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Beacon of Ruin
Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill
MaliciousInspiration (Elementalist) passive skill icon
Chills from your Hits always reduce Action Speed by at least 10%
Shocks from your Hits always increase Damage taken by at least 15%
20% more Damage with Ignite
30% increased Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments [1]

Beacon of Ruin is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist that grants more ignite damage, increased effect to non-damaging ailments, and grants chill and shock a minimum slow and increased damage taken effect percentage, respectively.

Mechanics and Interactions

Beacon of Ruin overrides the minimum threshold of 1% effect that normally applies to chill and shock.[1][2] In other words, 1 point of cold damage from any hit will apply chill[3], and 1 point of lightning damage from a critical strike will apply shock. This also applies to damage types that are enabled by unique items, where 1 point of physical damage will apply chill when Soul Taker is equipped.[4]

The Shocks from your Hits always increases Damage taken by at least 15% mod will be increased by X% increased Effect of Shock, up to a cap of 50% increased damage taken. For example, with 20% increased Effect of non-Damaging Ailments on Enemies, the minimum shock would then be 18% increased damage taken.[5] An increased shock effect value of 334% is needed to reach the shock cap of 50% increased damage taken. This also applies to the mod Chills from your Hits always Slow by at least 10%, increased to the maximum of 30% slow at 200% increased chill effect.

Version history

Version Changes
3.7.0
  • No longer causes elemental ailments from your skills to spread to other nearby enemies. Shocks from your hits now always increase damage taken by 15% (from 20%).
3.2.0
  • Added Chills from your Hits always Slow by at least 10% and Shocks from your Hits always increase Damage taken by at least 20%
3.0.0
  • Skill now grants 20% increased Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments.
2.3.0
  • Increased Radius from 9 to 12
2.2.0
  • Added to the game.

References

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