Poisoned Blade

Assassin skill · Venomcraft line · tier 1

Beta 0.7.2

The blade need not go deep if it is wet.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 8 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Poisoned Blade scales with Poison. Its value at each rank is 13.3 + 3.8 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	17.1	20.9	24.7	28.5	32.3	36.1	39.9	43.7	47.5	51.3

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 Venomcraft 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
Always openTier 1 skills need no other skill first.
2
Hero level 2A hero's first skill point can go straight into it.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Poisoned Blade opens Toxic Pool and Paralyzing Toxin.

Mastery and synergies

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

Poisoned Blade has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Venomcraft line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Poisoned Blade	1	Damage over time	8 s	Poison
Toxic Pool	2	Area damage	9 s	Poison
Paralyzing Toxin	3	Control	12 s	Chill
Deadly Venom	4	Damage over time	8 s	Poison
Dagger Plague	5	Ultimate	16 s	Poison

Other Assassin skills

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