Blood Ritual

General Information

• An active ability found on the third slot of Demonfang.

Blood Ritual	Energy Cost	17	Infuse your blade with blood magic and swing it in a cone in front of you, dealing 354 magical damage immediately and another 153 magical damage over 1.4s to all enemies hit. (Does not stack). Deals 110 physical damage over 3.5s to yourself ( stacks up to 3 times). The ability can be cast again within 3s for up to 3 times, increasing its cooldown by 5s per cast.
	Cast Time	0s
	Range	3m
	Cooldown	10s

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

Equipment

Melee Weapon Elder's Demonfang

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Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 21.020.1	14 December 2022	Beyond the Veil Patch 2	Blood Ritual (Demonfang) Damage: 112 → 106
Version 20.050.1	25 August 2022	Into the Fray Patch 5	Blood Ritual (Demonfang): Enemy Damage: 126 → 112
Version 20.010.1	20 June 2022	Into the Fray Patch 1	Blood Ritual (Demonfang): Damage: 140 → 126
Version 20.000.1	8 June 2022	Into the Fray Update	Even after its most recent buff, Demonfang still struggled to compete with other weapons. To make it more effective as an assassin weapon, its Damage over Time effects have been removed, and instead its damage now applies instantly. The self-Bleed is now also only triggered on the third activation, which increases the incentive to attempt 1-2 hits and allows the caster to attempt two activations even when low on health. Various adjustments have also been made to make aiming and hitting opponents more reliable. Blood Ritual (Demonfang): Hit Delay: 0.3s → 0.15s Instant Damage: 100 → 140 Fixed AoE Escalation Removed the DoT Damage on enemies The Self Damage is now only applied after the third cast Self DoT Base Damage: 12 → 60
Version 19.080.1	25 April 2022	Lands Awakened Patch 8	Blood Ritual now has more damage frontloaded at the moment of each hit, making casting it in quick succession more viable. The ability still has a DoT that is overwritten by each hit, meaning there is still a reason to space the three activations apart for maximum damage. Utilizing Blood Ritual primarily for burst damage should still do a significant amount of damage. The maximum damage output of the ability remains unchanged. Blood Ritual (Demonfang): Now applies an instant 100 damage each hit DoT damage: 50 → 25 Number of DoT Ticks: 3 → 2 Enemy Bleed Duration remains unchanged
Version 19.010.1	13 December 2021	Lands Awakened Patch 1	To make Blood Ritual less dependent on blocking the self damage with an additional defensive like Cleric Robe, its self-damage has been reduced. Blood Ritual (Demonfang) Self Damage per Tick: 20 → 12
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)