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Executioner's Scythe

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10.25¼ Activation time  30 Recharge time  
Executioner's Scythe

Shroud. Deliver a powerful overhand strike to stun a single target, dealing increased damage the lower their health. Leaves behind an ice field.

Damage.png Damage Below 50%: 1,064 (4.0)?
Damage.png Damage Below 50%: 4 (0.015)?
Damage.png Damage Below 25%: 1,329 (5.0)?
Damage.png Damage Below 25%: 5 (0.02)?
Chilled.png Chilled (1s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Stun.png Stun: 10.5½ seconds
Stun.png Stun: 20.5½ seconds
Duration.png Duration: 4 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 240
Combo.png Combo Field: Ice

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Spite Spite

Curses Curses

Death Magic Death Magic

Blood Magic Blood Magic

Soul Reaping Soul Reaping

Reaper Reaper

Notes[edit]

This skill is listed as applying Stun but actually applies Reaper's Frost, which functions the same as Stun.
  • Damage value is calculated with the weapon strength of the active weapon before shroud is activated. Wiki value assumes unequipped value of 690.5
  • The ice field applies 1 second of Chilled.png Chilled every second.
  • Targetting seems to be random and won't stun your actual target sometimes.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
November 29, 2022
  • (PvE only) Increased power coefficient against targets at or above 50% health to 3.0. Increased power coefficient against targets below 50% health to 4.0. Increased power coefficient against targets below 25% to 5.0.
February 28, 2022 End of Dragons release:
  • (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
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
    • When foes are at or above 50% health, the damage coefficient is reduced from 2.0 to 0.01.
    • When foes are below 50% health, the damage coefficient is reduced from 2.6 to 0.015.
    • When foes are below 25% health, the damage coefficient is reduced from 3.2 to 0.02.
    • Increased stun duration from 1.5 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
November 07, 2017
  • Increased damage by 33% on targets above 50% health.
  • Increased damage by 30% on targets below 50% health.
  • Increased damage by 28% on targets below 25% health.
April 19, 2016
  • Reduced the freezing field duration from 6 seconds to 4 seconds.
December 01, 2015
  • Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
October 23, 2015 Heart of Thorns release:
  • Executioner's Scythe has been added to the game.