Poison Spikes

Vector enhanced screenshot of the Poison Spikes.

*"poisons enemies when they touch them"*

The **Poison Spikes** is an upgrade of the Greater Spikes available at Age 9. They are the only Structure in the game capable of poisoning Players, and Mobs.

## Technical

* The Poison Spikes deal 30 damage points on contact. They also inflict the Poison Effect, which takes away 5 health points every second for 5 seconds, making for a total of 25 additional Damage done over time. In short, it does 55 Damage.
	+ The Poison effect does not stack, so a Player who is already poisoned cannot be poisoned again to have two Poison effects working on him.
	+ Note that the Poison does not affect Players using the Anti Venom Gear, but initial contact with the Poison Spike will still deal 30 Damage.
* Contact with the Poison Spikes will also result in a knockback effect on the player unless the Player is trapped in a Pit Trap.
* Poison Spikes do not affect the Player who placed them or their team-mates, though they are still solid Structures and may not be walked through.
* Poison Spikes cost 35 and 15.
* The limit on Poison Spikes is 15, as is the same for Spikes, Greater Spikes, and Spinning Spikes.

## Strategy

### Using

* Use Poison Spikes as you would use normal Spikes.
* Poison Spikes deal more damage than Spinning Spikes over time, but only through Poison. Depending on your application, Spinning Spikes may sometimes be more effective than Poison Spikes.
* Poison spikes are good on Cookie spammers because they will eat up a Cookie just to heal five health, therefore making it so they spend three more Cookie.
* Try using against Auto-Healers. Their script will heal every single poison "tick", which may eventually have them get the Shame! Hat and loss of .
* Attacking an opponent with a Ruby Weapon will not stack the Poison. You may want Spinning Spikes instead.
* Don't attack with Plague Mask, because the Poison (as mentioned above) will not stack.

### Against

* Using Anti Venom Gear can negate the Poison effect, making the spike deal only 30 Damage, which is healable by a single Cookie.
	+ A Soldier Helmet can reduce the Damage of the Spike and its Poison.
	+ Cheese can counter the Posion.

## Trivia

* Poison Spikes were the first ever upgrade to Greater Spikes.
* Poison Spikes reduce initial damage compared to the Greater Spikes but make up for it in Poison.
* Poison Spikes are the only Spikes that have never been changed since they were added.
* Poison Spikes are the only Spikes to do damage through poison.
* Poison Spikes are one of the 3 ways to get poisoned, the others being by the Plague Mask and Ruby Weapons.
* The spikes on the Poison Spikes are green, thus being the only spike with a different color than all the rest.

## History

* 1.4 - Undid change in version 1.3 because of another high demand
* 1.3 - Due to high demand, poison spikes were changed so they don't damage players who aren't moving
* 0.85 - Added.

 **Stone Wall**  •
 **Greater Spikes**
 ****Poison Spikes****  •
 **Platform**  •
 **Healing Pad**
 **Spawn Pad**  •
 **Blocker**  •
 **Faster Windmill**  •
  **Pit Trap**  •
 **Turret**  •
 **Mine**
 **Sapling**  •
 **Door**