Dark Aura

This article is about the skill. For the blessing from an avatar, see Dark Aura (blessing). For the blessing during Deactivating R.O.X., see Dark Aura (Deactivating R.O.X.).

Enchantment Spell. For 30 seconds, whenever target ally sacrifices Health, Dark Aura deals 5...41...50 shadow damage to adjacent foes, and you lose 5...17...20 Health.

Dark Aura

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• 10

Profession

Necromancer

Attribute

Death Magic

Type

Enchantment spell

Campaign

Core

Enchantment Spell. For 30 seconds, whenever target ally sacrifices Health, Dark Aura deals 5...41...50 shadow damage to adjacent foes, and you lose 5...17...20 Health.

Concise description

Enchantment Spell. (30 seconds). Deals 5...41...50 damage to adjacent foes whenever target ally sacrifices Health. Damage cost: you lose 5...17...20 Health.

Progression
Death Magic Shadow damage Health loss	0 5 5 1 8 6 2 11 7 3 14 8 4 17 9 5 20 10 6 23 11 7 26 12 8 29 13 9 32 14 10 35 15 11 38 16 12 41 17 13 44 18 14 47 19 15 50 20 16 53 21 17 56 22 18 59 23 19 62 24 20 65 25 21 68 26

Acquisition

Skill quests

• Prophecies
  • Graven Images (North Kryta Province)

Skill trainers

• Prophecies
  • Sorim (Quarrel Falls)
  • Master Scout Kiera (Henge of Denravi)
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)
• Factions
  • Michiko (Kaineng Center)
• Nightfall
  • Dau (The Mouth of Torment)

Signet of Capture

• Prophecies
  • Slog Bloodsplatter (Diessa Lowlands)
  • Shadow of Death (The Black Curtain)
  • Dread Nightstalk (Talmark Wilderness)

Hero Usage

This page contains information about an element of Guild Wars that has changed since the original writing, and may need to be updated to reflect the current state of the game.

February 05, 2019 update; please verify changes to AI behavior.

• Heroes will cast this skill off recharge on any team member with a skill with a health sacrifice cost.
• They prioritize team members by their number of skills with a health sacrifice.
• They do not consider Contagion, Masochism, Soul Taker or Verata's Gaze, probably because they don't have a stated health sacrifice.
• Skills that are manually disabled are still counted.

Notes

• You lose more health as Dark Aura deals more damage with each rank in Death Magic.
  • Blood Renewal, Generous Was Tsungrai, and Spirit Light (or a combination thereof), are useful ways of healing to balance out Dark Aura's health loss while still dealing damage through sacrifice. In particular, Spirit Light has the combined advantage of low energy cost, fast recharge time and instant healing, which allows for sustainable healing (and damage) over time.

Anomaly.Does not cause charmable animals to turn hostile.

Player builds

• This skill is frequently used by Saccers to forced-trigger Death Nova.
  • Combine Dark Aura with touch or point-blank skills that require sacrifices such as Signet of Agony and Touch of Agony. Other sacrifice skills, touch skills, or point-blank skills may also work well.

AI tactics

• If triggered too rapidly in PvE, creatures will flee the AoE.