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'''Venom Bolt''' is a monster-only [[bolt spell]] which causes [[poison]] damage to all enemies that it strikes along its path, both immediately and over time by poisoning them. [[Poison#Poison_Resistance|Poison resistance]] reduces the damage dealt by this spell by 66% and prevents the poison effect 66% of the time. Targets with complete poison immunity, including the [[undead]], [[nonliving]], and plants, are completely unaffected by this spell.
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==History==
 
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*Prior to [[0.25]], Venom Bolt was a level 5 [[Conjurations]]/[[Poison Magic]] spell available to players.
'''Venom Bolt''' is a level 5 [[Conjurations|Conjuration]]/[[Poison Magic|Poison]] [[bolt spell]] which causes [[poison]] damage to all enemies that it strikes along its path, both immediately and over time by poisoning them. Poison resistant targets take significantly less damage. Each time it hits a monster it loses one square of range.
 
 
 
==Tips & Tricks==
 
For its level, Venom Bolt deals significant amounts of damage, making it useful in clearing those mid-game [[branch]]es that have few poison resistant monsters such as [[the Lair]], the [[Orcish Mines]], the [[Elven Halls]], [[the Spider's Nest]], and [[the Shoals]]. If you can line up several enemies along a narrow hallway, you can devastate them with only one or two castings.
 
 
 
Just be mindful of the spell's limited effect against resistant foes. All [[undead]], [[demon]]ic, [[:Category:Plant holiness|plant]], and [[:Category:Nonliving holiness|non-living]] opponents are resistant or immune to poison damage, as are a number of perfectly ordinary living foes.
 
 
 
==History==
 
*In [[0.25]], Venom Bolt will be removed from the list of spells available to players.
 
 
*Prior to [[0.12]], Venom Bolt did less damage.
 
*Prior to [[0.12]], Venom Bolt did less damage.
 
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Revision as of 05:26, 30 August 2020

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Fires a penetrating bolt of poison.

Venom Bolt is a monster-only bolt spell which causes poison damage to all enemies that it strikes along its path, both immediately and over time by poisoning them. Poison resistance reduces the damage dealt by this spell by 66% and prevents the poison effect 66% of the time. Targets with complete poison immunity, including the undead, nonliving, and plants, are completely unaffected by this spell.

The following enemies cast Venom Bolt:

History

Venom bolt.png Venom Bolt
Level 5
School1 Conjuration
School2 Poison
Source(s)
Casting noise 5
Spell noise 5
Spell Details
Damage Formula 4d(4+0.15*Power)
Max Damage 4d34
Max Power 200
Range 6
Targeting Bolt
To-hit 8+Power/20
Special Poison