Poisonous Cloud

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	[Special Active: Strength] Cast a poisonous cloud that slowly moves forward. The enemies within the poisonous cloud will be hit by cursed lightning.
	Final Enhanced Skill Damage is increased by 1.2 times.
	Available for Memorize This skill can be memorized by inputting the skill key during the Memorize Stance. (Stand still for 2 seconds while in MP recovery state) Press V to activate the memorized skills in order.

Requirements

Class	Level Required
Dark Magician	15

Mode	Damage (Magical)		Max Hits		Duration	MP Usage	Cooldown
Mode	Cursed Fog	Cursed Lightning	Cursed Fog	Cursed Lightning	Duration	MP Usage	Cooldown
Normal
PvE	601%	577%	6	6	3.5 Seconds	200 MP	14 Seconds
PvP	220%	207%	6	6	3.5 Seconds	200 MP	14 Seconds
[Enhanced]
PvE	732%	692%	6	6	3.5 Seconds	200 MP	14 Seconds
PvP	264%	249%	6	6	3.5 Seconds	200 MP	14 Seconds

Light Poisonous Cloud		Empowered Poisonous Cloud
Attribute Effect	MP Usage	Attribute Effect
MP Usage decreased to 80%	160 MP	Damage increased to 120%

Affected By Action Speed
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The Cursed Fog reaches up to 3 platforms high, and the Cursed Lightning is able to reach 5 platforms above the enemy targeted by it, making it excellent in vertical rooms such as Sea of Ruin.
The Cursed Lightning will occur for every enemy inside the fog and will deal splash damage to any other enemies near the struck target, allowing the skill to deal high damage to grouped enemies.
You're able to move again mid-cast, well before the animation really finishes and the cloud even appears.
Due to the rate of travel, most targets will typically be struck 3~4 times.
Poisonous Cloud can be combined with [Mod] Ruin or Aging to deal the maximum amount of strikes.
The cloud travels for the distance of approximately a full Free Training room.
Only your initial casting animation is affected by action speed.

Despite the skill no longer inflicting any type of poison status ailment, its name in NA still refers to it as Poisonous Cloud as opposed to most other servers, including KR, which have always referred to the skill as Dark Cloud.
- This inconsistency carries over to its in-game description where it still refers to the cloud as a "poisonous cloud" and the fog as "Poisonous Fog".
The original version of this skill is nearly identical to Arme's Alchemist Level 2 Black Magic Skill, Killer Cloud, which summons a green cloud that deals damage over time.

Video	Description
Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy	Between its initial release and the 08/06/2015 KR Patch, Poisonous Cloud used to create a green cloud that inflicts Poison, hence its name in the North American server. This version had a Skill Note that inflicted a unique Toxic status effect, which had a unique status icon. After the 11/07/2013 KR Patch, the unique status icon was removed and the debuff was instead indicated by a graphic color change (from green to dark green). In addition, this patch also gave this skill the ability to expand the cloud up to twice its initial size.
Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy	Between the 08/06/2015 and 07/18/2019 KR Patch, this skill was changed to inflict Curse instead of Poison.
Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy	For a brief period between the 07/18/2019 RE:BOOT patch and 08/01/2019 balance patch, this skill was similar to its current iteration but was stationary.

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
03/27/2008	05/04/2011	Poisonous Cloud added.
11/07/2013	02/12/2014	▲ Range increased. ▲ The range is increased gradually towards the direction the skill is used.
05/15/2014	09/17/2014	▲ Initial hit method adjusted. ▼ Later hits don't inflict hitstun.
08/06/2015	01/13/2016	Inflicts Enemy DebuffCurse instead of Enemy DebuffPoison now. Icon changed from to
04/21/2016	05/18/2016	▲ Damage increased. Enhanced trait changed to Gigantic. Useful trait changed to Empowered.
06/02/2016	-	Damage error on [Enhanced] level fixed.
-	-	▼ Damage decreased.
04/27/2017	05/10/2017	▲ Damage increased.	None
11/02/2017	11/15/2017	▲ Damage increased.
04/05/2018	04/18/2018	▲ Damage increased.	▲ Dark Cloud damage increased. ▼ Initial hit damage decreased.
07/18/2019	08/14/2019	Skill features changed. Icon changed from to
08/01/2019	08/14/2019	▼ No longer inflicts Curse. Skill features changed. Creates Cursed Fog that slowly travels forward. Enemies inside will be struck by Cursed Lightning.
02/03/2022	03/02/2022	▼ Cursed Fog travel distance decreased.

Special Active

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Passive