How important is Prevent Monster Heal?

[Krunch_Kidney]

I'm wondering how important Prevent Monster Heal is? I currently have the mod through Hwanin's Belt but am wondering how much of a problem it will be if I switch over to a different belt?

[MortIIs]

PVM is handy when u r facing DC not really that useful for any other monsters i think

[Kirsty]

Baal Minions, the last wave. They regenerate rather quickly.

[GenXCub]

Would you say it's more useful than just keeping a poison damage charm?

[GhostStealer]

Poison charm couldn't stop DC super fast hp regeneration.

[Krunch_Kidney]

Poison charm couldn't stop DC super fast hp regeneration.

How much poison damage does it take to prevent monster heal? On regular monsters as well as bosses?

[BloodAndRoses]

If you poison a monster (assuming they're not poison immune), it drops life regeneration to zero automatically. Doesn't work the same way with other players though.

[YogiRat]

It's not so much the amount of poison, it is the duration that counts. You want the monster to stay green until you get your next shot/volley off. Also, open wounds will do the same thing against poison immunes.

[Krunch_Kidney]

It's not so much the amount of poison, it is the duration that counts. You want the monster to stay green until you get your next shot/volley off. Also, open wounds will do the same thing against poison immunes.


Aren't most poison charms at least like 5 seconds? Is duration effected by difficulty level? The way freeze is?

[YogiRat]

I took a quick look at http://www.diabloii.net/strategy/x-articles/taopoison.shtml and found nothing to indicate that poison duration is penalized like cold in NM,Hell. But, I could be wrong.