Assassin · Shadow Disciplines

Venom

Required level 30PoisonLord of Destruction

What it does

add poison damage to your weapons.

How Venom works, in depthThe Assassin's poison buff: 425–445 poison damage over 0.4 seconds at level 20 (1,062–1,112 a second) on every weapon hit, for 348 seconds on 12 mana. How the brackets grow, why the length is fixed, and what it does to the poison already on your gear.

Items that give Venom

6 items

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

Andariel's VisageUnique · Demonhead	Level 3 Venom (20/20 Charges)	83
Arachnid MeshUnique · Spiderweb Sash	Level 3 Venom (11/11 Charges)	80

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

Rainbow FacetUnique · Jewel	100% Chance to cast level 23 Venom when you Level-Up	49
GriefRuneword	35% Chance to cast level 15 Venom on striking	59
TreacheryRuneword	25% Chance to cast level 15 Venom on striking	43
DragonRuneword	20% Chance to cast level 18 Venom when struck	61

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Poison Damage	over	Duration	Mana cost
1	60-80	0.4	120	12
2	75-95	0.4	132	12
3	90-110	0.4	144	12
4	105-125	0.4	156	12
5	120-140	0.4	168	12
6	135-155	0.4	180	12
7	150-170	0.4	192	12
8	165-185	0.4	204	12
9	185-205	0.4	216	12
10	205-225	0.4	228	12
11	225-245	0.4	240	12
12	245-265	0.4	252	12
13	265-285	0.4	264	12
14	285-305	0.4	276	12
15	305-325	0.4	288	12
16	325-345	0.4	300	12
17	350-370	0.4	312	12
18	375-395	0.4	324	12
19	400-420	0.4	336	12
20	425-445	0.4	348	12
21	450-470	0.4	360	12
22	475-495	0.4	372	12
23	505-525	0.4	384	12
24	535-555	0.4	396	12
25	565-585	0.4	408	12
26	595-615	0.4	420	12
27	625-645	0.4	432	12
28	655-675	0.4	444	12
29	690-710	0.4	456	12
30	725-745	0.4	468	12

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Requires

FadeLevel 18

Mechanics

the stats this skill sets

Poison Damage

Source: skills.txt row “Venom” 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.