Necromancer · Poison and Bone Skills

Poison Explosion

Required level 18PoisonClassic

What it does

cast on the corpse of a slain monster, toxic gas is released that poisons nearby monsters.

How Poison Explosion works, in depthThe Necromancer's poison corpse bomb leaves a cloud that poisons for 25–75 over 2 seconds at level 1 and 1,170–1,410 over 9.6 seconds at level 20, within 2 yards of the corpse, for a flat 8 mana. How the rate and the length multiply, and what Poison Dagger and Poison Nova add per hard point.

Items that give Poison Explosion

4 items

+ levels to the skillyour own class only

Blackbog's SharpUnique · Cinquedeas	+4 to Poison Explosion (Necromancer Only)	38

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

Radament's SphereUnique · Ancient Shield	Level 6 Poison Explosion (40/40 Charges)	50
VenomRuneword	Level 15 Poison Explosion (27/27 Charges)	49

Chance to castfires on its own when you hit, are hit, kill …

ViperforkUnique · Mancatcher	15% Chance to cast level 9 Poison Explosion on striking	71

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Poison Damage	over	Mana cost
1	25-75	2	8
2	37-97	2.4	8
3	52-122	2.8	8
4	70-150	3.2	8
5	90-180	3.6	8
6	112-212	4	8
7	137-247	4.4	8
8	165-285	4.8	8
9	211-341	5.2	8
10	262-402	5.6	8
11	318-468	6	8
12	380-540	6.4	8
13	446-616	6.8	8
14	517-697	7.2	8
15	593-783	7.6	8
16	675-875	8	8
17	787-997	8.4	8
18	907-1127	8.8	8
19	1035-1265	9.2	8
20	1170-1410	9.6	8
21	1312-1562	10	8
22	1462-1722	10.4	8
23	1653-1923	10.8	8
24	1855-2135	11.2	8
25	2066-2356	11.6	8
26	2287-2587	12	8
27	2518-2828	12.4	8
28	2760-3080	12.8	8
29	3052-3382	13.2	8
30	3357-3697	13.6	8

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Poison Dagger: +15% Poison Damage per Level
Poison Nova: +15% Poison Damage per Level

Requires

Leads to

Poison NovaLevel 30

Boosts

Source: skills.txt row “Poison Explosion” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.