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Finishing close-range targets after defensive cooldowns are spent and the team can support the chase.
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DuelistA tier
Blade
Half-human and half-vampire, Eric Brooks walks betweenworlds, craving the very life force of his enemies. As nightfalls, Blade's hunt begins as he wields the Sword of Draculato become the nightmare of any foe who dares to bare theirfangs.
- 01 StartSource profile first
- 02 CheckDuelist job check
- 03 LeaveOne ranked habit
Queue briefing
Decide how Blade fits before hero select gets loud
2Swap when
The pressure pattern repeats
Swap or wait longer if every engage starts into freeze, sleep, or setup before you force a real advantage.
3Practice first
Queue with one habit
Enter only after one control cooldown is gone, then stop chasing when the target crosses into prepared setup.
Pocket Rivals ranked read
How Blade should create ranked value
Blade: Win a useful angle, force attention, and finish targets your team is already pressuring.
Editorial note: this section is Pocket Rivals advice for everyday ranked lobbies. Use the official source panel for canonical ability text, then use this ranked read to decide what to practice next.
First job
Play behind a Vanguard who creates the first distraction instead of opening alone.
Practice next
- 1Take an off-angle before using burst cooldowns.
- 2Keep mobility or a defensive tool for the exit.
- 3Shoot the target your tank or other Duelist is already pressuring.
Avoid
Do not open every fight by burning mobility forward. If the burst fails, you need an exit.
Duelist role hubPick targets by punish windows instead of chasing the first health bar you see.Hero pool guideDecide whether Blade is your comfort pick, safe swap, or role backup.
Hero-specific editorial
Ranked module for Blade
Best for
Finishing close-range targets after defensive cooldowns are spent and the team can support the chase.
Struggles into
Prepared traps, saved control, burst healing, and speed resets that turn sustain windows into overextends.
First swap trigger
Swap or wait longer if every engage starts into freeze, sleep, or setup before you force a real advantage.
everyday ranked mistake
Chasing one low target past support sightlines, then losing the sustain window inside the enemy team.
Practice drill
Enter only after one control cooldown is gone, then stop chasing when the target crosses into prepared setup.
Review basis
Based on Pocket Rivals counter notes using Peni Parker setup, Luna Snow control and burst healing, and Mantis sleep or speed into Blade's melee paths.
Official details
Base stats and hero story
Official article date: 2025/08/08
- Health
- 350
- Movement Speed
- 6m/s
Eric Brooks was born a Daywalker - half-human, half-vampire - because his mother was bitten by a vampire while Eric was still in her womb. His supernatural powers and mastery of weapons made him the perfect vampire hunter - Blade.
When Dracula took over New York City, Blade was the first hero to confront him. Having mastered the power of the Chronovium, Dracula defeated Blade and imprisoned him in a dungeon. After Blade was freed, he was sent to Wakanda to recover... until Shuri recruited him as her most powerful ally against Knull!
Skills
Abilities and details
Normal Attack
Ancestral Sword
- Casting
- Melee
- Damage
- Cause 26 damage per single slash; double strike cause 13 damage per hit
- Maximum Distance
- 5m
- Attack Interval
- 2 strikes per second
Slash forward with Blade's Ancestral Sword
Normal Attack
Hunter's Shotgun
- Casting
- Projectile that fires in a straight trajectory, which breaks into shrapnel after reaching a certain distance
- Initial Projectile Maximum Distance
- 8m
- Initial Projectile Speed
- 180 m/s
- Initial Projectile Damage
- 45
- Shrapnel Amount
- 11
- Damage per Shrapnel Hit
- 8
- Shrapnel Projectile Speed
- 150 m/s
- Shrapnel Damage Falloff
- Falloff begins at 15m, decreasing to 50% at 30m
Fire at enemies using your Shotgun
Ability
Scarlet Shroud
- Maximum Energy
- 120
- Energy Cost
- 60/s
- Energy Recovery Speed
- 15/s
- Activation Cost
- 15
- Cooldown
- 3s
- Unstoppable Duration
- 0.4s after activation
- Damage Reduction
- 80%
- Special Effect
- Every 200 damage resisted grants 1 charge for Daywalker Dash
Parry with Ancestral Sword to become Unstoppable for a brief period, reducing damage taken from the front and decreasing the cooldown of Daywalker Dash
Ability
Bloodline Awakening
- Special Effect
- Left Click/Shift key ability hits accumulate attack speed buff levels; within the Bloodline Awakening duration, attacks gain Lifesteal and movement speed boost but suffer Reduced Healing
- Lifesteal Proportion
- 70%, Affected by Healing Reduction
- Self Reduce Healing Proportion
- 25%
- Movement Speed Boost
- 1.5 m/s
- Max Attack Speed Boost Buff Stack
- 10
- Left Click Hit Buff Stack
- 1
- Shift Hit Buff Stack
- 5
- Attack Speed Boost Proportion from Each Buff Stack
- 10%
- Duration of Each Buff Stack
- 1s
- Whirlwind Slash Damage
- 64
- Hits to Trigger the Whirlwind Slash
- 5
- Special Effect
- Landing all four hits of Whirlwind Slash grants 1 slash speed stack; Excess lifesteal grants Bonus Health( max 75; conversion rate 50%)
Awaken the Dhampir bloodline, enhancing slash speed during continuous attacks and triggering Whirlwind Slash.If all Whirlwind Slash strikes hit, your Attack Speed will further increase. While under this state, you suffer Reduced Healing, but attacks gain Lifesteal
Ability
Daywalker Dash
- Casting
- Dash. Cause damage and special effects to the enemies hit
- Dash Distance
- 15m
- Damage
- 20
- Special Effect
- Hit while wielding the gun, inflict Slow effect to the enemy; hit while wielding the sword, deal Healing Reduction to the enemy
- Healing Reduction Proportion
- apply 8% Healing Reduction per strike (32% total if all hit)
- Healing Reduction Duration
- 4s
- Slow Rate
- 40%
- Slow Duration
- 1.5s
- Gun Second Hit Damage
- 50
- Sword Second Hit Damage
- 8 per hit, 4 hits in total
- Second Hit Damage Range
- 6.5m
Dash forward. If wielding your gun, shoot at enemies upon impact, applying a Healing Reduction effect. If wielding your sword, deliver a cleaving strike that inflicts Slow
Ability
Thousand-Fold Slash
- Energy Cost
- 2800
- Self Slow
- 25%
- Maximum Charge Time
- 3s
- Charge time for max distance
- 1s
- Dash Distance
- 10m, maximum distance 24m after fully charged.
- Direct Hit Damage
- 100
- Spell Field Damage Over Time
- 225/s
- Spell Field Range
- Length: Maximum dash distance; Width: 6m; Height: 4.5m
- Spell Field Duration
- 2s
- Healing Reduction Proportion
- 20%
- Healing Reduction Duration
- 4s
Charge power and swiftly draw the Sword of Dracula, executing a powerful Iaido strike as you dash forward, leaving behind a slashing zone where the sword automatically strikes enemies. Enemies hit suffer Reduced Healing
Ability
ECLIPSE EDGE
- Cooldown
- 20s
- Dash Duration
- 8m
- Dash Damage
- 30
- Number of Projectiles
- 4
- Projectile Speed
- 150m/s
- Damage
- 40
- Bounce Range
- 8m
- Damage Falloff Per Bounce
- 20% per bounce
- Maximum Times of Bounce
- 3
Blessed by Khonshu, Blade gains a new ability. When activated, Blade swings his Ancestral Sword in a powerful slash, dashing forward a short distance. At the end of the dash, he swiftly slashes four times, each strike sending a Darkmoon Blade forward. When a Darkmoon Blade hits an enemy, it bounces to nearby targets
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