Poison and burns.

[FirstinLastout]

I had a question, does poison stack? Do burns stack and if so is there a multiplier? If there isn't could you make one? Lol

[Heimdall]

Unfortunately, there aren't stacks for poison or burn, and I think they don't plan to do so

[FirstinLastout]

Unfortunately, there aren't stacks for poison or burn, and I think they don't plan to do so

Dang they should they should limit it to 3 stacks. I don't see why... What could be the reason for it not stacking?

[bobrossw]

I think the reason is that as it is, it's balanced that there aren't simple ways for each hero to deal with it - i.e. just race them. If it were possible to stack them, then pure DoT builds would be viable, and people would need to start playing condition removal cards, which are not versatile at all. So it'd be like if millstalker were very popular and so everyone had to start carrying 2 widespread decays. Except it'd be worse because the condition removal cards would be dead draws in 90% of matchups. Currently it is possible to stack DoTs by putting Curses on items as a mage (+poison and Burn) and since mages also have transmogrification, it's viable in all matchups (except maybe attachment Jericho) - either they've got items or they've got allies that can be turned into items. So it's potentially possible to get 6 points of DoT simultaneously in a game. It's just not efficient to try to do so. That's really where the balance should be.

[FirstinLastout]

I dont see why it could hurt the balance. Adding counterweight by allowing cards such as."antidote" and "heal burns" would make for.another bunch of wonderful cards and yet another mechanic to deal with. I also think it would force people to have larger decks. Just an opinion however. Open a window before you close all the doors. Lol

[bobrossw]

I dont see why it could hurt the balance. Adding counterweight by allowing cards such as."antidote" and "heal burns" would make for.another bunch of wonderful cards and yet another mechanic to deal with. I also think it would force people to have larger decks. Just an opinion however. Open a window before you close all the doors. Lol

Yeah I think that last point is the most important, and those removal cards that need to be added also need to be versatile. They can't just cure poison or even cleanse conditions. A DoT deck would place continuous pressure on the opponent and therefore require several cards in a deck to counter. Those cards have to be generally useful, or the deck becomes pure NPE. As it stands, 3 stacks of Dots is akin to an ally that can only be killed with one otherwise useless card. There are also easy ways to apply this - for example rogues can poison weapons. Nobody uses that card because it's a mediocre effect and requires a combo, but if it stacked it would be abused.

[FirstinLastout]

Yeah I think that last point is the most important, and those removal cards that need to be added also need to be versatile. They can't just cure poison or even cleanse conditions. A DoT deck would place continuous pressure on the opponent and therefore require several cards in a deck to counter. Those cards have to be generally useful, or the deck becomes pure NPE. As it stands, 3 stacks of Dots is akin to an ally that can only be killed with one otherwise useless card. There are also easy ways to apply this - for example rogues can poison weapons. Nobody uses that card because it's a mediocre effect and requires a combo, but if it stacked it would be abused.

What like GR was/is? Or maybe the Shammy loop? It's all relative. You need other cards to balance everything in this game, however sometimes even another card doesn't fix the issue and a nerf is in order. I have full confidence that wulven could easily implement stacks via poison burn and frost damages in a balanced manner. It would be fun is all i am saying.

[LucasBlitz]

The stacks for this are...
Poison, Flames and Incendiary Curse. It's annoying as is and Rejuvenating Ritual doesn't help much since DoTs can just be added again if stacking were possible