Recursion

Recursion is a common Defect skill costing 1 Energy that Evokes your next Orb and then re-channels the same Orb type. This unique effect lets you trigger an Orb's Evoke ability while keeping it on your board, effectively giving you the burst benefit without losing your Orb setup. With Dark Orbs that grow over time, this can yield massive repeating damage.

Recursion pairs powerfully with Darkness, as Evoking and re-channeling a Dark Orb triggers its damage while resetting it for further growth. Loop amplifies this by triggering the re-channeled Orb's passive again, and Defragment boosts the passive gains of whatever Orb is recycled. Multi-Cast can follow up for even more Evoke triggers on the freshly channeled Orb.

In the Defect's toolkit, Recursion is a key card for Orb-manipulation builds. Against single-target bosses like Lagavulin Matriarch and Knowledge Demon, cycling a charged Dark Orb with Recursion delivers enormous burst damage. In Frost builds, it provides on-demand Block spikes. Pick Recursion when your deck reliably generates specific Orb types and you want to maximize their Evoke value.