Is Poison viable?

[Dread-Reaper]

In all three of the Souls' games poison has only be viable in DKS2, so I was wondering if they buffed it recently or is it still garbage?

P.S To the people that have played Demon's Souls and Bloodborne, how viable is a poison build in those games?

[juicy]

It will always be garbage.

[lpnlizard27]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg-wtsocxHY

[Dread-Reaper]

Well, there goes my interest in playing the game again.

[淵 Oriko Fujido]

Viable for?

[psheue]

In low SL invasions (High Wall/Undead Settlement) it's hilarious and viable (no one has moss yet). I love to poison everyone in a co-op party and then just run around, poking here and there.

[Dread-Reaper]

Originally posted by 鵺 Kirari Momobami:

Viable for?

Viable for 100-120 PvP.

[Danger Dwarf]

Originally posted by Dread-Reaper:

Originally posted by 鵺 Kirari Momobami:

Viable for?

Viable for 100-120 PvP.

No
Anyone decent will have poison moss, and the damage likely won't be worth it. In low level invasions it's a bit better.

[THER]

Well it hurts their wallet. ;)
But jokes aside, most people just use a moss. I always try to stay close when they try to cure it.

[TrueArchery]

In Demon's the plague-version (essentially Toxic) is pretty decent because it cripples the stamina regeneration speed and healing stuff's effectiveness.
Poison Cloud is better in PvE - although it deals less damage - because most bosses are immune to Plague. It's a solid free 900 damage for basically no investment and it doesn't trigger aggro, so it's essentially super-cheesy, but also takes ages (3mins for 900 damage...).
A build with Poison-focus is garbage and slow, but being able to cast the clouds or wield the Baby's Nail is pretty handy.

In Bloodborne, Slow Poison is lolololol. Just use a regular weapon, kills in like 3 attacks with good gems. It's just gimmicky just like Rapid Poison (essentially bleed), with the exception that the latter is extremely effective against a few bosses weak to it.
In low levels it can be decent because of the lack of curing items, but then again you can just one- or twoshot the people with a properly gemmed weapon anyway.
In short, it's ♥♥♥♥ and ineffective.

In this game, you can quickly inflict Poison with a Ghru weapon (like, it's actually pretty easy to inflict) and then switch to a Bleed-weapon like the Carthus stuff or the Warden's Twinblades. If you keep the pressure they either won't cure the poison and you get pretty decent chip-damage or you can punish their moss with a combo that can potentially bleed them out. Or just switch to Anri's Straight Sword once it's inflicted... so you can use it even after the early game where noone can cure Poison, but Poison alone is still terribad.

Think of it like an addition to your arsenal, then it's pretty handy.

[alicerinz]

Originally posted by psheue:

In low SL invasions (High Wall/Undead Settlement) it's hilarious and viable (no one has moss yet). I love to poison everyone in a co-op party and then just run around, poking here and there.

:praisesun:

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[alicerinz]

Originally posted by A Bad Person:

Originally posted by psheue:

In low SL invasions (High Wall/Undead Settlement) it's hilarious and viable (no one has moss yet). I love to poison everyone in a co-op party and then just run around, poking here and there.

:praisesun:

this

or you can just use toxic vape nation if you have it.Its even better that way lol

[[LZ]Icy]

Use a thief dagger infused with poison , And scream U DID HAVE GUTS , U DID HAVE GUTS

https://youtu.be/zQTFblgp-UM

[fantastictuna]

sadly no, if you want a decent poison build its in Dark Souls 2..

[Dan000000]

u can use a bleed poison build that poisons the enemy and then finishes the job with bleed. Its fun but not the strongest kind of build.

[MortalitasBorealis]

Short answer: No.
Long answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo.

Though, as some others have said, it could be somewhat decent at low SL when the victim has no cure and low health pool. Dung pieing afk people at low SL is hilarious if they come back before they die.