Blinding Slash

Beast. Blind your foes with a slash. — In-game description

Blinding Slash

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Pets

Raven
White Raven

Slot

Pet (skill list)

Type

Beast

Game link

API

12723

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0.5½  18  

Blinding Slash

Beast. Blind your foes with a slash.

 Damage (2x): 3,378 (2.0)^?

 Damage (2x): 2,228 (1.32)^?

 Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Range: 300

— In-game description

Related traits

Wilderness Survival

• Carnivore — Steal health from enemies when you or your pet disable them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Poison Master — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

Nature Magic

• Rejuvenation — Beast skills now grant regeneration around the ranger.
• Invigorating Bond — Beast skills heal allies around the ranger.

Beastmastery

• Pack Alpha — Your pet's attributes are improved and pet skills gain recharge reduction. Improved attributes are power, condition damage, precision, toughness, and vitality.
• Go for the Eyes — Nearby foes are blinded by Beast abilities.
• Wilting Strike — Beast abilities inflict weakness on those struck. This effect will only occur once on each target struck by an ability.
• Beastly Warden — Beast abilities taunt nearby foes.

Soulbeast

• Live Fast — Using a Beast ability grants you offensive boons.
• Oppressive Superiority — Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.

Notes

• This skill attacks twice and so the actual blind duration is 10 seconds.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Increased the power coefficient from 0.66 to 1.0 in PvE only.
Unknown	(Undocumented) The power coefficient per strike was reverted back from 0.475 to 0.66.
May 26, 2020	Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.66 to 0.475.
February 22, 2017	Avian Pets: Updated on-land nonbasic attacks so that they more consistently hit enemies and can be executed from farther distances.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the damage by 34%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Blinding Slash has been added to the game.