Damage

There are several types of damage in It Lurks Below: Physical, Magic, Poison, Cold, Lightning, Fire and Rainbow damage. All damage types are reduced by the player's or monster's armor. Some damage types have a chance to inflict a status effect and cause damage over time (DoT). Status effects can be resisted by the player based on their resistance ratings. Some skills and items can be used to remove status effects.

Physical Damage
Physical damage causes no additional effects. Many weaker monsters inflict only physical damage.

Magic Damage
As opposed to most other types of damage, magic damage doesn't cause any status or Damage Over Time (DoT) effects.

Poison Damage
Poison damage has a chance to inflict poisoned status on the target, causing damage over time and greatly slowing down its movement.

Cold Damage
Cold damage has a chance to inflict frozen status on target, causing slow movement for a short time.

Lightning Damage
Lightning damage has a chance to inflict electrocuted status on target, causing spasmic stuns for a short period.

Fire Damage
Fire damage has a chance to inflict burning status on target, causing damage over time for a short time. Fire spreads from monster to monster.