

Both the above ladies do very high damage with their poison attacks, so it is highly advisable to have Antidote Potions in the Belt before fighting them.įor only characters, there is another poison user, much more deadly than the aforementioned ladies of disease, the Demon Queen, Lilith. She can also inflict poison damage in her melee attacks. She has a poison bolt that travels along a straight line that does heavy damage per second if it strikes, or she could spread an arc-like wave of poison towards the player which does less damage than the previous attack but still is very dangerous. Andariel uses her poison attacks much more often, and in a variety of ways. The latter's poison has been known to leave even the strongest characters at 1 health and almost always the death of the accompanying Hireling, But is only used when she dies and spills her green blood around her. Poison is the main weapon of the Maiden of Anguish, Andariel and the Sand Maggot Queen, Coldworm the Burrower. There are two super unique monsters who have shot to fame by the strength of their Poison attacks alone. In Diablo IV, the Necromancer no longer has any Poison skills, and instead is replaced with the new Shadow damage. In Diablo III, the Necromancer's Poison skills are thematically related to decay and blight, rather than toxins.


Poison is typically associated with the color green, and takes the form of toxins, venom, and acids. Some poison attacks have variable damage and duration. Poison is both a type of Elemental Damage and a collective name of debuffs that deal damage over time.
