【Updated to Patch 5.0】Overcharge, DoT, Common Damaging Explosion and Related Weapon Mechanic

Some deep mechanics of this game.

Overcharge

- Overcharge Basic

- Overcharge is an alternative system to ammo, unique to Bardin Goreksson Drakefire Weapons, Kerillian Deepwood Staff and all Sienna Fuegonasus Range Weapons.
- Attacks made with Overcharge weapons will fill the Overcharge meter by a certain amount, which varies per attack.



- Max Overcharge is 40. Overcharge is presented by a bar with 2 markers.

• The first marker indicates 25%/10 Overcharge. The second marker indicates 80%/32 Overcharge.
  
• Below the first marker, the Overcharge bar is grey. Between the first and second markers, the Overcharge bar is orange. Above the second marker, the Overcharge bar is red.
  
• When your Overcharge is below the first marker, Venting does not deal damage. Leaving this stage will be indicated by a sound effect.
  
• When your Overcharge is above 65%/26 Overcharge, the character receives a -15% Attack Speed debuff. Kerillian and Unchained are immune to this debuff. Entering this stage will be indicated by a sound effect.
  
• When your Overcharge is above the second marker, the character receives a -25% Attack Speed/-15% Dodge Speed/-15% Move Speed debuff. Kerillian and Unchained are immune to this debuff. Entering this stage will be indicated by a sound effect.
  
• When your Overcharge is above 97%/38.8 Overcharge, you will hear a sound effect, indicating reaching the max Overcharge.

- After a short delay, Overcharge will slowly decay over time when you stop generating them, even if you have another weapon out.
- Different characters decay with different delays at different speeds at different stages.

Character	Natural Overcharge decay delay	Overcharge decay rate(below first marker)	Overcharge decay rate(above first marker)	Explode
Bardin Goreksson	0.25 sec	1.3 overcharge/sec	0.78 overcharge/sec	Explode will clear all overcharge.
Kerillian	0.5 sec	1 overcharge/sec	0.6 overcharge/sec	Explode will cause Kerillian overcharge to decay with a rate of 2.4 overcharge/sec until her overcharge is =< 10.
Sienna Fuegonasus	0.5 sec	1 overcharge/sec	0.6 overcharge/sec	Explode will clear all overcharge.

- If the Overcharge meter goes past the end, the character will explode.
For Bardin and Sienna:

• Before the explosion, the character will enter a brief animation before exploding. During this animation, the character will raise their hands and cannot jump, crouch, or dodge. Will take 10 damage every 0.5 seconds during the animation, with a total of 50 damage.
  • For Unchained with talent Abandon, if you do not have your Career Skill cooldown ready, in addition to taking 10 damage/0.5 sec, Unchained will also take 5% of Max Health as damage and get 10% cooldown every 0.25 seconds, until your cooldown is ready. The Abandon damage taken part cannot be reduced by any damage reduction.
• After the animation, or if the character reaches 0 health, or if the character is disabled, they will explode. The explosion will damage everything around the character. The character takes damage equal to 100% of Max Health from the explosion.
  
• In total, the character will take 50 + 100% Max Health as damage. The 50 damage part can be reduced by most types of damage reduction, except Unchained passive Blood Magic. The 100% of Max Health part cannot be reduced by any damage reduction.

For Kerillian:

• The explosion will happen immediately.
  
• The explosion does not damage anything besides Kerillian. Kerillian will take damage equal to 40% of Max Health from the explosion. This damage cannot be reduced by any damage reduction.
  
• After the explosion, Kerillian will be locked out of her range weapon, gain increased Overcharge decay speed and Overcharge start to decay immediately until the Overcharge drops below 10/first marker. Kerillian cannot vent or use the range weapon during the lockout. The lockout lasts 12.5 seconds.

- A single action cannot trigger the explosion, it will only fill the bar.

• This means even if there's only one Overcharge left on the bar, you won't explode from a single action.
  
• However, this effect has a cooldown. If you gain Overcharge again before the natural Overcharge decay starts, you can still explode from a single action.

- Venting

- Venting is a way to fast reduce your Overcharge value.
- To vent, hold your Reload key while having your range weapon out.
- While venting, your Move Speed is reduced by 80%.

Venting Speed

• Venting Speed is related to your current Overcharge. The higher your current Overcharge is, the faster you vent. Using Unchained talent Conduit can also increase your venting speed.

Overcharge Lose Through Venting = Current Overcharge Value * 0.5 * (1 or 1.3) * Vent Duration

• With some Calculus:

Venting Speed(without Conduit): V(t) = e^(-1/2t)
Venting Speed(with Conduit): V(t) = e^(-13/20t)

Venting Damage

• Venting Damage is directly related to the Overcharge amount you have when the damage instance happens. The first instance of damage happens when you press the Reload button.
  
• When Overcharge is below 25%/10 Overcharge/first marker on the bar, Venting does not deal damage.
  
• During Venting, you take Venting Damage every 1 second.
  

  Venting Damage = 2 + Current Overcharge / 12

• Venting Damage can be reduced by most types of damage reduction, except Unchained passive Blood Magic.

- Under Pressure (Ironbreaker)

Under Pressure Basic

• Under Pressure is an Ironbreaker talent. It changes Drakefire weapon power & Drakefire weapon Attack Speed depending on the Overcharge level. Removes the high Overcharge slowdown penalty.
  
• At 0 Overcharge, Drakefire weapons have -80% power and +100% Attack Speed.
  
• Every 3 Overcharge Drakefire weapons +20% power and -15% Attack Speed. This effect can stack up to 10 times, maxing out at 30 Overcharge.
  
• At 30 Overcharge, Drakefire weapons have +120% power and -50% Attack Speed.
  
• The power modifier changes Drakfire weapons direct damage and stagger power, does not change cleave or DoT damage.

- Reckless Haste (Battle Wizard)

Reckless Haste Basic

• Reckless Haste is a Battle Wizard perk. It increases staff charge speed up to 30% depending on the Overcharge level.
  
• It increases staff charge speed by 10% every 6 Overcharge, maxing out at 18 Overcharge.

- Critical Mass (Pyromancer)

Critical Mass Basic

• Critical Mass is the Pyromancer passive. It increases critical strike chance based on Overcharge level up to 30%.
  
• It increases critical strike chance by 6% every 6 Overcharge, maxing out at 30 Overcharge.

- On the Precipice (Pyromancer)

On the Precipice

• Critical Mass is a Pyromancer talent. It increases range power by 15% when at or above critical Overcharge
  
• It increases the range power at 30 Overcharge. The range power increases direct damage and stagger, does not affect cleave or DoT damage.

- Unstable Strength (Unchained)

Unstable Strength Basic

• Unstable Strength is an Unchained perk. It increases melee power on high Overcharge by up to 60%.
  
• It increases melee power by 12% every 6 Overcharge, maxing out at 30 Overcharge. The melee power increases direct damage/stagger/cleave, does not affect DoT damage.

- Overcharge Cost Table

Drakegun

Action	Overcharge Cost
Flame Burst	8
Charged Flame Stream	0.1/0.25 sec
Holding Right Click(before fully charged)	1.5/0.2 sec
Holding Right Click(after fully charged)	0.1/0.2 sec

Drakefire Pistols

Action	Overcharge Cost
Single Shot	2.5
Dual Shot Blast	4.62
Holding Right Click	0.1/0.3 sec

Deepwood Staff

Action	Overcharge Cost
Thorn Repeater	4
Curse of Anraheir	10

Beam Staff

Action	Overcharge Cost
Initiate Beam Attack	0.85
Hold Beam Attack	0.2/0.45 sec
Beam Attack - 1st Damage Tick	0.34
Beam Attack - 2nd Damage Tick	0.476
Beam Attack - 3rd Damage Tick	0.6664
Beam Attack - 4th Damage Tick	0.93296
Beam Attack - 5th and 5th+ Damage Tick	1.275
Beam Burst	8 * Beam Burst Multiplier
Blast Attack	4.62
Holding Right Click	0.1/0.3 sec

*Check the Beam Staff section below for details about Beam Burst Multiplier.

Bolt Staff

Action	Overcharge Cost
Spark	1
Charged Shot - Charge Level 1	4
Charged Shot - Charge Level 2	6
Charged Shot - Charge Level 3	8

Conflagration Staff

Action	Overcharge Cost
Fireball	2.5
Flame Geyser(not fully charged)	3.2 + 4.8 * (charge %)
Flame Geyser(fully charged)	12
Holding Right Click	0.2/0.3 sec

Coruscation Staff

Action	Overcharge Cost
Fireball Shotgun	7
Flame Geyser	3.2 + 4.8 * (charge %)
Holding Right Click	0.2/0.3 sec

Fireball Staff

Action	Overcharge Cost
Fireball	2.5
Charged Fireball	2.8 + 4.2 * (charge %)
Holding Right Click	0.1/0.3 sec

Flamestorm Staff

Action	Overcharge Cost
Flame Burst	8
Charged Flame Stream	0.1/0.25 sec
Right Click Charge(before fully charged)	1.5/0.3 sec
Right Click Charge(after fully charged)	0.1/0.3 sec

- Similar System: Energy(Moonfire Bow)

Energy Basic

- Energy is an alternative system to ammo, unique to Kerillian Moonfire Bow.
- Attacks made with Energy weapon will drain the Energy meter by a certain amount, which varies per attack.



- Max Energy is 25. Energy is represented by a bar where the blue meter represents the remaining Energy.
- After 0.2 sec delay, Energy will slowly generate over time when you stop draining them, even if you have another weapon out. The Energy will generate at 1.5 energy/sec.
- If Energy is completely drained, the Energy weapon will be locked out for 5 seconds.
- Any amount of Energy can also fulfil the requirement of one action. This means even if there's only one Energy left, you can still release one attack.

• However, keep in mind during lockout, even if there is Energy left you cannot use the weapon. Thus you should never completely drain the Energy for DPS purposes, always save some for emergency.

Energy Cost Table

Moonfire Bow

Action	Energy Cost
Quick Shot	5
Quick Charged Shot	6
Full Charged Shot	7

Damage Over Time(DoT) and Explosion

- DoT and Explosion Basic

DoT Basic

- DoT in Vermintide 2 are debuffs applied to enemies that deal damage every tick for its duration.
- Most DoT cannot crit/headshot. Except for Hagbane Shortbow Direct Hit DoT and all Moonfire Bow DoT, their DoT damage increase when arrows land a critical or headshot.
- All DoT does not benefit from enemies being staggered.
- A DoT has a defined Max Stacks, Duration, Tick Rate, Damage Profile.

• DoT Max Stacks decide how many stacks of a specific DoT can be stacked on one unit. Each individual attack that can apply a DoT will apply one stack of DoT. DoT can have either limited Max Stacks or infinite Max Stacks.
  
• DoT Duration decides how long the DoT debuff lasts on enemies. DoT with limited Max Stacks refreshes all stacks duration together when applied. DoT with infinite Max Stacks cannot refresh its duration, but each stack will tick through their Duration individually.
  
  • Moonfire Bow is the only exception. All three of its attacks use a special tick system, dealing 2/4/6 ticks of damage depending on the attack.
• DoT Tick Rate has a base rate and will variant ±25%. The variance is calculated per tick. This causes dots to have inconsistencies with total damage dealt due to losing a tick or more rarely gaining a tick.
  
• DoT Damage Profile decides the damage dealt of the DoT. Some dots use the same Damage Profile. For chargeable attacks like Conflagration Staff and Fireball Staff, when the DoT is applied it inherits the attack's scaled power multiplier.

- There are four types of DoT: Bleed, Burn, Hagbane Poison, Blackvenom Poison.

DoT Type	Apply Method	High Effective Target	Medium Effective Target	Low Effective Target	Side Note
Bleed	Applied on hits that deal damage *Except Sister of the Thorn Atharti's Delight	Infantry	Berserker Armoured	Super Armour Monster	All Bleed DoT has limited Max Stacks
Burn	Applied on hit	Infantry Berserker Armoured Monster	Super Armour	/	Most Burn DoT have unlimited Max Stacks
Hagbane Poison	Applied on hits that deal damage	Infantry Armoured Monster	Berserker	Super Armour	Unique to Hagbane Shortbow Has unlimited Max Stacks
Blackvenom Poison	Applied on hit	/	/	/	Unique to Sister of the Thorn Check section below for details

Explosion Basic

- Explosion in Vermintide 2 are attacks that apply to all enemies in an area in one instance, ignoring enemy mass.
- All Explosions cannot crit/headshot. All Explosions go through shields. but their effect may be less impactful after going through shields.
- Not all Explosions deal damage or deal damage directly. E.g Mercenary career skill Morale Boost is an Explosion that doesn't deal damage; Battle Wizard career skill Fire Walk is an Explosion that doesn't deal damage directly but apply DoT and leaving a damaging fire trail. In this guide, only Common Explosions that deal or indirectly deal damage are mentioned.
- An Explosion has a defined Maximum Effect Radius, Minimum Effect Radius, Damage Profile.

• Maximum Effect Radius decides the radius where enemies take the most amount of damage/stagger. Explosion effect inside Maximum Effect Radius does not drop off with range. Some Explosions only have Maximum Effect Radius.
  
• Minimum Effect Radius decides the radius where enemies take less damage/stagger and the largest radius the Explosion can still affect. Explosion effect inside Minimum Effect Radius drops off with range. Some Explosions don't have Minimum Effect Radius.
  
• Damage Profile decides the damage and stagger effect of the Explosion. Explosions may or may not use different Damage Profiles inside Maximum and Minimum Effect Radius.

- There are three types of Explosion: Melee Weapon Explosion, Range Weapon and Item Explosion, Hagbane Shortbow Explosion.

Explosion Type	Stagger Bonus Category	Interaction with lvl15 talents
Melee Explosion	Apply to Explosions caused by melee weapon attacks. Use melee weapon stagger bonus. Increase damage dealt when enemies are in Stagger Count 1/2.	Benefit from all lvl15 talents except Smiter/Assassin.
Range and Item Explosions	Apply to Explosions caused by career skill, range weapons(except Hagbane Shortbow), items. Use range weapon stagger bonus. Increase damage dealt when enemies are in Stagger Count 2.	Only benefit from Enhanced Power.
Hagbane Shortbow Explosion	Treated as DoT in stagger systerm. Does not benefit from enemies being staggered.	Only benefit from Enhanced Power.

- Stacking Multiple DoT Effect

Stacking Multiple DoT Effect Basic

• When stacking multiple DoTs with unlimited DoT Max Stacks, all DoTs will stack. For example, Drakefire Pistols Dual Shot Blast DoT will stack with Beam Staff Beam Burst DoT.
  
• When stacking multiple DoTs with limited DoT Max Stacks but different DoT Template(Max Stacks/Duration/Tick Rate/Damage Profile), all DoTs will stack. For example, Dual Daggers Light Attacks/Push Attack DoT will stack with Witch Hunter Captain Flense DoT.
  
• When stacking multiple DoTs with limited DoT Max Stacks and same DoT Template(Max Stacks/Duration/Tick Rate/Damage Profile), only the latest applied DoT will work. For example, Waystalker Serrated Shot does not stack with Witch Hunter Captain Flense DoT. If Flense is applied after Serrated Shot, the moment Flense is applied, Serrated Shot will stop doing damage, but Flense will and inherent per-existing Serrated Shot stacks.
  
• When stacking Burn DoTs on a target that has already received Lingering Flame DoT, only Burn DoTs from other sources can stack. The owner of Lingering Flame DoT cannot stack any more Burn DoTs, but may replace previous Lingering Flame Burn DoT with a newer one that has higher DPS.

Unstackable DoT Effect Groups List

• Only one DoT in each group can exist on the same target. Does not include Lingering Flame interaction.

Group	Attack Name
1	Dual Daggers - Light Attacks/Push Attack Sword and Dagger - Light Attack 3 Dagger - Push Attack
2	Waystalker - Serrated Shot Witch Hunter Captain - Flense
3	Drakegun - Charged Flame Stream Flamestorm Staff - Charged Flame Stream
4	Handmaiden - Bladedancer
5	Sister of the Thorn - Atharti's Delight
6	Briar Javelin - Light Attack 5
7	Unchained - Outburst
8	Coruscation Staff - Magma Geyser

- Exploit Weakness (Shade)

Exploit Weakness Basic

• Exploit Weakness is a Shade talent. It increases damage by 20% to poisoned or bleeding enemies.
  
• The attack that applies the Poison/Bleed effect also benefits from Exploit Weakness.
  
• The poison/bleed effect on the enemies does not need to be applied by Shade. But only Shade benefits from the damage boost.

- Blackvenom Blades (Sister of the Thorn)

Blackvenom Blades Basic

• Blackvenom Blades is a Sister of the Thorn perk. It allows melee attacks apply a Poison that deals damage and increasing damage suffered by 12% for 10 seconds.
  
• The Poison can be applied on hit, without damaging the target.
  
• Poison deal 0.25 damage per tick to most of the units. Deal 0.5 damage per tick to most of the units with Strength Potion.
  
• Poison deal 0 damage per tick to Chaos Warrior/Boss/Lord. Deal 0.25 damage per tick to Chaos Warrior/Boss/Lord with Strength Potion.
  
• Damage increase effect always works and works on the first hit that applies the poison, no matter if the poison can deal damage to the target unit or not.

Blackvenom Blades Profile

DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Poison	1	10 sec	0.8 sec/tick	thorn_sister_poison

- Recursive Toxin (Sister of the Thorn)

Recursive Toxin Basic

• Recursive Toxin is a Sister of the Thorn talent. It allows Blackvenom can now stack 2 times.
  
• Full notes of Blackvenom Blade apply here.
  
• Increase Blackvenom Max Stack by 1. Damage increase effect is also increased to 24% when the target is suffered from two stacks of Blackvenom.
  
• Using dual wield strike(e.g Dual Daggers heavy attack) can apply two stacks of Blackvenom with one attack.

Blackvenom Blades Profile(with Recursive Toxin)

DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Poison	2	10 sec	0.8 sec/tick	thorn_sister_poison

- Lingering Blackvenom (Sister of the Thorn)

Lingering Blackvenom Basic

• Lingering Blackvenom is a Sister of the Thorn talent. It makes Critical Strikes apply Blackvenom to enemies near the target.
  
• Lingering Blackvenom effect can be triggered by either melee or range attack.
  
• Lingering Blackvenom releases an explosion at the target location. The explosion does no damage, causing a very weak stagger and applies 1 stack of Blackvenom Blade.
  
• Cannot apply Blackvenom to shield units with the explosion.
  
• Fully works with Recursive Toxin.

Lingering Blackvenom Profile(No Recursive Toxin)

Lingering Blackvenom Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	2.5	kerillian_thorn_sister_talent_poison_aoe
Minimum Effect Radius	2.5	kerillian_thorn_sister_talent_poison_aoe

Lingering Blackvenom Profile(With Recursive Toxin)

Lingering Blackvenom Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	2.5	kerillian_thorn_sister_talent_poison_aoe_improved
Minimum Effect Radius	2.5	kerillian_thorn_sister_talent_poison_aoe_improved

- Blackvenom Thicket (Sister of the Thorn)

Blackvenom Thicket Basic

• Blackvenom Thicket is a Sister of the Thorn talent. It makes Thornwake to cause roots to burst from the ground, staggering enemies and applying Blackvenom to them.
  
• Blackvenom Thicket releases an explosion at the target location. The explosion does no damage, can stagger all types of units, and applies 1 stack of Blackvenom Blade.
  
• Can apply Blackvenom to shield units with the explosion.
  
• Fully works with Recursive Toxin.

Blackvenom Thicket Profile(No Recursive Toxin)

Blackvenom Thicket Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	4.5	we_thornsister_career_skill_explosive_wall_explosion
Minimum Effect Radius	4.5	we_thornsister_career_skill_explosive_wall_explosion

Blackvenom Thicket Profile(With Recursive Toxin)

Blackvenom Thicket Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	4.5	we_thornsister_career_skill_explosive_wall_explosion_improved
Minimum Effect Radius	4.5	we_thornsister_career_skill_explosive_wall_explosion_improved

- Lingering Flame (Battle Wizard)

Lingering Flame Basic

• Lingering Flame is a Battle Wizard talent that changes the behavior of Burn DoT applied by Battle Wizard.
  
• Lingering Flame keeps the Burn DoT Tick Rate/Damage Profile, changes the Max Stack to 1 and increases the Duration to indefinitely until enemies die.
  
• The Lingering Flame can be reapplied if next Burn DoT has higher DPS DoT. After receiving a Burn DoT from Battle Wizard, if the next Burn DoT has higher DPS, Lingering Flame will use the new Burn DoT Tick Rate/Damage Profile instead.
  
• Currently, Coruscation Staff Fire Pit Launch Attack DoT or Ground DoT can be kept and stacked with one other Lingering Flame DoT.

Lingering Flame DPS Table(High to Low)

DPS Rank	Attack Name
1	Beam Staff - Full Charged Beam Attack
2	Coruscation Staff - Flame Geyser Launch Attack
3	Flamestorm Staff - Stream Attack
4	lvl30 talent - Kaboom
5	Mace - Heavy Attack 1 Dagger - Heavy Attack 1 Dagger - Heavy Attack 2 Fire Sword - Push attack Fire Sword - Heavy Attack 1 Flaming Flail - Heavy Attack 1 Crowbill - Light Attack 4 Beam Staff - Full Charged Beam Burst Torch - Push Attack Torch - Heavy Attacks
6	Career Skill - Fire Walk Fire Sword - Heavy Attack 2 Beam Staff - Beam Blast Conflagration Staff - Full Charged Flame Geyser Fireball Staff - Full Charged Charged Fireball Torch - Light Attacks
7	Coruscation Staff - Flame Geyser Ground DoT
8	Fire Grenade - Direct Hit

*Result against different types of enemies may very a bit.

- Fires from Ash (Battle Wizard)

Fire from Ash Basic

• Fire from Ash is a Battle Wizard talent. It reduces Battle Wizard career skill cooldown by 1.2 seconds/3% each time she kills a burning enemies.
  
• The burn effect on the enemies does not need to be applied by Battle Wizard. But Battle Wizard needs to land the killing blow.
  
• The cooldown refund effect can only be triggered every 0.5 second.

- Chain Reaction (Unchained)

Chain Reaction Basic

• Chain Reaction is an Unchained talent. It makes burning enemies have a small chance to explode on death.
  
• The burn effect on the enemies does not need to be applied by Unchained. But Unchained needs to be the one landing the last hit.
  
• The chance to trigger the explosion is 40%. The explosion will happen in the dead enemy position.
  
• The explosion does not deal damage, only stagger.

Chain Reaction Profile

Chain Reaction Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	0.5	slayer_leap_landing
Minimum Effect Radius	2	slayer_leap_landing

- Enfeebling Flames (Unchained)

Enfeebling Flames Basic

• Enfeebling Flames is an Unchained talent. It makes burning enemies deal 30% less damage.
  
• The burn effect on the enemies does not need to be applied by Unchained. But Unchained needs to select the talent and in the game to trigger this effect.

DoT/Explosion Career Skills and Talents Mechanic(Part I)

Overcharge Explosion - Bardin Goreksson

• Use fixed power level(500) instead of player power level.

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	4	overcharge_explosion	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	5	overcharge_explosion_glance	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

Waystalker - Serrated Shot

DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Bleed	3	2 sec	0.75 sec/tick	bleed

Handmaiden - Bladedancer

DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Bleed	1	4 sec	0.25 sec/tick	bleed_maidenguard

Sister of the Thorn - Thornwake

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	Indicated by visual indicator	we_thornsister_career_skill_wall_explosion

Sister of the Thorn - Atharti's Delight

• Only Bleed DoT that can be applied on hit.

DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Bleed	3	5 sec	0.75 sec/tick	bleed

Witch Hunter Captain - Flense

DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Bleed	3	2 sec	0.75 sec/tick	bleed

Warrior Priest of Sigmar - Shield of Faith

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	3	victor_priest_activated_ability_ nuke_explosion	Burn	Unlimited	5 sec	0.7 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	5	overcharge_explosion_glance_ability	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

DoT/Explosion Career Skills and Talents Mechanic(Part II)

Overcharge Explosion - Sienna Fuegonasus

• Use fixed power level(500) instead of player power level.

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	4	overcharge_explosion	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	5	overcharge_explosion_glance	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

Battle Wizard - Fire Walk

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	2	ability_push	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	4	ability_push	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

Battle Wizard - Fire Walk Trail

• Counted as environmental damage.

Fire Trail Duration	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
6 sec	Burn	Unlimited	0.25 sec/tick	burning_dot

Battle Wizard - Kaboom!

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	3	ability_push	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	0.75 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	5	ability_push	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	0.75 sec/tick	burning_dot

Unchained - Living Bomb

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	3	overcharge_explosion_ability	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	5	overcharge_explosion_glance_ability	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

Unchained - Outburst

DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Burn	1	6 sec	2 sec/tick	burning_dot

Unchained - Wildfire

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	3	overcharge_explosion_strong_ability	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	5	overcharge_explosion_strong_ability	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

• After Explosion, it creates two auras around Unchained.
  
• Burn DoT Aura works similar to DoT.
  
• Pure Damage Aura deals pure damage, and is counted as environmental damage.

	Aura Duration	Aura Range	Aura Damage Type	Aura Damage Profile/Damage	Aura Tick Rate
Burn DoT Aura	10	6	Burn DoT	burning_dot	2 sec/tick
Pure Damage Aura	10	6	Pure Damage	2	0.5 sec/tick

DoT/Explosion Melee Attack Mechanic(Part I)

Dual Daggers





Light Attacks/Push Attack

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
light_fencer_stab	Bleed	1	2 sec	0.75 sec/tick	bleed

Sword and Dagger





Light Attack 3

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
light_fencer_stab	Bleed	1	2 sec	0.75 sec/tick	bleed

Briar Javelin





Light Attack 5

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
medium_javelin_smiter_stab_bleed	Bleed	1	4 sec	0.5 sec/tick	bleed_maidenguard

Skull-Splitter & Blessed Tome





Full Charged Heavy Slam

• Attack has impact damage and explosion.

	Damage Profile
Full Charged Heavy Slam Impact	medium_blunt_smiter_1h

Full Charged Heavy Slam Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	0.25	hammer_book_charged_explosion
Minimum Effect Radius	3.5	hammer_book_charged_explosion

DoT/Explosion Melee Attack Mechanic(Part II)

Mace





Heavy Attack 1

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
medium_blunt_smiter_heavy	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot

Crowbill





Light Attack 4

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
light_blunt_smiter_stab_burn	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot

Flaming Flail





Heavy Attack 1

• Attack has impact damage and explosion. Impact applies DoT.

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
heavy_blunt_smiter_burn	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot

Heavy Attack 1 Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	0.25	flaming_flail_explosion
Minimum Effect Radius	3	flaming_flail_explosion_glance

Dagger





Push Attack

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
light_fencer_stab	Bleed	1	2 sec	0.75 sec/tick	bleed

Heavy Attack 2

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
medium_burning_smiter_stab_H	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot

Heavy Attack 1

• Dagger Heavy Attack 1 has 3 hitbox.
  
• Center hitbox deals the most damage and highest stagger, apply a strong DoT.
  
• Inner hitbox deals less damage and stagger, apply a weak DoT.
  
• Outer hitbox deals no damage and lowest stagger, does not apply DoT.

HItbox	Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Center HItbox	dagger_burning_slam_target_fencer	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot
Inner HItbox	dagger_burning_slam_fencer	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Outer HItbox	dagger_burning_slam_fencer_aoe	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Fire Sword





Push Attack

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
light_slashing_linesman_burn	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot

Heavy Attack 2

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
medium_burning_tank	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

Heavy Attack 1

• Fire Sword Heavy Attack 1 has 3 hitbox.
  
• Center hitbox deals the most damage and highest stagger, apply a strong DoT.
  
• Inner hitbox deals less damage and stagger, apply a strong DoT.
  
• Outer hitbox deals no damage and lowest stagger, apply a weak DoT.

HItbox	Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Center HItbox	dagger_burning_slam_target	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot
Inner HItbox	dagger_burning_slam	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot
Outer HItbox	dagger_burning_slam_aoe	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

DoT/Explosion Range Attack(non-overcharge) Mechanic

Trollhammer Torpedo





Trollhammer Shot

• Attack has impact damage and explosion.

	Damage Profile
Trollhammer Shot Impact	dr_deus_01

Trollhammer Shot Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	1	dr_deus_01_explosion
Minimum Effect Radius	4	dr_deus_01_glance

Hagbane Shortbow





Quick Shot

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• DoT damage increases when arrow crit/headshot/crit headshot. Crit & headshot bonus damage does not stack.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Quick Shot	shortbow_hagbane	Poison	Unlimited	3	0.6 sec/tick	poison_direct

Charged Shot

• Attack has impact damage and explosion, both impact and explosion apply DoT.
  
• Impact DoT damage increases when arrow crit/headshot/crit headshot. Crit & headshot bonus damage does not stack.
  
• Explosion DoT damage does not change when arrow crit/headshot/crit headshot.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Shot Impact	shortbow_hagbane	Poison	Unlimited	3	0.6 sec/tick	poison_direct

Charged Shot Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	2	poison_aoe	Poison	Unlimited	3 sec	0.75 sec/tick	poison

Moonfire Bow





Quick Shot

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• DoT damage increases when arrow crit/headshot/crit headshot. Crit & headshot bonus damage does not stack.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Ticks Amount	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Quick Shot	we_deus_01	Burn	Unlimited	2	0.75 sec/tick	we_deus_01_dot

Quick Charged Shot

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• DoT damage increases when arrow crit/headshot/crit headshot. Crit & headshot bonus damage does not stack.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Ticks Amount	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Quick Shot	we_deus_01	Burn	Unlimited	4	0.75 sec/tick	we_deus_01_dot

Full Charged Shot

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• DoT damage increases when arrow crit/headshot/crit headshot. Crit & headshot bonus damage does not stack.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Ticks Amount	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Quick Shot	we_deus_01	Burn	Unlimited	6	0.75 sec/tick	we_deus_01_dot

DoT/Explosion Items Mechanic(Part I)

Bomb

• Attack has impact damage and explosion.
  
• Use fixed power level instead of player power level. Power level increase with difficulty.

Bomb Impact

	Damage Profile
Bomb Impact	default

Bomb Explosion

Bomb Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	2	frag_grenade
Minimum Effect Radius	5	frag_grenade_glance

Incendiary Bomb

• Attack has impact damage and explosion. Then leaves a ground fire. Both explosion and ground fire apply DoT.
  
• Use fixed power level instead of player power level. Power level increase with difficulty.
  
• Ground fire applies DoT after 0.75 seconds.
  
• After ground fire VFX expire, DoT applied by the corresponding ground fire then starts to be affected by player buff.

Incendiary Bomb Impact

	Damage Profile
Incendiary Bomb Impact	default

Incendiary Bomb Explosion

Incendiary Bomb Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	1	fire_grenade	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	2	fire_grenade_glance	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

Incendiary Bomb Ground Fire

	Ground Fire Radius	Ground Fire Duration	Ground Fire DoT Apply Rate	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Incendiary Bomb Ground Fire	6	5 sec	Apply 1 stack of DoT per sec	Burn	Unlimited	6 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot_firegrenade

Morgrim’s Bomb

• Attack has impact damage and explosion.
  
• Explosion happens 5 sec after the impact.
  
• Use fixed power level instead of player power level. Power level increase with difficulty.

Morgrim’s Bomb Impact

	Damage Profile
Morgrim’s Bomb Impact	default

Morgrim’s Bomb Explosion

Morgrim’s Bomb Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	6	holy_hand_grenade
Minimum Effect Radius	10	holy_hand_grenade

DoT/Explosion Items Mechanic(Part II)

Torch/Shadow Torch

• All Light Attacks have close to infinite cleave. But cannot cleave through Cleave Resistant units, like armour.
  
• Sister of the Thorn Atharti's Delight and Witch Hunter Captain Flense will overwrite all DoT on this item.

	Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Light Attacks	torch	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Heavy Attacks	torch_heavy	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot
Push Attack	torch_stab	Burn	Unlimited	3 sec	1 sec/tick	burning_dot

Purifying Torch

• All Light Attacks have close to infinite cleave. But cannot cleave through Cleave Resistant units, like armour.
  
• Sister of the Thorn Atharti's Delight and Witch Hunter Captain Flense will overwrite all DoT on this item.

Purifying Torch Light Attacks

	Damage Profile
Purifying Torch Light Attacks	light_slashing_linesman

Purifying Torch Heavy Attacks

Attack Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
medium_burning_tank	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

Purifying Torch Heavy Attacks Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	0.75	deus_relic_small_explosion
Minimum Effect Radius	1	deus_relic_small_explosion_glance

Purifying Torch Push Attack

	Damage Profile
Purifying Torch Push Attack	light_blunt_tank_spiked

Purifying Torch Push Attack Explosion	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	2	deus_relic_large_explosion
Minimum Effect Radius	3	deus_relic_large_explosion_glance

Explosive Barrel

• Use fixed power level instead of player power level. Power level increase with difficulty.

	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	1.75	explosive_barrel	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	6	grenade_glance	Burn	Unlimited	2 sec	1.5 sec/tick	burning_dot

Lamp Oil

• Deals pure damage to enemies, friendly fire increase with difficulty. Counted as environmental damage.

Lamp Oil Duration	Lamp Oil Damage	Lamp Oil Tick Rate
10 sec	10	0.75 tick/sec

Overcharge Range Weapon Mechanic

- Drakegun

Flame Burst

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits, crit does not deal more damage.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Flame Burst	flamethrower_spray	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Charged Flame Stream

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits beside Heat Sink, crit does not deal more damage.

• Take 2 sec to fully charge, has a minimum charge time of 0.45 sec(~22.5%), can continually release flame for (charge time/2)*5 sec.
  
• Has a damage interval of 0.25 sec.
  
• Use two Damage Profiles. 1st ~ 5th hit use the first Damage Profile, 6th and 6th+ use second. The second damage profile deals more damage than the first one with same Power Level.
  
• 1st hit use 100% Power Level, 2nd use 50%, 3rd use 100%, 4th use 150%, 5th use 200%.
  
• From 6th hit, switch to second Damage Profile and use 200% Power Level.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Flame Stream - 1st Damage Profile	flamethrower_initial	Burn	1	1.5	0.65 sec/tick	burning_flamethrower_dot

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Flame Stream - 2nd Damage Profile	flamethrower	Burn	1	1.5	0.65 sec/tick	burning_flamethrower_dot

- Drakefire Pistols

Single Shot

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Single Shot	shot_drakefire	Burn	Unlimited	2	1.5 sec/tick	burning_1W_dot

Dual Shot Blast

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Dual Shot Blast	blast	Burn	Unlimited	2	1.5 sec/tick	burning_1W_dot

- Deepwood Staff

Thorn Repeater

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Shoots 4 projectiles per cast. Critical attack makes all 4 projectiles crit.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Thorn Repeater	burst_thorn	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Curse of Anraheir

• Attack can critical hit, trigger no crit related Traits beside Heat Sink, crit does not have extra effects.
  
• Lifts and disables one enemy you select for 8 sec, 4 sec if it's a Chaos Warrior. All enemies that are not Monster can be lifted and disabled. When falling onto the ground, enemies will enter a fall animation, the animation duration depends on the enemy type.
  
• During the lifted duration, the enemy cannot move or attack, but they do not gain Stagger State.
  
• During the lifted duration, if the enemy has a shield the shield will drop automatically.

- Beam Staff

Beam Attack

• The first three ticks of damage use different Damage Profile than the 4th & 4th+ ticks of damage.
  
• The first three ticks of damage do not apply DoT. The 4th & 4th+ ticks of damage do.
  
• The first two ticks of damage do not check the player's buff. The 3rd & 3rd+ ticks of damage do.
  
• All damage tick can critical hit. The first two ticks of damage do not trigger any crit related Traits. The 3rd & 3rd+ ticks of damage can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Heat Sink only removes overcharge generated by 3rd & 3rd+ ticks of damage. Does not remove heat generated by Initiate Beam Attack, Hold Beam Attack, 1st & 2nd ticks of damage,

• Gradually increase attack Power Level and Damage Interval by holding the beam on the same target. Does not require holding onto the same body part.
  
• Switching to a new enemy or executing Beam Burst or venting reset attack Power Level. Pointing the beam away without hitting a new enemy does not rest attack Power Level.
  
• Has a minimal hold time of 0.5 sec(2 ticks of damage).

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Beam Attack (1st - 3rd tick)	beam_initial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Beam Attack (4th - 4th+ tick)	beam	Burn	Unlimited	3	1 sec/tick	beam_burning_dot

	1st tick of damage	2nd tick of damage	3rd tick of damage	4th tick of damage	5th tick of damage	6th & 6th+ tick of damage
Damage Delay/Interval	0.3 sec 0 sec (switching target)	0.18 sec	0.252 sec	0.3528 sec	0.49392 sec	0.675 sec
Power Level Multiplier	0.2	0.56	0.754	1.0976	1.5	1.5

Beam Burst

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.

• Use different Beam Burst Multiplier depending on the number of damage ticks done by the Beam Attack before the last reset. Beam Burst Multiplier is a multiplier for both Beam Burst Overcharge cost and Power Level.
  
• The higher the number of ticks, the higher the Beam Burst Multiplier this Beam Burst will use.
  
• Can be executed 0.3 sec after initiating Beam Attack, resulting in 0 Beam Attack damage tick.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Beam Burst	beam_shot	Burn	Unlimited	3	1 sec/tick	burning_3W_dot

	After 0 tick of damage	After 1 tick of damage	After 2 ticks of damage	After 3 ticks of damage	After 4 ticks of damage	After 5 or more ticks of damage
Beam Burst Multiplier	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.533	0.766	1

Blast Attack

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Blast Attack	blast	Burn	Unlimited	2	1.5 sec/tick	burning_1W_dot

- Bolt Staff

Spark

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Spark	fire_spark	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Charged Shot - Charge Level 1

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Has a charge time of 0.4 sec.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Shot - Charge Level 1	fire_spear	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Charged Shot - Charge Level 2

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Has a charge time of 0.6 sec.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Shot - Charge Level 2	fire_spear_2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Charged Shot - Charge Level 3

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Has a charge time of 1.25 sec.
  
• Attack goes through shield.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Shot - Charge Level 3	fire_spear_3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

- Conflagration Staff

Fireball

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Fireball	staff_fireball	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Flame Geyser

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Attack goes through shield.

• Takes 1.8 sec to fully charge, has a minimum charge time of 0.2 sec(~11%).
  
• Power Level scales from 50% to 100% linearly with charge time.
  
• Charging increases attack damage/stagger, attack DoT damage, and geyser radius.
  
• When fully charged, Flame Geyser attack will leave a Ground Fire patch.
  
• The Ground Fire counts as environmental damage, goes through shield.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Flame Geyser	geiser	Burn	1	2	1.5 sec/tick	burning_1W_dot

	Ground Fire Duration	Ground Fire Radius	Ground Fire Damage Type	Ground Fire Damage Profile/Damage	Ground Fire Tick Rate
Flame Geyser Ground Fire	2	0.75 - 3.5	Burn DoT	conflag	1 sec/tick

- Coruscation Staff

Fireball Shotgun

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Shoots 12 hitscan fireballs per cast. Critical attack makes all 12 fireballs crit.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Fireball Shotgun	staff_magma	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Magma Geyser

• Attack has impact damage and leaves ground fire.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Both impact and ground fire go through shield.

• Takes 0.6 sec to fully charge, has a minimum charge time of 0.1 sec(~33%).
  
• Charging increases part of Ground Fire DoT damage, and geyser radius.

• Impact damage is always 0, unless strength potion is used.

• Ground Fire can apply two types of DoT. Both shares the same DoT template but different Power Level. It applies one or both types of DoT with same rate, at every 0.5 sec.
  
• When enemies walk over Magma Geyser Ground Fire, it applies the DoT with fixed Power Level(50%).
  
• When Magma Geyser is cast directly under the enemy, it applies both DoT. One with fixed Power Level(50%), another with changed Power Level(scales from 50% to 100% linearly with charge time). The changed Power Level DoT can be affected by Volcanic Force.
  
• When enemies are affected by multiple Ground Fire, they only receive increased DoT apply rate. DoT Duration/Tick Rate/Max Stacks are not affected.
  
• After ground fire VFX expire, DoT applied by the corresponding ground fire then starts to be affected by player buff.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Magma Geyser	geiser_magma_no_damage	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

	Ground Fire Duration	Ground Fire Radius	Ground Fire DoT Apply Rate	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Magma Geyser Ground Fire	10	0.5 - 1	0.5	Burn	6	3	0.75	burning_magma_dot

- Fireball Staff

Fireball

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Fireball	staff_fireball	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Charged Fireball

• Attack has impact damage and explosion, both impact and explosion apply DoT.
  
• Attack(impact) can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits.
  
• Impact does not go through shield, explosion does go through shield.

• Takes 2 sec to fully charge, has a minimum charge time of 0.13 sec(~6.5%).
  
• Power Level of both impact and explosion scale from 50% to 100% linearly with charge time.
  
• Charging increases impact damage/cleave/stagger, impact DoT damage. Charging increases explosion damage/stagger, explosion DoT damage, and explosion radius.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Fireball Impact	staff_fireball_charged	Burn	1	2	1.5 sec/tick	burning_1W_dot

Charged Fireball	Radius	Explosion Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Maximum Effect Radius	0.5 - 2	fireball_charged _explosion	Burn	Unlimited	2	1.5 sec/tick	burning_1W_dot
Minimum Effect Radius	1.25 - 3	fireball_charged _explosion_glance	Burn	Unlimited	2	1.5 sec/tick	burning_1W_dot

- Flamestorm Staff

Flame Burst

• Attack has impact damage, does not apply DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits, crit does not deal more damage.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Flame Burst	flamethrower_spray	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Charged Flame Stream

• Attack has impact damage, impact applies DoT.
  
• Attack can critical hit, can trigger all crit related Traits beside Heat Sink, crit does not deal more damage.

• Take 3 sec to fully charge, has a minimum charge time of 0.65 sec(~22.5%), can continually release flame for (charge time/3)*5 sec.
  
• Has a damage interval of 0.25 sec.
  
• Use two Damage Profiles. 1st ~ 5th hit use the first Damage Profile, 6th and 6th+ use second. The second damage profile deals more damage than the first one with same Power Level.
  
• 1st hit use 100% Power Level, 2nd use 50%, 3rd use 100%, 4th use 150%, 5th use 200%.
  
• From 6th hit, switch to second Damage Profile and use 200% Power Level.

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Flame Stream - 1st Damage Profile	flamethrower_initial	Burn	1	1.5	0.65 sec/tick	burning_flamethrower_dot

	Impact Damage Profile	DoT Type	DoT Max Stacks	DoT Duration	DoT Tick Rate	DoT Damage Profile
Charged Flame Stream - 2nd Damage Profile	flamethrower	Burn	1	1.5	0.65 sec/tick	burning_flamethrower_dot

[Fate]

Thnks, this shit was confusing

[Petrichor]

You are the best 🍔 🧀 thank you.

[Royale w/ Cheese]

@Petrichor Currently lingering flames also increase dot tickrate by 100%, so it makes all fire dot:
1) last forever
2) can only have 1 stack
3) tick twice as often

[Petrichor]

Does anyone know what fatshark meant when they said "Increased the damage of 'Lingering Flames'" in the dev blog for the 2023 rebalance pass? There were no details so I don't know how or by what amount the damage changed.

[Ing. Ithiridiel]

Update on the nerfed DOT damage of coruscation ? Especially for lingering flames ?

[Vergil]

Thanks a lot for the detail explanation, I learn so much things from all of your guide, you are truly a treasure of this community!

[Royale w/ Cheese]

In the old patch, famished flame reduce all none dot damage, which includes self damage dealt like venting/exploding, you can survive explode with 120hp and famish alone, plus DR used to work on it too.

[Royale w/ Cheese]

Yes, venting is still affected by DR. They shouldn't, but FS hasn't fixed it.
The explosion change was done Patch 4.6, March 15th 2022.

[Vergil]

Sorry, my bad, just checked, fatshark patched it, used to be able to survive the overcharge as battle wizard for some reason, but not anymore. And also, does barkskin and soot shield works for venting?

[Vergil]

I did this myself once, that's how I got the challenge done, not in the most recent patch, but around 1 years ago