Venom
This article is about the skill type. For other uses, see Venom (disambiguation). 
Venom is a type of skill exclusive to the thief that adds various effects to the next few attacks made after skill use. Venom application effects are shared on skill activation and applied not just to the character but in a radius around the thief to nearby allies regardless of being player characters or friendly NPCs. Once used, the applied venom effect will persist until expiration or until the stated amount of strikes hit an enemy. During this time, used venom skills will recharge normally. Venoms that apply damaging conditions will use the condition damage and duration attributes of the character who applied the venom.
As venoms are applied to the enemy on strike or a direct hit, most attacking abilities can make use of them, including hits from preparation skills and other area of effect abilities. Area of effect attacks will expend the venom charges by one per target hit and only hit as many targets as could be hit. Abilities that do not produce a strike on a target will not apply venoms: for example, Caltrops or the life-stealing effect from the Cloaked in Shadow trait would not be eligible to trigger a venom application.
All venom skills can be activated in mid-air.
List of venom skills[edit]
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| Skelk Venom | 1 | 25 | Venom. Heal yourself. Your next few attacks heal you. | |||
| Devourer Venom | 40 | Venom. Your next few attacks immobilize foes. | ||||
| Ice Drake Venom | 36 | Venom. Chill foes with your next few attacks. | ||||
| Skale Venom | 30 | Venom. Apply vulnerability and torment with your next few attacks. | ||||
| Spider Venom | 30 | Venom. Poison foes with your next few attacks. | ||||
| Basilisk Venom | 1 | 40 | Venom. Your attacks are unblockable and turn foes to stone. | |||
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| Soul Stone Venom | Venom. Use a corrupted soul stone to remove conditions on allies and apply a stack of venom for each condition removed. Allies that hit with this venom will initiate a strike that originates from the thief. | |||||
Related traits[edit]
Leeching Venoms (Shadow Arts) — Venom utility skills siphon life from struck foes. Gain stacks of Spider Venom when you enter or exit stealth. Siphoning can only occur once per strike.
Notes[edit]
- Since July 26, 2016, using a venom skill shares the effects to up to 4 nearby allies as well.
- The June 25, 2024 update increased the maximum number of venom charges that allies can gain to 25 for most venom skills, allowing multiple thieves to share venom effects to the same ally.
- While not technically a venom, Rot Wallow Venom does stack charges like actual venom applications which are consumed once per hit and not once per attack.
