Rabies Class: Druid Required Level: 18 Skill Tree: Shape Shifting Skills Requires: Werewolf, Feral Rage Active Cost: 10 Mana Toxifies your touch, poisoning anything that you attack Damage Type: Poison Synergies: Poison Creeper Other Stats: Can only be used in Werewolf form  |
Rabies is a Druid skill in Diablo II.
Synergies
- Gives synergy to : None
- Receives synergy from :
- Poison Creeper: +18% Poison damage per level
Usage
Rabies is a very lethal skill, applying a potent poison damage over time effect to affected enemies, ticking about every second. In PvP, unlike normal Poison, it can kill hostile players after bringing them to 1 Life.
The Rabies spreads to other enemies from the initial target, and therefore effectively cannot be dispelled as long as target is within certain range of other infected foes. Because the source of the poison is untouchable, none of the antidotes in the game will cure rabies directly. Even killing the Druid will not stop the poison until it runs its full course.
It is one of the few skills in game that have Synergies with a skill from another skill tree.
Each enemy spreads Rabies to a limited number of other foes, and only in very short range, but in a dense crowd, biting a single foe will eventually infect them all. However, an infected foe will not renew the duration of existing poison from others, so sooner or later, they will all cure (or die, whichever happens sooner).
Lore
When a Druid utilizes this ability, he toxifies his own saliva and attacks his enemies with a vicious bite, spreading a contagious disease that wracks the flesh of his infected opponents.
Skill Progression
Mana Cost: 10
| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Damage... | 18–43 | 34–61 | 52–82 | 73–105 | 96–131 | 121–159 | 150–190 | 180–223 | 219–264 | 261–308 | 306–356 |
| ...Over X seconds | 4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8 |
| Bonus Attack | 50% | 57% | 64% | 71% | 78% | 85% | 92% | 99% | 106% | 113% | 120% |
| Level | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Damage... | 354–406 | 405–460 | 460–517 | 517–577 | 578–640 | 658–723 | 742–810 | 831–901 | 954–996 | |
| ...Over X seconds | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 13.6 |
| Bonus Attack | 127% | 134% | 141% | 148% | 155% | 162% | 169% | 176% | 183% | 218% |
Elemental Skills — Firestorm • Molten Boulder • Arctic Blast • Fissure • Cyclone Armor • Twister • Volcano • Tornado • Hurricane • Armageddon
Shape Shifting Skills — Werewolf • Lycanthropy • Werebear • Maul • Feral Rage • Fire Claws • Rabies • Shock Wave • Hunger • Fury
Summoning Skills — Raven • Poison Creeper • Oak Sage • Summon Spirit Wolf • Carrion Vine • Heart of Wolverine • Summon Dire Wolf • Solar Creeper • Spirit of Barbs • Summon Grizzly