# Burn is still a little stronger than Poison **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [March 21, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/burn-is-still-a-little-stronger-than-poison/4829 "2016-03-21T22:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![actreal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/actreal/32/1945_2.png) [@actreal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/actreal)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/burn-is-still-a-little-stronger-than-poison/4829/4 "2016-03-21T23:04:22Z")
Poison doesn’t wear off like Burn does so in a long match, Poison could do more damage than Burn. Sirrian’s response to Poison vs Burn is applicable here: > [@Weekly Event: Flame On!](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/weekly-event-flame-on/1147/12): > > Yes, it can wear off like all other effects, except poison. However, you can’t really look at Burn and Poison in isolation… (if you DO that Burn is OBVIOUSLY better). The stronger effect of Burn gets taken into account in both the mana cost & any other spell effects that go along with it. On average (under perfect conditions) burn will deal 11 (10.96) points of damage, given the cumulative chance of 10% to wear off. In practice the troop may hit 1 life point or be killed before the burn deals… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/burn-is-still-a-little-stronger-than-poison/4829)._