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Empowered by pure hatred, the Cursed are mental warriors who excel at chasing, pinning, and exterminating powerful enemies while rampaging through weaker foes.

* This class plays like a traditional hack-and-slash (similar to the [[Berserker]]), but with a much more difficult early game. Acquiring an early shield and one-handed weapon may improve your survivability while you build up your Gloom and armor.
* You start with a two-handed axe, but none of your abilities require any particular load-out. You can use a shield or dual wield as effectively as you can swing a two-hander. Top tier abilities give bonuses for various weaponry options, but even then, the weapon specific bonuses are mild, and you shouldn't consider yourself locked into any particular weapon.
* Dominate is a powerful "anti-boss" tool, particularly against enemies with high resistances and/or healing potential (i.e. the Weirdling Beast). Consider adding additional points into this ability after unlocking your other core utilities.
* Although [[Gloom (talent)|Gloom]] and [[Stalk (talent)|Stalk]] are technically sustainable, you can always leave them on and--except in rare cases--suffer no side-effects. They can be toggled instantly, so consider setting them to autocast in case your sustains are dispelled and you don't notice right away.
* Most of the Cursed's talents are passives. You can usually just run around and hit things, while your aura of Gloom debuffs your foes.
* At mid/high levels, the [[Rampage (category)|Rampage]] tree becomes key. This gives you an occasional huge set of buffs, for tough fights.
* You get the best monster detection in the game (always-on passive full ESP, with a radius determined by your points in [[Preternatural senses (talent)|Preternatural Senses]]).
* [[Blindside (talent)|Blindside]] will ''teleport'' you to a monster in radius, even if it's on the other side of a wall. Also great for escaping from a collapsing sand tunnel....
* [[Reckless charge (talent)|Reckless Charge]] causes you to hit monsters adjacent to the '''path''' that you tell it to follow. Counter-intuitively, you generally want to aim ''alongside'' monsters, not directly into them, when using this talent. It can also be used to escape from a dangerous situation.
* You get passive stun and confusion resistance (up to ~ +50%) from [[Relentless (talent)|Relentless]]-- the most effective passive resistance for any class.
* With most of your talents driven by [[Willpower]], [[antimagic]] is also a good choice. Beware that you're going to be short on generic talent points, with so many great skills demanding them.
* When you pick up a weapon, you are sometimes given the opportunity to release your rage, unlocking the [[Cursed aura (category)|Cursed Aura]] tree. Doing so can make the early game slightly more difficult, but opens up the potential for powerful beneficial effects later in the game.
* Many Cursed talents scale with [[hate]]. These scale linearly. There is further scaling for hate levels above 100. Wielding cursed weapons gives a bonus to your hate for purposes of these abilities.

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