PvP Changes
This page lists player-vs-player changes relative to the vanilla game. All changes that affect PvP combat apply to PvP arenas only unless otherwise noted.
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General Changes
- New dueling arenas accessible via items which can be purchased from Akara
- Spectator mode can be toggled by typing .spec or .spectate within the safe zone of an arena
- After dying in these arenas, characters revive without needing to retrieve their corpse, and no gold is dropped
- Note: Hardcore characters revive in the same way - HC dueling can be done inside PvP arenas without risking characters, but character death is still permanent everywhere else
- Maximum resistances are capped based on the difficulty: 75% (Normal), 80% (Nightmare), 85% (Hell)
- Open Wounds is limited based on the difficulty - it deals 10%/8%/6% of its damage in Normal/Nightmare/Hell
- Stuns in PvP can no longer be reapplied to players who are already stunned, and attacks/hits/spells against stunned players will reduce the stun duration by 2 frames each
- Regenerating charges (e.g. Blink on Enigma) regenerate 200% faster
- Slow, Knockback (from items), Absorb, Attackers Take Damage, Life Leech, and Melee Splash are disabled
- Life replenish is capped at +30
- Vendors within PvP Arenas sell Dueling Mana Potions (other potions cannot be used there)
Skill Differences
- Dragon Flight: doesn't auto-aim
- Mind Blast: stun lasts 1.5 seconds instead of 2 seconds, radius doesn't increase with base levels, doesn't name-lock, has a cooldown: 6 frames (Nightmare) or 5 frames (Hell)
- Battle Cry: duration increased to 10 seconds instead of 5 seconds
- Whirlwind: doesn't have a dual-wield attack frame penalty
- Oak Sage: doesn't grant life replenish
- Bone Spear: only fires 1 projectile
- Holy Bolt: only fires 1 projectile
- Smite: stun lasts up to 2.5 seconds instead of up to 10 seconds
- Charge: has a cooldown: 4 frames (Nightmare) or 2 frames (Hell)
- Fist of the Heavens: doesn't auto-aim or name-lock
- Joust: doesn't auto-aim
- Teleport: doesn't have a 1-second damage debuff (Normal only)
- Meteor: reduced explosion radius
- Energy Shield: while active, Dueling Mana Potions cannot be used
- Chance to parry or dodge is halved (Weapon Block, Holy Sword, Dodge, Evade)
- Movement skills don't name-lock (Whirlwind, Leap, Leap Attack, Charge)
- Healing skills (Holy Bolt, Holy Nova, Holy Light) don't heal allies
Damage Multipliers
Skills deal 16%/12%/6% (1/6th, 1/8th, 1/16th) of their damage against other players and their minions in Normal/Nightmare/Hell difficulty. They deal 100% of those amounts except for the following skills which have other multipliers:
| Skill | Norm/NM % | Hell % | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | |||
| • Jab | 90 | 80 | |
| • Poison Javelin | 85 | poison | |
| • Plague Javelin | 110 | 45 | poison |
| • Power Strike | 17 | physical | |
| • Charged Strike | 130 | lightning | |
| • Guided Arrow | 130 | 120 | |
| • Strafe | 65 | physical | |
| • Ice Arrow | 110 | ||
| 175 | cold | ||
| • Freezing Arrow | 175 | cold | |
| • Immolation Arrow | 200 | fire | |
| • Decoy | 55 | ||
| • Valkyrie | 70 | ||
| Assassin | |||
| • Psychic Hammer | 20 | 10 | |
| • Mind Blast | 25 | 30 | |
| • Lightning Sentry | 35 | 45 | |
| • Chain Lightning Sentry | 35 | 45 | |
| • Wake of Fire | 60 | ||
| • Blade Sentinel | 70 | 50 | physical |
| • Blade Fury | 80 | 60 | physical |
| • Blade Dance (Chaos) | 85 | physical | |
| Barbarian | |||
| • Double Swing | 200 | physical | |
| • Frenzy | 200 | physical | |
| • Concentrate | 50 | magic | |
| • Double Throw | 114 | physical | |
| • Berserk | 125 | physical | |
| • Whirlwind | 75 | 90 | physical |
| • War Cry | 135 | 125 | |
| Druid | |||
| • Firestorm | 150 | ||
| • Molten Boulder | 90 | 80 | |
| • Volcano | 65 | 65 | |
| • Arctic Blast | 200 | ||
| • Tornado | 75 | 65 | |
| • Hurricane | 150 | ||
| • Armageddon | 35 | 55 | |
| • Rabies | 150 | poison | |
| • Maul | 150 | physical | |
| • Shock Wave | 175 | ||
| • Fire Claws | 300 | fire | |
| • Raven | 60 | ||
| Necromancer | |||
| • Teeth | 40 | 35 | |
| • Bone Spear | 55 | 45 | |
| • Bone Spirit | 45 | 30 | |
| • Poison Strike | 150 | 125 | |
| • Desecrate | 60 | ||
| • Poison Nova | 150 | 125 | |
| • Corpse Explosion | 65 | ||
| • Dark Pact | 65 | 55 | |
| Paladin | |||
| • Holy Fire | 125 | 50 | |
| • Holy Bolt | 65 | 75 | |
| • Blessed Hammer | 70 | 50 | |
| • Fist of the Heavens | 55 | 65 | |
| • Holy Nova | 70 | ||
| • Zeal | 75 | 75 | physical |
| • Vengeance | 200 | fire/cold/lightning | |
| • Smite | 85 | 75 | physical |
| • Joust | 20 | 20 | |
| • Charge | 70 | 70 | physical |
| Sorceress | |||
| • Ice Bolt | 135 | 114 | |
| • Ice Blast | 150 | 114 | |
| • Glacial Spike | 150 | 114 | |
| • Frost Nova | 165 | 125 | |
| • Ice Barrage | 175 | 140 | |
| • Blizzard | 160 | 130 | |
| • Frozen Orb | 150 | 114 | |
| • Telekinesis | 10 | 10 | |
| • Charged Bolt | 185 | 75 | |
| • Nova | 150 | 140 | |
| • Lightning | 200 | 180 | |
| • Chain Lightning | 120 | ||
| • Thunder Storm | 30 | 35 | |
| • Fire Bolt | 95 | 114 | |
| • Fire Ball | 95 | 114 | |
| • Inferno | 114 | ||
| • Blaze | 130 | ||
| • Fire Wall | 90 | ||
| • Combustion | 90 | 80 | |
| • Lesser Hydra | 50 | 90 | |
| • Hydra | 60 | 90 | |
| • Meteor | 65 | 90 | |
- Hell damage multipliers are colored gray if they're the same as the Normal/Nightmare multipliers
- Damage types are colored gray if they're the same as the damage added by the skill itself