Detonated Plague
- Effect Damage
- Poison
- Detonation
- Cross-Form Link
B TierBossing · Endgame
Overview
Overview
Druid of the Open Root floods everything with poison — and every crit, through Rupture, casts the Alchemist's Volatile Mixture and detonates the stacked afflictions.
Good for: Echoes T12–T20: bosses and elites with lots of health.
Strengths
- Area detonation against afflicted packs
- Poison goes through resistance (penetration)
- The Crown spreads poison on its own
Weaknesses
- Gem from another Form
- Needs crit for Rupture (~42%)
- Average clear
Loadout
What the build carries
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- Inheritance
- Predator SeedDruid of the Blind Roots
- Mastery
- Druid of the Open RootLV 7 · 34 points
- Iris Links
- RuptureTrigger Gem
- Volatile MixtureLinked
Relics12
Core
- Rotten Earth
- Deep Flask
- Old Plague
- Plague of the Veil
Recommended
- Thorn Censer
- Dirty Cloth
- Short Vigil
- Fine Nose
Optional
- Relay
- Deep Humus
- Edge of the Gaze
- Whetstone
Legendary
- Pestilent Heartluxury pick, random drop
- Crowned Venomluxury pick, random drop
Sets
Pestilent Crown
Deep poison and fast poison.
- Plague Flask
- Pestilent Ring
2 pieces: At maximum stacks, Poison spreads to whoever is nearby.
Time Lord
Cooldown and repetition.
- Broken Hand
- Empty Hourglass
2 pieces: Every now and then a skill skips its cooldown and repeats itself.
Progression
Progression trees
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Iris Fragments: 1,653
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Body
- Hardened Bark8/8+80% health (max +80%)
- Restoring Sap2/5+16% healing received
Power
- Sharp Gaze8/8+48% damage (max +48%)
- Steady Rhythm5/5+35% on basic attacks
- Elite Hunter4/4+36% against elites
- Crownbreaker4/4+36% against bosses
Focus
- Reservoir5/5+50% maximum resource
- Serene Flow5/5110% of natural flow
- Lasting Mark4/4+48% effect duration
- Measured Haste4/4-20% cooldown (max -20%)
Fortune
- Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
- Deep Pocket4/4+4 relic slot
Constellation Point: 57
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Critical
- Measuring Eye+9% Critical Chance · +18% Critical Damage
- Blind Spot+18% Critical Chance against the controlled · +20% Critical Damage against the controlled
- +4% Critical Chance ×3 · +10% Critical Damage ×2
Affliction
- Cold Blood+22% Affliction Damage · +16% Affliction Duration
- Dirty Hand+1 Stacks
- Rot+26% Damage against the afflicted
- POISONED BLOODGAINS: +45% MORE affliction damage. · LOSES: -15% LESS direct damage.
- +7% Affliction Damage ×5 · +8% Affliction Duration ×3 · +6% Affliction Chance ×2 · +6% Affliction Rate
Defense
- Skin of the Iris+16% Maximum Health · +15% Resistance · +8% Affliction Avoidance
- +5% Maximum Health ×2
RELIC SLOTS: +4
Vision Point: 35
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Blessings & Sets
- Blessed AwakeningTurns on Blessed Relics: in Tier 7 Echoes and above, 6% of relics come Blessed, and the chance climbs with every Tier. Commons can already be blessed.
- +6% Blessed chanceMore relics come Blessed.
- +6% Blessed chanceMore relics come Blessed.
- Blessing: UncommonUncommon relics can now come out Blessed.
- Blessing: RareRare relics can now come out Blessed.
- +10% Set Piece chanceEcho bosses drop more Set Pieces.
- Sets of the GazeTurns on Set Pieces: bosses in Tier 10 Echoes and above can now drop them, and every piece you find is yours for good.
- Advanced SetsThe advanced Sets can now drop.
- Sets of the VeilThe Sets from Beyond the Veil can now drop.
- Language of the IrisTurns on Iris Links: bosses in Tier 15 Echoes and above drop Gems, and every one you find is yours for good.
Inheritances
- +1 Archive slotThe Archive of Memories holds more Inheritances.
- Relics of the Great GazeEchoes start holding the relics that exist only in the Great Gaze, beginning with the commons.
- Uncommons of the GazeThe exclusive uncommons start showing up in Echoes.
- Rares of the GazeThe exclusive rares start showing up in Echoes.
- Epics of the GazeThe exclusive epics start showing up in Echoes.
Druid of the Open Root
The root opened its eyes.
Passive
- Open RootMore damage over time and resistance penetration on everything.
- Seed of PoisonFar more chance to afflict and more stacks per target.
In practice
How to play
Open with Plant Thorn and go in slashing.
Keep everything afflicted.
Against packs, spread it and let it detonate.
Against bosses, stack and detonate on a loop.
Careful: the Mixture gem belongs to another Form and takes a while to drop.
To keep
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Open the cardMeasured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8
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