Unrelenting Criticism

Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike. — In-game description

Unrelenting Criticism

Specialization

Firebrand (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Unrelenting Criticism

Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike.

 Chance on Hit: 100%

 Daze: 1 second

 Bleeding (40.5½s): 99 Damage

 Bleeding (1s): 22 Damage

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Core Cleave — Axe
•   Bleeding Edge — Axe
•   Searing Slash — Axe
•   Symbol of Vengeance — Axe
•   Blazing Edge — Axe

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Virtues

• Glacial Heart — Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Heal when you disable, immobilize, or chill a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Firebrand

• Stoic Demeanor — Retain Courage passive while it is on cooldown. Grant boons to nearby allies when you disable, immobilize, or slow an enemy. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Notes

• Though not listed on the tooltip, the Daze effect does 100 Defiance Break

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 26, 2023	(Undocumented) Bleeding duration reduced from 6 seconds to 4.5 seconds in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	Increased bleeding duration from 4 seconds to 6 seconds in PvE only.
May 02, 2023	Increased trigger chance from 33% to 100%. Increased bleeding duration from 3 seconds to 4 seconds in PvE only.
August 17, 2021	Fixed a tooltip display bug that caused the PvP duration of bleed to also display in the tooltip in PvE, showing two different bleed durations. The effect of this trait is unchanged.
July 07, 2020	Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced bleeding duration from 3 seconds to 1 second.
September 27, 2017	Fixed a bug with this trait that was granting its bleeding chance to non-axe weapons.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Unrelenting Criticism has been added to the game.