Equip Shred for weapon and claw bleed attacks
Shred works passively after you equip it in the Active Abilities panel. It occupies a slot and applies a bleed chance to weapon or claw attacks in vampire form. Learning the skill without equipping it does not activate that effect.
Bleed chance rises from 20% at rank 1 to 25%, 30% and 35%. Ranks 2–4 also list bleed-damage bonuses of 25%, 50% and 100%. Chance and damage are separate improvements: the damage bonus does not mean every hit applies bleed.
Rank 4 additionally deals damage when bleed is reapplied. The final rank requires Corruption 13; the earlier gates are 1, 5 and 9. Purchasing all four ranks costs seven skill points and five time segments.
Compare Shred’s occupied slot with Scarlet Shield’s block-triggered healing or another equipped effect. Use the rank table for the fixed bonuses; bleed damage itself scales with the current character.
Rank effects and learning costs
Costs are shown for each rank. Totals include this skill’s ranks only.
This passive effect needs an equipped slot in the Active Abilities panel. See the eight passive abilities that use a slot when planning your loadout.
Damage is calculated for your current character. The fixed effects and durations are listed below.
| Rank | Effects | Skill points | Time segments | Unlock requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
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| 2 |
| 1 | 1 |
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| 3 |
| 2 | 1 |
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| 4 |
| 3 | 2 |
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| All 4 ranks | 7 | 5 | ||