Assassin's Mark

The aura version of Assassin's Mark

"Assassin's Mark, while not terribly strong on its own, gets incredibly effective in the hands of the right player. A character heavily invested in increased Critical Chance and Critical Damage will absolutely decimate their foes when they afflict them with this weakness. While it's not the most direct of curses, Assassin's Mark stands among the best when utilized correctly."

— Description on the official Path of Exile website

Assassin's Mark is a curse that makes enemies more vulnerable to critical strikes.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Increased Critical Chance: The modifier Cursed enemies have an additional x% chance to receive a Critical Strike listed on the gem is additive with your current chance to get a critical strike. If you have a 20% chance to critically strike with an attack or spell, and it hits a monster inflicted with level 1 Assassin's Mark, you will have an an additional 5% chance of the strike being a critical one, for a total of a 25% chance.

The modifier Cursed enemies take x% increased extra damage from Critical Strikes is multiplicative with the characters damage. However, it stacks additively with other increased Damage taken modifiers that the enemy may have, for example shock.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Duration	Radius	Crit Chance	Life per Kill	Mana per Kill	Power Charge Chance	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	25	37	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	65	25	N/A	0	0
2	27	28	41	17	6.2s	N/A	N/A	99	28	N/A	118383	118383
3	30	31	45	18	6.4s	N/A	N/A	134	32	N/A	175816	294199
4	33	34	49	19	6.6s	N/A	N/A	169	35	N/A	254061	548260
5	36	36	52	21	6.8s	N/A	N/A	204	39	N/A	359090	907350
6	39	39	56	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	239	42	N/A	498508	1405858
7	42	42	60	23	7.2s	N/A	N/A	274	46	N/A	682057	2087915
8	45	45	64	24	7.4s	N/A	N/A	309	50	N/A	921777	3009692
9	48	48	68	25	7.6s	N/A	N/A	344	53	N/A	1727879	4737571
10	50	49	71	26	7.8s	N/A	N/A	367	56	N/A	1138877	5876448
11	52	51	74	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	390	58	N/A	1368233	7244681
12	54	53	76	27	8.2s	N/A	N/A	413	60	N/A	1638338	8883019
13	56	55	79	28	8.4s	N/A	N/A	437	63	N/A	1956648	10839667
14	58	57	82	29	8.6s	N/A	N/A	460	65	N/A	3655184	14494851
15	60	59	84	29	8.8s	N/A	N/A	483	68	N/A	3017327	17512178
16	62	60	87	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	506	70	N/A	7793914	25306092
17	64	62	90	31	9.2s	N/A	N/A	530	72	N/A	15206031	40512123
18	66	64	92	31	9.4s	N/A	N/A	553	75	N/A	26185582	66697705
19	68	66	95	32	9.6s	N/A	N/A	576	77	N/A	62755923	129453628
20	70	68	98	33	9.8s	N/A	N/A	600	80	N/A	211877683	341331311
21	72	70	100	34	N/A	N/A	N/A	623	82	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	34	10.2s	N/A	N/A	646	84	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	35	10.4s	N/A	N/A	669	87	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	36	10.6s	N/A	N/A	693	89	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	36	10.8s	N/A	N/A	716	91	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	37	N/A	N/A	N/A	739	94	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	38	11.2s	N/A	N/A	762	96	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	39	11.4s	N/A	N/A	786	99	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	39	11.6s	N/A	N/A	809	101	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	40	11.8s	N/A	N/A	832	103	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	40	11.9s	N/A	N/A	844	105	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	41	N/A	N/A	N/A	855	106	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	41	12.1s	N/A	N/A	867	107	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	42	12.2s	N/A	N/A	879	108	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	42	12.3s	N/A	N/A	890	109	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	42	12.4s	N/A	N/A	902	111	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	43	12.5s	N/A	N/A	914	112	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	43	12.6s	N/A	N/A	925	113	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	43	12.7s	N/A	N/A	937	114	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	44	12.8s	N/A	N/A	948	115	N/A	N/A	N/A

Version history

Version	Changes
2.0.0	Mana cost reduced at all levels. Area of effect increases per gem level reduced, but the base area of effect has been increased by 37.5% (from 16 to 22). Normalised the increased duration per gem level.
1.2.0	Renamed to Assassin's Mark, previously Critical Weakness. The 'More critical damage' has been heavily reduced Now grant's a chance to gain a power charge on kill
1.0.0	The bonus to Critical Multiplier has been reduced by a flat 20% at all levels.
0.10.7	Fixed a bug where the additional critical damage applied by Critical Weakness didn't work correctly.
0.9.2c	Fixed a bug where Critical Weakness would prevent critical strikes from doing damage.
0.9.2	Critical Weakness has been added to the game.