PvP Changes

This page lists player-vs-player changes relative to the vanilla game. All changes that affect PvP combat apply to PvP arenas only unless otherwise noted.

General Changes

• New dueling arenas accessible via items which can be purchased from Akara
  • Spectator mode can be toggled by typing .spec or .spectate within the safe zone of an arena
  • After dying in these arenas, characters revive without needing to retrieve their corpse, and no gold is dropped

Note: Hardcore characters revive in the same way - HC dueling can be done inside PvP arenas without risking characters, but character death is still permanent everywhere else

• Maximum resistances are capped based on the difficulty: 75% (Normal), 80% (Nightmare), 85% (Hell)
• Open Wounds is limited based on the difficulty - it deals 8%/6%/4% of its damage in Normal/Nightmare/Hell
• Stuns in PvP can no longer be reapplied to players who are already stunned, and attacks/hits/spells against stunned players will reduce the stun duration by 2 frames each
• Regenerating charges (e.g. Blink on Enigma) regenerate 200% faster
• Slow, Knockback (from items), Absorb, Attackers Take Damage, Life Leech, and Melee Splash are disabled
• Life replenish is capped at +30
• Vendors within PvP Arenas sell Dueling Mana Potions (other potions cannot be used there)

Skill Differences

• Dragon Flight: doesn't auto-aim
• Mind Blast: stun lasts 1.5 seconds instead of 2 seconds, radius doesn't increase with base levels, doesn't name-lock
• Battle Cry: duration increased to 10 seconds instead of 5 seconds
• Whirlwind: doesn't have a dual-wield attack frame penalty
• Oak Sage: doesn't grant life replenish
• Bone Spear: only fires 1 projectile
• Holy Bolt: only fires 1 projectile
• Smite: stun lasts up to 2.5 seconds instead of up to 10 seconds
• Fist of the Heavens: doesn't auto-aim or name-lock
• Joust: doesn't auto-aim
• Teleport: doesn't have a 1-second damage debuff (Normal only)
• Meteor: reduced explosion radius
• Energy Shield: while active, Dueling Mana Potions cannot be used
• Chance to parry or dodge is halved (Weapon Block, Holy Sword, Dodge, Evade)
• Movement skills don't name-lock (Whirlwind, Leap, Leap Attack, Charge)
• Healing skills (Holy Bolt, Holy Nova, Holy Light) don't heal allies

Damage Multipliers

Skills deal 16%/12%/6% (1/6th, 1/8th, 1/16th) of their damage against other players and their minions in Normal/Nightmare/Hell difficulty. They deal 100% of those amounts except for the following skills which have other multipliers:

Skill	Norm/NM %	Hell %	Type
Amazon
•  Jab	80	80
•  Poison Javelin	85	80	poison
•  Plague Javelin	85	40	poison
•  Power Strike	17		physical
•  Charged Strike	130		lightning
•  Lightning Bolt	85
•  Guided Arrow	115	120
•  Strafe	65		physical
•  Ice Arrow		120
	175		cold
•  Freezing Arrow	175	130	cold
•  Immolation Arrow	200	135	fire
•  Decoy	50
•  Valkyrie	70
Assassin
•  Psychic Hammer	20	10
•  Mind Blast	30	35
•  Lightning Sentry	35	40
•  Chain Lightning Sentry	35	40
•  Wake of Fire	60
•  Blade Sentinel	80	60	physical
•  Blade Fury	80	60	physical
Barbarian
•  Double Swing	200		physical
•  Frenzy	200	125	physical
•  Concentrate	50		magic
•  Double Throw	114		physical
•  Berserk	125		physical
•  Whirlwind	75	110	physical
•  War Cry	135	125
•  Deep Wounds	50	50
Druid
•  Firestorm	150	120
•  Molten Boulder	90	80
•  Volcano	45	65
•  Arctic Blast	200
•  Tornado	60	50
•  Hurricane	150
•  Armageddon	30	35
•  Rabies	150	120	poison
•  Maul	150		physical
•  Shock Wave	175
•  Fire Claws	300		fire
•  Raven	60
Necromancer
•  Teeth	40	35
•  Bone Spear	55	45
•  Bone Spirit	30	15
•  Poison Strike	150	125
•  Desecrate	85	60
•  Poison Nova	150	125
•  Corpse Explosion	65
•  Dark Pact	50	50
Paladin
•  Holy Fire	125	50
•  Holy Bolt	65	65
•  Blessed Hammer	60	40
•  Fist of the Heavens	55	65
•  Holy Nova	50	50
•  Zeal	75	75	physical
•  Vengeance	200		fire/cold/lightning
•  Smite	85	75	physical
•  Joust	20	20
•  Charge	70	70	physical
Sorceress
•  Ice Bolt	135	135
•  Ice Blast	150	114
•  Glacial Spike	150	135
•  Frost Nova	165	125
•  Ice Barrage	175	140
•  Blizzard	145	130
•  Frozen Orb	150	114
•  Telekinesis	10	10
•  Charged Bolt	185	75
•  Nova	150	140
•  Lightning	200	180
•  Chain Lightning	120
•  Thunder Storm	30	35
•  Fire Bolt	95	135
•  Fire Ball	95	130
•  Inferno	114
•  Blaze	130
•  Fire Wall	90
•  Combustion	80	90
•  Lesser Hydra	40	80
•  Hydra	30	80
•  Meteor	65	90

• Hell damage multipliers are colored gray if they're the same as the Normal/Nightmare multipliers
• Damage types are colored gray if they're the same as the damage added by the skill itself