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Essence of Heresy
Essence of Heresy
Replace your Special Skill with 'Ruin'.
Replace your Special Skill with Ruin.

Dealing damage adds a stack of Ruin for 10 (+10 per stack) seconds. Activating the skill detonates all Ruin stacks at unlimited range, dealing 300% damage plus 120% damage per stack of Ruin. Recharges after 8 (+8 per stack) seconds.
Rarity Lunar
Category Damage
AIBlacklist
CannotSteal
Unlock Blockade Breaker
Stats
Stat Value Stack Add
Ruin Duration 10s Linear +10s
Cooldown 8s Linear +8s

The Essence of Heresy is a lunar item in Risk of Rain 2 and a part of the Heresy Set, released in the Anniversary Update.

Obtaining the Essence of Heresy will replace the Survivor's special skill ("R" by default on keyboard) with the Ruin skill.

Special

Ruin

Ruin
Type Special
Cooldown 8s (+8s per stack)
Proc Coefficient 1
Description Dealing damage adds a stack of Ruin for 10 (+10 per stack) seconds. Activating the skill detonates all Ruin stacks at unlimited range, dealing 300% damage plus 120% damage per stack of Ruin. Recharges after 8 (+8 per stack) seconds.
Notes
  • Multiple enemies can be affected by Status LunarDetonator RuinStatus LunarDetonatorRuin (Debuff)
    Consumes Ruins stacks to deal additional damage.Consumes Ruin stacks to deal 300% damage plus 120% damage per Ruin stack
    (stackable)
    simultaneously.
  • The chance to inflict Ruin is multiplied by the proc coefficient of the attack, but it will always last for the full 10 seconds. Damage with a proc coefficient of 0, such as Status Bleeding BleedStatus BleedingBleed (Debuff)
    Damage over time.Deals 240% damage over time [3 x proc coefficient] (20% per tick, 4 ticks per second).
    (stackable)
    , will never add any Ruin.
  • All stacks of Ruin are refreshed when a new stack is applied to that target.
  • When the skill is activated, one shot is fired at each enemy suffering from Ruin. These shots penetrate terrain, and have a Proc Coefficient of 1.0
  • While the skill is on cooldown, the player cannot inflict Ruin on enemies.
  • Minions such as Drones will not inflict Ruin.

Notes

  • Obtaining this item along with the other three Heresy items will turn the holder into the Heretic Heretic.
  • With one or more SotV IconSotV IconSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Lysate Cell is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.
    Lysate Cell Lysate CellsBgVoidLysate CellSotV IconSotV IconSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.
    Lysate Cell
    Add an extra charge of your Special skill. Corrupts all Fuel Cells.

    Add +1 (+1 per stack) charge of your Special skill. Reduces Special skill cooldown by 33%. Corrupts all Fuel Cells.
    , then Ruin can still be inflicted as long as at least one charge of it remains. This also means that the shot fired by activating Ruin can inflict another stack of Ruin.

Tips

  • Commando CommandoCommandoCommandoThe Commando is a jack-of-all-trades character that is reliable in all situations of the game.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Cornered Gunslinger
    has exceptional synergy with this item, as he can easily add stacks of Status LunarDetonator RuinStatus LunarDetonatorRuin (Debuff)
    Consumes Ruins stacks to deal additional damage.Consumes Ruin stacks to deal 300% damage plus 120% damage per Ruin stack
    (stackable)
    with his Double Tap Double TapDouble TapDouble Tap (Primary)Rapidly shoot an enemy for 100% damage.
    Survivor: Commando
    and the fact that Ruin out scales both Suppressive Fire Suppressive FireSuppressive FireSuppressive Fire (Special)Stunning. Fire repeatedly for 100% damage per bullet. The number of shots increases with attack speed.
    Survivor: Commando
    and Frag Grenade Frag GrenadeFrag GrenadeFrag Grenade (Special)Throw a grenade that explodes for 700% damage. Can hold up to 2.
    Survivor: Commando
    .
  • Kjaro's Band Kjaro's BandBgUncommonKjaro's BandKjaro's Band
    High damage hits also blasts enemies with a runic flame tornado. Recharges over time.

    Hits that deal more than 400% damage also blasts enemies with a runic flame tornado, dealing 300% (+300% per stack) TOTAL damage over time. Recharges every 10 seconds.
    , Runald's Band Runald's BandBgUncommonRunald's BandRunald's Band
    High damage hits also blasts enemies with runic ice. Recharges over time.

    Hits that deal more than 400% damage also blasts enemies with a runic ice blast, slowing them by 80% for 3s (+3s per stack) and dealing 250% (+250% per stack) TOTAL damage. Recharges every 10 seconds.
    , and SotV IconSotV IconSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Singularity Band is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.
    Singularity Band Singularity BandBgVoidSingularity BandSotV IconSotV IconSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.
    Singularity Band
    High damage hits also create unstable black holes. Recharges over time. Corrupts all Runald's and Kjaro's Bands.

    Hits that deal more than 400% damage also fire a black hole that draws enemies within 15m into its center. Lasts 5 seconds before collapsing, dealing 100% (+100% per stack) TOTAL damage. Recharges every 20 seconds. Corrupts all Runald's and Kjaro's Bands.
    work very well with this item, being able to deal considerable extra damage when a large number of ruin stacks are detonated at once.
    • Note that if you apply stacks of ruin to multiple enemies and activate the skill, the band activation will only apply to the first enemy hit with the projectiles fired from essence of heresy. If you want to make sure that the bands trigger on the intended enemy, try to focus only on that enemy with your attacks.

Lore

“…and her heart, too wicked and full of hate, was left where she once stood – at the site of her betrayal.”

-The Evisceration of Kur-skan the Heretic, VI

Version History

Anniversary Update
  • Major Content
    • Added New Lunar Item: Essence of Heresy
    • Added New Lore Entry: Essence of Heresy


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