Sting - Revision history

Hordes at 19:32, 26 October 2025

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‎History

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‎Strategy

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‎Strategy

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update

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monsters no longer have this spell (except for player ghosts?)

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-*[[Young Poisoner's Handbook]]
+[[Young Poisoner's Handbook]]<br>
-*[[Book of Cantrips]]
+[[Book of Cantrips]]
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 |name=Sting
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 |school2={{Alchemy}}
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+{{flavour|Briefly transforms one of the caster's limbs into a long insectoid stinger, which lashes out at the target. The stinger's impact will always poison a susceptible target. Even resistant targets have a chance to be poisoned and immune monsters will be damaged by the physical impact of the stinger.}}
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-'''Sting''' is a level 1 [[Alchemy]]/[[Conjurations]] spell that deals damage on impact, then inflicts the [[poison]] status. Its impact damage is 70% poison and 30% physical; normal monsters take full damage from it, resistant monsters take 53%, and immune monsters take 30%.
+*Prior to [[0.33]], Sting was a level 1 [[Conjurations]]/[[Alchemy]] spell that could be cast by players. It was replaced by [[Mercury Arrow]].
 *Prior to [[0.31]], Sting was a level 1 [[Transmutations]]/[[Poison]] spell.
 *Prior to [[0.25]], Sting was a level 1 [[Conjurations]]/[[Poison]] spell with range 7, and was entirely useless against targets with [[poison resistance]].
 *Prior to [[0.19]], [[Louise]] and some [[wizard (monster)|wizards]] had this spell.

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 ==History==
-{{CBA|0.33|Sting will be replaced by Mercury Arrow, a level 2 Conjurations/Alchemy spell which shoots a range-4 arrow that deals semi-irresistible poison damage (similar to Sting) and [[weak]]ens the target and all surrounding enemies, excluding the player.}}
+{{CBA|0.33|Sting will be replaced by [[Mercury Arrow]], a level 2 Conjurations/Alchemy spell which shoots a range-4 arrow that deals semi-irresistible poison damage (similar to Sting) and [[weak]]ens the target and all surrounding enemies, excluding the player.}}
 *Prior to [[0.31]], Sting was a level 1 [[Transmutations]]/[[Poison]] spell.
 *Prior to [[0.25]], Sting was a level 1 [[Conjurations]]/[[Poison]] spell with range 7, and was entirely useless against targets with [[poison resistance]].
 *Prior to [[0.19]], [[Louise]] and some [[wizard (monster)|wizards]] had this spell.

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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.31]], Sting was a level 1 [[Transmutations]]/[[Poison]] spell.
 *Prior to [[0.25]], Sting was a level 1 [[Conjurations]]/[[Poison]] spell with range 7, and was entirely useless against targets with [[poison resistance]].
 *Prior to [[0.19]], [[Louise]] and some [[wizard (monster)|wizards]] had this spell.

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 Sting is decent at softening up targets from a short distance. If you've poisoned the enemy, you can start walking back; the poison will be enough to kill most D:1 and D:2 enemies.
-[[Mercury Vapours]] is more accurate, and can inflict [[weak]] on foes. Sting is more MP efficient, however. In the early game, you may want to cast Mercury Vapours once (to get that spell's extra poison), then finish off the foe with Sting. Past the early game, the MP cost of either spell is small, so stick with Vapours.
+[[Mercury Vapours]] is more accurate, and can inflict [[weak]] on foes. In the early game, however, Sting is more MP efficient. Early on, you may want to cast Mercury Vapours once (to get that spell's extra poison), then finish off the foe with Sting. Past the early game, Vapours becomes more efficient overall, so feel free to forget Sting.
 While Sting ''can'' do damage to poison immune creatures, it's very low (max. 1d3). In a similar vein, Sting is acceptable against [[endoplasm]]s, but struggles against poison resistant enemies that are any stronger.

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-'''Sting''' is a level 1 [[Transmutation]]/[[Poison Magic]] spell, which deals damage on impact, then inflicts the [[poison]] status. Its impact damage is 70% poison; normal monsters take full damage from it, resistant monsters take 53%, and immune monsters take 30%.
+'''Sting''' is a level 1 [[Transmutation]]/[[Poison Magic]] spell, which deals damage on impact, then inflicts the [[poison]] status. Its impact damage is 70% poison and 30% physical; normal monsters take full damage from it, resistant monsters take 53%, and immune monsters take 30%.
 [[Venom Mage]]s start with this spell memorized.