Decapitate

Assassin skill · Execution line · tier 5 (ultimate)

Beta 0.7.2

One clean motion. The whole group learns to finish the job.

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

Decapitate scales with Crit Chance. Its value at each rank is 393.6 + 112.4 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	506	618.4	730.8	843.2	955.6	1,068	1,180.4	1,292.8	1,405.2	1,517.6
Crit Chance	+5.06%	+6.18%	+7.31%	+8.43%	+9.56%	+10.68%	+11.8%	+12.93%	+14.05%	+15.18%

Crit Chance is a percentage stat, so the value is used as written (in basis points, shown here as a percentage), times the skill power.

Crit Chance = value × skill power
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Execution skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

How to unlock it

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

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Execution skills makes Decapitate 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 Decapitate

Deadly Venom

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

Execution line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Vital Point	1	Buff	6 s	Crit Chance
Mortal Blow	2	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Death Mark	3	Debuff	10 s	Expose
Execute	4	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Decapitate	5	Ultimate	16 s	Crit Chance

Other Assassin skills

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