Viper's Nest

Trap. Set a trap that pulses poison on foes when triggered. — In-game description

Viper's Nest

 

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Trap

Damage type

Choking

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

12496

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0.5½  20  

Viper's Nest

Trap. Set a trap that pulses poison on foes when triggered.

 Damage (3x): 240 (0.9)^?

₂ Poison Per Pulse (8s): 536 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Number of Targets: 3

 Trap Radius: 180

 Damage Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Poison

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

Skirmishing

• Trapper's Expertise — Increase the duration of boons and conditions applied by traps. Offensive traps inflict cripple.

Wilderness Survival

• Poison Master — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

Soulbeast

• Predator's Cunning — When you apply poison to a foe, steal some health from them.
• Oppressive Superiority — Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.

Notes

• Trap pulses 3 times, once on trigger and each second after for a total of ₆.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 11, 2020	Fixed a bug in which this skill would apply more poison than expected when traited with Trapper's Expertise.
July 07, 2020	Increased the duration of poison inflicted from 4 seconds to 8 seconds, and reduced the stacks per pulse from 3 to 2.
April 19, 2016	Fixed an issue that caused the combo ring for this skill to display at an offset time.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: All ranger traps now have a 0.5 second arming time. All ranger traps now have a trigger radius of 180 and an effect radius of 240. This skill now applies 3 stacks of poison for 5 seconds every pulse. The pulse strike damage on this skill has been increased.
June 03, 2014	Added a skill fact for the maximum number of targets hit (3).
April 15, 2014	This skill is now a poison combo field.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Viper's Nest has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.