Patch 0.5.5 ·

Skill Gems

Bitter Dead

Bitter Dead is a Skill Gem in Path of Exile 2. Tags: Spell, AoE, Cold, Repeatable. 217 Support Gems can support it.

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Bitter Dead
Spell, AoE, Cold, Repeatable
Level: 1
Cost: 11 Ward
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Hit Chance: 12%
Spend Ward and target an area, transforming Corpses into bitter cores that seek out enemies and Chill enemies near them. The cores explode at the end of their duration, creating runes which deal additional Cold damage over time.
Core duration is 5 seconds
Transformation radius is 3.5 metres
Transforms +1 Corpse
Explosion
Explosion radius is 2 metres
Deals 9 to 14 Cold damage
Core
Chills enemies within 1.5 metre radius
Chills enemies as though dealing 26 to 39 Cold damage
Rune
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to Debuff's Damage over Time
Rune duration is 10 seconds
Rune radius is 1.5 metres
Deals 6.48 Cold damage per second
Type
Skill Gems
Attribute
No attribute
Tags
Spell, AoE, Cold, Repeatable
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • Transforms +1 Corpse

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

  • Chance to not destroy Consumed Corpses: 10%

Used in builds

None of our builds uses this yet.

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

Bitter DeadExplosionCoreRune
Level Character levelCostTransforms +# CorpsesTransforms +# CorpseDeals # to # Cold damageChills enemies as though dealing # to # Cold damageDeals # Cold damage per second
1 –11 Ward–19–1426–396.48
2 312 Ward–113–1935–538.75
3 614 Ward–117–2648–7211.97
4 1015 Ward2–23–3463–9415.65
5 1417 Ward2–29–4379–11919.8
6 1819 Ward2–35–5398–14824.53
7 2221 Ward3–43–65120–18029.9
8 2623 Ward3–52–78144–21735.98
9 3126 Ward3–62–93172–25842.88
10 3628 Ward4–73–110203–30550.7
11 4131 Ward4–86–129239–35959.6
12 4633 Ward4–100–151280–42069.7
13 5236 Ward5–117–175326–48981.17
14 5839 Ward5–136–204378–56794.23
15 6442 Ward5–157–236438–657109.08
16 6645 Ward6–181–272506–759126.02
17 7248 Ward6–209–314583–875145.33
18 7852 Ward6–241–362672–1007167.38
19 8455 Ward7–277–416773–1159192.57
20 9059 Ward7–319–478888–1332221.37
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
Bitter DeadExplosionCoreRune
Level Character levelCostTransforms +# CorpsesTransforms +# CorpseDeals # to # Cold damageChills enemies as though dealing # to # Cold damageDeals # Cold damage per second
21 –63 Ward7–366–5491021–1531254.35
22 –67 Ward8–421–6311172–1758292.15
23 –72 Ward8–483–7251346–2020335.52
24 –76 Ward8–555–8321546–2319385.35
25 –81 Ward9–637–9561776–2664442.65
26 –86 Ward9–732–10992041–3061508.62
27 –91 Ward9–842–12632346–3519584.68
28 –97 Ward10–968–14532699–4048672.48
29 –102 Ward10–1114–16723106–4659773.95
30 –108 Ward10–1284–19253577–5365891.37
31 –114 Ward11–1479–22194123–61841027.42
32 –121 Ward11–1707–25604756–71341185.27
33 –128 Ward11–1971–29565492–82381368.67
34 –135 Ward12–2278–34176348–95221582.02
35 –142 Ward12–2636–39547346–110191830.57
36 –150 Ward12–3054–45808509–127642120.53
37 –158 Ward13–3541–53129869–148032459.28
38 –166 Ward13–4112–616811459–171882855.6
39 –175 Ward13–4781–717113322–199833319.95
40 –184 Ward14–5565–834815509–232633864.77

Matching supports 217

217 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 60

Armour Break I Armour Break II Armour Break III Armour Demolisher I Armour Demolisher II Arms Length Atalui's Bloodletting Bleed I Bleed II Bleed III Bleed IV Break Endurance Brutality I Brutality II Brutality III Concoct I Concoct II Dauntless Deep Cuts I Deep Cuts II Devastate Efficiency I Efficiency II Enduring Impact I Enduring Impact II Eternal Flame I Eternal Flame II Eternal Flame III Execute I Execute II Execute III Exploit Weakness Fire Attunement Fire Exposure Fire Penetration I Fire Penetration II Flame Pillar Heft Ignite I Ignite II Ignite III Knockback Lifetap Rageforged I Rageforged II Relentless Rage Rupture Rusted Spikes Searing Flame I Searing Flame II Stun I Stun II Stun III Uhtred's Augury Uhtred's Exodus Uhtred's Omen Unbreakable Uruk's Smelting Uul-Netol's Embrace Xoph's Pyre

Dexterity 54

Admixture Arakaali's Lust Blind I Blind II Blindside Bounty I Bounty II Bursting Plague Chance to Freeze Charm Bounty Commiserate Corrosion Deadly Poison I Deadly Poison II Deliberation Electrocute Eonyr's Thunder Escalating Poison Ferocity Hobble Inhibitor Innervate Lasting Shock Leverage Life Bounty Life Drain Lightning Attunement Lightning Exposure Lightning Penetration Lockdown Malady Mana Bounty Mobility Momentum Neural Overload Outmaneuver Overcharge Pin I Pin II Pin III Poison I Poison II Poison III Rakiata's Flow Shock Slow Potency Soul Drain Swift Affliction I Swift Affliction II Swift Affliction III Tacati's Ire Tul's Stillness Tumult Wind Wave

Intelligence 93

Ambrosia Ambrosia II Ambush Arbiter's Ignition Arcane Surge Atziri's Call Biting Frost I Biting Frost II Blazing Critical Bone Shrapnel Brittle Armour Catharsis Chaos Attunement Cold Attunement Cold Exposure Cold Mastery Cold Penetration Concentrated Area Concussive Spells Considered Casting Controlled Destruction Corpse Conservation Coursing Current Deep Freeze Derange Dialla's Desire Electromagnetism Elemental Discharge Elemental Focus Embitter Energy Barrier Enervation Esh's Radiance Excise Execrate Expand Expanse Extraction Fiery Death Freeze Frost Nexus Frostfire Frozen Vortex Gorge Hourglass Ice Bite I Ice Bite II Inexorable Critical I Inexorable Critical II Invocation Living Lightning Living Lightning II Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Mana Flare Minion Pact I Minion Pact II Oisín's Oath Pinpoint Critical Potent Exposure Potential Practical Magic I Practical Magic II Profanity I Profanity II Rapid Casting I Rapid Casting II Rapid Casting III Rising Tempest Shock Conduction Shock Conduction II Shock Siphon Soulbreaker Spell Cascade Spell Echo Spreading Frost Static Shocks Stormfire Supercritical Thrill of the Kill Thrill of the Kill II Unbending Unleash Varashta's Blessing Verglas Volatile Power Volatility Wildfire Withering Touch Zarokh's Refrain Zarokh's Revolt Zenith I Zenith II

No attribute 10

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