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What is Darkness?

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Last updated on: October 18, 2023 02:29 AM

Darkness is a debuff in Diablo 4 (D4) that reduces player vision. Check here for more information this debuff and more!

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What is Darkness
How to Avoid Darkness
Darkness Related Skills
Darkness Related Aspects
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What is Darkness

Vision Impairing Debuff

Players afflicted with Darkness will have everything but the immediate area round their character blackened, severely reducing line of sight and vision and disabling skills from being used. Darkness is primarily used by Necromancers.

How to Avoid Darkness

Watch Out for AoEs

Darkness is usually applied by enemies in the form of an area of effect similar to that of poison. Keep an eye out for dark puddles left behind by enemy attacks.

Use Unstoppable or Immunity Skills

Skills that grant Unstoppable or Immune will allow you to cleanse Darkness and quickly escape before being overwhelmed or swarmed by enemies.

Darkness Related Skills

Necromancer Skills

Skill	Effect
Reaper's Pursuit	Damaging enemies with Darkness Skills increases your Movement Speed by XX% for 3 seconds.
Gloom	When you damage enemies with Darkness Skills, they take XX% increased Shadow Damage from you and your Minions for 2 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.
Crippling Darkness	Lucky Hit: Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun for XX seconds.

Darkness Related Aspects

Necromancer Aspects

Skill	Effect
Aspect of Ultimate Shadow	Bone Storm and Blood Wave are also Darkness Skills, deal Shadow damage, and gain additional effects. Enemies damaged by Bone Storm take 0.43-0.48 Shadow damage over 2 seconds. Blood Wave desecrates the ground it travels over, dealing (YY) Shadow damage over 4 seconds

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