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Damage Over Time [[Sacred 2:Combat Arts|Combat Arts]] or abilities are those that deal a predetermined amount of [[Sacred 2:Damage|damage]] over a period of time to the affected target.  
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Damage Over Time [[Sacred 2:Combat Arts|Combat Arts]] or abilities are those that deal a predetermined amount of [[Sacred 2:Damage|damage]] over a period of time to the affected target. There are 2 DoT types:
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*Build-in Damage Over Time. It is caused by some [[Sacred 2:Spell Damage Based Combat Arts|Spell Damage Based Combat Arts]] with 100% chance (DoT is also indicated on CA's tooltip).
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*DoT, caused by [[Sacred 2:Secondary Damage Effects|Secondary Damage Effects]]. Some Secondary Damage Effects ([[Sacred 2:Detrimental magic effects|Detrimental magic effects]]) can also inflict Damage over Time ([[Sacred 2:Chance for Burn|Fire]], [[Sacred 2:Chance for Poison|Poison]] or [[Sacred 2:Chance to inflict Open Wounds|Physical]]).
  
Some Combat Arts also have a chance to inflict Damage over Time. The ones that have minor chance are not listed below.  
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Some Combat Arts have only a chance to inflict Damage over Time as a Secondary Damage Effect. The ones that have minor chance are not listed below.  
 
 
Many opponents also inflict Damage over Time.  In order to resist these attacks, the player should use a [[Sacred 2:Recovery Elixir|Recovery Elixir]] and look for the following [[Sacred 2:Item Modifiers|Item Modifiers]]:
 
*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Fire|Damage over Time: Fire]] -X%'''
 
*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Ice|Damage over Time: Ice]] -X%'''
 
*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Magic|Damage over Time: Magic]] -X%'''
 
*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Poison|Damage over Time: Poison]] -X%'''
 
*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Physical|Damage over Time: Physical]] -X%'''
 
 
== Innate Damage over Time Combat Arts ==
 
== Innate Damage over Time Combat Arts ==
 
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:DRY Asp 02 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Cabalistic Voodoo|Cabalistic Voodoo]]'''</div>
 
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:DRY Asp 02 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Cabalistic Voodoo|Cabalistic Voodoo]]'''</div>
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Dryad/DRtt.gif [[Sacred 2:Twisted Torment|Twisted Torment]]
 
  
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Dryad/DRvd.gif [[Sacred 2:Viperish Disease|Viperish Disease]]
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Dryad/DRvd.gif [[Sacred 2:Viperish Disease|Viperish Disease]]
 
 
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:DRY Asp 03 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Nature Weaver|Nature Weaver]]'''</div>
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Dryad/DRtv.gif [[Sacred 2:Tangled Vine|Tangled Vine]]
 
  
  
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/HE/HEbt.gif [[Sacred 2:Blazing Tempest|Blazing Tempest]]  
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/HE/HEbt.gif [[Sacred 2:Blazing Tempest|Blazing Tempest]]  
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/HE/HEis-2.gif [[Sacred 2:Incendiary Shower|Incendiary Shower]]
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/Icon/buffHEis.gif [[Sacred 2:Incandescent Skin|Incandescent Skin]] (buff)
 
  
  
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[[File:FF-Mini.gif]] [[Sacred 2:Frost Flare|Frost Flare]]
 
[[File:FF-Mini.gif]] [[Sacred 2:Frost Flare|Frost Flare]]
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/HE/HErn.gif [[Sacred 2:Raging Nimbus|Raging Nimbus]]
 
  
  
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Inq/INla.gif [[Sacred 2:Levin Array|Levin Array]]
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Inq/INla.gif [[Sacred 2:Levin Array|Levin Array]]
 
 
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:INQ Asp 03 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Nefarious Netherworld|Nefarious Netherworld]]'''</div>
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Inq/INis.gif [[Sacred 2:Inexorable Subjugation|Inexorable Subjugation]]
 
 
  
 
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:Sera Asp 02 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Celestial Magic|Celestial Magic]]'''</div>
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None
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Sera/SErp.gif [[Sacred 2:Radiant Pillar|Radiant Pillar]]
 
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/Icon/buffSEcb.gif [[Sacred 2:Cleansing Brilliance|Cleansing Brilliance]] (buff)
 
 
 
  
 
|width="30%"|<div style="font-size:150%">'''[[Sacred 2:Shadow Warrior|Shadow Warrior]]'''</div>
 
|width="30%"|<div style="font-size:150%">'''[[Sacred 2:Shadow Warrior|Shadow Warrior]]'''</div>
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:TG Asp 02 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Lost Fusion|Lost Fusion]]'''</div>
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None
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/TG/TGfem.gif [[Sacred 2:Furious Emblazer|Furious Emblazer]]
 
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/TG/TGjt.gif [[Sacred 2:Jolting Touch|Jolting Touch]]
 
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/TG/TGab.gif [[Sacred 2:Archimedes Beam|Archimedes Beam]]
 
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/TG/TGpl.gif [[Sacred 2:Propelled Levitation|Propelled Levitation]]
 
 
 
 
 
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:TG Asp 03 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Source Warden|Source Warden]]'''</div>
 
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/TG/TGfe.gif [[Sacred 2:Fiery Ember|Fiery Ember]]
 
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/TG/TGie.gif [[Sacred 2:Icy Evanescence|Icy Evanescence]]
 
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/TG/TGcg.gif [[Sacred 2:Charged Grid|Charged Grid]]
 
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/Icon/buffTGuf.gif [[Sacred 2:Untouchable Force|Untouchable Force]] (buff)
 
 
 
  
 
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:DM Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Dragon Magic|Dragon Magic]]'''</div>
 
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:DM Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Dragon Magic|Dragon Magic]]'''</div>
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/DM/DMds.gif [[Sacred 2:Dragon Strike|Dragon Strike]]
 
  
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/DM/DMdm.gif [[Sacred 2:Dragon Form|Dragon Form]] allows to use
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/DM/DMdm.gif [[Sacred 2:Dragon Form|Dragon Form]] allows to use
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/DM/DMef.gif [[Sacred 2:Eternal Fire|Eternal Fire]]
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/DM/DMef.gif [[Sacred 2:Eternal Fire|Eternal Fire]]
 
 
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:DM Asp 02 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Elemental Magic|Elemental Magic]]'''</div>
 
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/DM/DMt.gif [[Sacred 2:Tornado|Tornado]]
 
  
  
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:DRY Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Capricious Hunter|Capricious Hunter]]'''</div>
 
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:DRY Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Capricious Hunter|Capricious Hunter]]'''</div>
  
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Dryad/DRri.gif [[Sacred 2:Ravaged Impact|Ravaged Impact]] (mod 1a - Perforate)
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Dryad/DRri.gif [[Sacred 2:Ravaged Impact|Ravaged Impact]] (mod 1a - Perforate (25% chance))
  
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Dryad/DRda.gif [[Sacred 2:Darting Assault|Darting Assault]] (mod 2b - Wounding)
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Dryad/DRda.gif [[Sacred 2:Darting Assault|Darting Assault]] (mod 2b - Wounding (20% chance))
  
 
|width="30%"| <div style="font-size:150%">'''[[Sacred 2:High Elf|High Elf]]'''</div>
 
|width="30%"| <div style="font-size:150%">'''[[Sacred 2:High Elf|High Elf]]'''</div>
  
  
None
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:HE Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Arrant Pyromancer|Arrant Pyromancer]]'''</div>
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/HE/HEaf.gif [[Sacred 2:Ancestral Fireball|Ancestral Fireball]] (mod 1a - Greek Fire (30% chance))
  
 
|width="30%"| <div style="font-size:150%">'''[[Sacred 2:Inquisitor|Inquisitor]]'''</div>
 
|width="30%"| <div style="font-size:150%">'''[[Sacred 2:Inquisitor|Inquisitor]]'''</div>
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:INQ Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Gruesome Inquisition|Gruesome Inquisition]]'''</div>
 
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:INQ Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Gruesome Inquisition|Gruesome Inquisition]]'''</div>
  
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Inq/INce.gif [[Sacred 2:Callous Execution|Callous Execution]] (mod 1a - Bleed)
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Inq/INce.gif [[Sacred 2:Callous Execution|Callous Execution]] (mod 1a - Bleed (50% chance))
  
  
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Inq/INds.gif [[Sacred 2:Dislodged Spirit|Dislodged Spirit]] (mod 2b - Torture)
 
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Inq/INds.gif [[Sacred 2:Dislodged Spirit|Dislodged Spirit]] (mod 2b - Torture)
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Inq/INed.gif [[Sacred 2:Eruptive Desecration|Eruptive Desecration]] (mod 3b - Plague)
  
  
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|width="30%"|<div style="font-size:150%">'''[[Sacred 2:Shadow Warrior|Shadow Warrior]]'''</div>
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:Sera Asp 02 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Celestial Magic|Celestial Magic]]'''</div>
  
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/Sera/SEbs-1.gif [[Sacred 2:Baneful Smite|Baneful Smite]] (mod 3a - Electrocute)
  
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:SW Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Death Warrior|Death Warrior]]'''</div>
 
  
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/SW/SWdb.gif  [[Sacred 2:Demonic Blow|Demonic Blow]] (mod 2b - Poisoning)
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|width="30%"|<div style="font-size:150%">'''[[Sacred 2:Shadow Warrior|Shadow Warrior]]'''</div>
  
  
<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:SW Asp 02 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Malevolent Champion|Malevolent Champion]]'''</div>
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:SW Asp 01 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Death Warrior|Death Warrior]]'''</div>
  
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/SW/SWfr.gif [[Sacred 2:Frenzied Rampage|Frenzied Rampage]] (mod 3a - Envenom)
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/SW/SWdb.gif [[Sacred 2:Demonic Blow|Demonic Blow]] (mod 1a - Wounding (20% chance))
  
  
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None
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<div style="font-size:120%">[[Image:TG Asp 02 small.png]] '''[[Sacred 2:Lost Fusion|Lost Fusion]]'''</div>
  
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/CombatArts/TG/TGfem.gif [[Sacred 2:Furious Emblazer|Furious Emblazer]] (mod 1b - Immolation (25% chance for burn))
  
 
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==Pseudo-DOT==
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Some Combat Arts are easily mistaken for Damage over Time.  Like Damage over Time CAs, these Combat Arts have fixed durations, fixed damage and fixed frequency of attacks.
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Unlike Damage over Time, the damage from these Combat Arts can be blocked\reflected, armor protects against them, and each hit has a chance to cause the appropriate [[Sacred 2:Detrimental magic effects|Detrimental magic effect]].  Furthermore, "Damage over Time:*** -x%"  modifiers  and Recovery Elixirs do not protect against the damage inflicted by these CAs.
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However Pseudo DoT can inflict pure DoT as a Secondary Damage Effect.
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See for example: [[Sacred 2:Temple Guardian|Temple Guardian's]] [[Sacred 2:Propelled Levitation|Propelled Levitation]], [[Sacred 2:Icy Evanescence|Icy Evanescence]], [[Sacred 2:Jolting Touch|Jolting Touch]].
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==Resistance==
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Build-in DoT can be reduced by several modifiers: Damage over Time -X%, [[Sacred 2:Damage Mitigation|Damage Mitigation]] -X% and Mastery of [[Sacred 2:Spell Resistance|Spell Resistance]] skill.  The player can also use a [[Sacred 2:Recovery Elixir|Recovery Elixir]] and look for the following [[Sacred 2:Item Modifiers|Item Modifiers]]:
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*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Fire|Damage over Time: Fire]] -X%'''
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*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Ice|Damage over Time: Ice]] -X%'''
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*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Magic|Damage over Time: Magic]] -X%'''
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*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Poison|Damage over Time: Poison]] -X%'''
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*'''[[Sacred 2:Damage over time: Physical|Damage over Time: Physical]] -X%'''
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Built-in DoTs have a set duration of 5 seconds, inflicting damage every 1 second. This actually results in 4 ticks of damage and not 5, because the first tick is done after a second, not instantly after being applied. All the defensive modifiers above reduce the total damage by cutting the duration the effect stays active on the character. The tick damage itself remains unaffected, besides the last one. If a character has for example 35% DoT reduction, it will negate 1 tick completely and partially reduce the damage of the last remaining tick, so 2 ticks for full damage and 1 tick for 60% of the previous ticks' damage.
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DoT, caused by Secondary Damage effects, can also be reduced by [[Sacred 2:Detrimental magic effects|Detrimental magic effects-x%]] modifier, [[Sacred 2:Armor|Armor value]], [[Sacred 2:Damage Mitigation|Damage Mitigation]] (protects '''twice'''). See corresponding sections for further explanation.
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==Notes==
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*"DoT -X%" modifiers are cumulative, which means that values from different sources are simply added to each other (1+1=2) and can reach 100%, making a character effectively immune to a particular damage type DoT.
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*Several build-in DoT stack with each other; several DoT, caused by Secondary Damage effects, don't stack.
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*The target can be hit by different DoT at the same time (fire, ice, poison, physical, magic), but only one would be displayed.
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*Initial Duration of DoT effect is defined by DurationDOT parameter in balance.txt. Default value is DurationDOT = 500, which means that DoT lasts 5 seconds. For example, High Elf's Frost Flare would slow its target for as many seconds as said in CA description, but would deal DoT for 5 seconds. However duration of DoT, caused by Secondary Damage effects, can be increased by [[Sacred 2:Damage Lore|Damage Lore]] skill mastery.
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*It is '''impossible''' to block or reflect build-in DoT. Successfully blocking or reflecting, block/reflection negates all Secondary Damage Effects from blocked attacks (for example see [[Sacred 2:Blazing Tempest|Blazing Tempest]]: it is impossible to block build-in Damage over Time: Fire, but it is possible to block flat fire damage as well as burning status, caused by flat fire damage).
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*The Damage Lore skill mastery bonus will not affect Damage over Time effects that are stated in an ingame Combat Art tooltip (build-in Damage over Time, caused by [[Sacred 2:Spell Damage Based Combat Arts|Spell Damage Based Combat Arts]] - eg, [[Sacred 2:Blazing Tempest|Blazing Tempest]]). However, it is possible to be affected by two different types of DoT: one from the Spell Damage Based Combat Art (build-in Damage over time: Fire) and one due to the monster being burned (Damage over Time, caused by Secondary Damage Effect).
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*The [[Sacred 2:Ancient Magic|Ancient Magic]] Skill allows to partially ignore the target's Armor as well as Damage Mitigation for Spell Damage Based Combat Arts. This skill causes relative decrease of these modifiers as it affects only actual modifiers the target has.
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*Temple Guardian's CAs Fiery Ember and Icy Evanescence increase target's vulnerability to Ice or Fire; High Elf's Buff Crystal Skin has Feel Cold modification that causes all targets in close vicinity to the caster to be more vulnerable to Ice Damage. These CAs cause all enemies in Area of Effect to have modifier "Damage Vulnerability Ice/Fire +x%" which not only removes these enemies' resistance to Damage but can decrease it below zero, causing CAs to deal more damage than the value stated in CA description. These CAs do not affect target's Armor, but decrease Damage Mitigation modifier by fixed percentage (not by percent of target's mitigation like Ancient Magic).
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 21:19, 21 October 2023


Damage Over Time Combat Arts or abilities are those that deal a predetermined amount of damage over a period of time to the affected target. There are 2 DoT types:

Some Combat Arts have only a chance to inflict Damage over Time as a Secondary Damage Effect. The ones that have minor chance are not listed below.

Innate Damage over Time Combat Arts


DRvd.gif Viperish Disease



HEbt.gif Blazing Tempest


FF-Mini.gif Frost Flare


HEcs-1.gif Cobalt Strike (to T-Energy Creatures)



INla.gif Levin Array


None


None



None


DMdm.gif Dragon Form allows to use

DMfireodem.gif Fire Odem

DMef.gif Eternal Fire


DMeb.gif Energy Blaze

Damage over Time Combat Arts via Modifications


DRri.gif Ravaged Impact (mod 1a - Perforate (25% chance))

DRda.gif Darting Assault (mod 2b - Wounding (20% chance))


HEaf.gif Ancestral Fireball (mod 1a - Greek Fire (30% chance))


INce.gif Callous Execution (mod 1a - Bleed (50% chance))


INcm.gif Clustering Maelstrom (mod 2b - Gash)


INds.gif Dislodged Spirit (mod 2b - Torture)

INed.gif Eruptive Desecration (mod 3b - Plague)



SEsh.gif Soul Hammer (mod 1b - Wounding (50% chance))


SEbs-1.gif Baneful Smite (mod 3a - Electrocute)



SWdb.gif Demonic Blow (mod 1a - Wounding (20% chance))



TGfem.gif Furious Emblazer (mod 1b - Immolation (25% chance for burn))


DMgw.gif Gust of Wind (mods 1b and 3b - Poison Mist)

Pseudo-DOT

Some Combat Arts are easily mistaken for Damage over Time. Like Damage over Time CAs, these Combat Arts have fixed durations, fixed damage and fixed frequency of attacks. Unlike Damage over Time, the damage from these Combat Arts can be blocked\reflected, armor protects against them, and each hit has a chance to cause the appropriate Detrimental magic effect. Furthermore, "Damage over Time:*** -x%" modifiers and Recovery Elixirs do not protect against the damage inflicted by these CAs. However Pseudo DoT can inflict pure DoT as a Secondary Damage Effect.

See for example: Temple Guardian's Propelled Levitation, Icy Evanescence, Jolting Touch.

Resistance

Build-in DoT can be reduced by several modifiers: Damage over Time -X%, Damage Mitigation -X% and Mastery of Spell Resistance skill. The player can also use a Recovery Elixir and look for the following Item Modifiers:

Built-in DoTs have a set duration of 5 seconds, inflicting damage every 1 second. This actually results in 4 ticks of damage and not 5, because the first tick is done after a second, not instantly after being applied. All the defensive modifiers above reduce the total damage by cutting the duration the effect stays active on the character. The tick damage itself remains unaffected, besides the last one. If a character has for example 35% DoT reduction, it will negate 1 tick completely and partially reduce the damage of the last remaining tick, so 2 ticks for full damage and 1 tick for 60% of the previous ticks' damage.

DoT, caused by Secondary Damage effects, can also be reduced by Detrimental magic effects-x% modifier, Armor value, Damage Mitigation (protects twice). See corresponding sections for further explanation.

Notes

  • "DoT -X%" modifiers are cumulative, which means that values from different sources are simply added to each other (1+1=2) and can reach 100%, making a character effectively immune to a particular damage type DoT.
  • Several build-in DoT stack with each other; several DoT, caused by Secondary Damage effects, don't stack.
  • The target can be hit by different DoT at the same time (fire, ice, poison, physical, magic), but only one would be displayed.
  • Initial Duration of DoT effect is defined by DurationDOT parameter in balance.txt. Default value is DurationDOT = 500, which means that DoT lasts 5 seconds. For example, High Elf's Frost Flare would slow its target for as many seconds as said in CA description, but would deal DoT for 5 seconds. However duration of DoT, caused by Secondary Damage effects, can be increased by Damage Lore skill mastery.
  • It is impossible to block or reflect build-in DoT. Successfully blocking or reflecting, block/reflection negates all Secondary Damage Effects from blocked attacks (for example see Blazing Tempest: it is impossible to block build-in Damage over Time: Fire, but it is possible to block flat fire damage as well as burning status, caused by flat fire damage).
  • The Damage Lore skill mastery bonus will not affect Damage over Time effects that are stated in an ingame Combat Art tooltip (build-in Damage over Time, caused by Spell Damage Based Combat Arts - eg, Blazing Tempest). However, it is possible to be affected by two different types of DoT: one from the Spell Damage Based Combat Art (build-in Damage over time: Fire) and one due to the monster being burned (Damage over Time, caused by Secondary Damage Effect).
  • The Ancient Magic Skill allows to partially ignore the target's Armor as well as Damage Mitigation for Spell Damage Based Combat Arts. This skill causes relative decrease of these modifiers as it affects only actual modifiers the target has.
  • Temple Guardian's CAs Fiery Ember and Icy Evanescence increase target's vulnerability to Ice or Fire; High Elf's Buff Crystal Skin has Feel Cold modification that causes all targets in close vicinity to the caster to be more vulnerable to Ice Damage. These CAs cause all enemies in Area of Effect to have modifier "Damage Vulnerability Ice/Fire +x%" which not only removes these enemies' resistance to Damage but can decrease it below zero, causing CAs to deal more damage than the value stated in CA description. These CAs do not affect target's Armor, but decrease Damage Mitigation modifier by fixed percentage (not by percent of target's mitigation like Ancient Magic).

See Also