Spiteful Spirit

Description
For 8...18 seconds, whenever target foe attacks or uses a skill, Spiteful spirit deals 5...29 shadow damage to that foe and all adjacent foes.

Acquisition
Signet of Capture:
 * Ceru Gloomrunner (Iron Mines of Moladune (Mission))
 * Nighh Spinechill (Talus Chute) -  Just south of Camp Rankor 
 * Sapph Blacktracker (Snake Dance)

Usage
The damage from this skill adds up very quickly when applied to several targets in a small group, especially if you have a means of casting it multiple times quickly, either through Arcane Echo or by having multiple Cursing Necromancers in your party.

If you cast both Spiteful Spirit and Empathy on a target, particularly one who relies heavily on attacks, they will often be dead or irreversibly wounded (that is, damages heavily enough that your group will be able to finish them off before they can be healed) before they can realize what is happening and stop attacking. With maximum Curses and Domination Magic, a target thus hexed will take 67 damage every time they attack, and can be dead in seconds. If a maximum Insidious Parasite is added to the mix, they will take a full 90 damage with every attack. This will slaughter any computer-controlled melee attacker (as they will not be smart enough to stop attacking) and will almost certainly do upwards of 200 to 300 damage to a human before they can reailze what is going on.

Related Skills

 * Backfire (Mesmer)
 * Clumsiness (Mesmer)
 * Empathy (Mesmer)
 * Ineptitude (Mesmer)
 * Mark of Subversion
 * Soul Leech