Poison Nova

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What it does An expanding ring of poison deals 180 poison damage over 3 seconds to all it touches.

These are base learned-level effects, not final character-sheet damage. Account for equipment bonuses, synergies, modifiers and enemy resistances.

Effects by level

Evolution requirements

• Evolution An evolution: it comes from a chest, never from a level-up card. Evolved from P Poison Explosion Catalyst L Lower Resist From character level 30

Synergies and practical checks

• Poison Dagger: +13% Poison Damage per Level
• Poison Explosion: +100% Poison Damage per Level

• It casts only with a monster in its reach, and poisons each monster once as the ring reaches it.
• Its ring spreads as far as Diablo II’s, 302 around you, in a little over a second.
• Energy raises it. A stronger poison already on a monster stays.

Skill modifiers

• Plague Wave — The ring reaches 48% farther, but deals 5% less poison.
• Venom Ring — The ring reaches 60% as far, for 13% more poison.
• Bone Nova — It deals half the poison, plus a magic damage hit worth 35% of its full poison.

View in a class guide: Necromancer

Observed version history

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