Cleansing

Cleansing Class: Paladin Required Level: 12 Skill Tree: Defensive Auras Requires: Prayer Active / Passive Reduces Poison and Curse duration for all party members. Damage Type: Magic Synergies: Prayer, Sanctuary Other Stats: Only one Aura can be active at a time

Cleansing is a Paladin Skill in Diablo II.

Lore

Chaste is the Paladin in the face of all temptations. Pure in body and spirit, he trusts to the splendor of the Light to rid him of all impurities. A Knight of the Faith shall neither be tainted, nor corrupted.

General Information

Cleansing greatly decreases the duration that poison has an effect on the Paladin and his nearby allies. Cleansing does not increase poison resistance, however. In Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, it also gains the ability to heal nearby allies over time, increasing in effectiveness as the Paladin invests hard points into Prayer, but without any Mana cost, effectively replacing Prayer and incorporating its effect into its own.

Cleansing is one of only two skills in the game that can reduce curse duration, the other being the Assassin skill Fade (which cannot be used on party members). Cleansing also reduces Shrine duration. As shrines are all beneficial in Diablo II, this is detrimental.

The Cure Rune Word grants a level 1 Cleansing aura.

Synergies

• Receives Synergy From:
  • Prayer: same as having Prayer active without mana cost (note that this skill takes actual Prayer power including all skill mods from eq, cries etc. into account; this is different to how most synergies work, since usually just blvl i.e. the raw skill points placed, without any mods, are used).
• Gives Synergy To:
  • Sanctuary: +7% Magic Damage Per Level to Knockback Effect Only

Skill Progression

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Radius (yards)	10.7	12	13.3	14.7	16	17.3	18.7	20	21.3	22.7	24	25.3	26.7	28	29.3	30.7	32	33.3	34.7	36
Duration Reduction	39%	46%	51%	56%	60%	63%	65%	67%	69%	70%	72%	73%	75%	76%	76%	78%	78%	79%	79%	80%

Level	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Radius (yards)	37.3	38.7	40	41.3	42.7	44	45.3	46.7	48	49.3	50.7	52	53.3	54.7	56	57.3	58.7	60	61.3	62.7
Duration Reduction	81%	81%	82%	82%	83%	83%	84%	84%	84%	85%	85%	85%	85%	86%	86%	86%	86%	87%	87%	87%

Level	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Radius (yards)	64	65.3	66.7	68	69.3	70.7	72	73.3	74.7	76	77.3	78.7	80	81.3	82.7	84	85.3	86.7	88	89.3
Duration Reduction	87%	87%	87%	88%	88%	88%	88%	88%	88%	88%	89%	89%	89%	89%	89%	89%	89%	89%	89%	90%

Paladin Skills

Combat Skills — Sacrifice • Smite • Holy Bolt • Zeal • Charge • Vengeance • Blessed Hammer • Conversion • Holy Shield • Fist of the Heavens
Defensive Auras — Prayer • Resist Fire • Resist Cold • Resist Lightning • Defiance • Cleansing • Vigor • Meditation • Redemption • Salvation
Offensive Auras — Might • Holy Fire • Thorns • Blessed Aim • Concentration • Holy Freeze • Holy Shock • Sanctuary • Fanaticism • Conviction