Damage over time

Abbreviation for "Damage Over Time". Commonly used to describe skills that distribute damage to their target over a period time, rather than all at once.

Clear examples of DOT skills are Eruption and Fire Storm, but this term also applies to skills that cause health degeneration, such as Conjure Phantasm, as well as ones that combine DD, or "direct damage" with damage over time, such as Immolate.