Necromancer · Poison and Bone Skills

Poison Nova

Required level 30PoisonClassic

What it does

emits an expanding ring of concentrated poison.

How Poison Nova works, in depthThe Necromancer's ring of poison bolts poisons everything around the caster for 50–90 over 2 seconds at level 1 and 400–440 over 2 seconds at level 20, for a flat 20 mana, over a radius the Basin puts at about 11 yards. Why the length never grows, how the rate climbs, and what Poison Dagger and Poison Explosion add per hard point.

Items that give Poison Nova

12 items

+ levels to the skillyour own class only

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

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

VenomRuneword	Level 13 Poison Nova (11/11 Charges)	49
of Poison NovaSuffix	Poison Nova charges (level and number set by item level)	72

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

Rainbow FacetUnique · Jewel	100% Chance to cast level 51 Poison Nova when you Die	49
Breath of the DyingRuneword	50% Chance to cast level 20 Poison Nova when you Kill an Enemy	69
PlagueRuneword	25% Chance to cast level 15 Poison Nova on striking	67
Andariel's VisageUnique · Demonhead	15% Chance to cast level 15 Poison Nova when struck	83
Carrion WindUnique · Ring	10% Chance to cast level 10 Poison Nova when struck	60
Pus SpitterUnique · Siege Crossbow	9% Chance to cast level 6 Poison Nova when struck	36
Guardian NagaUnique · Naga	5% Chance to cast level 8 Poison Nova on striking	48
Plague BearerUnique · Rune Sword	5% Chance to cast level 4 Poison Nova on striking	41
Radament's SphereUnique · Ancient Shield	5% Chance to cast level 5 Poison Nova when struck	50

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Poison Damage	over	Mana cost
1	50-90	2	20
2	62-103	2	20
3	75-115	2	20
4	87-128	2	20
5	100-140	2	20
6	112-153	2	20
7	125-165	2	20
8	137-178	2	20
9	156-196	2	20
10	175-215	2	20
11	193-234	2	20
12	212-253	2	20
13	231-271	2	20
14	250-290	2	20
15	268-309	2	20
16	287-328	2	20
17	315-356	2	20
18	343-384	2	20
19	371-412	2	20
20	400-440	2	20
21	428-468	2	20
22	456-496	2	20
23	500-540	2	20
24	543-584	2	20
25	587-628	2	20
26	631-671	2	20
27	675-715	2	20
28	718-759	2	20
29	768-809	2	20
30	818-859	2	20

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Poison Dagger: +10% Poison Damage per Level
Poison Explosion: +10% Poison Damage per Level

Requires

Poison ExplosionLevel 18

Boosts

Source: skills.txt row “Poison Nova” 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.