Generally speaking, creatures in the Warrens, Weald, and Courtyard are more susceptible to bleed, while the fishfolk of the Cove are resilient because of their scales, and the skeletons of the Ruins are nearly immune because they don't have blood in the first place.īlight is mechanically the same as bleed, dealing damage over time, but is represented by a green drop rather than red.

Notably, the Occultist can inflict the bleed status on himself and his allies through his skill Wyrd Reconstruction, while Flagellant can inflict bleed on himself with his skill Reclaim. The Bounty Hunter, Flagellant, Hellion, Highwayman, Houndmaster, Jester, and Plague Doctor all have at least one ability capable of inflicting the bleed effect on an enemy. If out of combat, there will be a chance to use food or a bandage to prevent death. Several Hero combat skills can also remove Bleed effects.īe very careful with a character on Death's Door, as this can kill them before they can use a bandage on their turn. It lasts for a specified amount of turns, which can be seen by hovering the cursor over the red drop.īleed can be cured with a Bandage item. At the beginning of an affected hero or enemy's turn they will take damage equal to the bleed strength, ignoring any protection points. List of Negative Status Effects Bleed īleeding is a damage over time effect, represented by a red drop. Many abilities also have special durations for certain effects. The default duration of status effects is three turns, while blight and bleed inflicted through critical hits will last five turns instead. Despite the game tooltips showing total values, stacks are handled and expire individually. Many status effects, namely blight, bleed, buff, and debuff can stack multiple times until they expire.

Some status effects, such as blight and bleed, have a given duration before expiring and ending their effect.

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