Blades Skill Tree And Perks
The Blades Skill includes held bladed weapons like Knives and Swords but also involves perks that focus on poison and bleed damage effects. The Blades Skill is linked to the Reflexes Attribute.
How To Level Up The Blades Skill
The Blades Skill levels up based on how often you use Bladed Weapons to inflict damage on enemies.
Blades Skill Tree Perks List
All Perks available for the Blades Skill Tree are listed below. Perks can be unlocked at specific levels and are either Passive or Active.
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Roaring Waters | Strong Attacks with Blades deal (10% | 20% | 30%) more damage. (3 Ranks) | ||
| Sting Like A Bee | Increases attack speed with Blades by (10% | 20% | 30%). (3 Ranks) | ||
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Crimson Dance | Combos with Blades have a (15% | 30%) chance to apply Bleeding. (2 Ranks) | ||
| Slow And Steady | Moving while wielding a Blade increases Armor by (15% | 30%). (2 Ranks) | ||
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Flight Of The Sparrow | Reduces the Stamina cost of all attacks with Blades by (30% | 50%). (2 Ranks) | ||
| Offensive Defense | Defensive Attacks with Blades deal (75% | 150%) more damage. (2 Ranks) | ||
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Shifting Sands | Dodging while wielding a Blade recovers (15% | 20% | 25%) Stamina. (3 Ranks) | ||
| Stuck Pig | Increases Bleeding duration by (3 | 6 | 10) seconds. (3 Ranks) | ||
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Blessed Blade | Increases Crit Chance with Blades by 10%. | ||
| Unbroken Spirit | Successful Counterattacks with Blades restore 25% Health and Stamina. | ||
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Bloodlust | While wielding a Blade, recovers (2% | 4%) Health when hitting an enemy affected by Bleeding. (2 Ranks) | ||
| Float Like A Butterfly | Dodging increases damage with Blades by (25% | 50%) for 5 seconds. (2 Ranks) | ||
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Judge, Jury And Executioner | Increases damage with Blades by (50% | 75% | 100%) against enemies with max Health. (3 Ranks) | ||
| Fiery Blast | Increases damage with Blades by (1% | 2% | 3%) for every 1% of Health the enemy is missing. (3 Ranks) | ||
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Crimson Tide | Bleeding applied with Blades can stack 3 times. | ||
| Deathbolt | While wielding a Blade, defeating an enemy restores 20% Health and increases movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds. | ||
| NAME | EFFECT | ||
| Dragon Strike |
Increases Crit Damage with Blades by 40%. +1% per Perk level. |
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Skill Tree Progression Rewards
Every Skill Tree in Cybepunk 2077 also comes with a built-in Skill Progression Rewards System. As you level up any Skill Tree in the game you gain bonus rewards, ranging from extra Perk Points to unique bonuses and stat modifiers. Below are the Skill Progression Rewards for the Blades Skill Tree:
| SKILL PROGRESSION REWARDS – BLADES | |
|---|---|
| LEVEL | REWARD |
| 1 | — |
| 2 | Increases the Attack Speed of your Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades by 10%. |
| 3 | + 1 Perk Point |
| 4 | +10% Stamina Cost Reduction while attacking when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades. |
| 5 | +2% Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades. |
| 6 | +15% Crit Damage when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades. |
| 7 | +2% Crit Chance when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades. |
| 8 | +1 Perk Point |
| 9 | +1 Perk Point |
| 10 | +1 Perk Point |
| 11 | Increases the Attack Speed of your Katanas, Blades, and Mantis Blades by 10%. |
| 12 | +10% Stamina Cost Reduction while attacking when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades. |
| 13 | Increases the Attack Speed of your Katanas, Blades, and Mantis Blades by 10%. |
| 14 | +1 Perk Point |
| 15 | Increases the Block Damage Reduction of your Katanas, Blades, and Mantis Blades by 25%. |
| 16 | +1 Perk Point |
| 17 | +1 Perk Point |
| 18 | Increases Stamina by 5. |
| 19 | +3% Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades. |
| 20 | Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree. |
Builds That Feature The Blades Skill Tree
A Katana-wielding, stealth specialist who can easily move in and out of the shadows undetected, silencing enemies via Blade, Takedown or Poison.
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