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Poison Imbuement

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Poison Imbuement is a Rogue skill from the Imbuements skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Poison Dmg Critical Strike Chance *

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

* An improved Critical Strike Chance for X seconds can be applied by non-imbueable skills but the increased Poison damage (from Blended Poison Imbuement) can only be exploited via a Poison Imbued Skill.


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Poison Imbuement

Imbue your weapons with lethal poison. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Poison damage and apply 100% of their Base damage as additional Poisoning damage over 5 seconds.

Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Damage: Poison Damage
Tags: Imbuement, Imbueable

Note:

  • Poison Damage - intial hit with Poison and any Damage over Time (DoT) Poison
  • Poisoning Damage - only DoT Poison

Upgrades

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Enhanced Poison Imbuement

Poison Imbuement’s Poisoning duration is increased by 1 second.

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Mixed Poison Imbuement

Lucky Hit: Poison Imbued Skills have up to a 30% chance to reduce Poison Imbuement’s cooldown by 2 seconds.

Blended Poison Imbuement Upgrade

Blended Poison Imbuement

Critical Strikes with Poison Imbued Skills deal 75%[x] increased Poisoning damage.


Other Skills that work with Poison Imbuement

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Poison Imbuement can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Poison Imbuement creates
Basic Tree
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Heartseeker

Fire an arrow that seeks an enemy, dealing 24% damage and increasing your Critical Strike Chance against them by 5%[+] for 4 seconds, up to 15%[+].

Damage: Physical Damage
Requires a Ranged weapon
Tags: Basic, Marksman Skill

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Fundamental Heartseeker

Heartseeker also increases the Critical Strike Damage the enemy takes by x 5% for 4 seconds, up to x 15%.

Skill

Core Tree
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Twisting Blades

Impale an enemy with your blades, dealing 45% damage and making them take 8%[x] increased damage from you for 1.5 seconds. After 1.5 seconds the blades return to you, piercing enemies for 72% damage.

Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Damage: Physical Damage
Requires Dual Wielded weapons
Tags: Core, Cutthroat, Imbueable Skill

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Barrage

Unleash a barrage of 5 arrows that expands outwards, each dealing 22% damage. Each arrow has a 20% chance to ricochet off an enemy up to 1 time. Ricochets deal 40% of the arrow's Base damage.

Lucky Hit Chance: 16%
Damage: Physical Damage
Requires a Ranged weapon
Tags: Core, Marksman, Imbueable, Chain Skill

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Enhanced Barrage

Barrage's ricochet chance is increased to 100% for arrows that damage a Vulnerable enemy or Critically Strike any enemy.

Skill

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Advanced Barrage

Whenever a single cast of Barrage ricochets at least 4 times, your next cast gains 20%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance.

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Flurry

Unleash a flurry of stabs and slashes, striking enemies in front of you 4 times and dealing a total of 75% damage to each.

Lucky Hit Chance: 10%
Damage: Physical Damage
Requires Dual Wielded weapons
Tags: Core, Cutthroat, Imbueable Skill

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Rapid Fire

Rapidly fire 5 arrows, each dealing 33% damage.

Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Damage: Physical Damage
Requires a Ranged weapon
Tags: Core, Marksman, Imbueable Skill

Enhanced Rapid Fire Upgrade

Enhanced Rapid Fire

Each subsequent arrow from Rapid Fire has 5%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance, up to 25%[+] for the 5th arrow

Skill

Advanced Rapid Fire Upgrade

Advanced Rapid Fire

Rapid Fire deals 30%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage for 5 seconds after you Evade.

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Penetrating Shot

Fire an arrow that pierces through all enemies in a line, dealing 70% damage.

Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Damage: Physical Damage
Requires a Ranged weapon
Tags: Core, Marksman, Imbueable Skill

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Improved Penetrating Shot

Penetrating Shot deals an additional 10%[x] increased damage per enemy it hits.

Skill

Agility Tree
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Shadow Step

Become Unstoppable and quickly move through the shadows to stab your victim from behind for 72% damage. Gain 50% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds afterwards.

Lucky Hit Chance: 100%
Damage: Physical Damage
Requires Dual Wielded weapons
Tags: Agility, Cutthroat, Imbueable, Mobility Skill

Enhanced Shadow Step Upgrade

Enhanced Shadow Step

Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step increases your Critical Strike Chance against them by 8%[+] for 3 seconds.

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Dash

Dash forward and slash enemies for 36% damage.

Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
Damage: Physical Damage
Requires Dual Wielded weapons
Tags: Agility, Cutthroat, Imbueable, Mobility Skill

Disciplined Caltrops Upgrade

Disciplined Caltrops

You have 5%[+] Critical Strike Chance against enemies inside your Caltrops . Double this amount against Vulnerable enemies.

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Weapon Mastery

Gain a bonus when attacking based on weapon type:

  • Bows: 4%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
  • Crossbows: 5%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage.

    Swords: 3%[x] increased damage.
    Damage: Physical Damage
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    Concussive

    After Knocking Back or Knocking Down an enemy, you gain 4%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds.

    Damage: Physical Damage
    Passive

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    Countering Dark Shroud

    While you have at least 2 active shadow from Dark Shroud, gain +8% Critical Strike Chance.

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    Subverting Poison Trap

    You deal x10% increased Poisoning Damage to enemies standing inside your Poison Trap.

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    Countering Poison Trap

    Poison Trap has a 30% chance to reset your Imbuement Skill Cooldowns when activated.

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    Countering Stealth

    The skill that breaks Concealment will always be a guaranteed Critical Strike.

    Skill

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    Enhanced Shadow Imbuement

    You have 15%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement .

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    Mixed Shadow Imbuement

    Enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement take x12% increased Non-Physical damage for 8 seconds.

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    Precision Imbuement

    Imbued Skills gain 3%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance.

    Damage: Physical Damage
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    Deadly Venom

    You deal 3%[x] increased Poisoning damage.

    Damage: Physical Damage
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    Alchemical Advantage

    You gain 1%[+] increased Attack Speed for each enemy you've Poisoned, up to 15%[+].

    Damage: Physical Damage
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    Debilitating Toxins

    Poisoned enemies deal 5% less damage.

    Damage: Physical Damage
    Passive

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    Rain of Arrows

    Arrows rain down over a large area 2 times, each wave dealing 110% damage.

    Lucky Hit Chance: 2%
    Damage: Physical Damage
    Requires a Ranged weapon
    Tags: Ultimate, Marksman, Imbueable Skill

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    Prime Rain of Arrows

    Imbuement Skill effects applied by Rain of Arrows have x30% increased potency.

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    Alchemist's Fortune

    Non-Physical damage you deal has a 5%[+] increased Lucky Hit Chance.

    Damage: Physical Damage
    Passive


    Items that work with Poison Imbuement

    The following items either:

    • Grant a bonus when using Poison Imbuement
    • Create a condition Poison Imbuement can exploit
    • Exploit a condition Poison Imbuement creates

    Legendary Aspects

    Aspect of Bursting Venoms
    Offensive Lucky Hit: Poison Imbued Skills have up to a 15% chance to create a toxic pool that deals 330 Poisoning damage over 3 seconds to enemies within. While standing in the pool, your Poison Imbuement Skill has no Cooldown and no Charge limit.

    Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

    N/A Extraction Rogue
    Aspect of Corruption
    Offensive Your Imbuement Skill effects have 24%[x] increased potency against Vulnerable enemies.

    Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

    Renegade's Retreat
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    Aspect of Imitated Imbuement
    Offensive Your Shadow Clones also mimic the Imbuements applied to your Skills. Casting an Imbuement Skill grants your active Shadow Clone 4%[x] increased damage for 9 seconds.

    Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

    N/A Extraction Rogue
    Aspect of Noxious Ice
    Utility Chilled enemies Poisoned by Poison Imbuement will be further Chilled for 20% per second. You deal 14%[x] additional Poison damage to Frozen (CC) enemies.

    Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

    N/A Extraction Rogue
    Aspect of Unstable Imbuements
    Offensive When casting an Imbuement Skill you trigger an explosion around yourself, applying the Imbuement effects and dealing 78 damage of the same type.

    Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

    Whispering Vault
    (Map)
    Dry Steppes Rogue
    Toxic Alchemist's Aspect
    Offensive Lucky Hit: Shadow Imbued Skills have up to a 75% chance to create a toxic explosion that applies 58 Poisoning damage over 5 seconds to the target and surrounding enemies. If they were already Poisoned, increase this damage by 100%[x].


    Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

    N/A Extraction Rogue
    Vengeful Aspect
    Offensive Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 25% chance to create an Arrow Storm at the enemy's location , dealing 108 Physical damage over 3 seconds. Your Arrow Storms deal 24% increased damage.

    Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

    Inferno Dungeon
    (Map)
    Kehjistan Rogue

    * Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

    Unique Items

    There are no unique items that exploit Poison Imbuement.


    Changes to Poison Imbuement

    There have been no changes to Poison Imbuement to date.