Changes: Damage over time

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Damage over time (DoT) is a term used to describe damage from an ability or effect that is dealt over an extended period of time rather than occurring immediately. A DoT will deal damage that occurs at its individually specified intervals. An instance of damage at a given interval is known as a Tick. Ticks occur at many different rates: every second (1), every half-second (0.5), or every quarter-second (0.25), and occasionally every half of a quarter-second (0.125). All DoTs follow their own individually specified tickrate.

Damage over time can trigger spell effects, usually through the persistent damage or persistent area damage source type. Although some may use periodic damage or area damage.

Types of DoTs

Target-Sourced DoTs

Target-Sourced DoTs deal damage over time using a debuff on the target that will continuously damage it for as long as it persists. This type of DoT is usually not removable once it has been applied. The debuff used to apply this type of DoT may or may not be capable of stacking but almost always is capable of being refreshed if a new instance of the debuff is applied.

Champion abilities

Items

Summoner Spells

Ignite

Neutral Buffs

Tether-Sourced DoTs

Tether-Sourced DoTs are DoTs that are applied when an ability deals damage over time to any tethered targets. If the tether breaks, the DoT is removed immediately.

Champion abilities

Area-Sourced DoTs

Area-Sourced DoTs deal damage over time to targets with a designated area. The damage stops if a target leaves the designated area; However, some DoTs use a short-duration debuff that continuously reapplies to targets inside the affected area and then lingers momentarily after a target leaves the area. There are two sub-types for this type of DoT: Location-Sourced Area DoTs and Unit-Sourced Area DoTs.

Location-Sourced Area DoTs

Location-Sourced Area DoTs apply refreshing debuffs that damage or inflict status effects to enemies within a designated location. Most, if not all effects, will end immediately upon a target leaving the source's location. Enemies entering the location will begin receiving the effects of the DoT. Location DoTs must have an area with a fixed shape, however, the source's location is allowed to alter its location and the source's scale of affected area may vary so long as the original shape is unchanged.

Champion abilities

Items

Malignance

Unit-Sourced Area DoTs

Unit-Sourced Area DoTs deal damage over time to targets within a given direction or as an aura, with the source being the unit inflicting or being afflicted by the DoT.

Champion abilities

Items

Gameplay Elements

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-'''Damage over time''' ('''DoT''') is a term used to describe a single spell or attack which deals full damage not instantly but over a period of time, dealing a portion of its total damage at regular intervals. The damage is often done every second or every half-second, and each instant in which it is dealt is called a "tick."
+'''Damage over time''' ('''DoT''') is a term used to describe [[damage]] from an ability or effect that is dealt over an extended period of time rather than occurring immediately. A DoT will deal damage that occurs at its individually specified intervals. An instance of damage at a given interval is known as a '''Tick'''. Ticks occur at many different rates: every second (''1''), every half-second (''{{fd|0.5}}''), or every quarter-second (''{{fd|0.25}}''), and occasionally every half of a quarter-second (''{{fd|0.125}}''). All DoTs follow their own individually specified '''tickrate'''.
+'''Damage over time''' can trigger [[spell effects]], usually through the {{tip|persistent damage}} or {{tip|persistent area damage}} source type. Although some may use {{tip|periodic damage}} or {{tip|area damage}}.
-The slow effect from {{ii|Rylai's Crystal Scepter}} always applies a 15% slow from abilities which deal this type of damage; the slow is applied from the first tick of the DoT until 1.5 seconds after the last tick.
+== Types of DoTs ==
-For single-target DoT spells, [[spell vamp]] will be applied to the total amount of damage dealt by all ticks.
+=== Target-Sourced DoTs ===
+'''Target-Sourced DoTs''' deal damage over time using a debuff on the target that will continuously damage it for as long as it persists. This type of DoT is usually not removable once it has been applied. The debuff used to apply this type of DoT may or may not be capable of stacking but almost always is capable of being refreshed if a new instance of the debuff is applied.
+;Champion abilities
-== Types of DoTs and their sources ==
+{{Column|2|
-The different types of DoTs only differ in whether you can interrupt its duration by moving out of the area.
-=== Non-decreasable duration ===
-Once applied, there is no way to prevent further damage from the source apart from activating {{ii|Quicksilver Sash}} to cleanse the effect.
-==== Non-decreasable duration items. ====
-* {{ii|Executioner's Calling}} Useful for AD champs without a heal reduction. For the effect, not the damage.
-==== Non-decreasable duration abilities ====
 * {{cai|Blaze|Brand}}
-* {{cai|Yordle Snap Trap|Caitlyn}}
+* {{cai|Crimson Curse|Briar}}
 * {{cai|Noxious Blast|Cassiopeia}}
 * {{cai|Hemorrhage|Darius}}
-* {{cai|Wicked Blades|Draven}}
 * {{cai|Seastone Trident|Fizz}}
+* {{cai|Trial by Fire|Gangplank}}
-* {{Template:Cai|Chum the Waters|Fizz}} countdown before attack deals 6 true damage over 3 seconds.
-* {{cai|Grog Soaked Blade|Gangplank}}
+* {{cai|Spiraling Despair|Hwei}}
+* {{cai|Dream-Laden Bough|Lillia}}
 * {{cai|Malefic Visions|Malzahar}}
-* {{cai|Children of the Grave|Mordekaiser}}
+* {{cai|Sapling Toss|Maokai}}
+* {{cai|Fired Up!|Milio}}
-* {{cai|Titan's Wrath|Nautilus}} applies to all units in an area around his attack target.
+* {{cai|Darkin Daggers|Naafiri}}
+* {{cai|Titan's Wrath|Nautilus}}
 * {{cai|Bushwhack|Nidalee}}
+* {{cai|Super Scorcher Breath 4|Smolder|Super Scorcher Breath}}
-* {{cai|Poison Trail|Singed}}
-* {{cai|Torment|Swain}}
+* {{cai|Blade's End|Talon}}
+* {{cai|Toxic Shot|Teemo}} and {{ai|Noxious Trap|Teemo}}
-* {{cai|Noxian Diplomacy|Talon}}
-* {{cai|Toxic Shot|Teemo}}
+* {{cai|Subjugate|Trundle}}
-* {{cai|Noxious Trap|Teemo}}
-* {{cai|Explosive Shot|Tristana}}
-* {{cai|Agony|Trundle}}
 * {{cai|Deadly Venom|Twitch}}
+}}
-* {{cai|Tiger Stance|Udyr}}
-* {{cai|Noxian Corrosive Charge|Urgot}}
-* {{cai|Time Bomb|Zilean}} countdown before detonating deals 6 true damage over 3 seconds.
+;Items
-==== Non-decreasable duration summoner spells ====
+{{Column|2|
+* {{ii|Corrupting Potion}}
+* {{ii|Death's Dance}} (self damage)
+* {{ii|Liandry's Torment}} ({{ii|Liandry's Lament}})
+* {{ii|Scorchclaw Pup}}
+}}
+;Summoner Spells
 * {{si|Ignite}}
-==== Non-decreasable duration neutral buffs ====
-* {{bi|Blessing of the Lizard Elder}}
+;Neutral Buffs
-=== Tether-like DoTs ===
+* {{bi|Crest of Cinders}}
-These are single-target abilities which deal damage over time by creating a visible link between the source of the damage and the target, they can be interrupted by moving out of range of or killing the enemy champion, if that champion is the source. Another difference is that further damage from these abilities cannot be avoided with the use of {{ii|Quicksilver Sash}}.
+* {{bi|Aspect of the Dragon}}
-==== Tether-like abilities ====
-* {{cai|Drain|Fiddlesticks}}
+=== Tether-Sourced DoTs ===
-* {{cai|Decrepify|Swain}}
+'''Tether-Sourced DoTs''' are DoTs that are applied when an ability deals damage over time to any {{tip|tether|tethered}} targets. If the tether breaks, the DoT is removed immediately.
+;Champion abilities
+* {{cai|Bountiful Harvest|Fiddlesticks}}
+* {{cai|Nether Grasp|Malzahar}}
 * {{cai|Unspeakable Horror|Nocturne}}
-=== Damaging area DoTs ===
+=== Area-Sourced DoTs ===
+'''Area-Sourced DoTs''' deal damage over time to targets with a designated [[area of effect|area]]. The damage stops if a target leaves the designated area; However, some DoTs use a short-duration debuff that continuously reapplies to targets inside the affected area and then lingers momentarily after a target leaves the area. There are two sub-types for this type of DoT: '''Location-Sourced Area DoTs''' and '''Unit-Sourced Area DoTs'''.
-These refer to any ability which continually deals damage but requires enemy units to be in its [[area of effect]]. Some of these leave a damaging debuff that keeps damaging targets for some time after they leave the area. Some sources of this type of DoT are moving units while some affect a static area that damages enemies that stand or walk above it. Further damage from these abilities cannot be avoided with the use of {{ii|Quicksilver Sash}}.
-==== Static area DoTs ====
+==== Location-Sourced Area DoTs ====
+'''Location-Sourced Area DoTs''' apply refreshing debuffs that damage or inflict status effects to enemies within a designated location. Most, if not all effects, will end immediately upon a target leaving the source's location. Enemies entering the location will begin receiving the effects of the DoT. Location DoTs must have an area with a fixed shape, however, the source's location is allowed to alter its location and the source's scale of affected area may vary so long as the original shape is unchanged.
+;Champion abilities
+{{Column|2|
 * {{cai|Glacial Storm|Anivia}}
+* {{cai|Singularity|Aurelion Sol}}
 * {{cai|Miasma|Cassiopeia}}
-* {{cai|Valkyrie|Corki}}
+* {{cai|Valkyrie|Corki}} and {{ai|Special Delivery|Corki}}
-* {{cai|Death Lotus|Katarina}}
+* {{cai|Winds of War|Galio}}
+* {{cai|Cannon Barrage|Gangplank}}
+* {{cai|Molten Fissure|Hwei}}
 * {{cai|Null Zone|Malzahar}}
 * {{cai|Make It Rain|Miss Fortune}}
-* {{cai|Bullet Time|Miss Fortune}}
+* {{cai|Tormented Shadow|Morgana}}
-* {{cai|Tormented Soil|Morgana}}
 * {{cai|Spirit Fire|Nasus}}
-* {{cai|Heartseeker Strike|Pantheon}}
+* {{cai|Soaring Slam|Rammus}}
 * {{cai|The Equalizer|Rumble}}
+* {{cai|Poison Trail|Singed}}
-* {{cai|Dragon's Descent|Shyvana}} leaves a trail of flaming DoT
+* {{cai|Flame Breath|Shyvana}} during {{ai|Dragon's Descent|Shyvana}}
+* {{cai|Wingborne Storm|Udyr}}, {{ai|Bridge Between|Udyr|Awaken}} recast
+* {{cai|Chaos Storm|Viktor}}
+}}
+;Items
+{{column|2|
+* {{ii|Malignance}}
+}}
+==== Unit-Sourced Area DoTs ====
+'''Unit-Sourced Area DoTs''' deal damage over time to targets within a given direction or as an [[aura]], with the source being the unit inflicting or being afflicted by the DoT.
+;Champion abilities
-==== Moving area DoTs ====
+{{Column|2|
-===== Moving area items =====
-* {{ii|Sunfire Cape}}
-===== Moving area abilities =====
 * {{cai|Trample|Alistar}}
 * {{cai|Despair|Amumu}}
 * {{cai|Summon Tibbers|Annie}}
+* {{cai|Breath of Light|Aurelion Sol}}
+* {{cai|Royal Maelstrom|Bel'Veth}}
 * {{cai|Gatling Gun|Corki}}
-* {{cai|Burning Agony|Dr. Mundo}}
+* {{cai|Heart Zapper|Dr. Mundo}}
 * {{cai|Crowstorm|Fiddlesticks}}
 * {{cai|Judgment|Garen}}
-* {{Template:Cai|Spirit of Dread|Hecarim}}
+* {{cai|Spirit of Dread|Hecarim}}
+* {{cai|Spiraling Despair|Hwei}}
 * {{cai|Lightning Field|Jayce}}
 * {{cai|Defile|Karthus}}
-* {{cai|Creeping Death|Mordekaiser}}
+* {{cai|Death Lotus|Katarina}}
+* {{cai|Slicing Maelstrom|Kennen}}
+* {{cai|The Culling|Lucian}}
+* {{cai|Bullet Time|Miss Fortune}}
+* {{cai|Darkness Rise|Mordekaiser}}
 * {{cai|Fury of the Sands|Nasus}}
-* {{cai|Titan's Wrath |Nautilus}}
+* {{cai|Apotheosis|Nilah}}
-* {{cai|Tremors|Rammus}}
+* {{cai|Bellows Breath|Ornn}}
+* {{cai|Aegis Assault|Pantheon}}
+* {{cai|Magnet Storm|Rell}}
 * {{cai|Dominus|Renekton}}
 * {{cai|Flamespitter|Rumble}}
-* {{cai|Northern Winds|Sejuani}}
+* {{cai|Inferno Trigger|Samira}}
 * {{cai|Burnout|Shyvana}}
-* {{cai|Phoenix Stance|Udyr}}
+* {{cai|Demonic Ascension|Swain}}
-* {{cai|Chaos Storm|Viktor}}
+* {{cai|Wingborne Storm|Udyr}}
+* {{cai|Life Form Disintegration Ray|Vel'Koz}}
 * {{cai|Sanguine Pool|Vladimir}}
 * {{cai|Cyclone|Wukong}}
+}}
+;Items
-{{Ability types}}
+{{Column|2|
+* {{ii|Bami's Cinder}}
+* {{ii|Hollow Radiance}}
+* {{ii|Sunfire Aegis}}
+* {{ii|Unending Despair}}
+* {{ii|Zeke's Convergence}}
+}}
+{{Gameplay elements}}
+[[de:Schaden über Zeit]]
+[[es:Daño prolongado]]
+[[zh:Damage over time]]
 [[Category:Gameplay elements]]

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