Saryn's Venom And Contagion Name Switch...

[JackBeloved]

Venom: Saryn tags the target with a toxic spore that does viral damage over time. Destroying the spore will spread a viral infection to nearby enemies.

 

Contagion: Saryn channels high levels of toxicity into her melee weapon, transmitting disease and plague with each strike that connects with targets.

 

 

So, IRL, isn't "venom" a toxin that is injected through a bite, like snake fangs and such? And isn't a contagion a disease, bacterial or viral, that can spread and is thus contagious?

 

So why is the viral damage that spreads not called contagion and the toxin damage that's injected through a melee weapon not called venom? Doesn't that make more sense?

 

 

Example: Saryn with twin daggers (called "Fang" for crying out loud!) channeling toxic damage into enemies through stabs- but the skill is called contagion and not venom.

[NaniteCircuit]

Yeah. This makes more sense.

[taiiat]

never thought about that before. perhaps. that does kind've make sense.

[StevangarCronox]

Makes too much sense. DE will never go for it.

[(PSN)ariaandkia]

Venom: Saryn tags the target with a toxic spore that does viral damage over time. Destroying the spore will spread a viral infection to nearby enemies.

 

Contagion: Saryn channels high levels of toxicity into her melee weapon, transmitting disease and plague with each strike that connects with targets.

 

 

So, IRL, isn't "venom" a toxin that is injected through a bite, like snake fangs and such? And isn't a contagion a disease, bacterial or viral, that can spread and is thus contagious?

 

So why is the viral damage that spreads not called contagion and the toxin damage that's injected through a melee weapon not called venom? Doesn't that make more sense?

 

 

Example: Saryn with twin daggers (called "Fang" for crying out loud!) channeling toxic damage into enemies through stabs- but the skill is called contagion and not venom.

Yes, but that would make sense (lol).

 

In seriousness, I do agree that the names are all mixed up, but meh.

[Zero.No.Hikari]

Then again before D 2.0 they all did poison so it made sense then about the names.

[JackBeloved]

Then again before D 2.0 they all did poison so it made sense then about the names.

 

It might not have not made as much sense, but it still didn't make a lot of sense (if that makes sense). Even before damage 2.0, when they were all poison damage, venom was still a spreading ability and contagion was still a per-strike ability, which is still flipped in real life.

[Archistopheles]

Spread the word!

 

This will get fixed eventually

[valkerion77]

As much as I love my Saryn....

 

yeah this always bothered me. And yes I am that guy who corrects people about random facts IRL lol. I feel this post is for all us "types"