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Poison Creeper
Poison Creeper

Class: Druid
Required Level: 1
Skill Tree: Summoning Skills
Active
Cost: 8 Mana

Summons a poisonous vine that attacks enemies from underground.

Damage Type: Poison
Synergies: Rabies
Other Stats: Summon; Unattackable; Only one Vine can be summoned at a time
PC

Poison Creeper is a Druid skill in Diablo II.

Synergies[]

  • Gives synergy to:
    • Rabies: +20% Poison damage per level
  • Receives synergy from:
    • Rabies: +10% Poison Damage per level

Usage[]

Poison Creeper is the indispensable ally of the melee Druid. At Level 1, the creeper has 50 points of health, and can inflict 12-18 points of poison damage over a period of four seconds. In this way, the Creeper is used more like the Raven skill than a typical summon. That is to say, it is a supplement to the Druid's own attack strength, as opposed to an independent attacking minion.

Rather than killing opponents outright, it weakens them with poison damage so that the Druid can finish them. Or, a Druid can attack the opponents once or twice, and then leave them for the Creeper to finish while he focuses his attention on fresh, strong enemies. Against particularly hardy enemies it's also useful to prevent their regeneration.

All Vines are unattackable by normal means; that is, enemy may not direct their attacks at a vine, but can still hurt them indirectly, such as by area attacks. To compensate, Vines cannot block enemy pathing. The only time a vine may be directly attacked is when it is doing its work; for example, when a Poison Creeper rises to attack an enemy by poisoning them.

Poison Creeper lays down a "mat" of poisonous leaves whenever it attacks. This mat persists afterwards, even if the Poison Creeper is killed, with the mat duration increasing by skill level. Against groups of monsters the mat of poison leaves is surprisingly powerful. Re-casting Poison Creeper to a different location with unpoisoned enemies lets you effectively cover many areas in such poison leaf mats.

Internally (in Skills.txt, SkillDesc.txt etc.), this skill is known as "Plague Poppy".

Lore[]

A more subtle ally, these intelligent vines travel through the ground and use their cruel thorns to poison any opponents they contact.

Skill Progression[]

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Life 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300
Poison Damage
Over 4 Seconds
12-18 25-31 37-43 50-56 62-68 75-81 87-93 100-106 112-120 125-134 137-148
Level 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 25
Life 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 525 650
Poison Damage
Over 4 Seconds
150-162 162-176 175-190 187-204 200-218 225-246 250-275 273-303 300-331 500-546
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