Volatile Arachnid

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Volatile Arachnid
Volatile Arachnid.png
Ability type: Basic
Damage: 100% magic damage per explosion
Effect: Summon spiderlings that chase down your enemy and explode when nearby.
Each explosion leaves a toxic fume that deals 20% magic damage every 0.8s while slow enemies by -25%.
AOE: Yes
Cooldown: 150 s
Cast time: 0.3 s
Charges: 1 charge, with 3 recasts
Ability Category: Unholy
Summon spiderlings that chase down your enemy and explode when nearby dealing 100% magic damage. Spawns a toxic fume that deals 20% magic damage every 0.8s while slow enemies by -25%. Can be recast up to 3 times.
Volatile Arachnid's in-game tooltip

Description

Summon spiderlings that chase down your enemy and explode when nearby dealing 100% magic damage. Spawns a toxic fume that deals 20% magic damage every 0.8s while slow enemies by -25%.

Can be recast up to 3 times.

Unlocking

Volatile Arachnid is unlocked via Ungora the Spider Queen.

Usage

The tooltip for Volatile Arachnid is very misleading. Of first note, the spider summoned is not a Spiderling but an Unstable Spider. Despite having a similar templated tooltip, the ability does not spawn the arachnid at the player's location but instead provides an area-of-effect indicator and a damage effect similar to the toxic fume. The tooltip also implies that the ability has 3 charges, but again this is misleading; the ability can be used up to 3 times in quick succession before the cooldown begins, at which time any remaining uses are lost.

The arachnids are very fast, and have health pools as with other summons. However, casting the ability near a hostile target appears to be treated as an attack against them, and AI mobs will aggro to the player until the arachnid has fully spawned. The toxic miasma is a terrain effect with a radius significantly larger than the hitbox of the arachnid, meaning that when they do aggro to the arachnid they will generally be within the miasma effect that spawns.

The toxic miasma is a terrain effect and the AI will attempt to path around it whenever possible. It appears to apply a debuff with a potent damage-over-time effect if a unit enters the area, and the debuff will continue to apply even if leaving the area.

Volatile Arachnid in action
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