Blood Howl

Blood Howl is a Druid skill from the Defensive skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Heals	Maximum Life
Attack Speed
Werewolf
Shapeshift
Spirit

Blood Howl Details and Upgrades

Blood Howl Shapeshift into a Werewolf and howl furiously, Healing you for 20% of your Maximum Life. Cooldown: 15 seconds Tags: Defensive, Werewolf, Shapeshifting

Upgrades

Enhanced Blood Howl Kills reduce the cooldown of Blood Howl by 1 second.	Innate Blood Howl Blood Howl also generates 20 Spirit.
	Preserving Blood Howl Blood Howl also increases your Attack Speed by +15% for 4 seconds.

Other Skills that work with Blood Howl

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Blood Howl can exploit
• Exploit a condition Blood Howl creates

Core Tree
Digitigrade Gait You gain + 3 / 6 / 9% Movement Speed while in Werewolf form. This bonus persists for 3 seconds after leaving Werewolf form. Requires a point in Predatory Instinct. Passive
Defensive Tree
Vigilance You gain 5 / 10 / 15% Damage Reduction for 6 seconds after using a Defensive Skill. Requires a point in Ancestral Fortitude. Passive
Wrath Tree
Toxic Claws Critical Strikes with  Werewolf skills deal 8 /16 / 24% of their Base Damage as Poisoning Damage over 4 seconds. Requires a point in Neurotoxin. Passive
Ultimate Tree
Quickshift When a Shapeshifting Skill transforms you into a different form, it deals x 5 / 10 / 15% increased damage. Passive
Natural Fortitude Shapeshifting Fortifies you for 1 / 3 / 4% Maximum Life. Requires a point in Quickshift. Passive
Heightened Senses Upon shapeshifting into a Werewolf or Werebear, gain 4 / 8 / 12% Damage Reduction against Elites for 5 seconds. Requires a point in Quickshift. Passive
Key Passives Tree
Bestial Rampage After being a Werewolf for 2.5 seconds, gain +25% Attack Speed for 15 seconds. After being a Werebear for 2.5 seconds, deal x30% increased damage for 15 seconds. Passive
Lupine Ferocity Every 6th Werewolf skill hit Critically Strikes and deals x 140% increased damage. Passive

Items that work with Blood Howl

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Blood Howl
• Create a condition Blood Howl can exploit
• Exploit a condition Blood Howl creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Nature's Savagery	Offensive	Werewolf Skills function as Storm Skills and Werebear Skills function as Earth Skills for the Nature's Fury Key Passive. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Druid
Aspect of the Unsatiated	Resource	After killing an enemy with Shred, your next Werewolf Skill generates 20 - 30% more Spirit and deals 20 - 30% increased damage. Ring	Tormented Ruins (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Druid
Nighthowler's Aspect	Offensive	Blood Howl increases Critical Strike Chance by 5 - 10%. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for 3 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Forbidden City (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Druid
Skinwalker's Aspect	Defensive	When you use a Shapeshifting Skill that changes your form, gain .07 - .12 Life. If you are at full Life, gain the same amount as Fortify. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Fading Echo (Map)	Kehjistan	Druid
Stormshifter's Aspect	Utility	While Hurricane is active, gain + 2 Ranks to your Shapeshifting Skills. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Crusaders' Cathedral (Map)	Kehjistan	Druid
Vigorous Aspect	Defensive	Gain 10 - 15% Damage Reduction while Shapeshifted into a Werewolf. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Steadfast Barracks (Map)	Hawezar	Druid

* A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

	Fleshrender This weapon is a reminder of the unbridled savagery of our druidic ancestors, the wisdom of which I see more clearly with every day that passes." - Moreg, Druidic Scholar Type: One-handed Mace Description: Debilitating Roar and Blood Howl deal 0.5 - 1.0 damage to Nearby Poisoned enemies, increased by x 10% for every 100 Willpower you have. Fleshrender has a flat damage effect, which scales with power.	Affixes: + % Overpower Damage + % Damage while Shapeshifted + % Damage to Poisoned Enemies + # Ranks of All Defensive Skills + % Core skill Damage
	Hunter's Zenith "By fang, claw, spear, or sword - send the bastards back to the flames from which they crawled! Soak the peat with their blood! For Fiacla-Géar! For Scosglen!" - Nafain, during the Days of Ash Type: Ring Description: Gain a bonus when you kill with a Shapeshifting Skill: Werewolf: Your next Non-Ultimate Werebear Skill costs no Resource and has no Cooldown. Werebear: Your next Werewolf Skill will Heal you for # when damage is first dealt.	Affixes: + % All Resistances + % Lightning Resistance + % Damage while Shapeshifted + % Critical Strike Chance + # Ranks in Heightened Senses Passive + # Ranks in Quickshift Passive
	Mad Wolf's Glee “He was not a victim of the curse - he sought it out. As his skin split and his bones cracked, his laughter never ceased." – Tale of the Mad Nobleman Type: Chest Armor Description: Werewolf form is now your true form, and you gain +3 Ranks to all Werewolf Skills.	Affixes: + # Maximum Life + % Damage % Damage Reduction from Poisoned Enemies + % Movement Speed

Malignant Hearts

Revenge

Brutal Defensive

10-20% of incoming damage is instead suppressed. When you use a Defensive, Subterfuge (Rogue) or a Macabre (Necromancer) skill, all suppressed damage is amplified by 250% and explodes, dealing up to 1360-2040 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

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Changes to Blood Howl

There have been no changes to Blood Howl to date.