Pain is a critical effect with the following characteristics:

• Slows movement and attack speed.
• Reduces chance of dodging and parrying opponent attacks.
• The pain animation provides a visual stop to opponents attacking as they suffer the effect.

Pain boosters Edit

• Dexterity
• Fast Silver
• Fast Steel
• Stamina
• Strength
• Yrden
• Blue meteorite ore
• Yellow meteorite ore
• Shrike
• Crinfrid oil

Opponents who cause pain Edit

• Dagon worshippers
• Giant centipedes
• Kikimore warriors
• Mutant assassins
• The Beast
• Wraiths

Ways to counter pain Edit

• Buzz, Level 1 Strength bronze talent (only when intoxicated).
• Stamina level 1-5

Opponents with immunity Edit

• Archespores
• Echinopsae
• Frighteners
• Golems
• Greater brothers
• Hellhounds
• Ifrits
• Kikimore queens
• Kikimore warriors
• Mutant assassins
• Nightwraiths
• Noonwraiths
• Wraiths

Opponents with resistance Edit

• Barghests (some)
• Koshcheys
• Werewolves

Opponents with susceptibility Edit

• Strigas
• Zeugls (presumably)

Weapons which inflict pain Edit

Swords:

• Aerondight
• D'yaebl
• Gwalhir
• Harvall
• Illegal Sword
• Meteorite sword with three blue meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with two blue, one yellow meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with one blue, two yellow meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with one red, two blue meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with one red, one blue, one yellow meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with two red, one blue meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with one yellow, two red meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with one red, two yellow meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with three yellow meteorite pieces.

Daggers:

• Assassin's dagger
• Deithwen dagger
• Mahakaman dagger
• Mahakaman rune dagger
• Temerian steel dagger