Damage over time

"Damage Over Time" redirects here. For the passive skill, see Damage Over Time (passive skill).

Damage over time (often refered to as DoT) is a damage inflicted continuously over a period of time. Unlike the other three damage sources, damage over time does not hit.

Mechanics

All damage over time effects are a kind of debuff. A creature can have multiple applications of these debuffs of the same type but usually only the one with the highest damage per second works at any given time (except for poison where all applications stack cumulatively); this is true even in the case of effects applied by different players or sources.

For example, if two players each apply the ignite status ailment to the same target, only the higher damage per second of the two ignites will affect the target, at least until the higher fades and leaves the second ignite to become the new highest. In this context, two damage over time effects are to be considered the same only if they have the same name; a target may be affected by multiple effects that deal burning damage (such as , ignite and burning ground).

In case of an enemy being killed by damage over time while being affected by multiple DoT effects, the kill is attributed to the owner of the effect that was inflicted first.

Damage scaling

The following modifiers will directly affect the damage over time; note that some of these modifiers apply only to the DoTs whereas some may also apply to the skill that triggered it:

• Damage over Time
• Damage
• [Damage Type] Damage (e.g. Physical Damage or Cold Damage)
• [Effect] Damage (e.g. Poison Damage or Ignite Damage)
• Area Damage if applied by an area skill
• Projectile Damage if applied by a projectile
• Trap Damage if applied by a trap (but not the multiplier from )
• Mine Damage if applied by a mine (but not the multiplier from )
• Totem Damage if applied by a totem
• Minion Damage if applied by a minion

Natively modifiers to attack damage (i.e. weapon damage, melee damage, etc.) and spell damage do not apply to damage over time effects unless specifically stated so, as observed on skills like , or .

Damage conversion does not apply to damage over time.

Modifiers that increase damage over time will not affect the damage a character deals to himself with skills like Blood Rage or , as that particular effect is considered a part of the buff and not a part of player's damage output. However, modifiers that increase/reduce damage taken will affect it.

Duration

Tampering with the duration of a damage over time effect will affect the total amount of damage dealt by it but not its damage per second. The exception to this is the Ignited Enemies Burn faster modifier (as seen on Dyadian DawnDyadian Dawn
Heavy BeltRequires Level 52+(25-35) to Strength+(70-85) to maximum Life
+(20-40)% to Fire Resistance
+(20-40)% to Cold Resistance
1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life against Chilled Enemies
Ignites you inflict with Attacks deal Damage 35% faster
Deal no Physical DamageWith her cold resolve
And burning sacrifice
The Eternal twins arose. and The Goddess ScornedThe Goddess Scorned
Elegant SwordOne Handed Sword
Physical Damage: (70-80) to (115.5-132)
Critical Strike Chance: (9.50-10.50)%
Attacks per Second: 1.50
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 28, 46 Str, 55 Dex+190 to Accuracy RatingUses both hand slots
(250-300)% increased Physical Damage
(90-110)% increased Critical Strike Chance
+(20-30)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
+(40-50)% to Fire Resistance
Cannot be Ignited
100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Ignites you inflict deal Damage 50% faster
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Rust dulls her smirk with the last demon killed.
The embers grow dim and yet hope burns her lips:
"An old flame renewed can define our eclipse!"), which will 'speed up' ignites inflicted by the player, increasing their damage per second at the cost of duration, leaving the total amount of damage unchanged.

Conditional modifiers

There are modifiers that can apply their effects only when a certain condition is met. Modifiers that are conditional on properties of the target do not affect damage over time because only hits are able to check someone else properties.

Some examples:

• more Damage against Chilled Enemies from
• increased Damage against Hindered Enemies from SingularitySingularity
  Platinum SceptreSceptre
  Physical Damage: 51-76
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.25
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 62, 113 Str, 113 Int30% increased Elemental DamageAdds (1-10) to (150-200) Lightning Damage to Spells
  (14-18)% increased Cast Speed
  (6-8)% reduced Mana Cost of Skills
  Nearby Enemies are Hindered, with 25% reduced Movement Speed
  100% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments against Hindered EnemiesIn time, all becomes nothing.
  We just expedite the process.

Skill gems

Active skill gems

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• Summon Chaos Golem can cast an aura that deals damage over time as well.

In addition, many skills are capable of igniting enemies either via a critical hit or an explicit chance to ignite and thus dealing damage over time. This includes most fire spells; attacks that have fire damage added to them; and any skill with added or converted damage to fire from the Avatar of Fire keystone, , , or other sources.

Support skill gems

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