Poison

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 Poison is a condition that deals damage over time and reduces outgoing heals by 33%. Stacks in duration. At level 80, the minimum damage of every tick of poison is 80. The damage of every tick of poison increases by 1 for every 10 points of condition damage a character has. So if you had +500 condition damage, every tick of poison would be doing 130 instead of 80 damage at level 80. As such, a tick of poison does exactly twice the damage of a tick of bleeding. In the beta of April every tick of poison could be increased to over 220 damage at level 80 with the proper gear and high Malice.

[edit] Related skills

Skills that cause poison
Profession	Skill	Additional Requirements	Weapon/Slot
Engineer	Poison Dart Volley	none	pistol
	Fumigate	available with Elixir Gun	utility
	Poison Grenade	available with Grenade Kit	utility
Ranger	Poison Cloud (murrelow)	pet skill	murrelow
	Poisoning Whirl	pet skill	green jellyfish
	Poison Volley	none	shortbow
	Serpent's Strike	none	sword
	Stalker's Strike	none	dagger
	Viper's Nest	none	utility
Thief	Choking Gas	none	shortbow
	Escape	underwater skill	speargun
	Poison Tip Strike  Poison Tip Strike	underwater skill	harpoon
	Spider Venom	none	utility
	Venomous Knife	downed skill	none
Elementalist	Debris Tornado	available with Tornado	elite
	Dust Tornado	available with Tornado	elite
	Electrified Tornado	available with Tornado	elite
Necromancer	Chilblains	none	staff
	Putrid Curse  Putrid Curse	third in chain	scepter
	Corrupt Boon (Self)	none	utility
	Dark Water	available in underwater Death Shroud	none
	Death Curse	drowning skill	none
	Fetid Ground	downed skill	none
	Foul Current	underwater skill	trident
	Plague	none	elite
	Poison Cloud	none	utility
	Necrotic Traversal	available with active Flesh Wurm	utility
	Signet of Spite	none	utility

• It should be noted that a Poison Field in combination with a physical projectile can apply poison as well. For further information, consult cross-profession combos.

[edit] Related traits

Traits that cause poison
Profession	Trait	Additional Requirements	Line	Type	Specifically
Thief	Poisonous Traps	applies to traps	Deadly Arts	major	yes
	Serpent's Touch	applies when stealing	Deadly Arts	minor (adept)	yes
Mesmer	Chaotic Interruption	chance on foe interruption	Chaos	major	no
	Debilitating Dissipation	chance on clone death	Chaos	major	no
Necromancer	Toxic Landing	when taking falling damage	Curses	major	yes

Traits that remove poison
Profession	Trait	Additional Requirements	Line	Type	Specifically
Guardian	Pure Of Voice	activates upon a shout	Honor	major	no
Engineer	Automated Response	health less than 25%	Alchemy	major	no
Ranger	Empathic Bond	occurs periodically, requires living pet	Wilderness Survival	major	no
	Evasive Purity	on dodge roll	Nature Magic	major	no
Thief	Shadow's Embrace	occurs periodically, requires active stealth	Shadow Arts	major	no

Traits that increase poison duration
Profession	Trait	Additional Requirements	Line	Type	Specifically
Ranger	Trap Potency	applies to traps only	Skirmishing	major	no

Traits that benefit from poison
Profession	Trait	Benefit	Line	Type	Specifically
Engineer	Target the Weak	increased damage	Firearms	minor (grandmaster)	no
Thief	Exposed Weakness	increased damage	Deadly Arts	minor (grandmaster}	no
	Lotus Poison	apply weakness when poisoning	Deadly Arts	major	yes
Necromancer	Target the Weak	increased damage	Curses	minor (grandmaster}	no

[edit] Related equipment

[edit] Upgrade components that apply poison

[edit] Runes

• Superior Rune of Orrian (rank 4 – chance when hit)
• Superior Rune of the Undead (rank 6 – poison nova on rally)

[edit] Upgrade components that affect poison on foes

[edit] Runes

• Superior Rune of Rata Sum (rank 2 – increases duration)
• Superior Rune of the Afflicted (rank 4 – increases duration)
• Superior Rune of Orrian (rank 2 – increases duration)

[edit] Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Venom (increases duration)

[edit] Notes

• Prior to the G-Star Demo, this condition was stackable, with multiple applications increasing its intensity but not its duration.^[1]
• At the G-Star Demo, multiple applications of this condition increased its duration instead.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1JfSbKjHHI&t=5m25s Gamescon demo, Aug 2011.
2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TIMtalS4FY&t=3m36s G* demo, Nov 2011.

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Effects
Boons		Aegis		Fury		Might		Protection
		Regeneration		Retaliation		Swiftness		Vigor
Conditions		Bleeding		Blind		Burning		Chilled
		Confusion		Crippled		Fear		Immobilized
		Poison		Vulnerability		Weakness
Control		Daze		Float		Knockdown		Launch
		Pull		Push		Sink		Stun
Other		Distortion		Frenzy		Frosty Armor		Haste
		Invulnerability		Power of the Mists		Quickening Zephyr		Quickness
		Rejuvenation		Smiting		Stability		Stealth