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Curse is a Skill Tag in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Read on to learn what skills and gems that have the Curse tag, the affixes, Uniques, and what Curse is!

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What is Curse?

Curse In-Game Description

Curses significantly debuff affected targets. By default a target can have one curse on them at a time.

Curse Uniques

Unique Gear with Curse

Name Implicit and Modifiers
Shackles of the Wretched Aged Cuffs ImageShackles of the Wretched Aged Cuffs
Gloves		 Fixed Modifiers:
・30-50% increased Armour and Energy Shield
・You cannot be Chilled for 6 seconds after being Chilled
・You cannot be Frozen for 6 seconds after being Frozen
・You cannot be Ignited for 6 seconds after being Ignited
・You cannot be Shocked for 6 seconds after being Shocked
・Curses you inflict are reflected back to you
Windscream Feathered Sandals ImageWindscream Feathered Sandals
Boots 		Fixed Modifiers:
・10-20% increased Movement Speed
・50-100% increased Energy Shield
・+10-20 to Intelligence
・Curses have no Activation Delay
・Curse Skills have 10-20% increased Cast Speed

List of Unique Equipment

Curse Affixes

All Affixes with Curse

• Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains
• Players are Cursed with Enfeeble
• Players are Cursed with Elemental Weakness
• X% increased Area of Effect of Curses
• X% increased Curse Duration
• X% less effect of Curses on Monsters
• X% increased Effect of your Curses
• X% faster Curse Activation
• Players are Cursed with Elemental Weakness
• Curses you inflict are reflected back to you

Curse Skills

Curse in Ascendancy Skills

Skill Effect
Curse Area ImageCurse Area 25% increased Area of Effect of Curses
Rupture the Soul ImageRupture the Soul Cursed Enemies Killed by you, or by Allies in your Presence, have a 33% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage.

List of Ascendancy Skills

Curse in Passives

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Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Curse Gems

All Curse Skill Gems

Gem Effects
Conductivity ImageConductivity ・Curse applies after 1.5 second delay
・Curse radius is 2 metres
・Cursed enemies have -25% ightning resistance
・Curse duration is 6.4 seconds
Despair ImageDespair ・Curse applies after 1.5 second delay
・Curse inflicts -20% to Chaos Resistnace
・Curse radius is 2.2 metres
・Curse duration is 6.6 seconds
Elemental Weakness ImageElemental Weakness ・Curse applies after 1.5 seconds delay
・Curse does not apply to enemies above level 39
・Curse radius is 2 metres
・Curse inflicts -46% to Elemental Resistances
・Curse duration is 6.4 seconds.
Enfeeble ImageEnfeeble Spell:
・Curse applies after 1.5s delay
・Curse Rradius is 1.6 metres
・Curse duration is 6.2s
・Cursed normal, magic or rare enemies deal 20% less damage
・Cursed unique enemies deal 10% less damage
Flammability ImageFlammability ・Curse applies after 1.5 second delay
・Curse radius is 2 metres
・Curse inflicts -25% to Fire Resistance
・Curse duration is 6.4 seconds
Hypothermia ImageHypothermia ・Curse applies after 1.0 second delay
・Curse radius is 1.7 metres
・Cursed enemies have -25% to Cold resistance
・Curse duration is 6.4 seconds
Temporal Chains ImageTemporal Chains ・Curse applies after 1 second delay
・Curse radius is 1.9 metres
・Curse duration is 6.8 sec
・Other effects on cursed enemies expire 25% slower
・Cursed enemies are slowed by 26%
Vulnerability ImageVulnerability ・Curse applies after 1 second delay
・Curse radius is 1.7 metres
・Curse duration is 6.4 seconds
・Hits against Cursed Enemies ignore 191 Armour

List of Skill Gems

All Curse Support Gems

Gem Effects
Abiding Hex ImageAbiding Hex ・Supported Skills consume a Power Charge on use
・Supported Skills have 80% more duration when consuming a Power Charge
Decaying Hex ImageDecaying Hex ・Supported skills inflict Decay, dealing 100% of Intelligence as Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds
Focused Curse ImageFocused Curse ・Curse Zones from supported skills erupt after 30% reduced delay.
Heightened Curse ImageHeightened Curse ・25% increased effect of supported curses
Hex Bloom ImageHex Bloom ・Curses from supported skills spread to enemies within 3 metres when a Cursed enemy dies
Ritualistic Curse ImageRitualistic Curse ・Curse Zones from supported skills erupt after 30% reduced delay
・Supported skills have 50% increased Area of Effect

List of Support Gems

All Curse Spirit Gems

Gem Effects

List of Spirit Gems

Path of Exile 2 Related Guides

Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Glossary

Glossary and Basic Game Mechanics

All Glossary Guides

Adding to Stat Totals Aftershocks Ailment
Ammunition Ancestral Boost AoE
Arcane Surge Armour Armour Break
Attack Attributes Aura
Banner Barrageable Bear
Blind Block Buff
Chaining Channelling Chaos
Charges Chill Chilled Ground
Cold Combo Concentration
Cooldown Recovery Rate Corpses Covered in Oil
Critical Damage Bonus Critical Hits Crossbow Ammunition Skills
Crushing Blows Culling Strike Curse
Damage Conversion Damage Gained as Extra Daze
Debuff Decimating Strike Detonator
Dexterity Dual Wielding Duration
Effect Consumption Empowered Skills Energy Shield
Evasion Exposure Fire
Flame of Chayula Flammability Freeze
Glory Grenade Guard
Heavy Stun Herald Hit Damage
Ignite Ignited Ground Immobilisation
Intelligence Invocation Iron Grip
Iron Will Jagged Ground Knockback
Life Leech Life Recharge Lightning
Lineage Magic Find Magnitude
Mark Melee Meta
Minion Minion Commands Nova
Onslaught Orb Payoff
Persistent Physical Pierce
Pinned Plant Poison
Presence Primed for Stun Projectile
Resistance Reviving Minions Rhoa Mount
Shapeshift Shield Shock
Shocked Ground Slam Slow
Spell Spirit Spreading Ailments
Storm Strength Strike
Stun Support Sustained
Tailwind Totem Travel
Trigger Unholy Might Volatility
Warcry Werewolf Wind
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