Balanced Blade
Damage increases up to +90% when you strike repeatedly. Inflicts critical hits after 10 successive hits.
Combo rate
One 6-hit combo every 1.46 seconds
Base price
1500
Base DPS
147-279 (230-437 )
Base combo damage
215-418 (409-768 )
Base first hit
25-48 (39-74 )
Base second hit
34-67 (53-100 )
Base third hit
34-67 (53-100 )
Base fourth hit
34-67 (53-100 )
Base fifth hit
34-67 (53-100 )
Base sixth hit
54-102 (84-160 )
The Balanced Blade is a melee weapon which has a fast swing rate. Its damage output increases after each consecutive hit and starts inflicting critical hits after ten, further increasing its damage output.
Details [ edit ]
Special Effects:
Damage increases by 9% per hit until a maximum of 90% extra damage, deals critical damage after 10 consecutive hits.
Taking damage removes any extra damage built up, as well as critical hits , requiring another 10 hits to get them again.
The damage buff will also expire after 8 seconds.
Breach Bonus : -0.9 / -0.9 / -0.9 / -0.75 / -0.75 / -0.5Base Breach Damage: 2.5 / 3.4 / 3.4 / 8.5 / 8.5 / 27 (4 / 5 / 5 / 13 / 13 / 42 )Base Breach DPS: 37 (56 )Combo Duration: 1.46 secondsFirst Hit: 0.15 (0.1 + 0.05 + 0)Second Hit: 0.25 (0.1 + 0.15 + 0)Third Hit: 0.12 (0.07 + 0.05 + 0)Fourth Hit: 0.22 (0.07 + 0.15 + 0)Fifth Hit: 0.12 (0.07 + 0.05 + 0)Sixth Hit: 0.6 (0.3 + 0.3 + 0)
Tags: UnlockInPublicEventLegendary Version: Forced Affix : Run Speed on Crit "Increases your movement speed for 5 seconds after a critical hit ."
Synergies [ edit ]
Instinct of the Master of Arms can be reliably triggered against groups of enemies or tankier enemies, especially bosses.
Combo will further increase damage dealt when hits are chained, allowing damage to snowball even more quickly against large groups of enemies.
The base/crit damage only show the theoretical min/max values.
Gallery [ edit ]
The Balanced Blade in action.
History [ edit ]
0.0 : Introduced.
2.4 : Base DPS increased from 118-177 (184-277 ) to 147-279 (230-437 ).
Base breach DPS increased from 30 (46 ) to 37 (56 ).
3.0 : Added the Legendary Affix "Run Speed on Crit".