Bleeding

"Bleed" redirects here. For the story step, see Bleed (story).

Deals damage every second; stacks intensity. — In-game description

Bleeding

Effect type

Condition

Stacking

Intensity

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Deals damage every second; stacks intensity.

— In-game description

Bleeding can stack in intensity up to 1500 times and each stack does one pulse of damage per second. The damage dealt by bleeding is determined by the following formula:

(0.06 * Condition Damage) + (0.25 * Level) + 2 damage per stack per second,

(0.06 * Condition Damage) + 22 damage per stack per second at level 80.

Related skills

See also: Condition#Related skills

Weapon skills that apply bleeding

•   Bleeding Edge — Axe
•   Core Cleave — Axe
•   Symbol of Vengeance — Axe
•   Bloodbane Path — Short bow
•   Shattershot — Short bow
•   Final Thrust — Sword
•   Gash — Sword
•   Hamstring — Sword
•   Riposte — Sword
•   Sever Artery — Sword
•   Pin Down — Longbow
•   Split Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Fragmentation Shot — Pistol
•   Blunderbuss — Rifle
•   Capture Line — Harpoon gun
•   Refraction Cutter — Sword
•   Splitblade — Axe
•   Winter's Bite — Axe
•   Crippling Talon — Dagger
•   Crippling Shot — Short bow
•   Crossfire — Short bow
•   Surging Maw — Spear
•   Coral Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Splinter Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Deadly Delivery — Dagger
•   Double Arc — Dagger
•   Leading Swipe — Dagger
•   Death Blossom — Dagger
•   Twisting Fangs — Dagger
•   Wild Strike — Dagger
•   Repeater — Pistol
•   Repeater — Pistol
•   Sneak Attack — Pistol
•   Vital Shot — Pistol
•   Cluster Bomb — Short bow
•   Detonate Cluster — Short bow
•   Surprise Shot — Short bow
•   Trick Shot — Short bow
•   Deadly Strike — Spear
•   Hooked Spear — Spear
•   Piercing Shot — Harpoon gun
•   The Ripper — Harpoon gun
•   Malicious Sneak Attack — Pistol
•   Malicious Surprise Shot — Short bow
•   Malicious Deadly Strike — Spear
•   Malicious Ripper — Harpoon gun
•   Churning Earth — Dagger, when attuned to earth
•   Impale — Dagger, when attuned to earth
•   Ring of Earth — Dagger, when attuned to earth
•   Hurl — Scepter, when attuned to earth
•   Stone Shards — Scepter, when attuned to earth
•   Eruption — Staff, when attuned to earth
•   Shock Wave — Staff, when attuned to earth
•   Rock Blade — Trident, when attuned to earth
•   Rock Spray — Trident, when attuned to earth
•   Dust Storm — Warhorn, when attuned to earth
•   Grinding Stones — Dagger, when attuned to air and earth
•   Stone Tide — Scepter, when attuned to water and earth
•   Crystal Slash — Sword, when attuned to earth
•   Crystalline Strike — Sword, when attuned to earth
•   Crystalline Sunder — Sword, when attuned to earth
•   Earthen Vortex — Sword, when attuned to earth
•   Gale Strike — Sword, when attuned to air and earth
•   Natural Frenzy — Sword, when attuned to water and earth
•   Rust Frenzy — Sword, when attuned to earth
•   Sodden Swath — Trident, when attuned to air and earth
•   Siren's Call — Trident
•   Lacerating Chop — Axe
•   Mirror Strikes — Axe
•   Chaos Vortex — Staff
•   Dark Pact — Dagger
•   Enfeebling Blood — Dagger
•   Blood Curse — Scepter
•   Grasping Dead — Scepter
•   Putrid Curse — Scepter
•   Rending Curse — Scepter
•   Mark of Blood — Staff
•   Dark Spear — Spear
•   Crimson Tide — Trident

Bundle skills that apply bleeding

•   Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath — Tome of Justice
•   Tranquilizer Dart — Elixir Gun
•   Shrapnel Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Box of Nails — Tool Kit
•   Box of Piranhas — Tool Kit
•   Frost Storm — Frost Bow
•   Crippling Shield — Magnetic Shield (bundle)
•   Shield Smack — Magnetic Shield (bundle)
•   Shield Smash — Magnetic Shield (bundle)
•   Stone Sheath — Magnetic Shield (bundle)

Transform skills that apply bleeding

•   Withering Plague — Elixir X (underwater)
•   Elemental Requiem — Tornado
•   Dark Path — Death Shroud

Utility skills that apply bleeding

•   Razorclaw's Rage — Legendary Renegade Stance
•   Shattering Blow — Rage
•   Automatic Fire
•   Laser Disk — Exceed
•   Sharpening Stone — Survival
•   Spike Trap — Trap
•   Spike Trap — Trap
•   Glyph of Alignment — Glyph
•   Thousand Needles
•   Caltrops — Trick
•   Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph
•   Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph, when attuned to earth
•   Sandstorm — Glyph, when attuned to earth
•   Signet of Earth — Signet
•   Primordial Stance — Stance
•   Blood Is Power — Corruption
•   Signet of Spite — Signet

Elite skills that apply bleeding

•   Plague
•   Entangle — Survival
•   Dagger Storm — Trick
•   Plaguelands — Corruption

Profession mechanic skills that apply bleeding

•   Flurry — Sword, Burst
•   Skull Grinder — Mace, Primal Burst
•   Booby Trap — Tool belt
•   Blade Burst — Tool belt
•   Charging Bite
•   Maul
•   Maul
•   Primal Cry — Beast
•   Rain of Spikes
•   Sharpen Spines
•   Rusty Scrap Strike — Stolen skill
•   Throw Coral Shard — Stolen skill
•   Throw Crystal Shard — Stolen skill
•   Throw Cursed Artifact — Stolen skill
•   Throw Gunk — Stolen skill
•   Throw Scale — Stolen skill
•   Tooth Stab — Stolen skill
•   Use Trident — Stolen skill
•   Steal Health — Stolen skill
•   Overload Earth — Overload, when attuned to earth

Pet skills that apply bleeding

•   Bite — Juvenile Shark, Shark
•   Bite — Juvenile Smokescale, Smokescale
•   Charging Bite — Juvenile Shark, Shark
•   Feeding Frenzy — Juvenile Shark
•   Lacerating Slash — Juvenile Eagle, Juvenile Hawk
•   Maul — Feline
•   Maul — Porcine
•   Rain of Spikes — Bristleback
•   Rending Barbs — Juvenile Lashtail Devourer
•   Rending Maul — Juvenile Arctodus
•   Rending Pounce — Juvenile Lynx
•   Sharpen Spines — Bristleback

Downed skills that apply bleeding

•   Throw Junk
•   Throw Dirt
•   Venomous Knife
•   Grasping Earth

Drowning skills that apply bleeding

•   Diving Knife

Skills that convert Vigor into bleeding

Primary article: Condition#Skills that convert boons into conditions

Racial skills that apply bleeding

•   Booby Trap
•   Shrapnel Mine
•   Binding Roots
•   Call Owl
•   Rending Slash
•   Rending Swipe
•   Rending Talons
•   Seed Turret

Common skills that apply bleeding

•   Bleeding Shot — Cruelty-free Rifle
•   Blunderbuss — Cruelty-free Rifle
•   Blunderbuss — Hand Cannon
•   Bodkin Shot — Tengu Longbow (bundle)
•   Cat Scratch
•   Devastating Shattering Shot — Ballista
•   Dragonsblood Shrapnel Bolt — Ballista (Thunderhead Keep)
•   Dragonsblood Spear
•   Dragonsblood Spear
•   Dragonsblood Spear
•   Dragonsblood Spear
•   Fire Barbed Arrows — Arrow Cart (Silverwastes), Arrow Cart (Thunderhead Peaks)
•   Fire Barbed Arrows — Arrow Cart, Arrow Cart (Pact), Arrow Cart (United Legions)
•   Fire Exsanguinating Arrows — Arrow Cart
•   Fire Grapeshot — Cannon (Silverwastes)
•   Fire Grapeshot — Cannon, Cannon (Dredge Assault), Seraph Cannon
•   Fire Hollowed Gravel — Catapult
•   Fire Improved Barbed Arrows — Arrow Cart
•   Fire Large Rending Gravel — Catapult
•   Fire Merciless Arrows — Arrow Cart
•   Fire Penetrating Sniper Arrows — Arrow Cart
•   Fire Shattering Bolt — Ballista (Silverwastes)
•   Fire Shattering Bolt — Ballista, Ballista (United Legions)
•   Greater Shattering Bolt — Ballista
•   Improved Grapeshot — Cannon
•   Improved Shattering Bolt — Ballista
•   Might Missile 2.0 — Rocket Jump\Parachute 2.0
•   Might Missile — Rocket Jump\Parachute
•   Piercing Grapeshot — Cannon
•   Pummel — Dredge Walker
•   Pummel — Dredge Suit
•   Rending Gravel — Catapult
•   Rending Kick — Drysdan Transformation (Moa), Moa Battle Form
•   Rending Thrash — Centaur Banner
•   Rush
•   Rusty Scrap Strike — Rusty Scrap, Pile of Dirt
•   Rusty Shrapnel
•   Scatter Shot — Shadow Cannon
•   Screech — Moa Battle Form
•   Shard Volley — Frost Gun
•   Shattered Psyche
•   Shattered Psyche
•   Shockwave — Malfunctioning Staff
•   Shrapnel Blast
•   Shredding Grapeshot — Cannon
•   Slash — Dredge Suit
•   Slash — Starfish
•   Slashing Left Claw
•   Spike Barricade — Centaur Banner
•   Stab — Broken Bottle
•   Stab — Skritt Bottle
•   Stampede of Arrows — Centaur Banner
•   Swing — Rusty Sword, Rusty Old Sword
•   Swing — Toy Wooden Sword, Fighting Pit Training Sword, Stick, Wooden Sword (bundle)
•   Throw Anchor — Starfish
•   Throw Coral Shard — Coral Shard
•   Throw Coral Shard — Coral Shard
•   Throw Crystal Shard — Branded Crystals, Inquest Research Data, Crystal Shard (bundle)
•   Throw Crystal Shard — Rat Cache, Depleted Power Crystal, Crystal Shard (bundle)
•   Throw Gunk — Gunk (consumable), Ettin Gunk, Ball of Gunk, Gunk, Swamp Gunk
•   Throw Scale — Drake Scale (bundle), Scale (bundle)
•   Tooth Stab — Tooth
•   Vine Whirl — Vine Whip (A Sly Trick)

Skills that remove bleeding

Healing skills that remove bleeding

•   Hide in Shadows
•   A.E.D.

Skills with special conditions that remove bleeding

•   Leafy Bandage — Tool belt

Skills that benefit from bleeding on foes

•   Life Siphon — deals more damage

Skills that benefit from bleeding on self

•   Life Siphon — heals more

Related traits

See also: Condition#Related traits

Traits that apply bleeding

• Unrelenting Criticism (Firebrand) — Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike.
• Body Blow (Strength) — Stuns, dazes, knockbacks, pulls, pushes, and launches inflict bleeding and weakness.
• Bloodlust (Arms) — You have a chance to inflict bleeding on critical hits, and bleeds that you apply last longer.
• Crack Shot (Discipline) — Warrior ranged weapon skills gain reduced recharge, and their weapon skill 1 attacks are enhanced.
• Shrapnel (Explosives) — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Sharpshooter (Firearms) — Critical hits have a chance to cause bleeding.
• Sharpened Edges (Skirmishing) — You and your pet have a chance to cause bleeding on critical hits.
• Ancient Seeds (Druid) — Striking a stunned, dazed, knocked down, or launched foe summons roots to entangle them.
• Deadly Ambush (Trickery) — Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.
• Strength of Stone (Earth) — Gain condition damage based on your toughness. Inflict bleeding when you immobilize a foe. Bleeding can only occur on the same target once per interval.
• Arcane Precision (Arcane) — Your critical strikes have a chance to inflict a condition based on your attunement.
• Duelist's Discipline (Dueling) — Pistol attacks from you and your illusions have a chance to cause bleeding. Interrupting a foe recharges pistol skills. This trait can only reduce recharge on enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Sharper Images (Dueling) — Illusions inflict bleeding on critical hits.
• Barbed Precision (Curses) — Critical hits have a chance to cause bleeding. Increases bleed duration.
• Master of Corruption (Curses) — Corruptions gain reduced recharge time and inflict additional conditions on you.
• Deathly Chill (Reaper) — Chill deals damage over time.

Trait skills that apply bleeding

•   Call of the Renegade (Song of the Mists) — Strike enemies around you, inflicting bleeding and gaining Kalla's Fervor. Gain additional fervor stacks for each foe you hit.
•   Caltrops (Uncatchable) — Scatter caltrops that cripple and bleed foes.
•   Impaling Lotus (Lotus Training) — Evade attacks and hurl damaging daggers, dealing multiple conditions to enemies.
•   Shock Wave (Evasive Arcana, when attuned to earth) — Create a shock wave that bleeds and cripples nearby foes.
•   Lesser Enfeeble (Weakening Shroud) — Bleed and weaken nearby foes.
•   Lesser Mark of Blood (Mark of Evasion) — Mark. Inscribe a mark that bleeds foes when they trigger it, and grants regeneration to allies.

Traits that improve bleeding

• Bloodlust (Arms) — You have a chance to inflict bleeding on critical hits, and bleeds that you apply last longer.
• Blood Fury (Renegade) — Fury increases the duration of bleeds you inflict. Gaining fury inspires you with Kalla's Fervor.
• Heartpiercer (Renegade) — Your short bow skills now pierce. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.
• Serrated Steel (Firearms) — Bleeding you inflict gains increased duration.
• Hidden Barbs (Skirmishing) — Bleeding you inflict is more dangerous.
• Serrated Stones (Earth) — Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.
• Barbed Precision (Curses) — Critical hits have a chance to cause bleeding. Increases bleed duration.

Traits that benefit from bleeding on self

• Oakheart Salve (Wilderness Survival) — Gain regeneration when you are inflicted with bleeding, poison, or burning. While you have regeneration, you take reduced strike damage.

Traits that benefit from bleeding on foes

• Bloodlust (Arms) — You have a chance to inflict bleeding on critical hits, and bleeds that you apply last longer.
• Hematic Focus (Firearms) — You have increased chance to critically strike against bleeding foes.
• Sanguine Array (Firearms) — Gain might when you inflict bleeding on a foe.
• Serrated Stones (Earth) — Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.
• Blood Bond (Blood Magic) — Cast Lesser Signet of Vampirism on your foe when you inflict bleeding on them that matches or exceeds the threshold.

Traits that remove bleeding

See also: Boon#Traits that convert conditions into boons

• Shadow's Embrace (Shadow Arts) — Remove conditions periodically while in stealth.
• Pain Response (Acrobatics) — Gain regeneration and remove damaging conditions when struck while below the health threshold.

Traits that convert vigor into bleeding

Primary article: Condition#Traits that convert boons into conditions

Related equipment

See also: Condition#Related equipment

Upgrade components that apply bleeding

Runes

• Rune of the Krait (rank 6, on using an elite skill)

Sigils

• Sigil of Earth (Superior Sigil of Earth) (chance upon critical hit)
• Sigil of Geomancy (upon weapon swap)

Upgrade components that affect bleeding on foes

Runes

• Rune of the Afflicted (rank 4 - increases duration)
• Rune of the Krait (rank 2, 4 & 6 - increases duration; rank 6 - inflicts on elite skill use)
• Rune of the Mad King (rank 4 & 6 - increases duration)

Sigils

• Sigil of Agony (increases duration)

Player chatter

• When bleeding is applied to a character they will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on their race and gender.

Race	Gender
	Male	Female
Asura	I'm hemorrhaging!	That's MY blood!
Charr	I'm bleeding!	Gonna bleed out!
Human	I'm bleeding!	I'm bleeding!
Norn	Losing...blood...	Losing blood...
Sylvari	I'm bleeding!	I'm bleeding!

Version history

Patch	Changes
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: All damage conditions will now stack up to 1500 times. The formula for this condition has been rescaled to account for the new behavior of damaging conditions and to put more focus on the condition damage stat. New damage over time: 2 + (0.25 * Level) + (0.06 * Condition Damage) Condition to Boon Conversion: Vigor converts to 3 stacks of bleeding for 10 seconds (+2 stacks).
March 19, 2015	Updated condition damage. Previously, a condition that had a fractional remainder of time after it dealt damage would not inflict the rest of its damage. For example, a 1.5-second burn would deal 1 second of burning damage, then fail to inflict the remaining 0.5 seconds of burning. Conditions will now deal this fractional damage either at the beginning or end of their duration, depending on when the next damage pulse would occur and their remaining duration.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Bleeding has been added to the game.

Trivia

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Bleeding.

• According to lore, sylvari have golden blood. However, in the game, their blood is red.
• It is one of the few condition damage types that no enemies are immune against. The others are Torment and Confusion.

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Effects (stacking)