PoE 2 Ref

Contagion

Active skill gem · Intelligence

Contagion

Spell, AoE, Chaos, Duration, Repeatable

Type: Active skill gem

Socket Colour: Blue (Intelligence)

Cost: 8 Mana

Requires Level 1

Afflict a single enemy with a Debuff that deals Chaos damage over time. If the enemy dies while affected by Contagion, it spreads itself, Curses, and other Chaos damage over time Debuffs on the target to nearby enemies. This refreshes their durations. Reanimating or detonating a corpse affected by Contagion will cause the Minion or explosion to spread Contagion on hit.

Contagion

Effect of quality

What quality adds to Contagion, shown at 20% (maximum) quality. Each bonus scales evenly from 0% up to 20% and they all apply together.

  • +Additional Enemies targeted when Cast: 2
  • +50% more Area of Effect

Status effects it applies

Contagion grants or inflicts this status effect — see the full description on each.

Related active gems

Works with these support gems

7 support gems can be linked to Contagion to modify how it behaves.

Stats per gem level

How Contagion scales as the gem levels up — the damage and effect it deals at each level, with the character level each step requires.

LevelReq.StatsCost
11
  • Deals 2 Chaos damage per second
8 Mana
23
  • Deals 2.8 Chaos damage per second
9 Mana
37
  • Deals 4.1 Chaos damage per second
11 Mana
410
  • Deals 5.5 Chaos damage per second
13 Mana
514
  • Deals 7.2 Chaos damage per second
15 Mana
618
  • Deals 9.1 Chaos damage per second
17 Mana
722
  • Deals 11.2 Chaos damage per second
19 Mana
827
  • Deals 13.7 Chaos damage per second
22 Mana
931
  • Deals 16.5 Chaos damage per second
25 Mana
1036
  • Deals 19.7 Chaos damage per second
28 Mana
1141
  • Deals 23.4 Chaos damage per second
32 Mana
1247
  • Deals 27.6 Chaos damage per second
36 Mana
1352
  • Deals 32.5 Chaos damage per second
40 Mana
1458
  • Deals 38 Chaos damage per second
45 Mana
1564
  • Deals 44.4 Chaos damage per second
50 Mana
1670
  • Deals 51.7 Chaos damage per second
55 Mana
1777
  • Deals 60.1 Chaos damage per second
61 Mana
1884
  • Deals 69.8 Chaos damage per second
68 Mana
1991
  • Deals 81 Chaos damage per second
75 Mana
2098
  • Deals 93.9 Chaos damage per second
83 Mana

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