If I lay three fire traps in the same place, and a mob steps on them, does he take 3x the DoT?
Does the damage from Fire Traps stack
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Best Answer
No, multiple instances of the burning ground damage from Fire Trap will NOT stack.
Only different sources of burning damage can stack. For example, an Ignite debuff from a spell's critical hit and the Fire Trap ground burn will stack.
When 2 of the same burning sources are present the highest damage source will take effect. Multiple effects can still apply, like 2 Ignites on one mob, but only the highest damage one will actually deal damage.
Once the highest damage effect ends, if another instance of that effect was applied and still has duration left, it will then do what damage it has left. This goes for Righteous Fire, Ignite, and Fire Trap's ground burn effect. Searing Bond, a recently added skill, is an exception and the beams can stack with itself.
This is why you should try to spread out Fire traps a little bit whenever possible.
Posted by Mark_GGG, PoE developer and creator of the games skills and their mechanics.
As of Patch 1.0.5 Searing Bond Beams no longer stack.