Weaken

Required level 6Classic

What it does

curses a group of enemies, reducing the amount of damage they inflict.

How Weaken works, in depthThe Necromancer's damage-dampening curse. −33% enemy physical attack damage at level 1 and −52% at level 20 in Diablo II: Resurrected, with the duration and radius at every level and what it does not reduce.

Items that give Weaken

8 items

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

SmokeRuneword	Level 6 Weaken (18/18 Charges)	37
of WeakenSuffix	Weaken charges (level and number set by item level)	24

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

ObsessionRuneword	24% Chance to cast level 10 Weaken when struck	69
Ondal's AlmightySet item · Spired Helm	10% Chance to cast level 3 Weaken on striking	69
DoombringerUnique · Champion Sword	8% Chance to cast level 3 Weaken on striking	69
Soul DrainerUnique · Vambraces	8% Chance to cast level 3 Weaken on striking	74
Blackleach BladeUnique · Bill	5% Chance to cast level 5 Weaken on striking	42
Blackoak ShieldUnique · Luna	4% Chance to cast level 5 Weaken when struck	61

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Duration	Radius	Enemy Damage:	Mana cost
1	14	6	-33	4
2	16.4	6.67	-34	4
3	18.8	7.33	-35	4
4	21.2	8	-36	4
5	23.6	8.67	-37	4
6	26	9.33	-38	4
7	28.4	10	-39	4
8	30.8	10.67	-40	4
9	33.2	11.33	-41	4
10	35.6	12	-42	4
11	38	12.67	-43	4
12	40.4	13.33	-44	4
13	42.8	14	-45	4
14	45.2	14.67	-46	4
15	47.6	15.33	-47	4
16	50	16	-48	4
17	52.4	16.67	-49	4
18	54.8	17.33	-50	4
19	57.2	18	-51	4
20	59.6	18.67	-52	4
21	62	19.33	-53	4
22	64.4	20	-54	4
23	66.8	20.67	-55	4
24	69.2	21.33	-56	4
25	71.6	22	-57	4
26	74	22.67	-58	4
27	76.4	23.33	-59	4
28	78.8	24	-60	4
29	81.2	24.67	-61	4
30	83.6	25.33	-62	4

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Requires

Amplify DamageLevel 1

Leads to

TerrorLevel 12

Mechanics

the stats this skill sets

Enhanced Damage

Source: skills.txt row “Weaken” 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

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.