Overwhelming Curse
Witch skill · Curse line · tier 5 (ultimate)
Purple roots bind the whole horde, and cursed bells ring in the air.
It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 16 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.
Values by rank
Overwhelming Curse scales with Curse. Its value at each rank is 629 + 180 × rank:
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 809 | 989 | 1,169 | 1,349 | 1,529 | 1,709 | 1,889 | 2,069 | 2,249 | 2,429 |
| Curse | +8.09% | +9.89% | +11.69% | +13.49% | +15.29% | +17.09% | +18.89% | +20.69% | +22.49% | +24.29% |
Curse is a percentage stat, so the value is used as written (in basis points, shown here as a percentage), times the skill power.
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Curse skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it
How to unlock it
- 1 Rank 5 in Cursed Plague Tier 4 of the Curse line.
- 2 Hero level 32 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
- 3 One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.
Mastery and synergies
Line mastery: every point in the other Curse skills makes Overwhelming Curse 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.
Overwhelming Curse has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.
Curse line
| Skill | Tier | Type | Cooldown | Scales with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debuff | 10 s | Curse | |
| 2 | Debuff | 10 s | Weaken | |
| 3 | Debuff | 10 s | Expose | |
| 4 | Damage over time | 8 s | Decay | |
| 5 | Ultimate | 16 s | Curse |
Other Witch skills
Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.