Amplify Damage

Required level 1Classic

What it does

curses a group of enemies, increasing the non-magic damage they receive.

Damage Taken: +100%

How Amplify Damage works, in depthThe Necromancer's first curse takes 100% off a monster's physical damage resistance for 8 seconds at level 1 and 65 at level 20. What the −100% does against immunes and sundered monsters, and why the number never grows.

Items that give Amplify Damage

11 items

+ levels to the skillyour own class only

MaelstromUnique · Yew Wand	+1-3 to Amplify Damage (Necromancer Only)	14

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

The Gavel of PainUnique · Martel de Fer	Level 8 Amplify Damage (3/3 Charges)	45

Chance to castfires on its own when you hit, are hit, kill …

BrandRuneword	35% Chance to cast level 14 Amplify Damage when struck	65
DreadfangUnique · Legend Sword	33% Chance to cast level 3 Amplify Damage on striking	61
LaceratorUnique · Winged Axe	33% Chance to cast level 3 Amplify Damage on striking	68
The Vile HuskUnique · Tusk Sword	6% Chance to cast level 1 Amplify Damage on striking	44
of Amplify DamageSuffix	5% Chance to cast level 1 Amplify Damage on striking	3
Witchwild StringUnique · Short Siege Bow	2% Chance to cast level 5 Amplify Damage on striking	39
The Gavel of PainUnique · Martel de Fer	5% Chance to cast level 1 Amplify Damage on striking	45
Atma's ScarabUnique · Amulet	5% Chance to cast level 2 Amplify Damage on striking	60
The Cranium BasherUnique · Thunder Maul	4% Chance to cast level 1 Amplify Damage on striking	87

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Duration	Radius	Mana cost
1	8	2	4
2	11	2.67	4
3	14	3.33	4
4	17	4	4
5	20	4.67	4
6	23	5.33	4
7	26	6	4
8	29	6.67	4
9	32	7.33	4
10	35	8	4
11	38	8.67	4
12	41	9.33	4
13	44	10	4
14	47	10.67	4
15	50	11.33	4
16	53	12	4
17	56	12.67	4
18	59	13.33	4
19	62	14	4
20	65	14.67	4
21	68	15.33	4
22	71	16	4
23	74	16.67	4
24	77	17.33	4
25	80	18	4
26	83	18.67	4
27	86	19.33	4
28	89	20	4
29	92	20.67	4
30	95	21.33	4

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Leads to

Mechanics

the stats this skill sets

Physical Damage Reduction

Source: skills.txt row “Amplify Damage” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data