User blog comment:Chaoarren/1650 Pages Element Contest/@comment-33183474-20180612194618

Alrighty, here we go, I call my ailment ROT, edgy I know

What makes it unique: Rot causes a hunters health, defences & resistances to slowly degrade overtime, the more you get hit by rot infused attacks the faster they drain.Armour not made from monster parts decrease the power of rot  If used with different elements it causes chemical reactions.

When used with fire if left too long and depending on the amount of rot based attacks they were hit by will cause the hunter to explode as if they were hit by blastblight

when used with water the hunter will leave a trail behind them that inflicts rot overtime and causes waterblight

when used with thunder the rot will not decrease the hunters health but for 7 seconds the hunter will have 0 defence, after this time the hunters weapons get a 75% boost in affinity for 7 seconds

when used with ice it will have the same effect as frostbite

when used with dragon instead of the hunters defences and resistances being drained, their sharpness, element/ailment and attack values decrease

when used with earth rot will become nullified

when used with wind an aura of rot surrounds the hunter and inflict rot quickly to any hunter or palico that goes near it.

What does it look like: Rot can either look like a gas that can be colored either dark red, dark green or black or it can look like a dark red, dark green or black liquid.

How many monster will you think will be using this ailment: I think a small amount of monsters will use this ailment, these monsters will mostly live in dark areas,

How can it be cured: Rot can be cured by either rolling in water 5 times or using a cleanser to clean of the rot. It can also be cured if your hit by an earthblight attack

Icon Appearence: Rot's Icon appears as a skull with red flesh dripping off of it. and with a yellow eye in one socket.

Where does your Idea come from: I decided to make rot as a substitute for effluvium since i dont really like the status effect.

How does it effect the hunters: Rot effects the hunters by rotting away their armour and flesh.

Monsters I have planned for it: A super mega ultra top secret Elder Dragon that is totally not a chameleos