Life Rend

This article is about the necromancer skill. For the skill used by The Voice, see Life Rend (The Voice).

Shroud. Cleave foes in front of you. This skill inherits traits from Life Blast. — In-game description

Life Rend

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Parent skill

  Reaper's Shroud

Slot

Transform

Type

Shroud

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

 →  → 

Game link

API

29442

“

0.5½  

Life Rend

Chain. Shroud. Cleave foes in front of you. This skill inherits traits from Life Blast.

 Damage: 372 (1.4)^?

 Damage: 155 (0.583)^?

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 170

— In-game description

Related traits

Spite

• Reaper's Might — Shroud skill 1 grants might.

Blood Magic

• Vampiric Presence — You and your nearby allies siphon health with attacks. This effect increases while in Shroud.

Soul Reaping

• Unyielding Blast — Shroud skill 1 inflicts vulnerability.
• Dhuumfire — Shroud skill 1 inflicts burning on your target.

Notes

• The whole sequence takes 2.37s.
• Damage value is calculated based on the weapon strength of an ascended Hammer. Wiki value assumes unequipped value of 690.5

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 02, 2023	Increased power coefficient from 0.9 to 1.4 in PvE only.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 0.875 to 0.9.
May 26, 2020	Removed unnecessary hit effects on the necromancer when they successfully strike an enemy.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive splits) Reaper Shroud - Autoattack Chain: Reduced power coefficients from 0.875/0.92/1.7 to 0.583/0.613/1.13
November 07, 2017	Increased damage by 25%.
February 22, 2017	Increased damage by 17%.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Life Rend has been added to the game.