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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.

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

How to learn Piercing Shriek

The first rank is unlocked through a quest. Later ranks and their Corruption requirements are listed above.

Sources

Skill effects and learning costs reflect The Blood of Dawnwalker Steam build 25129649. Sources on this page were reviewed September 8, 2026.