Rogues often make use of different traps when it comes to fighting their enemies and a popular choice is the Poison Trap and this can be enhanced by a certain Aspect.
Added in Season 8: Belial’s Return, the Aspect of Contamination causes the Rogue’s Poison Trap to deal additional damage with a chance to increase Poison Damage.
This makes Rogue’s that rely on Poison Trap for their builds even more effective, especially if you focus on dealing Poison Damage or part of your build includes it.
Aspect of Contamination Effects
The Aspect of Contamination causes your Poison Trap to burst for an additional [10%-30%] of its normal damage when it triggers.
Should the burst Critically Strike enemies, you will deal [20%-40%] increased Poison Damage for 9 seconds.
This makes it possible to deal even more damage to enemies when they are affected by your poison trap, especially if a Critical Strike occurs.
How to Get Aspect of Contamination?
After being added in Season 8, the Aspect of Contamination has become obtainable by salvaging Legendary Equipment or better unlocking the Aspect.
An example of an item that has Aspect of Contamination imbued on it would be the Warcouncil Band of Contamination. (Legendary Ring)
Tips
Aspect of Contamination modifies your Poison Trap skill directly, which will provide you with more damage over time thanks to the increase in its overall damage.
Rogues that have a higher chance to Critically Strike will often be able to make use of the bonus damage from the Critical Strike dealt by the Poison Trap’s Burst.
Being able to reduce the cooldown of Poison Trap makes it very effective when it comes to spamming the skill and the more traps you lay down, the more poison you can spread.
Verdict
While some Rogues may focus on different elements when it comes to their skills and imbuements, having Poison Trap is a good way to increase your damage over time.
Some skills or Aspects have certain effects when affected by traps and because of Aspect of Contamination, Poison Trap doesn’t just trigger this, it also deals more damage.
The use of Poison Trap along with Contamination is a great way to prime enemies before jumping in to deal a burst of damage, especially when your build can utilize it.
