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Skycutter

Skycutter

Legendary Sword

  • Legendary
  • Level 70

Properties

392.0 Damage Per Second

168–392 Damage

1.40 Attacks per Second

Primary Attributes

  • Holy skills deal 15–20% more damage.
  • +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Holy Damage

Secondary Attributes

  • Chance to summon angelic assistance when attacking.

Random Affixes

  • +626–750 Strength
  • +626–750 Dexterity
  • +626–750 Intelligence

Ancient & primal values

Ancient

  • +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940) Holy Damage
  • +825–1,000 Strength

Primal

  • +1,560–1,940 Holy Damage
  • +1,000 Strength

Fixed properties of the ancient form; primal items roll the top value of the ancient range. Game files, version 2.8.0.

All possible random properties (20 primary, 12 secondary)

Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 1 primary and 1 secondary properties at random from these lists.

Primary

  • +6–10% Damage
  • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 6–10%.
  • Reduces all resource costs by 8–10%.
  • Increases Attack Speed by 5–7%
  • Chance to Deal 16–24% Area Damage on Hit.
  • +626–750 Strength ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Dexterity ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Vitality ancient +825–1,000
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Fire Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Cold Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Holy Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Lightning Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Poison Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Arcane Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +15,474–18,429 Life per Hit ancient +20,271–23,950
  • Increases damage against elites by 5–8%
  • 34–39% chance to inflict Bleed for 300–400% weapon damage over 5 seconds.
  • Sockets (1–1)

Secondary

  • Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
  • Level Requirement Reduced by 2–30 ancient 30–40
  • +6,428–8,914 Life after Each Kill ancient +9,805–11,590
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Fear on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Stun on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Blind on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Freeze on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Chill on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Slow on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Immobilize on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Knockback on Hit
  • Ignores Durability Loss

Pool of the item type from the game files, version 2.8.0. Skill damage bonuses only carry weight for their class. All properties of this slot

"The demons could not stand before the swords of the angelic Host, and their blood ran upon the fields of eternity." —The Books of Jarl, Volume III

Skycutter

The Skycutter speaks clearly to anyone built around Holy skills: it noticeably boosts their damage and occasionally summons angelic aid when you attack, lending extra support in the fight. That makes the sword ideal for Holy-leaning Crusaders, such as Blessed Hammer setups or other Holy-damage builds, though any class wielding such skills benefits from the damage boost.

The angelic aid is pretty but, as a luck-based effect, mostly garnish; the real value is the percentage damage bonus to Holy skills. Tip: make sure your build genuinely deals mostly Holy damage, or the weapon's biggest advantage fizzles. While levelling it's a strong transitional weapon until you find a specialized set blade.

What can be measured - and what cannot

The power states neither a probability nor a damage value for the angelic assistance, and it has no roll range. Everything fixed on the blade, on the other hand, is measurable. Which Skycutter is better is therefore decided entirely by its stats - a Primal Ancient pushes all of them to the maximum but leaves the power unchanged.

The stats at a glance

  • Holy damage of 981 to 1199 minimum and 1175 to 1490 maximum is built in.
  • Holy skills deal 15 to 20% more damage - the value that matters most on this sword.
  • Main stat: Strength, Dexterity or Intelligence at 626 to 750 points. Pick the copy that suits your class, as the sword is not tied to one.

Since the skill bonus only affects Holy skills, take a close look at your skill bar: if your key skills deal a different damage type, nothing remains of this bonus.

The angelic Host

The flavor text comes from The Books of Jarl, Volume III: the demons could not stand before the swords of the angelic Host, and their blood ran upon the fields of eternity. The power to occasionally summon angelic assistance ties straight into that image.

by eRnstl