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Blade

A duelist who changes weapons with distance and must account for reduced received healing during his life-steal stance.

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ABILITIES

PC · Default controls

Your in-game bindings may differ. Mouse and keyboard badges show default PC controls; passives need no key.

LMBLeft clickRMBRight click6 abilities / variants

The same key can trigger different attacks depending on the weapon or form. If there are multiple sections, expand the relevant form to check.

PRIMARY ATTACK

Ancestral Sword

LMB

Slashes forward with his ancestral sword.

PRIMARY ATTACK

Hunter's Shotgun

LMB

Fires his shotgun.

ABILITY

Scarlet Shroud

RMB

Parries frontal damage, briefly resists interruption and helps recover his dash.

ABILITY

Bloodline Awakening

E

Sustained sword attacks accelerate and steal life, but received healing is reduced.

ABILITY

Daywalker Dash

SHIFT

Dashes with a weapon-dependent follow-up: healing reduction or a slow.

ULTIMATE

Thousand-Fold Slash

Q

Dashes through enemies, leaving a slashing zone that reduces healing.

HOW TO PLAY

  1. Use the shotgun during the approach and switch to the sword when sustained hits are realistic.
  2. Avoid activating Bloodline Awakening just as contact ends; life steal needs successful attacks.
  3. Save Scarlet Shroud for a clear frontal threat and watch for the dash opportunity afterward.
  4. Place the ultimate’s slashing zone across a choke or allied control, not an easy escape path.
COMMON MISTAKE

Assuming life steal makes him invulnerable and forgetting the reduction to allied healing.

Checked: 2026-08-28 · Icons and controls are from official hero pages. Mechanics and default bindings may change with patches. The play plan is editorial advice, not a meta or win-rate claim.

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