contagion and spreading poison

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Does contagion spread the poison that killed the mob? I've been messing around with my pathfinder bleed/poison/thorns build in low maps and noticed that after taking contagion I am seemingly able to spread poison (even though my poison right now is fairly weak) - can anyone confirm this? I am not using the poison ascendancies and not running herald of plague, so I'm wondering if this is happening or if something else is spreading poison.

Also this makes it seem like herald of plague is useless as a skill, if contagion can basically do what it does, potentially better too

Comments

Acrobatic-Use47191

I think based on the wording of ailments in this game they are technically a form of debuff, so it should spread poisons as well. It seems there’s some disagreement about whether or not it actually works though. Are you using any other form of chaos DoT?

MachiPendragon1

It does spread decaying hex and gives it a pseudo hexbloom effect, yes. It's broken.

Argensa971

Yes it does

No-Rooster69941

It does. I played poison flamebalst last league and the clear was insane with contagion and increased aoe