# Crit/ deadly strike/ crush blow by poison cloud? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay\ **Created:** [December 7, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/t/crit-deadly-strike-crush-blow-by-poison-cloud/12303 "2016-12-07T00:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annabells](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/user_avatar/forums.dungeon-quest.com/annabells/32/9586_2.png) [@Annabells](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/u/Annabells)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/t/crit-deadly-strike-crush-blow-by-poison-cloud/12303/1 "2016-12-07T00:22:52Z")
I see some toons with Green garden build that gets dmg from poison cloud and they have put a lot of crystal affix for crit chance, deadly strike & crushing blow on their gear. Do those work from poison cloud or would it be better to just put all +100% poison & +5000 poison? How does crit/ deadly strike and crushing blow work on poison cloud and other AoE and DoT? Is a poison cloud only get 1 chance to make a crit/ deadly strike and crushing blow? Or can each tick of a DoT get a chance to make a separate crit/ deadly strike and crushing blow? Lastly, would this be the same for all AoE and DoT actions like Storm and bleeding? Thanks​:kissing\_heart:❣ Anna ---
**Author:** ![Griffin](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/user_avatar/forums.dungeon-quest.com/griffin/32/10705_2.png) [@Griffin](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/u/Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/t/crit-deadly-strike-crush-blow-by-poison-cloud/12303/2 "2016-12-07T00:28:08Z")
All of these can activate at any point that you deal damage to an enemy 😄 Side note: you shouldn’t use +5000 poison damage do to the way the damage formula works but definitely do use 100% poison damage! ---
**Author:** ![Annabells](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/user_avatar/forums.dungeon-quest.com/annabells/32/9586_2.png) [@Annabells](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/u/Annabells)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/t/crit-deadly-strike-crush-blow-by-poison-cloud/12303/3 "2016-12-07T00:55:27Z")
Thx griffin! 😄 This explains why the build is so strong. Ok I will make some changes to my poison wizard hireling. He’s pretty good at Floor 500 and just follows my main killing everything. 💪🏼 Right now he has: - Bombard MH for meteor - Cosmic Power/ Nova OH w mana shield & shatter (ambered) - Aftermath chest - Equality/ Harmony hat - Plagued/ Equivalence ring - Eternal Haunting necklace (+4 sets & +191% poison) - Druidic pet What affix is best for the MH- poison dmg better than weapon dmg? And since u say deadly strike works for poison that mean for the chest mythic I should make Brutal? Xo ---
**Author:** ![Slayer](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/user_avatar/forums.dungeon-quest.com/slayer/32/9226_2.png) [@Slayer](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/u/Slayer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/t/crit-deadly-strike-crush-blow-by-poison-cloud/12303/4 "2016-12-07T00:58:49Z")
Sounds like you have a nice build ---
**Author:** ![Griffin](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/user_avatar/forums.dungeon-quest.com/griffin/32/10705_2.png) [@Griffin](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/u/Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/t/crit-deadly-strike-crush-blow-by-poison-cloud/12303/5 "2016-12-07T01:03:00Z")
Weapon damage straight up your mainhand weapon should simply have as much weapon damage on it as you can get 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Annabells](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/user_avatar/forums.dungeon-quest.com/annabells/32/9586_2.png) [@Annabells](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/u/Annabells)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/t/crit-deadly-strike-crush-blow-by-poison-cloud/12303/6 "2016-12-07T01:06:40Z")
Haha thx it’s not that good yet. I haven’t added obsidian affixes & many rubies yet bc I’m not sure what to put. But I am trying ! 😄 The only problem w this build is on boss fights. It takes a long time to kill 1 strong target. It does best when big groups of enemies get poisoned