Mortal Blow

Assassin skill · Execution line · tier 2

Beta 0.7.2

The strike he practises when nobody is watching.

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

Mortal Blow scales with Attack. Its value at each rank is 16.1 + 4.6 × rank:

Rank12345678910
Value20.725.329.934.539.143.748.352.957.562.1

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 Execution 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 Vital Point Tier 1 of the Execution line.
  2. 2
    Hero level 12 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.

Rank 5 in Mortal Blow opens Execute.

Mastery and synergies

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

Mortal Blow has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Execution line

SkillTierTypeCooldownScales with
Vital Point1Buff6 sCrit Chance
Mortal Blow2Direct damage6 sAttack
Death Mark3Debuff10 sExpose
Execute4Direct damage6 sAttack
Decapitate5Ultimate16 sCrit Chance

Other Assassin skills

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