Poison Nova

Corruption. The target area is enveloped in a noxious cloud of poison. — In-game description

Poison Nova

Profession

Necromancer (trait skill list)

Trait

 Death Nova

Type

Corruption

Game link

API

13920

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10.75¾  

Poison Nova

Corruption. The target area is enveloped in a noxious cloud of poison.

 Damage: 319 (1.2)^?

 Damage: 80 (0.3)^?

 Damage: 120 (0.45)^?

 Poison (5s): 168 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 2

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Poison

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

Anomaly:

Although this skill is classified as a corruption skill, it does not interact with Master of Corruption.

Curses

• Parasitic Contagion — A percentage of your condition damage heals you. Healing will not occur while life force replaces health.
• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

Death Magic

• Putrid Defense — Poison damage is increased. Applying poison grants carapace.
• Death Nova — When you or one of your minions is downed, create a Poison Nova. Summon a jagged horror when you kill a foe.
• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 17, 2023	Death Nova: Reduced the power coefficient from 0.6 to 0.3 in WvW only.
May 10, 2022	Reduced power coefficient from 0.75 to 0.6 in WvW only.
March 23, 2021	Reduced power coefficient from 0.6 to 0.45 in PvP only.
February 23, 2021	Reduced the power coefficient of the Poison Nova explosion from 0.75 to 0.6 in PvP only.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Poison Nova has been added to the game.