How do poison charms work with zon attacks?

[Strum]

I understand that they are considered BM, but if they work, I may consider using them in Pubs

How are they applied, if at all? Does it only apply if the poison damage is greater then your physical damage?

Say I do 5.9k damage, and my psn charms add up to 3k damage, do I now do:
8.9k poison damage
8.9k physical damage
or 5.9k physical and 3k poison

What would happen if I had more poison damage then physical?

Also, does it stack ontop of elemental skills (i.e. Lightning Fury) or does it negate the elemental damage, or again, is it just not taken into account.


Thanks to anyone who can clear this up for me :smiley:

[TienJe]

I understand that they are considered BM, but if they work, I may consider using them in Pubs

How are they applied, if at all? Does it only apply if the poison damage is greater then your physical damage?

Say I do 5.9k damage, and my psn charms add up to 3k damage, do I now do:
8.9k poison damage
8.9k physical damage
or 5.9k physical and 3k poison

What would happen if I had more poison damage then physical?

Also, does it stack ontop of elemental skills (i.e. Lightning Fury) or does it negate the elemental damage, or again, is it just not taken into account.


Thanks to anyone who can clear this up for me :smiley:
you would do 5.9k physical and 3k poison.

i believe it stacks on top of any physical attack, so that includes lightning fury because it is still a physical javelin. however, i'm pretty sure it won't transfer to lightning bolt, which changes all your physical damage into pure lightning.

[WrongdayJ]

Using Poison Charms is considered BM? :shocked:

Man, that sucks about as hard as something that sucks possibly could.

Augmenting my attacks by stacking poison charms along with my other skills has been a standard practice of mine for years in dueling. . .with excellent results. . .and now I hear it's considered BM.

Oye. . .

[Dacar92]

BM is jerks who go hostile in baal runs. Why would poison charms be BM in dueling?

[Strum]

Heh, so I suppose I was wrong. I've always been told that mass poison was BMed.

Thanks for the help.

Also, someone told me that it will cancel critical and OW: is this true?

[YogiRat]

Heh, so I suppose I was wrong. I've always been told that mass poison was BMed.

Thanks for the help.

Also, someone told me that it will cancel critical and OW: is this true?

check out the guides (http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?p=5484136#post5484136), they really do help. (http://http://www.diabloii.net/strategy/x-articles/taopoison.shtml)

[Romasm]

Ur right, Poison is often concidered BM. Those who say that cant win from u and then say such a silly thing.

Poison charms are just part of the game and let those kiddies whine and cry. Its always something when they cant win.