Splitblade

Throw a spread pattern of five whirling axes that bleeds foes. — In-game description

Splitblade

0.75¾  

6

8

 

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand axe

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Throw a spread pattern of five whirling axes that bleeds foes.

  Damage (5x): 185 (0.5)^?

 ₅ Bleeding (6s): 660 Damage

 ₅ Bleeding (12s): 1,320 Damage

  Targets per Axe: 5

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)

  Range: 900

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

 Beastmastery

•  Honed Axes — You and your pet gain ferocity. Axe skills gain reduced recharge, and you gain additional ferocity while wielding an axe.

Notes

• The closer you are to the target, the more axes will hit.
• Projectiles pierce enemies, allowing axes to potentially hit multiple targets at once.
• This is one of the few Skills that can hit more that 5 Targets, it can hit up to 25.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per axe from 0.4 to 0.1. Increased bleeding duration from 6 seconds to 12 seconds. Increased cooldown from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.
March 27, 2018	Increased damage per axe by 33% in PvP and WvW.
June 20, 2017	The damage per axe hit of this skill has been increased by 200% in PvP only.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the aftercast from .4 seconds to .2 seconds.
May 14, 2013	Fixed a bug that caused the projectile speed of the following axe skills to be 75% of their intended speed: Ricochet, Splitblade, Winter's Bite, Path of Scars.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Splitblade has been added to the game.