Master Toxicist

Master Toxicist

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Poisons you inflict during any Flask Effect have 20% chance to deal 100% more Damage
When you kill a Poisoned Enemy during any Flask Effect, nearby Enemies are Poisoned [1]

Master Toxicist is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Pathfinder. It grants a chance for poisons applied during any flask effect to deal more damage. It also causes you to inflict poison on enemies around enemies you kill during any flask effect.

Mechanics

• The Nearby Enemies are Poisoned modifier is functionally similar to the modifier on Bino's Kitchen Knife. During a flask effect, poison is inflicted on enemies around poisoned enemies you kill. This new poison is unaffected by your damage modifiers, and instead copies the DPS of the highest poison debuff on the killed enemy. The poison has a base 2 second duration, scaled by global poison duration modifiers, but not duration from any support gems, as it is not inflicted by a skill.

• While often called "poison proliferation" by the community, it is not a proliferation mechanic. Functionally, it acts closer to Berek's RespiteBerek's Respite
  Two-Stone RingRequires Level 20+(12-16)% to Fire and Lightning ResistancesAdds (20-25) to (30-50) Fire Damage to Spells and Attacks
  (25-30)% increased Lightning Damage
  +(30-40) to maximum Mana
  When you Kill a Shocked Enemy, inflict an equivalent Shock on each nearby Enemy
  When you Kill an Ignited Enemy, inflict an equivalent Ignite on each nearby Enemy"With Flame licking at his heels
  Berek berated the clouds
  Until vengeful Storm spewed forth his rains
  And Berek held on tight
  As Fire screamed and steamed
  And fled."
  - Berek and the Untamed, though unlike the 'equivalent ignite' mechanic, remaining duration is not copied.

• This effect does not require a corpse, but some enemy-destroying effects will prevent the on-kill poison. This is not consistent. For example, exploding due to Crusader-influenced body armour will prevent it, but exploding due to Infernal Cry's debuff will not. This may be bugged.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now has “Poisons you inflict during any Flask Effect have 20% chance to deal 100% more Damage” (previously 30%).
3.13.0	No longer requires Nature's Reprisal as a prerequisite. No longer grants 10% more Chaos Damage with Attack Skills, no longer converts 10% of Physical Damage to Chaos Damage, no longer grants 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage and no longer causes you to lose Virulence 50% slower. Now causes nearby enemies to be Poisoned when you kill a Poisoned Enemy during any Flask Effect, and causes Poisons you inflict during any Flask Effect to have 30% chance to deal 100% more Damage (from 40%).
3.4.0	Added to the game.