Poison

Poison

Tooltip

Poison is an Ailment that deals Chaos damage over time, and lasts 2 seconds by default. Damage from Poison bypasses Energy Shield.

Physical and Chaos damage from Hits Contribute to Poison Magnitude.

Damage does not Contribute to Poison chance, so it cannot be inflicted without an explicit source of Poison chance.

The base Magnitude of Poison is Chaos damage per second equal to 20% of the Physical and Chaos damage dealt by the Hit that inflicted it. This is calculated using the final damage dealt by the Hit, but not any modifiers on the target that affect how much damage they will take from the Hit. This magnitude is not further affected by any modifiers to the damage you deal.

Modifiers and Debuffs that affect the enemy's ability to mitigate damage (such as Shock) can affect the damage the enemy takes from Poison, but any such modifiers that specifically apply to Hit damage (such as Penetration) do not affect Poison damage.

Poison is a damaging ailment that deals chaos damage over time.

Mechanics

Poison deals 20% of a hit's combined physical and chaos damage dealt (before mitigation and damage taken modifiers) as chaos damage over time per second for 2 seconds. This percentage is affected multiplicatively by ailment effect/magnitude. Ailment damage cannot be scaled directly; however, it can be indirectly scaled by modifying the hit damage.

Poison can stack and has a default stack limit of 1; this can be increased through various stats or modifiers. Each instance of poison has an independent duration and only the highest damage instance(s) of poisons up to your stack limit will deal damage.

Poison chance depends on an explicit chance to poison.

The damage over time from poison bypasses energy shield and damages life directly.

Related gems

Item		Stats
Bursting Plague	1	Poison from Supported Skills also adds 200% of Damage per Second to Enemy as Plague, up to a maximum of 10% of Enemy's maximum Life
Comorbidity	1	Targets can be affected by +1 Poisons from Supported Skills at the same time Supported skills have 30% less Poison Duration
Corrosion	1	Poison applied by supported Skills also Breaks Armour equal to 80% of Poison Damage dealt
Deadly Poison	1	Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage with Hits 75% more Magnitude of Poison inflicted with Supported Skills
Envenom	1	Supported Skills have 50% chance to Poison on Hit
Gas Arrow	1	Arrow Impact radius is 1.8 metres Poison Cloud Does not Hit, but Poisons enemies as though Hitting them Gains 50% more Area of Effect per second, up to a maximum of 200% Cloud radius is 1.8 metres Cloud duration is 4 seconds Explosion Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Impact radius is 1.8 metres
Gas Grenade	1	Impact radius is (1.4–2) metres Fuse duration is 2 seconds Poison Cloud Does not Hit, but Poisons enemies as though Hitting them Gains 20% more Area of Effect per second, up to a maximum of 160% Explosion Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage

Related base items

Item	Base item	Item class		Stats
Antidote Charm	—	Charm	24	Used when you become Poisoned
Toxic Quiver	—	Quiver	39	(10-15)% chance to poison with attacks

Unique Items

Item	Base item	Item class		Stats
Plaguefinger	Gauze Wraps	Gloves	1	(30-50)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield (4-6)% increased Attack Speed (20-30)% chance to Poison on Hit All Damage from Hits Contributes to Poison Magnitude
Splinter of Loratta	Hardwood Spear	Spear	1	Adds (3-5) to (8-10) Physical Damage +(30-50) to Accuracy Rating 20% increased Range 20% chance to Poison on Hit
Atsak's Sight	Veiled Mask	Helmet	28	(100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield (30-40)% increased Critical Hit Chance +(10-20) to Dexterity +(10-20) to Intelligence Critical Hits Poison the enemy
Lycosidae	Rampart Tower Shield	Shield	28	Grants Skill: Raise Shield(30-40)% increased Block chance (60-100)% increased Armour Accuracy Rating is doubled Blocking damage poisons the enemy as though dealing 200 base Chaos damage
Snakebite	Spined Bracers	Gloves	33	(40-60)% increased Evasion Rating +(7-17)% to Chaos Resistance (6-10) Life Regeneration per second (20-30)% chance to Poison on Hit Targets can be affected by +1 of your Poisons at the same time
Quatl's Molt	Serpentscale Coat	Body Armour	36	(60-80)% increased Evasion Rating +(60-80) to maximum Life +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance (10-20) Life Regeneration per second Cannot be Poisoned

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.