Blood Wave

Blood Wave is a Necromancer skill from the Ultimate skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg	N/A
Knocks Back (CC)
Slows (CC)
+ Blood Orbs
Ultimate
Blood

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

Blood Wave Details and Upgrades

Blood Wave Cooldown: 50 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals 450% damage and Knocks Back (CC) enemies. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Ultimate, Blood

Upgrades

Prime Blood Wave Casting Blood Wave grants 20% Damage Reduction for 10 seconds.

Supreme Blood Wave Blood Wave leaves behind 6 Blood Orbs as it travels.

Items that affect Blood Wave

There are specific items that will boost Blood Wave in some way.

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Rathma's Chosen	Offensive	Whenever your Blood Skills Overpower you gain 35 - 55% [+] Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Necromancer
Aspect of Ultimate Shadow	Offensive	Bone Storm and Blood Wave are also Darkness Skills, deal Shadow damage, and gain additional effects: Enemies damaged by Bone Storm take 120 - 345 Shadow damage over 2 seconds. Blood Wave desecrates the ground it travels over, dealing 1,920 - 5,520 Shadow damage over 4 seconds Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Necromancer
Fastblood Aspect	Resource	Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate Cooldown by [1.00 - 2.50] seconds. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Iron Hold (Map)	Hawezar	Necromancer
Tidal Aspect	Offensive	Blood Wave fires two additional waves, each dealing [50 - 35]%[x] less damage than the previous. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Necromancer

Unique Items

Blood Artisan's Cuirass "The infamous Necromancer Gaza-Thul's mastery over blood magic was indisputable. Many suspect that upon his death, his skin was used to fashion this eldritch armor." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Unique Chest Armor Class: Necromancer Description: When you pick up [10 - 3] Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on your current Life percent.

Affixes: (Item Power 925) Blood Orbs Restore +[8 - 12] Essence +[103.5 - 135.0]% Damage for 4 Seconds After Picking Up a Blood Orb +[957 - 1,259] Maximum Life +[2 - 3] to Bone Spirit

Changes to Blood Wave

Patch 2.0, October 8, 2024

• Prime Blood Wave
  • Previous - Blood Wave Slows enemies by 50% for 4 seconds.
  • Now - Casting Blood Wave grants 20% Damage Reduction for 10 seconds.
• Supreme Blood Wave
  • Blood Orbs spawned increased from 3 to 6.

• Can now add up to 5 skill points to Ultimate skills.

Patch 1.1.0a, July 18, 2023

• Supreme Blood Wave - Leaves behind Blood Orbs earlier in its path.

Patch 1-0-2d, June 4, 2023

• Damage increased from 90% to 120%.