Runic Blood
- Critical
- Cross-Form Link
- Finisher
- Execution
S TierSpeed farming · Endgame
Overview
Overview
An Ascended Warrior who crits ×5 — and every crit, through Rupture, unleashes the Blood Knight's Vital Impale.
Good for: Echoes T12–T20: clear and bosses, with built-in life steal.
Strengths
- Clear among the highest in the game
- Healing through the Impale and through Verdict
- Still parries (Retaliation)
Weaknesses
- The whole Atlas track up to the Link
- Gem from another Form (random drop)
- Crit below 50%: the damage swings
Loadout
What the build carries
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- Inheritance
- RetaliationStone Sentinel
- Mastery
- Ascended WarriorLV 8 · 36 points
- Iris Links
- RuptureTrigger Gem
- Vital ImpaleLinked
Relics12
Core
- Fractured Core
- Early Verdict
- Edge of the GazeBLESSED · Keen
- Counterweight
- Wedge
Recommended
- First Word
- Trained Hand
- Face to Face
- Whetstone
Optional
- Heavy Fist
- Counterblow
- Hollow Shield
Legendary
- The Debt Collectorluxury pick, random drop
- Long Teethluxury pick, random drop
Sets
Verdict
Critical and execution.
- Crooked Scales
- Worn Gavel
2 pieces: Criticals heal you. Capped per second.
Headsman of the Iris
Critical, mark and sentence.
- Headsman's Mask
- Headsman's Seal
2 pieces: A marked enemy at 18% health or less is executed on the spot, and explodes. On bosses, the threshold is 5%.
Progression
Progression trees
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Iris Fragments: 1,551
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Body
- Hardened Bark8/8+80% health (max +80%)
- Restoring Sap2/5+16% healing received
Power
- Sharp Gaze8/8+48% damage (max +48%)
- Steady Rhythm5/5+35% on basic attacks
- Elite Hunter4/4+36% against elites
- Crownbreaker4/4+36% against bosses
Focus
- Reservoir5/5+50% maximum resource
- Serene Flow5/5110% of natural flow
- Measured Haste4/4-20% cooldown (max -20%)
Fortune
- Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
- Deep Pocket4/4+4 relic slot
Constellation Point: 59
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Critical
- Measuring Eye+9% Critical Chance · +18% Critical Damage
- Blind Spot+18% Critical Chance against the controlled · +20% Critical Damage against the controlled
- Sure Blade+35% Critical Damage
- +4% Critical Chance ×3 · +10% Critical Damage ×4
Damage
- Weight of the Hand+18% Damage
- Second Intent+22% Damage with Skills
- Brute Force+26% Damage
- +6% Damage ×5 · +8% Damage with Basic Attacks · +8% Damage in Melee ×2
Elites and Bosses
- Giant Hunter+32% Damage against Bosses
- +9% Damage against Elites · +9% Damage against Bosses
Defense
- Skin of the Iris+16% Maximum Health · +15% Resistance · +8% Affliction Avoidance
- +5% Maximum Health ×2
RELIC SLOTS: +4
Vision Point: 35
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Blessings & Sets
- Blessed AwakeningTurns on Blessed Relics: in Tier 7 Echoes and above, 6% of relics come Blessed, and the chance climbs with every Tier. Commons can already be blessed.
- +6% Blessed chanceMore relics come Blessed.
- +6% Blessed chanceMore relics come Blessed.
- Blessing: UncommonUncommon relics can now come out Blessed.
- Blessing: RareRare relics can now come out Blessed.
- +10% Set Piece chanceEcho bosses drop more Set Pieces.
- Sets of the GazeTurns on Set Pieces: bosses in Tier 10 Echoes and above can now drop them, and every piece you find is yours for good.
- Advanced SetsThe advanced Sets can now drop.
- Sets of the VeilThe Sets from Beyond the Veil can now drop.
- Language of the IrisTurns on Iris Links: bosses in Tier 15 Echoes and above drop Gems, and every one you find is yours for good.
Inheritances
- +1 Archive slotThe Archive of Memories holds more Inheritances.
- Relics of the Great GazeEchoes start holding the relics that exist only in the Great Gaze, beginning with the commons.
- Uncommons of the GazeThe exclusive uncommons start showing up in Echoes.
- Rares of the GazeThe exclusive rares start showing up in Echoes.
- Epics of the GazeThe exclusive epics start showing up in Echoes.
Ascended Warrior
The rune stopped being a mark and became weight.
Passive
- Split VerseMore melee damage and a layer of armor that never comes off.
- Runic ReachThe blows reach further and come out faster.
In practice
How to play
Open by moving in and hitting every enemy once (full health = bonus).
Keep the combo and the parry going.
Against packs, get in the middle: the Impales clear in a line and heal.
Against bosses, stay close, combo and parry; Keen makes the damage climb over time.
Mind the Atlas path: without set_u_1 the pieces do nothing.
To keep
The build card
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Open the cardMeasured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8
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