Rend

Rend is the only Tier 3 skill in Athena's Xiphos tree. Additionally, having only one level, it requires taking multiple Tier 1 or 2 skills to advance further down the tree. Rend grants Athena access to a unique damage-over-time condition that becomes more powerful against tougher enemies, and facilitates later skills.

Effect

 * Bleed Duration: 12 Seconds
 * Bleed deals up to +100% bonus damage against targets with high health.

Using a melee attack after purchasing Rend inflicts 'Bleed' on the target. Bleed's damage scales up with the health of the target, dealing up to 200% melee damage (including all bonuses from skills and equipment) against especially tough victims.

Strategy

 * There is no limit on how many enemies can be Bleeding at the same time.
 * Bleed is its own unique condition, allowing it to stack with Elemental damage-over-time.
 * Rend scales with the enemy's total health, not with their remaining health. At less than 50% remaining health, Omega-Senshu will further increase Bleed Damage.