Bane is a PvP-exclusive 
Summoner ability from Final Fantasy XIV. It spreads a target's Bio III status effect to nearby enemies.
Mechanics[]
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Bane Summoner 30
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Bio III can be spread even it was inflicted by 
Tri-disaster or Bane itself. However, the status must have been inflicted by the same player using Bane—it will not benefit from statuses inflicted by other players.
Damage over time effects deal damage every server tick, or 3 seconds, independent of the effect's duration. This means that the effects may deal damage anywhere between 0 and 3 seconds after it is applied, and in 3 second intervals afterwards.
Use[]
Bane spreads the target's Bio III status to nearby enemies, with a duration equal to the remaining on the original. It has no effect on the target it is used on, and is useless in single-target encounters.
Bane is an instant cast ability that is off the global cooldown (oGCD). This allows players to weave it between GCDs after using instant cast spells such as the 
Bio III it is dependent on. As Bane's recast timer is longer than Bio III's maximum duration, using it during Bio III's GCD is essential to getting the most out of the ability.
Bane costs 1 Aetherflow Gauge unit to use, and must compete with 
Fester, 
Painflare, 
Dreadwyrm Trance, and 
Firebird Trance for Aetherflow Gauge. Aetherflow can be gathered fairly quickly with 
Energy Drain.
Patch history[]
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| A Realm Reborn | Added as a level 30  Arcanist, Summoner, and  Scholar ability, learned from the quest  Sinking Doesmaga.Spread  Bio,  Bio II, and  Miasma in a 5y radius, with a 25y range. Bio and Bio II were not mutually exclusive statuses at the time.Could only spread statuses to a maximum 3 targets, despite the ability description stating all nearby enemies. Status were applied with a duration equal to the time remaining on the original effect. Had a 15% chance to reset the duration on the spread statuses. Could only be used under the effect of the  Aetherflow status granted by the  Aetherflow ability. Using Bane consumed the status.
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| Patch 2.1. | Radius increased to 8y. Ability description corrected to state it only spreads to a maximum of three targets. |
| Heavensward | Could now affect more than three targets, but potency was halved for the fourth target and beyond. Granted  Aethertrail Attunement stacks to Summoners, needed to use  Dreadwyrm Trance.
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| Stormblood | Potency reduction changed to 20% for the second enemy, 40% for the third, 60% for the fourth, and 80% for all remaining enemies. Bio and Bio II statuses became mutually exclusive. Aetherflow Gauge added, serving the same purpose as the Aetherflow status, though the status remained as a separate visual indicator. Now increased Faerie Gauge by 10 for Scholars. No longer available in PvP. |
| Shadowbringers | Potency reduction changed to 60% for all affected enemies. No longer required Aetherflow. Level 78 trait  Enhanced Bane added. Allowed Bane to spread the  Ruination status inflicted by Tri-disaster.No longer available to Scholars. Associated Faerie Gauge effect removed. |
| Patch 5.1 | No longer spread Ruination. Enhanced Bane effect changed to always apply the spread statuses at their full duration. New PvP exclusive version added. See below for its patch history. |
| Endwalker | Removed. |
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| Patch 5.1 | Added. |
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