Mass Poison Absorb Question

[Redman681]

Mass Poison Absorb Question

I was in a pub duel the other day and I was dueling a trapsin. I used a -50% res dweb and 3 trangs items for the extra -res along with a decent lower res. My nova does around 8.5k damage. So, I lower res him and run up and hit him with psn nova. I see him turn green, but his life doesn't move at all. I think, ok, maybe I didn't hit him so I run in again and get him again. Life doesn't move. I hit him many times within my nova's range and it all got the same result, no damage. He eventually kills me and is within range of my die facet's lvl 51 psn nova. It hits him and again, life doesn't move. I asked him to see what he used and with his equip, there is no way he could have had that much psn res to have my novas do no damage. The only thing I can think of is that he had some sort of hack or something. He was using a bugged tals armor, so he isn't a legit player so that's all I can think of. Any ideas?

 

[sheepe2004]

well he could be wearing mass stacked res, + max poison res (although i cant think of many sources of that) and a load of -% poison length gear.
I dont think theres such a think as poison absorb though.

edit: and some life regen to stop him loseing life at all, i doubt anyone could kill well with that much stuff on

 

[theBlackKnight]

Antidotes??

 

[Redman681]

Antidotes??

I was thinking that, but I dueled him like 5 times in a row without him going into town to buy more, although I suppose he could have gotten a lot of them...

 

[Necrochild313]

Mass poison resistance probably, especially if it was in norm. Don't forget that anititode pots give +50% res and +10% max poison res now, and the more antidote pots that the person uses, that longer the effect lasts.

 

[Redman681]

Mass poison resistance probably, especially if it was in norm. Don't forget that anititode pots give +50% res and +10% max poison res now, and the more antidote pots that the person uses, that longer the effect lasts.

It was in Hell so that takes out that possibility. I'll have my friend swig a few antidotes and I'll see if the results are the same.

 

[Necrochild313]

Was the asn using Fade? It's possible she was using treks as well. It's easy for an assassin to have high poison resistance. My kicker laughs at poison necros. Was she using claws by any chance?

 

[Redman681]

Was the asn using Fade? It's possible she was using treks as well. It's easy for an assassin to have high poison resistance. My kicker laughs at poison necros. Was she using claws by any chance?

She was using 2 trap claws with +3 traps or something like that. I don't know if she was using fade becuase I don't know how to tell if its being used of even what it is. She might have been using treks, but the only other part of her gear that gave significant res bounouses was tals armor so I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have had max res, especially after my dweb, lower res, and lower res from trangs, although I'm not sure on how all that lower res jazz works so I could be wrong.

 

[Necrochild313]

If the assassin is using fade she looks ethereal.

If she does not have high poison resistance, than the only way she wouldn't take damage is if she had a belt full of antidote potions

How long did she stay green when you poisoned her? your -75% poison resistance in gear has been confirmed to increase the poison length, so she should've been poisoned for 3 and a half seconds.

 

[leddan]

Max Fade + Andy's visage + eth or regular treks treks + death's gloves & belt + all resists/poison resist charms > poison nova.

 

[Necrochild313]

your talking about 125-150% -resistance between gear and skills though leddan, on top of the hell penalty

 

[Redman681]

Max Fade + Andy's visage + eth or regular treks treks + death's gloves & belt + all resists/poison resist charms > poison nova.

She wasn't wearing all that stuff though, so it is a mute point.

 

[leddan]

She wasn't wearing all that stuff though, so it is a mute point.

You also never told us what equipment was being worn

Was just giving an example also of how nova is held to minimal if any damage.

 

[exknowswhy]

maybe im just a cynic but you did say it was a pub duel... if you drink enough potions, wouldn't the life gain > life loss? that with res and reduce poison time, who knows?