Venom Claw

For the weapon "Claw of Venom", see Weapons (Sonny 2017).

Venom Claw
Info
Type	Active
Element	Nature
Target	Enemies
Data
Strike Count	1
Power Scaling	50%
Special Attribute	Piercing
Cooldown	3
Target Buff
Name	Venom (Nature Strain Version)
Icon
Polarity	Negative
VFX	Poison
Pop-Up	Losing HP
Special Attribute	Override Element to Nature
Condition	Turn End
Reaction	Damage Target with Caster’s Power
Charges	5
Animation
Cast VFX	Melee
Hit VFX	Sharp
Hit SFX	Claw
Strain Data
Strain	Nature Strain
Upgrade Type	Damage Factor
Maximum Level	5
Parent Ability	Savage Strike

Venom Claw is an Active Ability in Sonny (2017). It's available for Sonny from the Nature Strain.

In-Game Description

Deal X damage and apply Venom, dealing additional damage over time. This attack ignores the target's defense.

Details

Strikes an enemy 1 time, dealing Nature damage with 50% of the caster's Power, multiplied with damage factor Y and ignoring the target's Defense. When this ability hits, it applies the buff Venom (Nature Strain Version) to the target. After it has been used, this ability enters a cooldown of 3 turns.

Target Buff

Venom (Nature Strain Version): Take Z damage each turn. (Losing HP)

When the target of this buff ends their turn, the buff deals damage to it's target with 50% (Z) of it's caster's Power, at the time this buff was applied. A charge is also consumed. This buff starts with 5 charges when applied.

The duration of this buff will not be visible to the player.

Upgrades

Damage factor (Y) is upgraded:

• Level 1: Multiplied with damage factor 1.1 (55% Power)
• Level 2: Multiplied with damage factor 1.2 (60% Power)
• Level 3: Multiplied with damage factor 1.3 (65% Power)
• Level 4: Multiplied with damage factor 1.4 (70% Power)
• Level 5: Multiplied with damage factor 1.5 (75% Power)

Tactics

The buff this ability applies stacks with other damage over effect buffs with different names.

Evolutions

• Recommended
  • Resonance: Applies the Resonance buff before applying Venom (Nature Strain Version), resulting in a significant damage boost for the latter.
  • Fury: Builds the evolution gauge faster while leaving the Venom buff unaffected, because it doesn't use the "extra charge" mechanic. This comes at a cost of no damage dealt, however this ability has low Power scaling to begin with, meaning it's primarily used for it's buff, not direct damage. Note that despite dealing no damage, it will still count as an attack, and triggers the appropriate conditions.

Trivia

• There exists a buff with the same name, Venom (Enemy Version), that is applied from the enemy abilities Toxic Splash and Shuriken. The difference between the debuffs is that the enemy variant has a higher Power scaling, and that it's duration will be visible.
• When evolved with Fury, the ability deals zero damage but still applies the venom debuff. This is due to the reduction of power by 50% caused by Fury.
• The buff this ability applies is programmed to not inherit it's element from the ability that applies it, unlike most other buffs. Instead, it's element is always Nature. However, the only ability that applies Venom (Nature Strain Version) is this ability which already is of the same element.
  • Venom (Enemy Version) shares this attribute as well, and unlike the above buff, Shuriken has a different element than Nature (Physical).