Cursed
Purple corruption is creeping over one of your blocks, and the cloud thickens as its timer runs down. Match the block before the corruption takes hold and the curse breaks harmlessly. Let the timer run out and it damages you and takes the block with it.
In detail
Match a cursed block before its timer ends and the curse breaks for nothing; the corruption clearing is the only sign it worked. Let the timer run out instead and it deals the enemy's curse damage and destroys the block, and the blocks that fall into that gap earn no chain credit. The curse follows the block through swaps and falls. Enemies place it two ways: an aura places its own count every attack interval, and an on-hit chance rolls on each connecting strike. Hrym's Rime Coven lands one with every hex that connects.
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From the current development build. Content and balance may change before release. This public reference includes discoveries and does not reflect your personal unlocks.