Sacred 2:Venom

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This Combat Art is a (Buff) Poison use is another technique an Assassin has to help even the odds when battling demons and their ilk. An Assassin who has mastered this skill secretly coats his weapons with vile toxins. Aspect - Martial Arts Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Damage (wielding starting weapon): 46-63 (35-52 Physical, 11-11 Poison) Adds poison weapon damage (6 + 2 per level) Chance for poisoning: 40% + 0.1% per level Multiplies all damage types of the equipped weapon: 20% + 5% per level Regeneration Time of all Combat Arts: +30% Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Deft - Increases attack rating for melee weapons by 40% + 7.5% per level. Cunning - Increases the Assassin's defense rating by 20% + 5% per level. Silver Taint - Increases the chance to poison opponents by 20% + 0.1% per level. Slayer - The Assassin inflicts more damage as he loses health (max boost at 35% of hitpoints). Gold Finesse - Increases attack rating for all weapons by 20% + 5% per level. Cruelty - Increases all inflicted poison damage by 18% + 2% per level.

Venom

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Tactics Lore - increases the amount of poison damage added, allows modification points.

• Martial Arts Focus - reduces regeneration time penalty and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, allows for modification points.

• Any weapon lore (such as Hafted Weapons when the Assassin is wielding an axe) - will indirectly increase this combat art's execution speed

• Concentration - will lower this combat art's regeneration time penalty.

• Combat Discipline - will increase its damage. This increase in damage is direct; it increases the +xx% that the CA adds to base damage.

• Damage Lore - will improve the chance, duration, and strength of the Poisoning (secondary damage effect) of Venom.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Stamina will lower regeneration time penalty.

Usage Strategies

• Venom has some synergy with Blade Fury modded for poison damage. It can boost the chance for poisoning and also the poison damage if the Cruelty mod is chosen.

• Otherwise Venom will mainly be of use to a weapon using Assassin. Socketing a Jewel of Plague in a weapon will increase the usefulness of this buff.

• Even if not focusing on Poison damage, the Assassin can get a lot of good use out of Venom because it boosts all weapon damage, and can be modded to improve attack and defense.

• The chance to poison will reach 100% at max CA level 200. With the Taint mod it will reach 100% at CA level 100. It can reach 100% even sooner using the Damage Lore skill and item modifiers.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Low regeneration penalty
• Very high chance to poison

Cons

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