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Piercing Shriek

Stuns all enemies in front of you, Weakens their Defence and Attack Damage. Blocking their attacks reflects Damage back at them.

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How to learn Piercing Shriek

Drink Phial of Brencis's Blood to unlock Piercing Shriek in the Vampirism tree. The phial significantly increases Corruption. The rank table lists the ability’s effects and further learning requirements.

Compare the five blood powers and their unlocks, including the Corruption needed for later ranks.

Unlock it with Brencis’s blood, then raise Corruption for later ranks

Piercing Shriek is granted by drinking Phial of Brencis’s Blood, which significantly increases Corruption. Rank 1 is the quest unlock and costs no time segment; ranks 2, 3 and 4 require Corruption 7, 11 and 13 and cost one, two and three skill points.

Using it costs 1 Activation Charge and 20% Health. It stuns enemies in front of Coen for 2 to 5 seconds depending on rank, raises damage to them and lowers their damage by 15% to 30%, and makes blocks reflect 10% to 25% of damage, or 40% to 100% on a Perfect Block. The effect lasts 25 to 60 seconds.

It is one of five boss blood powers. The boss blood guide compares all five phials and the Corruption each later rank needs.

Phial of Brencis’s BloodAll five boss blood abilitiesCorruption levels and thresholdsPlan the rank costs

Rank effects and learning costs

Costs are shown for each rank. Totals include this skill’s ranks only.

Piercing Shriek rank effects, learning costs and requirements
RankEffectsSkill pointsTime segmentsUnlock requirements
1
  • Stun Duration 2s.
  • +15% Damage to targets and -15% Damage dealt by targets.
  • Block reflects 10% of Damage back to the attacker. Perfect Block reflects 40%.
  • Duration 25s.
10
  • Quest unlock
2
  • Stun Duration 3s.
  • +20% Damage to targets and -20% Damage dealt by targets.
  • Block reflects 15% of Damage back to the attacker. Perfect Block reflects 60%.
  • Duration 35s.
11
  • Corruption level 7
3
  • Stun Duration 4s.
  • +25% Damage to targets and -25% Damage dealt by targets.
  • Block reflects 20% of Damage back to the attacker. Perfect Block reflects 80%.
  • Duration 45s.
21
  • Corruption level 11
4
  • Stun Duration 5s.
  • +30% Damage to targets and -30% Damage dealt by targets.
  • Block reflects 25% of Damage back to the attacker. Perfect Block reflects 100%.
  • Extends the Duration of effects on attackers by 100%.
  • Duration 60s.
32
  • Corruption level 13
All 4 ranks74
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  • Corruption levels and thresholds

    Find every Dawnwalker Corruption threshold, the original level 15 cap and why a level-up can wait until Coen finishes feeding or leaves combat.

  • Boss blood abilities

    Match Ambrus, Bakir, Xanthe, Brencis and Lacra’s blood to five vampire powers. Check blood phials, later-rank Corruption and Scarlet Shield’s ability slot.

Game reference: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Steam build 25129649, reviewed September 20, 2026. Report a mistake.