Damage over time

Damage over time (DOT) refers to damage that is applied gradually over a period, rather than all at once. DOT effects can originate from various weapons, but they share the same fundamental behaviour:

• DOT effects last set of turns or the duration of a full fight(5 minutes).

• DOT effects are not personalised to the player that dealt them. If a defender is placed under one of these effects during a group fight, any of the group attackers may have a turn that triggers some damage and this will count as their damage.

• The DOT effects from Poisoned, Burning, Bleeding, Lacerated, Severe Burning and Contaminated are non-stackable.

• Finishing hit bonuses only proc if the weapon itself (I.e. not DoT) inflicted damage on the final turn.

• As previous, similarly player still can receive Halloween treats, if they miss with their scary weapon as final hit and DOT effects defeats the enemy.

• The DOT doesn’t affect the ‘finishing hit’ weapon.

Example

Say you use Blowgun (piercing) and it applies poison.

If you then use an ArmaLite M-15A4 (Rifle) and miss but the poison kills your target, then it would count as a rifle kill. If you use a Cleaver and miss and the poison kills your target, it counts as a spooky weapon kill.

This even extends to non-damaging moves; if you use a non-damaging temp (needles, smoke, etc.) and the poison kills, it counts as a temporary finishing hit too!

Weapons with DOT effect

DOT Effects
Name	Effect	Caused by	Duration
Burning	Damage over 3 turns; starting at 45% of the initial proc hit	Flamethrower	5 minutes or 3 turns
Severe Burning	Damage over 3 turns; starting at 45% of the initial proc hit	Molotov Cocktail	5 minutes or 3 turns
Poison	Damage over 19 turns; starting at 95% of the initial proc hit	Blowgun	5 minutes or 19 turns
Laceration	Damage over 9 turns; starting at 90% of the initial proc hit	Bread Knife	5 minutes or 9 turns

Historical Notes

In the past until 10/03/26, when a player missed on a final hit with a Proficient/Warlord(or other similar) weapon, but a DOT effect still defeated the enemy, then weapon bonus still triggered. It used to be intended behaviour, as DoT effects are considered part of the weapon's total damage, but was changed with Patch list #424.