Curses in Diablo 2 is one of the three skill trees available to the Necromancer, the other two being Poison and Bone Spells and Necromancer Summoning Spells.
Curses are used to debilitate Enemies making them more susceptible to damage or even make them flee in terror. Most Curses do not stack, even when using multiple necromancers.
Curses in Diablo 2
Curses Skills

Amplify Damage
Curses a group of enemies, increasing the non-magic damage they receive.
- Lvl Req: 1

Dim Vision
Curses a group of monsters. Reducing their vision radius.
- Lvl Req: 6

Weaken
Curses a group of enemies. Reducing the amount of damage they inflict
- Lvl Req: 6

Iron Maiden
Curses a group of enemies, causing them to damage themselves when damaging others.
- Lvl Req: 12

Terror
Curses a group of monsters, causing them to flee in terror.
- Lvl Req: 12

Confuse
Curses a monster to force it to attack random targets.
- Lvl Req: 18

Life Tap
Curses a group of monsters so that damaging them gives the attacker life.
- Lvl Req: 18

Attract
Curses a monster to become the target of all nearby monsters this curse may not be overridden by another curse.
- Lvl Req: 24

Decrepify
Curses a group of enemies to make them slow, weak and take amplified damage.
- Lvl Req: 24

Lower Resist
Curses an enemy to take more damage from all magical attack lowers resistances of monsters lowers maximum resistances of hostile players.
- Lvl Req: 30
All Curses Skills Comparison Table
Name |
LVL Req |
Effect |
First Level |
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1 | Curses a group of enemies, increasing the non-magic damage they receive. | Mana Cost: 4 Radius (yards): 2 Duration (seconds): 8 Damage Taken +100% |
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6 | Curses a group of monsters. Reducing their vision radius. | Mana Cost: 9 Radius (yards): 2.6 Duration N (seconds) 7 |
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6 | Curses a group of enemies. Reducing the amount of damage they inflict. | Mana Cost: 4 Radius (yards) 6 Duration (seconds): 16 Target's Damage -33% |
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12 | Curses a group of enemies, causing them to damage themselves when damaging others. | Mana Cost: 5 % Damage Returned: 200 Duration (seconds): 12 Radius (yards): 4.6 |
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12 | Curses a group of monsters, causing them to flee in terror. | Mana Cost: 7 Duration (seconds): 8 Radius (yards): 2.6 |
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18 | Curses a monster to force it to attack random targets. | Mana Cost: 13 Radius (yards): 4 Duration (seconds): 10 |
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18 | Curses a group of monsters so that damaging them gives the attacker life. | Mana Cost: 9 Radius (yards): 2.6 Duration (seconds): 16 Attacker gets Healed 50% of Attack Damage |
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24 | Curses a monster to become the target of all nearby monsters this curse may not be overridden by another curse. | Mana Cost: 17 Duration (seconds): 12 Radius (yards): 6 |
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24 | Curses a group of enemies to make them slow, weak and take amplified damage. | Mana Cost: 11 Duration (seconds): 4 Radius 4 (yards) |
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30 | Curses an enemy to take more damage from all magical attack lowers resistances of monsters lowers maximum resistances of hostile players. | Mana Cost: 22 Radius (yards): 4.6 Duration (seconds): 20 Resist All -%: 31 |