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Contagion

Acid school

Contagion

Acid arcana

Corrodes all enemies in a wide zone and applies Contagious, causing them to explode on death

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In-game

At a glance

Stats

School
Acid
Cooldown
70.0 s
Damage type
Acid
Unlock level
20

Spell Progression

XP & Leveling

XP per cast

84

First cast bonus

+200

(284 total)

Casts per level

12

≈ 1 000 XP/level

Casts needed to reach school unlock levels

School levelTotal XP neededCasts (from 0)
Level 100
Level 43,00036
Level 1211,000131
Level 20this spell19,000227
Level 3534,000405
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Overview

How it plays

Corrosion at scale. Contagion hits every enemy in a wide zone at once and applies the Contagious status, which turns each affected target into a small bomb when they die. Against dense waves, the chain of death explosions does more work than the initial spell.

StrategyCast it into the middle of a pack and let the Contagious debuff multiply your damage. Clean up the weakened enemies fast to trigger as many explosions as possible before the debuff expires. Surcharge or Fireball into a Contagion-marked group is one of the more efficient burst windows in the game.

Strengths

  • Wide zone means it reliably hits multiple enemies per cast
  • Contagious death explosions scale with group size
  • Excellent synergy with burst spells from other schools

Weaknesses

  • Long cooldown requires careful timing
  • Death explosions require actually killing the debuffed targets

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