Carnage

Warrior skill · Bleeding line · tier 5 (ultimate)

Beta 0.7.2

The warrior stops counting blows. The ground around him turns red.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 16 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Carnage scales with Bleed. Its value at each rank is 54.6 + 15.6 × rank:

Rank12345678910
Value70.285.8101.4117132.6148.2163.8179.4195210.6

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Bleeding skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

  1. 1
    Rank 5 in Bloodletting Tier 4 of the Bleeding line.
  2. 2
    Hero level 32 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
  3. 3
    One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Bleeding skills makes Carnage 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Skills that boost Carnage

Each rank in one of these makes Carnage 2% stronger (+20% at rank 10).

Bleeding line

SkillTierTypeCooldownScales with
Bloody Cut1Damage over time8 sBleed
Hemorrhage2Damage over time8 sBleed
Triple Rend3Direct damage6 sAttack
Bloodletting4Debuff10 sExpose
Carnage5Ultimate16 sBleed

Other Warrior skills

Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.