Lacerate

LacerateAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
Radius: 38
Mana Cost: 8
Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Attack Speed: 60% of BaseRequires Level 12Slashes twice, releasing waves of force that damage enemies they hit. Enemies in the middle of the slashes can be hit by both. The slashes will have a chance to inflict bleeding in Blood Stance, or have a wider angle in Sand Stance, Can be used with Axes and Swords. You are in Blood Stance by default.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Physical Damage1% increased Bleeding DurationDeals (100-122.83)% of Base Attack Damage
(50-88)% more Damage with Bleeding while in Blood Stance
25% chance to cause Bleeding while in Blood Stance
(5-75) to (8-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
50% increased angle while in Sand Stance
+(0-9) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 12Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Transmutation

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemLacerate

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 CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
Radius: 20
Mana Cost: 6
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Attack Speed: 80% of Base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125%-170%)The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Attack Speed+1 Life gained for each Enemy hit by your Attacks2% increased Area of Effect while not Dual Wielding5% chance to Destroy Corpses on KillDeals (125-170)% of Base Attack Damage
When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
+(0-6) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., 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.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Damage with Bleeding	Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	100%	100%	50%	5 to 8	N/A	0	0
2	15	25	17	102%	101.17%	52%	7 to 10	N/A	15,249	15,249
3	19	30	21	102%	102.33%	54%	8 to 13	1	41,517	56,766
4	23	35	24	103%	103.67%	56%	11 to 16	1	81,983	138,749
5	27	41	28	105%	104.83%	58%	13 to 19	2	147,968	286,717
6	31	46	32	107%	106%	60%	16 to 24	2	250,557	537,274
7	35	51	36	107%	107.17%	62%	19 to 28	3	405,086	942,360
8	38	55	38	108%	108.33%	64%	22 to 32	3	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	59	41	110%	109.67%	66%	25 to 37	4	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	63	44	110%	110.83%	68%	28 to 42	4	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	67	47	112%	112%	70%	32 to 47	5	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	71	49	113%	113.17%	72%	36 to 54	5	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	75	52	115%	114.33%	74%	40 to 60	6	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	79	55	115%	115.67%	76%	45 to 68	6	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	83	58	117%	116.83%	78%	51 to 76	7	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	87	60	118%	118%	80%	56 to 85	7	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	90	62	118%	119.17%	82%	61 to 91	8	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	92	64	120%	120.33%	84%	65 to 98	8	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	95	66	122%	121.67%	86%	70 to 105	9	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	98	68	123%	122.83%	88%	75 to 113	9	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	100	70	123%	124%	90%	81 to 122	10	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	125%	125.17%	92%	87 to 130	10	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	127%	126.33%	94%	93 to 140	11	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	128%	127.67%	96%	100 to 150	11	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	128%	128.83%	98%	107 to 160	12	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	130%	130%	100%	114 to 172	12	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	132%	131.17%	102%	123 to 184	13	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	132%	132.33%	104%	131 to 197	13	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	133%	133.67%	106%	140 to 210	14	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	135%	134.83%	108%	150 to 224	14	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	135%	135.42%	109%	155 to 232	14	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	137%	136%	110%	160 to 240	15	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	137%	136.58%	111%	165 to 248	15	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	137%	137.17%	112%	171 to 256	15	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	138%	137.75%	113%	176 to 265	15	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	138%	138.33%	114%	182 to 273	16	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	138%	138.92%	115%	188 to 282	16	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	140%	139.5%	116%	194 to 292	16	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	140%	140.08%	117%	201 to 301	16	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	140%	140.67%	118%	207 to 311	17	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lacerate.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Double Slash Added Phys To Bleeding 1	66	Lacerate deals (4-8) to (10-15) added Physical Damage against Bleeding Enemies	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Double Slash Added Phys To Bleeding 2	75	Lacerate deals (14-18) to (20-25) added Physical Damage against Bleeding Enemies	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Double Slash Critical Strikes 1	66	40% increased Lacerate Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Double Slash Critical Strikes 2	75	60% increased Lacerate Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lacerate Damage 1	66	25% increased Lacerate Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lacerate Damage 2	75	40% increased Lacerate Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Double Slash Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Lacerate Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Double Slash Area Of Effect 2	75	24% increased Lacerate Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Lacerate has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Lacerate EffectCelestial Lacerate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lacerate becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Lacerate becomes a Celestial Effect.
Gore Lacerate EffectGore Lacerate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lacerate becomes a Gore Effect.	Your Lacerate becomes a Gore Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	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%.
3.3.0	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.
2.6.0	Lacerate gains 1 additional unit of radius every 4 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.4.0	30% Less Attack Speed drawback has been reduced to 25% Less Attack Speed. This is a buff.
2.3.0	Less attack speed drawback has been reduced from 30% to 25%.
2.3.0	Introduced to the game.