Corrosive Bolt: Difference between revisions

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Fires a penetrating bolt of acid.

Corrosive Bolt launches a piercing bolt of acid that does heavy damage and causes corrosion. It is largely used by monsters, though players may cast it using a wand of acid (and thereby base their spell power off of Evocations).

The following enemies cast Corrosive Bolt:

L Ancient lich (3d39 damage)
e Deep elf sorcerer (3d23 damage)
T Moon troll (3d27 damage)
D Serpent of Hell (Dis) (3d27 damage)
Q Tengu reaver (3d27 damage)

The following enemies may be able to cast Corrosive Bolt, depending on their spell set:

& Pandemonium lord (5.2% chance)

History

In 0.29, Corrosive Bolt's damage was slightly nerfed overall; low HD monsters with a wand of acid deal much less.
Prior to 0.28, Corrosive Bolt did less base damage, but had an "acid splash" (4d5 against players).
Wands of acid were added in 0.18.
This spell was added in 0.17.

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 ==History==
-*In [[0.29]], Corrosive Bolt's damage was slightly nerfed. Also, monsters deal less damage with wands of acid now.
+*In [[0.29]], Corrosive Bolt's damage was slightly nerfed overall; low [[HD]] monsters with a wand of acid deal much less.
-*Prior to [[0.28]], the spell dealt less damage. The damage was increased to compensate for the removal of acid splash damage, which did 2d4 damage to monsters and 4d5 to players.
+*Prior to [[0.28]], Corrosive Bolt did less base damage, but had an "[[acid|acid splash]]" (4d5 against players).
 *Wands of acid were added in [[0.18]].
 *This spell was added in [[0.17]].
 [[Category:Monster spells]]