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Wither is a PvP-exclusive 
Summoner ability from Final Fantasy XIV that deals area of effect (AoE) damage while removing beneficial effects.
Use[]
Wither deals heavy AoE damage in a cone in front of the Summoner, requiring a target within range of the cone to use. In addition, Wither removes all healing over time (HoT) and HP barriers from the enemies hit, such as 
Regen and 
Galvanize.
Wither is an instant cast off-global cooldown (oGCD) ability. This allows players to weave it between global cooldowns (GCD) after using instant cast spells such as 
Brand of Purgatory.
Patch history[]
| Version | Changes |
|---|---|
| Patch 2.1 | Added with a 300s recast and 170 potency. Removed one beneficial status of any kind from enemies hit, not just HoTs or HP barriers. Required AP obtained from PvP activities to unlock, and could be upgraded with special traits using further AP. AP trait Enhanced Wither reduced recast to 180s. Was also available to  Arcanists.
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| Patch 2.3 | Recast time reduced to 240s. |
| Heavensward | AP trait Enhanced Wither II added, increasing potency to 200. |
| Stormblood | Removed. |
| Patch 4.3 | Readded. Potency increased to 1000 with 25% dropoff for the second enemy hit, 50% for the third, and 75% for all remaining enemies hit. Recast reduced to 45s. Reset the duration of  Bio III and  Miasma III effects inflicted the user.Inflicted the  Wither status for 5 seconds, increasing damage taken by 5%.No longer removed beneficial statuses. No longer requires AP and AP traits no longer available, as AP system was removed in 4.0. Only available to Summoners as Arcanists are no longer useable in PvP as of 4.0. |
| Shadowbringers | No longer dealt damage or inflicted the Wither status. Now inflicted Bio III and Miasma III itself rather then resetting their duration. |
| Patch 5.1 | Once again deals damage with 1000 potency and no dropoff. No longer inflicts any status. Now removes all HoT and HP barrier effects. |
| Patch 5.58 | Potency increased to 1600. |
