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It is not affected by Catwoman/Batman Returns, or any other damage boost other than bleed (+20% per stack of bleed), as well as crit buffs from Bane/Prime, Batman/Beyond Animated and Scorpion/Mortal Kombat X's passives (all of which can cause the DOT to crit). The DOT will trigger Catwoman/Prime and Catwoman/Regime's passives.

Some characters with special 1s that has hits at the same time or very close to each other can apply DOT multiple times at once. For example, while both Batgirl/Cassandra Cain and Batgirl/Arkham Knight have a 4-hit special 1, the DOT is applied 3 times (as there is a long delay between the 1st hit and 2nd, while hits 2-4 are almost simultaneous). Other character exhibiting this quality include all versions of Batman with 2-hit Explosive Batarangs (Batman/Blackest Night, Batman/Arkham Origins, Batman/Prime, Batman/Insurgency, Batman/Beyond), all of which apply DOT twice. However, other characters with special 1s with very close hits, such as Darkseid/Prime or Deathstroke/Arkham Origins, do not exhibit this quality.

The DOT is strictly applied by the last hit. If the last hit misses or is not performed (for example, not tapping during Batman/Arkham Origins's SP2 causes only 1 hit to be performed instead of the normal 3, and being blocked causes Darkseid/Prime's SP2's third hit to not be performed), it is not applied. An exception is The Joker/Suicide Squad and The Joker/Unhinged Suicide Squad's special 1 - if it gets the power gain effect, there will be no second hit, but the DOT would be applied on the first hit instead, which also gives you an advance notice that Joker will receive that effect.

Harley Quinn's special 2 would only apply DOT if she chooses the bomb, and not if she chooses the flower (healing) or picture (damage boost). For the case of Harley Quinn/Suicide Squad, the power gain, as well as the enhanced picture (which brings The Joker/Suicide Squad or The Joker/Unhinged Suicide Squad in for an attack), will not apply DOT, despite that the latter deals damage. Aquaman/Prime's Atlantean Hero will not apply DOT on use.

If you use a special while your opponent is already suffering from DOT, during the special the damage over time will be converted to deal yellow (special) damage (normal DOTs are unaffected and will continue to deal white damage). Additionally, as it is possible to block during enemy Harley's s2, Static will gain power as if he blocked an s2 (1 full bar of power) and Wonder Woman/Regime will gain a small amount of power for every hit of the damage over time she "blocked" despite that damage is not actually reduced.