Plague Marks

Plague Marks is an enemy debuff that stacks on a single target through Light Attacks with a plague weapon. Heavy Attacks consume all accumulated marks for bonus damage, with a healing threshold when enough marks are consumed at once. The mechanic is distinct from Plague Echoes, which is a wielder-side self-buff.

How It Works

The gameplay loop is four to six Light Attacks to build stacks, then one Heavy Attack to consume them for a burst of damage plus (if the threshold is met) a meaningful self-heal.

Source Weapons

• Rapier of Devastation - heals for 40% of Maximum Health when Heavy Attack consumes 6+ marks.

• Plague Halberd - heals for 35% of Maximum Health when Heavy Attack consumes 6+ marks. Also runs Plague Echoes on the wielder in parallel.

How to Use the Mechanic

Against bosses, Plague Marks is a big burst-and-heal window. Against trash mobs, Light Attacks tend to kill the enemy before stacks fully build, which means Plague Marks wastes most of its value on crowd fights. The mechanic is at its best on bosses and mini-bosses where the target lasts long enough to absorb 6+ Light Attacks without dying first.

For build synergy, see Plague Echoes for the full Plague sustain loop, and Retribution / You Will Answer for This for the talent layer that multiplies plague weapon sustain further.

See Also

• Plague Echoes - parallel wielder self-buff

• Status Effects - full effect roster

• Rapier of Devastation

• Plague Halberd