Venom
C
C-Tier — Decent, Niche Use Cases
Rune Recipe
Insert in order: Tal → Dol → Mal
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Stats & Properties
Adds 312-312 Poison Damage
Ignore Target Defense
Level 27-15 Poison Explosion (15 Charges)
Level 11-13 Poison Nova (13 Charges)
7% Mana Stolen Per Hit
--- Rune Bonuses ---
Tal: 75 Poison damage over 5 seconds
Dol: 25% Chance Hit Causes Monster to Flee
Mal: Prevent Monster Healing
How to Socket Your Base
Larzuk Quest Reward — Gives max sockets on normal items. Best way to guarantee exactly 3 sockets on the right base.
Best Base Items for Venom
Indestructible + fastest attack speed. More hits = more poison applications. Best base for Venom.
Budget: Berserker Axe — High damage, works for Barbarians. Venom needs 3 sockets — Larzuk gives 6 on Berserker Axe (too many). Find a natural 3os Berserker Axe or use cube recipe.
Where it drops Hell difficulty only.
Socket ilvl Venom needs 3 sockets. Phase Blade: Larzuk gives 6os (too many). Find a natural 3os Phase Blade or cube recipe. Berserker Axe: ilvl 41+ = 6 sockets from Larzuk (too many). Find natural 3os Berserker Axe or use cube recipe.
How to socket Venom needs 3 sockets. Phase Blade: Larzuk gives 6os (too many). Berserker Axe: Larzuk gives 6os on Hell drops (too many). Use cube recipe (Ral+Amn+Perfect Amethyst+Normal Weapon) for random 1–6 sockets, or find a natural 3-socket drop.
Best farming spots Hell Mephisto · Chaos Sanctuary · The Pit
Terror Zones scale monster levels to your character level (up to 99), so any terrorized area can drop elite bases — great supplemental farming.
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