Adrenaline Boost

General Information

• An active ability found on the second slot of Axes. It is unlocked at mastery level 1.

Adrenaline Boost	Energy Cost	32	Release an Adrenaline Boost, increasing all your damage by 25% and your Move Speed by 40% and your Attack Speed by 40% for up to 7s. If you don't deal direct damage for 3.5s, the Adrenaline Boost will end early.
	Cast Time	Instant
	Range	self
	Cooldown	20s

Note: numerical values are based on gear with 1060 item power.

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Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 18.090.1	28 July 2021	Call to Arms Patch 9	Added four new icons to better represent the corresponding abilities: Blood Bandit (One-Handed Axe, E-slot) Protective Beam (Enigmatic Staff, E-slot) Arcane Orb (One-Handed Arcane Staff, E-slot) Ground Shaker (Maces, W-slot)
Version 18.090.1	28 July 2021	Call to Arms Patch 9	Axes Bloody Reap has been reworked into an AoE execution tool, to give it a more distinct role that doesn’t overlap with the AoE sustain damage the Halberd already offers. Additionally, Rending Rage and Adrenaline Boost have been buffed to make it easier to stick to an enemy target. Rending Rage now also offers more potential burst damage, with the decreased cooldown between hits. Battle Rush is no longer restricted to requiring a target and can instead be used more freely as a ground target dash with an AoE effect. Rending Rage (all Axes): 1st and 2nd Hit Standtime: 0.3s → 0.16s Cooldown between hits: 1s → 0s (Now only limited by Global Cooldown) Adrenaline Boost (all Axes): Time window for direct damage condition: 2.5s → 3.5s Battle Rush (all Axes): Doesn't require a target anymore. It is instead a ground target dash with the AoE Effect. Bloody Reap (Infernal Scythe): First Hit Damage: 74.45 → 108 Removed the Damage over Time effect Second Hit does now extra damage if enemy health is below 40%: Damage above 40% Health: 74.45 → 108 Damage below 40% Health: 74.45 → 240
Version 18.040.1	6 May 2021	Call to Arms Patch 4 (Balance Patch)	Axes Axes have been overrepresented in a variety of content types. While the constant sustain damage and healing reduction is part of the weapon’s identity, the value axe weapons get from their Q abilities was a bit too overwhelming, making it hard for other melee weapon trees to compete. Additionally, the options of counterplay and skill expression for Rending Spin and Raging Blades have been improved with a sweet-spot damage ring to increase the importance of player positioning. The readability of visual effects was also improved for various axe abilities. Adrenaline Boost was changed to improve its ability to chase down a target offensively, while also reducing its use as an easy disengage. And a standtime was added to Razor Cut to add a bit more commitment to the ability and weaken its easy disengage potential. Vampiric Strike was reworked to the new ability Blood Bandit to make this weapon more dynamic and allow more skill expression during fights. Greataxes are now non-interruptible and have more upfront damage versus players, giving them a substantial buff in PvP. At the same time, their PvE damage has been toned down to bring it more in line with other weapons. Battleaxe Normal Attacks: Attacks per second: 0.9 → 1.1 Damage per attack: 50 → 41 Rending Spin (all Axes): Range: 6m → 5m Minimum distance for max Damage: 3m → 2.5m Rending Bleed stacks: now only applied via max distance effect (i.e. 2.5m or further away) Rending Rage (all Axes): Damage: 62 → 50 Rending Bleed Stacks (all Axes): Damage per Tick: 5.4 → 4.2 Healing Reduction on Max Stacks: 20% → 12% Adrenaline Boost (all Axes): Movement Speed Bonus: 50% → 40% Now also increases Attack Speed by 40% Max Duration: 5s → 7s However, if the caster doesn't hit an enemy with a Normal Attack for 2.5s, the Adrenaline Boost now ends early Energy Cost: 11 → 9 Internal Bleeding (all Axes): Improved detection of moving versus standing still on affected enemies Tick Interval: 1s → 0.5s Damage per Tick: 21.97 → 11 Raging Blades (all Axes): Now hits in a ring around the caster, instead of a solid circle (Inner Radius: 2.5m / Outer Radius: 6m) Vampiric Strike (Battleaxe) - reworked the ability; now called "Blood Bandit": Throw your axe in the targeted direction. Deals physical damage to all enemies hit and slows by 20% for 2s. Steal a percentage of the Health enemies lose based on Rending Bleed Charges on the targets. Throw Range: 22m → 17m Whirlwind (Greataxe): Channeling time: 4.5s → 2.5s Damage per tick vs Players: 50 → 75 (Damage per tick vs Mobs unchanged) Cooldown: 20s → 25s Channel is now uninterruptible Energy Cost on activation: 21 → 0 Instead the ability now consumes 4 energy per tick while channeling (total of 24 energy for full channel duration) Razor Cut (Bear Paws): Standtime: 0s → 0.3s
Version 1.13.369.136513	20 February 2019	Nimue Balance Patch (Patch #7)	Axes Rending Strike (all Axes) Energy Cost: 3 → 2 Healing Reduction per stack: 7% → 5% Hit Delay: 0.4s → 0.2s Standtime: 0.4s → 0.3s Rending Swing (all Axes) Hit Delay: 0.2s → 0.3s Energy Cost: 2 → 3 Healing Reduction per stack: 7% → 5% Deadly Chop (all Axes) Damage: 174.04 → 152.00 Adrenaline Boost (all Axes) Movement Speed Increase: 40% → 50% Damage Increase: 20% → 25% Removed the ability Battle Frenzy (all Axes) Added the new ability: Battle Rush Charge toward a target (ally or enemy). Enemy Healing Received is reduced 20% for 4s in a 5m radius. Ally Healing Received is increased by 20% for 4s in a 5m radius.