Talk:Mark of Pain

Probably one of my favourite skills in the game
I love this thing. Its use in PVP is questionable, but it shines in PVE. It works best when it's paired with a lot of melee allies; that means, primarily, Warriors, bone zombies, and ranger pets. Since it does its damage based on every melee hit, if you have four allies up there and your skill is currently ranked at 34 damage.. doing 136 damage to everything near the target in half a second isn't unreasonable. Repeat every 2-3 seconds! Nunix

Physicality... Physicality!
Are we sure Physical damage here is not interpreted as physical damage in Essence Bond? --Karlos 05:16, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

only works with physical damage?
I use this skill with deathly chill all the time. I don't think it's only for melee attacks.

D/N
mark of pain in the preview event would hit foes with massive dmaage because it would add about 36 damage hit ontop of what the scythe already hit the foe for

Mark of Pain Shield
Unless they've fixed it, which I'm not sure is feasible, there's a funny thing you can do with Mark of Pain, that isn't necessarily practical. Create a minion, as strong and resilient as you can get, and then end Verata's Aura on yourself to lose control of it. Hex it with Mark of Pain while it's masterless. Then either run and let it go on a rampage, or regain control of it, and it will remain hexed. When enemies strike it with physical damage in melee, it triggers Mark of Pain, causing the attackers to take damage. Once again, it's impractical, but really funny. It inspired a smiting skill suggestion from me, even. Merengue 15:11, 26 September 2006 (CDT)


 * I want your brain. Baron [[Image:Baron.JPG|25px]] 02:21, 11 December 2006 (CST)
 * This works with monsters that are each others' enemies, too. Pull one group into another, drop MoP, laugh. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 05:34, 20 December 2006 (CST)

Hexed target flees
Lately I have noticed that a target with MoP on them behaves differently now, and regardless of their health or usual behaviour in melee, they go sprinting off away from the rest of the mob, as though to protect them from the shadow damage that is being dealt. I've never noticed such altruistic AI before. Anybody else spotted this? Is it just MoP that causes it? 89.241.228.90 05:25, 20 December 2006 (CST)
 * I happened before the ai nerf of recent, i remember hating the people for spreading the creatures out when i was trying to nuke them. Xeon 05:32, 20 December 2006 (CST)

dmg question
does the dmg mark of pain deals also apply to the target you are attacking?
 * No. 213.84.230.131 10:01, 13 January 2007 (CST)

Useles
What's the point of this skill if foes, having the hex on them, run? They mind aswell deleted this skill with that nerf. Rickyvantof