Vital Point

Assassin skill · Execution line · tier 1

Beta 0.7.2

He knows where the heart beats without having to look.

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

Vital Point scales with Crit Chance. Its value at each rank is 235 + 67 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	302	369	436	503	570	637	704	771	838	905
Crit Chance	+3.02%	+3.69%	+4.36%	+5.03%	+5.7%	+6.37%	+7.04%	+7.71%	+8.38%	+9.05%

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
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 Vital Point opens Mortal Blow and Death Mark.

Mastery and synergies

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

Vital Point has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

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