Double Cut

Assassin skill · Blades line · tier 2

Beta 0.7.2

Two blades, two beats, one movement.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 6 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Double Cut scales with Attack. Its value at each rank is 16.1 + 4.6 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	20.7	25.3	29.9	34.5	39.1	43.7	48.3	52.9	57.5	62.1

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 Blades 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
Rank 5 in Stab Tier 1 of the Blades line.
2
Hero level 12 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.

Rank 5 in Double Cut opens Dance of Blades.

Mastery and synergies

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

Double Cut has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Blades line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Stab	1	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Double Cut	2	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Slash Apart	3	Damage over time	8 s	Bleed
Dance of Blades	4	Area damage	9 s	Attack
Thousand Cuts	5	Ultimate	16 s	Bleed