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Crownfall

Skillset guide

ArcheAge Malediction skills & passives

Dark magic with accumulating power.

Malediction emblem

Build hatred to strengthen magical attacks and other effects. Managing that resource is central to the skillset's rhythm.

Malediction active skills

Each skill costs one of your 20 points. Some open only after you have spent points elsewhere in Malediction.

  • Mana Blades

    Turn magical energy into sharp projectiles and fire them at an enemy.

  • Serpent's Eye

    Transform Mana Blades into a wave that can strike several enemies in front of you.

  • Abyssal Fangs

    Project your killing intent through a magical serpent to attack an enemy.

  • Rage

    Build hatred over time to enable additional effects from Malediction skills.

  • Demon's Sword

    Throw a demonic sword that inflicts continuing magical damage.

  • Spectral Charge

    Send a spectral snowlion forward, damaging enemies along its path.

  • Dice of Fate

    Roll the dice and move forward a distance determined by the result.

  • Ring of Hatred

    Throw a rebounding ring that damages enemies and disrupts their weapon use.

  • Reaper

    Prevent enemies from selecting you as a target for a short time.

  • Demon's Puppet

    Requires 3 other points in this skillset

    Tether an enemy's soul to a point, forcing them back if they move too far away.

  • Demon's Call

    Requires 4 other points in this skillset

    Teleport yourself and nearby allies to a chosen location.

  • Abyssal Blade

    Requires 6 other points in this skillset

    Summon a vast blade to strike enemies around a chosen point.

Malediction passives

Passives unlock automatically as you invest in a skillset.

  • Corrupt Delight

    Unlocks at 3 points

    Receiving a critical hit generates Malice.

  • Potent Malice

    Unlocks at 4 points

    Increases Malediction attack damage, with an additional benefit for two-handed weapons.

  • Wrathful Obsession

    Unlocks at 5 points

    Malediction magic critical hits apply a stacking accuracy reduction.

  • Time of Wrath

    Unlocks at 6 points

    Spending Malice reduces Malediction's global cooldown and strengthens its abyssal attack effect.

  • Sharpened Malice

    Unlocks at 7 points

    Spending Malice reduces Serpent's Eye cooldown.

  • Killing Intent

    Unlocks at 8 points

    Increases magic critical damage and the damage of skills that spend Malice.

Classes with Malediction

The 78 classes made of Malediction and two other skillsets. Select a class to open it in the calculator.

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