Poison

A poisoned cannibal

This page is about the status ailment. For the support gem, see Poison (support gem).

Poison is a status ailment that causes the affected target to take chaos damage over time.

Mechanics

A hit of damage that has a chance to poison is capable of inflicting poison. Only physical and chaos damage are able to inflict poison.

Unlike other status ailments, separate applications of poison do stack cumulatively. Each poison effect remains present on the target dealing chaos damage over time until it runs its course.

There is no limit to the number of poison stacks an enemy can have.

Duration

Poison's base duration is 2 seconds, with the single exception of poison applied by Viper Strike, which has a base duration of 8 seconds.

The duration can be extended by sources of increased Skill Effect Duration, such as the or the nodes in the Passive Skill Tree.

Increasing poison duration with the curse results in a longer-lasting poison that deals damage at the same rate.

Damage

The base damage per second dealt by a given application of poison equals 10% of the physical and chaos damage dealt by the hit which applied that particular instance of poison.

In general—because poison is a damage over time effect that deals chaos damage—its damage is affected by Stats that modify Chaos Damage, Damage Over Time and Poison Damage.

If poison is applied by a projectile, then its damage is also modified by the Projectile Damage stat.

Sources

The following can apply Poison (at 100% chance):

• Viper Strike.
• Hits with skills supported by the support gem.
• Attacks with weapons that have the Poisonous Hit modifier. Mortem MorsuMortem Morsu
  Fright ClawClaw
  Physical Damage: (21-24) to (80.5-92)
  Critical Strike Chance: 7.88%
  Attacks per Second: 1.80
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 34, 61 Dex, 61 IntGrants 20 Life per Enemy Hit(75-100)% increased Physical Damage
  20% increased Attack Speed
  25% increased Critical Strike Chance
  +40% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
  (10-20)% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
  25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold with this Weapon
  60% chance to Poison on HitFear blisters the heart and thins the blood.
  Fear squeezes lungs and sets the guts to fester.
  Fear is the wound left untended. is the only item with this unique modifier.
• Attacks while having maximum frenzy charges and SnakebiteSnakebite
  Assassin's MittsEvasion: (260-344)
  Energy Shield: (21-25)Requires Level 58, 45 Dex, 45 Int(150-180)% increased Evasion Rating
  +(60-70) to maximum Life
  2% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge
  6% increased Accuracy Rating per Frenzy Charge
  10% reduced Frenzy Charge Duration per Frenzy Charge
  Attacks have 60% chance to Poison while at maximum Frenzy Charges
  +5% to Damage over Time Multiplier for Poison per Frenzy Charge"As the serpent shuns thought,
  It shuns fear.
  It strikes with the speed of wrath
  And the skill of compulsion."
  - Deshret, The Red Sekhema equipped.
• Killing poisoned Monsters with Bino's Kitchen KnifeBino's Kitchen Knife
  Slaughter KnifeRune Dagger
  Physical Damage: (150-165) to (296-321)
  Critical Strike Chance: (8.82-9.45)%
  Attacks per Second: 1.40
  Weapon Range: 1.0 metresRequires Level 65, 81 Dex, 117 Int30% increased Global Critical Strike ChanceAdds (140-155) to (210-235) Physical Damage
  (40-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance
  +(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
  +(8-12)% to Chaos Resistance
  On Killing a Poisoned Enemy, nearby Enemies are Poisoned
  and nearby Allies Regenerate 200 Life per secondCalling it poison would imply
  that it was even edible..
• Hits of chaos damage while having The Consuming DarkThe Consuming Dark
  Fiend DaggerRune Dagger
  Physical Damage: 22-87
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
  Attacks per Second: 1.20
  Weapon Range: 1.0 metresRequires Level 53, 58 Dex, 123 Int40% increased Global Critical Strike Chance+1 to Level of all Fire Spell Skill Gems
  +(20-40) to Intelligence
  (40-60)% increased Fire Damage
  30% of Fire Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
  Your Chaos Damage has 60% chance to Poison EnemiesThe brightest flames cast the darkest shadows. equipped.
• Hits from monsters with the "Vile Touch" Nemesis modifier.
• Hits from monsters in map areas created by maps with the "...of Venom" suffix.

Poison Passives

These passive skills are related to Poison. Template:Passive table

Version history

Version

Changes

2.1.0

Rather than dealing the damage of the highest hit (as Ignite does), poison can now have multiple stacks. This means that every hit counts, rather than just the occasional big hit. This also lets it scale much better towards end-game, and differentiates it from other damage-over-time effects. Poison can now only be applied by Chaos and Physical damage. This is for both thematic reasons, and to have it act as a reward for builds that have less of a focus on auras and elemental supports for damage boosts. These poison changes are also reflected in monsters.