Deadly Venom

Assassin skill · Venomcraft line · tier 4

Beta 0.7.2

The poison kept for when it cannot go wrong.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 8 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Deadly Venom scales with Poison. Its value at each rank is 29.1 + 8.3 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	37.4	45.7	54	62.3	70.6	78.9	87.2	95.5	103.8	112.1

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Venomcraft skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Rank 5 in Toxic Pool or Paralyzing Toxin Tier 2 or tier 3 of the Venomcraft line.
2
Hero level 22 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Deadly Venom opens Dagger Plague.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Venomcraft skills makes Deadly Venom 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Skills Deadly Venom boosts

Execute

Decapitate

Each rank in Deadly Venom makes these skills 2% stronger (+20% at rank 10), even when Deadly Venom is not on the active bar.

Venomcraft line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Poisoned Blade	1	Damage over time	8 s	Poison
Toxic Pool	2	Area damage	9 s	Poison
Paralyzing Toxin	3	Control	12 s	Chill
Deadly Venom	4	Damage over time	8 s	Poison
Dagger Plague	5	Ultimate	16 s	Poison

Other Assassin skills

Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.