Guild Wars 2

The wiki says the trait makes minions explode in a cloud that lasts 3 seconds and applies poison for 8 seconds. Does this mean somebody standing in the cloud for the full 3 seconds gets 24 seconds of poison? I looked around a bit on the forum, but no answer was apparent.

I ask because i’m playing with poison as an additional way of causing damage/disruption in WvW/sPvP. The damage isn’t as fast as bleed, but it also hinders healing. Combined with bleed and other pressure, i think poison is a fantastic way to control capture points.

Inb4 “people will just run out of the circles” or “people will just cure poison” or “minion AI is so terrible this won’t work right.”

I realize these things, and the only real problem is the minion AI when they stand next to me while i’m attacking targets. Otherwise, i’m not worried about people stepping out of circles or curing poison since i only take this skill with a full minion bar, so (assuming minions actually engage) i’m guaranteed to spread quite a bit of poison. Definitely more than people will wipe clean, unless there are necros taking well of power.

Simply means the cloud lasts 8 seconds anyone getting in it will get 8 seconds of poison. Now does that mean if they stay in it the ticker starts at the end of 3 seconds (meaning if they are in it from the start they will endure 10 seconds total)?

Thats how I would interpret it.