Poison Arrow
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| Fires a magical arrow coated with the most vile and noxious toxin. Even those resistant to poison will be poisoned by it, and a small portion of its direct damage bypasses poison resistance. |
Poison Arrow is a monster-only spell which damages and poisons a target. On impact, Poison Arrow does (70% poison, 30% physical) damage. This means that Poison Arrow deals a total of 53% damage to those with poison resistance, and 30% damage to those with poison immunity.
In addition to the impact damage, creatures damaged by this spell will always be poisoned (unless immune). Unlike most poison effects, resistance does not reduce the odds, nor does it reduce the amount of poison taken.
The following enemies cast Poison Arrow:
- S
Aizul (3d21 damage) - H
Arachne (3d24 damage) - e
Deep elf annihilator (3d22 damage) - q
Draconian annihilator (3d23 damage) - &
Gloorx Vloq (3d23 damage) - 2
Green death (3d20 damage) - N
Nagaraja (3d22 damage) - p
Occultist (3d19 damage)
The following enemies may be able to cast Poison Arrow, depending on their spell set:
- &
Pandemonium lord (5.2% chance)
History
 Poison Arrow
| |
|---|---|
| Level | 6 |
| School1 | Conjuration |
| School2 | Poison |
| Source(s) | |
| Casting noise | 6 |
| Spell noise | 6 |
| Spell Details | |
|---|---|
| Damage Formula | 4d(3.75+Power/4) |
| Max Damage | 4d54 |
| Max Power | 200 |
| Range | 7 |
| Targeting | Beam |
| To-hit | 5+Power/10 |
| Special | Poison, partially ignores resistance |
- Prior to 0.25, Poison Arrow was a level 6 Conjuration/Poison spell available to players.
- Prior to 0.18, Poison Arrow could not poison demons.
- Prior to 0.17, Poison Arrow was better at piercing through the player's poison resistance; it dealt 65% against poison resistant players, and 44% against poison immune ones.
- Prior to 0.6, 60% of Poison Arrow's damage was irresistible.
