Atrophy (Status)

Atrophy is a status effect in Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Description

Atrophy is a negative skill status effect. Characters afflicted by it will become disarmed and unable to use their weapons and skills associated with them. The effect takes place only if character does not have Physical armour above 0. The only exception to this rule are characters with Glass Cannon talent.

List of affected skills

Following table shows all skills that will be rendered unusable once character is affected by Atrophy. Once the status is removed the following skills will be usable once more; unless character does not meet the prerequisites (ie. has enough Action Points etc.).

Cause

Atrophy can be caused by both skills and items. Other means of afflicting atrophy involve skills and equipment.

List of Skills and Items

Name	Type	Effect	Notes
File:Sleeping Arms.png Sleeping Arms	Scoundrel	Deal physical damage and disarm your foes through File:Atrophy.png Atrophy.	Level 9 skill
File:Tentacle Lash.png Tentacle Lash	Polymorph	Lash out at your opponent, dealing physical damage and setting File:Atrophy.png Atrophy on them.	Available from the start of the game
File:Corrosive Spray.png Corrosive Spray	Geomancer/Necromancer	Destroy Physical Armour on targets in cone, and set File:Acid.png Acid and File:Atrophy.png Atrophy.	Crafted source skill
File:Unique Light Gloves.png Soft Touch	Gloves	Unique gloves that afflicts its wearer with File:Atrophy.png Atrophy.	Sold by Unarmed Elf at the Cathedral

Treatment

As with any other negative status effect, there are ways how to avoid and negate its effects. First and most important is to keep Physical armour value above 0. Note that the status effect cannot be resisted or avoided if character wears the Soft Touch unique gloves. In such case the effect can be removed only by removing the gloves.

Physical armour restoration

Atrophy can be resisted if character has Physical armour above 0. This does not apply to characters with Glass Cannon talent.

List of Items

Name	Type	Effect	Notes
File:Amadouvier.png Amadouvier	Herb	Directly restores small amount of Physical Armour once	Can be turned into Physical Armour Potion
File:Blessed Oil Flask.png Blessed Oil Flask	Grenade	Creates blessed oil surface	Crafted from Oil Flask
File:Physical Armour Potion.png Physical Armour Potion	Potion	Directly restores Physical Armour once	Can be upgraded

List of Skills

Name	Ability	Effect	Notes
File:Fortify.png Fortify	Geomancer	Directly restores Physical Armour Set Fortified	Available from the start of the game
File:Challenge.png Challenge	Warfare	Directly restores Physical Armour and Magic Armour	Positive effect works on condition that marked target is killed
File:Mass Oily Carapace.png Mass Oily Carapace	Geomancer Warfare	Caster and their allies in vicinity absorb oil surface in exchange for Physical armour.	Crafted Source spell
File:Mend Metal.png Mend Metal	Geomancer	Regenerates Physical armour for caster and allies	Level 4 spell
File:Oily Carapace.png Oily Carapace	Geomancer Warfare	Absorb any oil surface beneath them and directly restore Physical armour in proportion to absorbed surface	Crafted spell

Status removal

Following spells will remove Atrophy status entirely.

Name	Cause	Effect	Notes
File:Break the Shackles.png Break the Shackles	Special	Removes large number of negative statuses from caster	Source skill usable only by Sebille Kaleran