Splitblade

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

Splitblade

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand axe

Game link

API

12480

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0.75¾  

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Splitblade

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

 Damage (5x): 915 (2.5)^?

 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

Marksmanship

• Farsighted — Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.

Skirmishing

• Hidden Barbs — Bleeding you inflict is more dangerous.
• Quick Draw — When swapping weapons, the next ranger weapon skill you use will recharge faster.

Beastmastery

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

Soulbeast

• 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

• 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 than 5 Targets, it can hit up to 25.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 30, 2022	Damage multiplier per hit increased from 0.1 to 0.5 in PvE only.
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.