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Path of Exile 2has multiple types of damage beyond just physical damage that can be used by players and enemies. These magical damage types also have the added effect of potentially dealing a status ailment on the target, giving the upper hand in a fight.
Status Ailments can’t be healed, and instead, you’ll either have to avoid them or simplyput up with the effectsfor the short amount of time they are active. Here’s every ailment and what they do to the target, as the effects are the same on players and enemies.
Every Status Ailment In Path of Exile 2
Ailments don’t take away from the damage being done by an attack, and instead add an after-effect on the target. These ailments only have a chance of occurring, with many of them being built up with many hits in a row from a specific damage type, much like Stun. In total there are seven ailments:
Effects
Chill
Targets move slowly for two seconds, this includes movement speed, swing speed, and skill casting speed. Chill can be stacked to slow the target up to half their usual speed.
Freeze
Targets frozen will be completely unable to act for four seconds.
Shock
Targets shocked will take more damage than usual for four seconds.
Electrocute
Targets are unable to act or perform skills of any kind for five seconds.
Ignite
Targets ignited will catch on fire and receive damage over time fire damage for four seconds.
Poison
Deals damage straight to the target’s health, ignoring armor and shield for two seconds.
Bleed
Deals damage straight to the target’s health, ignoring armor and shield for five seconds.
How To Resist Ailments In Path of Exile 2
The odds of an ailment being inflicted on you are based on the amount of damage done to you by the corresponding damage type, so to avoid an ailment,you’ll need toavoid its damage type. Other than physical, there are four other types of damage, here are what ailments they can cause:
While not every attack with those types of damage has a chance of causing one of the corresponding ailments,resisting the damage overall will lower your chances of being inflicted with the ailments. It’s possible to get your resistances very highwith passive skills, though it’s impossible to fully resist any damage type no matter your build.
