Burning Breath
| “ | Deals increasing True damage each second, but can be resisted. | ” |
| —Descriptions of Talulah, Talulah, the Fighter, and the Deathless Black Snake |
Burning Breath is a Negative Status (although not acknowledged as such in-game) in Arknights.
Effect
A unit being inflicted with Burning Breath is indicated by a flaming circle on them. In this state, the unit will receive True damage every second, which gradually increases the longer they are affected by Burning Breath, up to a limit. The stacking damage is reset when Burning Breath expires, which takes ~30 seconds.
Sources
Against enemies
All instances of Burning Breath on enemy units deal 200 damage on the first tick and +10 on every subsequent tick (210 on the second, 220 on the third, 230 on the fourth, etc.), up to a maximum of 400 (from the 21st tick onwards).
| Ally | Method | Note |
|---|---|---|
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Burning Breath (range 1.5 tiles, 20 seconds cooldown) | Will not target enemies already affected by Burning Breath. |
Against friendlies
All instances of Burning Breath on friendly units deal 50 damage on the first tick and +6 on every subsequent tick (56 on the second, 62 on the third, 68 on the fourth, etc.), up to a maximum of 230 (from the 31st tick onwards).
| Enemy | Method | Note |
|---|---|---|
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Burning Breath (the most recently deployed friendly unit, 19 seconds cooldown) |
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Attack | – |
| Burning Breath (two most recently deployed friendly units, 19 seconds cooldown) | Will not target friendlies already affected by Burning Breath. | |
| Burning Breath detonation (units adjacent to those with Burning Breath, 35 seconds cooldown) | Removes Burning Breath on the primary target and inflicts it on the secondary targets. |
The fireballs released by Energy Aggregates inflict Burning Breath to the first friendly unit it comes in contact with.