spear deal 30 - 70% bonus damage to Vulnerable enemies and pierce them. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Guulrahn Slums(Map)	Dry Steppes	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
	Greaves of the Empty Tomb "The massive door to my family's crypt, which had taken a dozen men to close, was thrown open. Had I known the horrors to come I never would have set foot inside!" -The Ebon Pages, Canto I, Verse VII Type: Unique Boots Class: Necromancer Description: Sever leaves behind Desecrated Ground that deals [300 - 1,200] Shadow damage over 2 seconds.	+4 Maximum Evade Charges Evade Leaves Behind Desecrated Ground for 2 Seconds Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[4 - 6] to Reaper's Pursuit +[30.9 - 44.4]% Chance for Sever Projectiles to Cast Twice +[30.9 - 44.4]% Sever Size [9.0 - 11.0]% Damage Reduction from Shadow Damage Over Time-Affected Enemies
	Paingorger's Gauntlets Crafted from fragments of Duriel's carapace, wearing these gloves, or being struck by them, causes an agonizing sensation akin to pushing one's hands through a thousand shards of glass. Type: Unique Gloves Class: All Classes Description: Damaging enemies with a Non-Basic Skill cast marks them for 3 seconds. When a Basic Skill first hits a marked enemy, the Basic Skill's damage is echoed to all marked enemies, dealing [100 - 200]%[x] increased damage.	Affixes: +[7.0 - 9.0]% Attack Speed +[2 - 4] to Basic Skills [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction Lucky Hit: Up to a +[13.5 - 22.5]% Chance to Stun (CC) for 2 Seconds
	X'Fal's Corroded Signet Skulking in the shadows of the Realm of Destruction, the Scarred Baron plots the downfall of the mortal who banished him there. Type: Unique Ring Class: All Classes Description: Lucky Hit: Your damage over time effects have up to a 75% chance to erupt, dealing [1,350 - 1,950] damage of the same type to surrounding enemies.	+10.0% Resistance to All Elements +10.0% Fire Resistance Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[47 - 65] All Stats +[72.5 - 95.0]% Damage Over Time +[46.5 - 60.0]% Vulnerable Damage +[5.0 - 6.0]% Lucky Hit Chance

Paragon Glyphs

	Abyssal Rare: Necromancer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Non-physical damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: You and your Minions deal x 10% increased Non-Physical damage. Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)
	Advantage Magic: Barbarian / Necromancer / Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you gain + 1.1% increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets.
	Control Rare: Necromancer / Sorcerer / Rogue Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence (Necro) purchased within range, you deal + 2% (lvl 1) - 10% (lvl 21) increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets. For every 5 Intelligence (Rogue) / 5 Dexterity (Sorc) purchased within range, you deal 3% (lvl 1) - 15% (lvl 21) increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.	Additional Bonus: You and your Minions deal x20% increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. (necro) You deal x10% increased damage to Slowed (CC) or Chilled (CC) enemies or, instead, x20% increased damage to Stunned (CC) or Frozen (CC) enemies. (rogue, sorc) Requirements: 40 Int (Necro), 25 Int (Rogue), 25 Dex (Sorc) (in radius range)
	Darkness Rare: Necromancer Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal + 1.3% (lvl 1) - 6.6% (lvl 21) increased Shadow damage.	Additional Bonus: Whenever you or your Minions deal Shadow damage to an enemy, that enemy deals 2% reduced damage, up to 10%, for 5 seconds. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)
	Scourge Rare: Necromancer Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal + 1.3% (lvl 1) - 6.6% (lvl 21) increased Shadow Damage over time(DoT).	Additional Bonus: You and your Minions deal x 10% increased damage to enemies affected by Shadow Damage over time (DoT) effects. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)
	Subdue Magic: Barbarian / Druid / Necromancer / Rogue / Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity (Barb/Druid/Necro/Sorc) / Intelligence (Rogue) purchased within range, you gain + 0.8% increased damage to Vulnerable targets.

Item Affixes

The following Affixes are particularly useful with Decompose

Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Helm	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Off-Hand	Shield
Basic Skill Damage [18.5 - 39.5%]							✔		✔	✔
Basic Skill Damage [37 - 79%]								✔
Darkness Skill Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔			✔
Shadow Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]		✔		✔
Damage Over Time [7.0 - 14.0%]		✔					✔
Damage Over Time [14 - 28%]								✔
Shadow Damage Over Time [12.5 - 19.5%]	✔					✔
Damage to 'Affected by Shadow Damage Over Time' Enemies [7 - 14%]		✔					✔
Damage to 'Affected by Shadow Damage Over Time' Enemies [14 - 28%]								✔
Damage to Slowed Enemies [16.5 - 23.5%]		✔					✔
Damage to Slowed Enemies [33 - 47%]								✔
Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies [5 - 12%]		✔					✔
Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies [10 - 24%]								✔
Crowd Control Duration [5 - 12%]	✔		✔						✔	✔
Vulnerable Damage [9.8 - 19.6%]		✔					✔
Vulnerable Damage [19.6 - 39.2%]								✔
Basic Skill Attack Speed [4.4 - 10%]			✔						✔	✔
Damage Reduction from 'Affected by Shadow Damage Over Time' Enemies [7 - 14%]	✔			✔	✔				✔	✔
Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Helm	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Off-Hand

Changes to Decompose

Patch 1.3.0, January 23, 2024

Acolyte's Decompose

• Previous: You and your Minions deal 10%[x] increased damage to enemies being Decomposed.
• New: Every 1.5 seconds, Decompose makes enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.

Initiate's Decompose

• Previous: Decompose Slows enemies by 50%.
• New: Decompose Slows enemies by 50%, and if you channel Decompose for at least 1.5 seconds, you gain 30%[+] Movement Speed for 5 second after ending the channel.

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.