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Status effects: damage, movement and support

Burning damages enemies but makes them move faster; Poisoned damages them while slowing them. Oil strengthens fire damage, while Stunned stops movement without stopping attacks. Those differences matter when choosing damage versus space to manoeuvre.

These are the developers’ dated pre-release descriptions, with current-demo support for the Nuln Oil/fire interaction. They do not establish that every listed effect appears in the October demo.

Damage does not always mean safer movement. Arrows show the described direction of change, not measured values.
Burning
Enemy health over time
Enemy movement speed
Poisoned
Enemy health over time
Enemy movement speed
Stunned
Movement paused
Attacks can continue

Pick the effect for the immediate problem

If the problem is a crowd closing in, Poisoned offers a slowing effect as well as damage. Burning can help wear down tougher enemies, but its faster movement calls for more space. These are deductions from the official behaviour descriptions, not a tested global damage ranking.

A stunned enemy is not harmless: the earlier official description explicitly leaves attacks active. Avoid standing in attack range simply because the enemy has stopped moving.

Two inputs produce a fire advantage. The Oil interaction does not establish a damage multiplier or an evolution requirement.
Nuln Oil applies OiledThe base weapon supplies the status.
A fire-damage weapon attacksBurning and Oil can be combined.
Fire damage is increasedThe August explanation gives the direction, not a value.

Keep Oil separate from the evolved weapon

Nuln Oil’s Hourglass pairing answers a different question from the base status interaction. The sources do not establish that Mordant Earth preserves every base effect, or that Hourglass itself boosts fire.

Champions and strengthening enemies

Status effects can affect the player too. The August reveal says the Frenzon pick-up grants the player Berserk, increasing attack frequency. An earlier May reveal uses Frenzied with a broader set of properties; that older list is not added to the later player buff here.

The September faction reveal describes enemy Synapse Berserk as increasing movement speed and damage. Destroying the strengthening source can temporarily stun nearby lesser Tyranids. Separately, Bell of Doom gives nearby Skaven Warded, making them more resilient. Read the enemy guide for responses to those sources.

The official reveals provide examples, not an exhaustive status list, immunity database, duration table or stacking formula. For what to do when a specific item appears, use the pick-up guide.

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