The damage bonus depends on staying below 30% Health
Last Stand supplies +100% Weapon Damage while Health is below 30%. It does not need a kill or a Perfect Block to activate. The threshold is a percentage of maximum Health, so the same absolute amount of Health can qualify on one build and fall outside the condition on another.
With a maximum of 1,000 Health, Last Stand activates below 300 Health. Healing back out of that band removes the condition. Final damage also depends on enemy defences and your other damage modifiers.
Weapon Damage is distinct from Claw Damage and Witchcraft Ability Damage. For a vampire build that mainly attacks with claws, compare Lethal Crescendo’s stated damage type rather than picking Last Stand solely for its larger percentage. Swordmastery’s availability in both forms does not turn every weapon modifier into a claw modifier.
Unholy Vitality’s fourth rank also refers to Health below 30%, removing the Health cost of Witchcraft abilities in that state. Its recovery effects can then carry Health above the threshold. If you plan to combine low-Health effects, watch the current Health condition as well as the resource cost; Last Stand itself supplies no protection from the next hit.
Soul Stigma and Ravenous Flock have base Health costs of 35% and 40%, so Witchcraft spending can move Coen into the low-Health band. The Ultimate’s gate still requires 35 points in ordinary Swordmastery perks. That tree lists 85 ordinary perk points in total, with 26 on ranks that require no manual; plan manual access before assuming the gate can be reached entirely with book-free ranks.
Rank effects and learning costs
Costs are shown for each rank. Totals include this skill’s ranks only.
You can learn only one Ultimate Perk in the Swordmastery skill tree. Learning Last Stand makes the other Ultimates in this tree unavailable.
| Rank | Effects | Skill points | Time segments | Unlock requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| 4 | 2 |
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| All 1 rank | 4 | 2 | ||