diablo2.io is supported by ads

Interaction between poison nova and firewall

2 replies 59 views

Description

So, I read that poison dmg had bug and is not calculated in frames where any other damage is applied. I am now playing a venomancer with half a Trang Oul's for poison reduction. I also use the firewall from that set. If the bug is true, it means the

Fire Wall actually negates my

Poison Nova damage? I am trying to test it out, but it is not so easy.

Can be used to make Runewords:

ipatrishkov `63`

5 hours ago (pre-Resurrected)

Fire Wall actually negates my

Poison Nova damage? I am trying to test it out, but it is not so easy.

ShadowHeart `5050`Moderator

5 hours ago (pre-Resurrected)

Yes, any damage done to a target except by poison itself stops poison tick on the same target. And it's even worse when playing online compared to offline.

When playing offline, damage only stops poison tick for 1 frame (the frame on which the damage took place).
When playing online, however, damage stops poison tick for 8 frames (the frame on which the damage took place, plus an additional 7 frames).

(and the same rule applies to monster health regen)

Great discovery and write-up by Pavke:
https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo2/commen ... ?rdt=44133

tl;dr

Pavke wrote:
Offline: doing any damage stops Monster Life regeneration for 1 frame

Online: doing any damage stops Monster Life regeneration for 8 frames

Online: doing any damage at the rate of 8fpa will completely stop Monster Life regeneration

This difference can enable some Uber kills Online while being impossible to do Offline

This difference is present in all Online game modes, D2R and D2LOD

Offline: doing any damage stops Poison Damage for 1 frame

Online: doing any damage stops Poison Damage for 8 frames

Online: doing any damage at the rate of 8fpa will fully stop friendly Poison Damage

I'm in CET (Central European Time), so that's UTC+1 normally and UTC+2 during DST.
My profile says Ladder, but I play both Ladder and Non-Ladder.
My profile says Softcore, but I play both Softcore and Hardcore.
My Holy Grail Tracker is for Offline Hardcore.

ipatrishkov `63`

4 hours ago (pre-Resurrected)

ok, so it makes sense as Poison DMG is applied as a negative regen. This is especially contra productive with Trang'Oul's where the firewall has the highest DPS, but it will negate the

Poison Nova. I just managed to test on some creeps in hell act4, and it seems to be dying much slower from

Fire Wall +

Poison Nova than just

Poison Nova