Lacerating Slash

Beast. Slash your foes and cause them to bleed. — In-game description

Lacerating Slash

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Pet

Hawk

Slot

Pet (skill list)

Type

Beast

Game link

API

20975

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0.5½  20  

Lacerating Slash

Beast. Slash your foes and cause them to bleed.

 Damage (2x): 3,378 (2.0)^?

 Damage (2x): 1,604 (0.95)^?

₆ Bleeding (15s): 1,980 Damage

₄ Bleeding (15s): 1,320 Damage

 Range: 300

— In-game description

Related traits

Skirmishing

• Hidden Barbs — Bleeding you inflict is more dangerous.

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.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Increased the cooldown from 6 seconds to 20 seconds. Increased the power coefficient from 0.33 to 1 in PvE and from 0.33 to 0.475 in WvW and PvP. Increased the bleeding stacks per hit from 1 to 3 in PvE and from 1 to 2 in WvW and PvP.
February 22, 2017	Avian Pets: Updated on-land nonbasic attacks so that they more consistently hit enemies and can be executed from farther distances.
October 15, 2013	Hawk and Eagle now have separate cooldowns for this skill.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the damage by 50%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Lacerating Slash has been added to the game.