Serpent Strike Skill

Serpent Strike

Class

Primalist level 20 skill

Description

Requires a polearm.

A melee attack with 140% poison chance.

Poisons inflicted by serpent strike last 40% longer.

Cooldown

No cooldown

Mana cost

Scaling Tags

PhysicalPoisonMeleeStrengthDexterity

Scaling

Per Point of Strength:

+4% increased Damage

Per Point of Dexterity:

+4% increased Damage
+4% Chance to Poison on Melee Hit

Damage

Name	Serpent Strike
Base Damage	2 Physical
Critical Chance	5%
Critical Multiplier	200%
Added Damage Scaling	100%
Is Hit	Yes
Ailments on Hit	Target Type: Enemy Poison (Chance: 140%, Increased Duration: 40%)

Skill Tree Nodes

Name	Max Points	Stats	Description
Serpent Strike	0		Requires a polearm. A melee attack with 140% poison chance. Poisons inflicted by serpent strike last 40% longer.
Culling Point	4	Kill Threshold 6% per point	Serpent Strike hits have a chance to instantly kill enemies that are below a threshold (a percentage of their maximum health).
Devour Prey	2	Health Granted On Kill 10 per point	Kills with Serpent Strike grant you health.
Scorpion Strikes	5	Global Increased Poison Damage +12% per point	You are granted increased poison damage for 4 seconds when you use Serpent Strike.
Spear Flurry	4	Attack Speed +5% per point	Serpent Strike has increased attack speed.
Chrono Strike	5	Global Damage Over Time +10% per point	You are granted increased damage over time for 4 seconds when you use Serpent Strike.
Nagasa Venom	6	Poison Chance +10% per point Poison Duration +10% per point	Serpent Strike has additional chance to poison enemies and poisons inflicted by Serpent Strike last longer.
Debilitating Poison	3	Blinding Poison Chance 17% per point	Serpent Strike hits have a chance to inflict enemies with Blinding Poison, which deals poison damage over time and blinds enemies.
Septic Wounds	3	Hit Damage Against Blinded Enemies +25% per point	Serpent Strike hits deal more damage against blinded enemies (multiplicative with other modifiers).
Primal Reflex	6	Dodge Rating +10 per point	You are granted dodge rating for 4 seconds when you use Serpent Strike.
Blood Flurry	4	Attack Speed +4% per point Bleed Chance +10% per point	Serpent Strike has increased attack speed and has a chance to cause enemies to bleed.
Gouging Spear	3	Bleed Chance +20% per point	Serpent Strike hits have a chance to cause enemies to bleed.
Breaking Point	5	Armour Shred Chance +20% per point	Serpent Strike hits have a chance to reduce enemy armor.
Eye of the Viper	2	Base Crit Chance +3% per point	Improves Serpent Strike's base critical strike chance.
Confidence	3	Health Gain On Crit 5 per point	Serpent Strike critical strikes grant you health.
Hive	5	Increased Plague Effect +20% per point	Plague inflicted by Serpent Strike is more effective, causing it to deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers).
Viscious Strikes	4	Primal Serpent Attack Speed +10% per point Primal Serpent Health Granted On Melee Hit 10 per point	Primal Serpents have increased attack speed and are granted health when they hit enemies with a melee attack.
Natural Survival	5	Primal Serpent Health +40% per point	Primal Serpents have more maximum health (multiplicative with other modifiers).
Serpent's Milk	4	Primal Serpent Poison Chance +20% per point Primal Serpent Poison Duration +20% per point	Primal Serpents have an additional chance to poison enemies and poisons inflicted by Primal Serpents last longer.
Guardian Spear	1	Heal Serpent To Full Damage +50% No Longer Resummons Primal Serpent	Instead of summoning a new serpent when the Primal Serpent node's effect triggers, you heal your current serpent to full health and it deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) for 4 seconds.
Primal Serpent	4	Chance To Summon Primal Serpent On Kill 7% per point	When Serpent Strike kills an enemy, you have a chance to summon a Primal Serpent, a melee minion which poisons on hit.
Plaguebearer	4	Plague Chance +25% per point	Serpent Strike hits have a chance to inflict Plague, an ailment that deals poison damage over time and spreads between nearby enemies.
Venomous Intent	1	Serpent Strike Casts Poison Spit Poison Duration -35%	Serpent Strike hits have a chance to cast Poison Spit, a projectile spell that poisons on hit, but poisons you inflict have reduced duration.
Fester	4	Ailment Duration +15% per point	Bleed, poison, armor shred, and blinding poison inflicted by Serpent Strike hits last longer.