Blade

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## Availability

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Yes (not in base pool)

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## Template

**Blade** is a Skill Champion. Being a Skill Champion, he has a Class Bonus against Science Champions, but is weak to Mutant Champions.

## Bio

When Eric Brooks’ mother was killed during his birth by a bloodthirsty vampire, the newborn Brooks’ blood was infused with vampiric enzymes. This event turned him into a Dhampir, a hybrid human/vampire, possessing the powers of a vampire like immortality, but none of their weaknesses. Eventually becoming known as Blade, he has the ability to sense supernatural phenomenon, enabling him to identify Dimensional Beings and quickly react to incoming threats, making him effective at hunting the most powerful beings in the Battlerealm.

## Abilities

**When nearby Bleeding Opponents**

* For every stack of Bleed on the opponent, generates 7% of a Bar of Power per second.

**Passive**

* When against Dimensional Beings, Danger Sense activates and grants Blade *X* Attack Rating while also reducing the opponent’s Ability Accuracy by 40%. This Ability Accuracy reduction bypasses immunities to Ability Accuracy reduction.

* Blade’s immune system attacks alien substances, shrugging off Debuffs up to 95% faster based on current Power.

**Well Timed Blocks**

* 100% chance to inflict Bleed, dealing *X* Direct Damage over 2 seconds.

## Signature Ability

**Vampiric Immortality** - Holding Block

* When below 70% Health, Blade’s healing factor allows him to recover *X* Health for the cost of *X*% of a Bar of Power per second.

## Special Attacks

**Special 1 - Go for the Head and the Heart**

*A powerful sword and glaive attack, inflicting deep wounds upon the opponent.*

* Inflicts Bleed, dealing *X* Direct Damage over 10 seconds.

**Special 2 - Safety’s Off**

*This fast multi-hit sword art finishes with a blast from Blade’s machine pistol.*

* This attack receives *X* additional Critical Rating.

* Inflicts Bleed on Critical Hits, dealing *X* Direct Damage per stack over 1 second. For each Bleed inflicted, Blade instantly generates 8% of a Bar of Power.

**Special 3 - Day Walker’s Wrath**

*Blade throws both his glaives in an arc and immediately starts to strike his opponent with his sword, allowing for just enough time for his glaives to return and land the finishing blow.*

* Inflicts 3 stacks of Bleed, each dealing *X* Direct Damage over 13 seconds.

* 70% chance to Stun for 3 seconds.

## Synergy Bonuses

 Demon Hunter
 Heightened Senses
 Genetic Recode - Bloodletting

## Strengths and Weaknesses

### Strengths

* **Magik**
	+ Blade’s Danger Sense will always activate against Dimensional Beings, reducing their opponent’s Ability Accuracy while also granting Blade a huge attack increase. This means Magik’s Limbo will activate less frequently in a fight.

* **Archangel, Abomination**
	+ Blade is able to reduce the potency and duration of Debuffs based on how much Power he has, making it a great counter against Champions that rely heavily on Debuffs in order to inflict most of their damage. However don't let Archangel inflict his Neurotoxin as that is a passive that Blade cannot remove.

* **Mystic Champions and Villain Champions**
	+ Blade’s Synergies with Stark Spiderman and Ghost Rider allows him to activate Danger Sense against all Mystic and Villain Champions in The Contest. Watch out for your opponent’s Champion Tags!

### Weaknesses

* **Ultron, Colossus** and **Iceman**
	+ Any opponents that are immune to Bleed will greatly reduce Blade’s damage output and make him unable to gain Power when nearby Bleeding opponents.

* **Civil Warrior, Sentinel, Omega Sentinel** and **Scarlet Witch (Classic)**
	+ Heal Block will neutralize Blade’s Signature Ability Regeneration aspect but Blade will still pay the Power cost.
* **Mole Man**, **Kingpin**, **Agent Venom**
	+ Blade's damage comes mostly from Bleed debuffs. If the opponent is able to shrug these off quickly, his damage will be greatly reduced.

## Recommended Masteries

* **Deep Wounds**
	+ Blade’s Well Timed Block and Special 2 Attacks can inflict a lot of short duration Bleeds and Deep Wounds will greatly enhance their damage.

* **Recovery**
	+ Blade’s Signature Ability and Recovery will allow him to regain more Health while still paying the same amount of Power per second.

* **Courage**
	+ Blade can precisely control the amount of Health he has while below 70% Health, making it easier to stay just below the 50% Health range and benefiting from Courage’s Attack Rating increase.

## External links

 Champion Spotlight Blade. Kabam Forums. October 25, 2017.

## Navigation

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