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Malice Lady Geist · Ability 3

Stack damage amplification on an enemy

Sacrifice some of your health to launch blood shards that apply a stack of Malice. Each stack slows the victim and increases the damage they take from you. The slow effect decreases over time.

Malice has a 6 second cooldown.

Every upgrade

Malice numbers

Each column includes every upgrade before it. Highlighted values are the ones that tier changes.

StatBase+ Tier I+ Tier II+ Tier III
Cooldown 6s3s3s3s
Damage spirit232348.248.2
Health Cost 9%9%9%9%
Blood Shards 3377
Max Stacks 5555
Damage Amplification +7%+7%+7%+15%
Movement Slow 12%12%12%12%
Debuff Duration 9s9s9s9s
Slow Duration 4s4s4s4s
Spread Angle Degrees 662828

Scaling

Malice at each spirit level

Spirit power raises these values. Each point adds the listed amount, so here is what they reach as your spirit power grows (base upgrades). How spirit power works

StatPer point0 spirit25 spirit50 spirit75 spirit100 spirit150 spirit
Damage+0.562336.9550.964.8578.8106.7

Ability points

Malice upgrades

  1. Tier I · 1 AP

    -3s Cooldown

  2. Tier II · 2 AP

    +25.2 Damage and +4 Blood Shards

  3. Tier III · 5 AP

    +8% Damage Amp

The rest of the kit

Other Lady Geist abilities

Quick answers

Malice questions

What does Malice do in Deadlock?
Malice is Lady Geist's ability 3. Sacrifice some of your health to launch blood shards that apply a stack of Malice. Each stack slows the victim and increases the damage they take from you. The slow effect decreases over time.
What is the cooldown of Malice?
6 seconds before upgrades, and 3 seconds with every upgrade. Cooldown reduction items shorten it further.
What do Malice's upgrades do?
Tier 1 (1 AP): -3s Cooldown Tier 2 (2 AP): +25.2 Damage and +4 Blood Shards Tier 3 (5 AP): +8% Damage Amp
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