Damage Over Time

Apply damage that continues after the initial hit or cast.

Core Characteristics

Apply damage that continues after the initial hit or cast.

Interesting expressions

Instant sustained enemy-targeted effect

Corrupt an enemy, dealing damage over time

Corruption · World of Warcraft

Cast-time sustained 10m area effect

Embed a seed in an enemy that explodes after a delay, dealing damage to all nearby enemies and applying Corruption to them.

Seed of Corruption · World of Warcraft

Instant brief 4.5m area effect

Wound all enemies in front of you, dealing damage over time and reducing the cooldown for each enemy hit.

Carnage · Overwatch