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Lacerate

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Lacerate is a Druid skill from the Ultimate skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg Maximum Life
Immunity Critical Strike Dmg
Heal
Critical Strike Chance
Werewolf
Shapeshifting

Lacerate Details and Upgrades

lacerate

Lacerate

Shapeshift into a Werewolf, become Immune and quickly dash 10 times between enemies in the area dealing up to 460% damage.

Type: Shapeshifting

Damage: Physical

Cooldown: 35 seconds

Lucky Hit Chance: 7%

Tags: Ultimate, Werewolf, Shapeshifting

Upgrades

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Prime Lacerate

Lacerate hits Heal for 3% Maximum Life, doubled on Critical Strikes. The first Critical Strike is guaranteed and deals 150% increased damage.

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Supreme Lacerate

Whenever Lacerate Critically Strikes, your Shapeshifting Skills deal 4% increased damage for 10 seconds, up to 40%.


Other Skills that work with Lacerate

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Lacerate can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Lacerate creates
Core Tree
Digitigrade Gait
Digitigrade Gait

You gain + 4 / 8 / 12% Movement Speed while in Werewolf form. This bonus persists for 3 seconds after leaving Werewolf form.

Requires a point in Predatory Instinct.

Passive

Wrath Tree
Envenom
Envenom

You and your Companions gain x 10 / 20 / 30% bonus Critical Strike Damage against Poisoned enemies..

Requires a point in Neurotoxin.

Passive

Toxic Claws
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

Bad Omen
Bad Omen

Lucky Hit: Up to a 10 / 20 / 30% chance when dealing damage to a Vulnerable, Immobilized or Stunned enemy that a Lightning Bolt also hits dealing 55% damage.

Requires a point in Charged Atmosphere or Endless Tempest.

Passive

Ultimate Tree
petrify

Petrify

Encase all Nearby enemies in stone, Stunning (CC) them for 3 seconds. You deal x30% increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by Petrify.

Against Bosses, the Critical Strike Damage bonus is increased to x 50% and its duration is increased to 6 seconds.

Type: Nature Magic

Damage: Physical

Cooldown: 50 seconds

Tags: Ultimate, Nature Magic, Earth

Skill

Quickshift

Quickshift

When Shapeshifting into a new animal form, you deal 1% increased damage for 3 seconds, up to 6%.

Passive

Natural Fortitude
Natural Fortitude

Shapeshifting Fortifies you for 2 / 4 / 6% Maximum Life.

Requires a point in Quickshift.

Passive

Heightened Senses
Heightened Senses

When Shapeshifting into an animal form, Werebear grants 2% Damage Reduction and Werewolf grants 2% Movement Speed, each for 6 seconds. Bonuses are doubled while both are active.

Requires a point in Quickshift.

Passive

Key Passives Tree
Ursine Strength

Ursine Strength

Gain x 20% additional Maximum Life while in Werebear form and for 3 seconds after leaving Werebear form.

While Healthy, deal x 25% increased damage and x 30% increased Overpower damage.

Passive

Bestial Rampage

Bestial Rampage

After being a Werewolf for 2 seconds, gain +30% Attack Speed for 15 seconds.

After being a Werebear for 2 seconds, deal x50% increased damage for 15 seconds.

Passive

Lupine Ferocity

Lupine Ferocity

Every 6th Werewolf skill hit Critically Strikes and deals x 140% increased damage.

Passive


Items that work with Lacerate

The following items either:

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

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Natural Balance
Offensive Casting a Storm Skill grants your Earth Skills 30 - 45% Critical Strike Damage for 4 seconds.

Casting an Earth Skill increases the Critical Strike Chance of Storm Skills by 8.0 - 12.0% for 4 seconds.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

N/A Extraction Druid
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 Rampaging Werebeast
Offensive The duration of Grizzly Rage is increased by 1 - 5 seconds. In addition, Critical Strikes while Grizzly Rage is active increase your Critical Strike Damage by x 10% for the durationm up to a maximum of x 200%.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

Endless Gates
(Map)
Hawezar Druid
Aspect of the Unsatiated
Resource After killing an enemy with Shred, your next Werewolf Skill generates 30 - 40% more Spirit and deals 30 - 40% increased damage.

Ring

Tormented Ruins
(Map)
Fractured Peaks Druid
Crashstone Aspect
Offensive Earth Skills deal 30 - 40% more Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

Stockades
(Map)
Scosglen 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

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.


Unique Items

Mad_Wolfs_Glee.png

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
Class: Druid

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
Hunters_Zenith.png

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
Class: Druid

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


    Changes to Lacerate

    Patch 1.1.0a, July 18, 2023

    Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

    • Base damage increased from 400% to 460%.