Damage Over Time (Darkest Dungeon II)

DOT (Damage Over Time) is a combat mechanic in Darkest Dungeon II.

Overview
DOTs are harmful effects inflicted on Heroes and enemies via skills and combat items. DOT effects include Bleed, Blight , and  Burn. These effects deal a fixed amount of damage on the targets whenever they start their turn. Similar to Debuffs, DOT effects last for 3 turns by default and last for 2 additional turns if delivered through a critical attack. By default, all DOT skills have 100% chance to inflict DOT effect. Heroes can increase this chance by equipping certain trinkets.

DOT Resistances

 * DOTs have a chance to be negated by respective DOT Resistances of targets they affect. TheBleed dd2.png Bleed, Blight dd2.png Blight , and Burn dd2.png Burn Resistances are displayed via BLD , BLGT , and BURN , respectively. For example, an enemy or Hero with 20 BLD Resistance has 20% chance to resist aBleed dd2.png Bleed effect whenever they are hit by a skill with default DOT chance (100%) that inflictsBleed dd2.png Bleed .Hero Info Interface.png's info panel|alt=]]


 * Heroes can increase their DOT Resistances via skill Dd2 token buff.png Buffs (Portraits-plaguedoctor.pnge Doctor's Dd2 ability ounceofprevention.png Ounce of Prevention), trinkets (Heat Shield) as well as combat and Inn items (Clotting Poultice). Similar to other Resistances, the DOT Resistances of a Hero can be increased or decreased depending on their positive or negative Relationship with other Heroes. As such, achieving multiple positive Relationships gives Heroes a much better chance of withstanding DOT attacks.Lower resist due to relationship.png


 * DOT Resistances can be reduced by Debuff dd2.png Debuffs from certain enemies' skills (such as Whipper's Infernal Taskmaster) and combat items (such as Toxic Ichor).

DOT Removal

 * All DOT effects will be automatically removed from all Heroes whenever a battle ends. DOTs can also be removed by combat items and certain skills. In combat, Heroes can entirely removeBleed dd2.png Bleed, Blight dd2.png Blight , and Burn dd2.png Burn from themselves when they use Bandages, Antivenom, and Burn Salve, respectively. Medicinal Herbs can remove all DOT effects at once.


 * Portraits-plaguedoctor.pnge Doctor and Portraits-hellion.pngon are by far the only Heroes that possess skills capable of removing DOT effects (Dd2 ability battlefieldmedicine.png Battkefield Medicine and Dd2 ability adrenalinerush.png Adrenaline Rush, respectively).