Lacerate

Lacerate is a melee attack skill that performs two slashes: one aimed just to the left, then one just to the right. The slashes damage all enemies in a cone in front of the attacker. Each slash does less damage than a single hit from, but the two slashes overlap in the middle, hitting enemies in front twice.

Skill functions and interactions

 * Dual wielding: Lacerate when dual wielding always does a main-hand hit followed by an off-hand hit. In the case of having an off-hand weapon other than a sword or axe, the skill cannot be used.


 * Base radius of Lacerate is 38 units.


 * Lacerate interacts with Blood and Sand Stance, gaining bleed chance and more bleed damage in Blood Stance, and gaining a wider wave in Sand Stance.

Version history

 * As previously, slashes the air twice, dealing damage in two overlapping areas of effect, with the possibility that enemies in the overlapping area will be hit by both.
 * Now has different behaviour depending on whether you are in Sand Stance of Blood Stance. You are in Blood Stance by default.
 * While in Blood Stance, now has a 25% chance to cause bleeding, and causes you to deal 50% more damage with bleeding at gem level 1, up to 88% more at gem level 20.
 * While in Sand Stance, now increases the width of the slash areas of effect by 50%.
 * Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 100% at gem level 1 (from 60%), up to 123% at gem level 20 (from 74%).
 * Now adds 5 to 8 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20.
 * Now has an attack speed multiplier of 60%.


 * Now has an added damage effectiveness and base damage of 60% at gem level 1 (down from 95%), up to 73.7% at gem level 20 (down from 117.8%).
 * Now gains up to +9 to area of effect radius at gem level 20 (up from +5).
 * Now has 25% chance to cause bleeding on hit.
 * Now deals 25% more damage with hits and ailments against bleeding enemies.
 * No longer has 25% less attack speed.


 * Lacerate gains 1 additional unit of radius every 4 levels.
 * No longer gain increased area of effect radius.


 * 30% Less Attack Speed drawback has been reduced to 25% Less Attack Speed. This is a buff.


 * Less attack speed drawback has been reduced from 30% to 25%.


 * Introduced to the game.
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