Poison

A poisoned cannibal

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.

The following are equivalent to a 100% chance to poison:

• 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
• 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

The default base duration of poison is 2 seconds. Viper Strike inflicts poison with a base duration of 8 seconds. The chaos damage over time is 10% of the initial hit of physical and chaos damage, per second.

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.

Increasing poison duration with the curse results in a longer-lasting poison that deals damage at the same rate. The damage of the poison effect, like any other damage over time effect, can be increased by the curse.

Version history

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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.