Updated 2 Oct 2026
Abilities/Skewer

Skewer fills your Main slot. Melee main ability of the physical school. Base damage 9.5. Cast 6 ticks. Reach 4.4, arc 120°, up to 3 targets.

You get it by equipping 14 bases across 6 lines: Duelist's Rapier, First Blood Rapier, Frostquill Rapier, Galliard Rapier and Redletter Rapier and 1 more.

The draft can bend it 7 ways — Echo, Reach, Multiplicity, Area, Force, Duration and Critical — and cards that ask for melee, critical, on_hit and precision will find it.

Between rooms it can be offered 139 cards: 30 written for it specifically, plus the 109 that any ability can take. Those cards can put Chill, Bleed and Brand on it, and attune it to Frost, Blood and Holy.

5 Uniques are built on gear that hands it to you: The Duelist's Needle, The Final Bow, The Vampire Lord's Needle, The Long Reply and Quick Manners.

Gear that hands it to you

6 lines · 14 bases
LineSlotTiers, and the item levels they drop atFound in
Duelist's RapierMain Hand
T1 iLvl 1–14T2 iLvl 15–29T3 iLvl 30–44T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
First Blood RapierMain Hand
T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Frostquill RapierMain Hand
T6 iLvl 80+
NIGHTMARE
Galliard RapierMain Hand
T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Redletter RapierMain Hand
T6 iLvl 80+
NIGHTMARE
Sunduel RapierMain Hand
T6 iLvl 80+
MORTAL

How the draft bends it

7 ways to change it
ChangeWhat it does to a melee
Echo
The whole cast plays once more after a short gap, at reduced effect.
+100% Repeats
-25% Damage
Reach
The ability reaches farther.
+12% RangeUnits
Multiplicity
More projectiles, targets or summons at reduced individual effect.
+2 MaxTargets
Area
Wider bursts, arcs and impact zones.
+12 ArcDegrees
Force
Harder hits: knockback, shove and stagger pressure.
+0.7 Knockback
Duration
Statuses, buffs, summons and channels last longer.
+20% StatusDuration
Critical
The ability crits more often; heals and wards grow instead.
+4 CritBonus

The fine print

the raw numbers behind it
Damage tagsphysical, melee
Fires onwindup → release → impact
RangeUnits4.4
ArcDegrees120
MaxTargets3
ComboSteps1
FinalDamagePercent100
FinalArcDegrees120
Knockback0
AdvanceUnits0
Teleportfalse
ZoneRadius0
AutoStepRange4.5
AutoStepUnits1.5
ReaimDegrees60
SweepAlternatefalse
RingRadius0
RingDegrees360

Cards it can be offered

139 cards it can see
Written for this ability (30)
Decisive Strikes
Minor · common
Keen Strike
Minor · common
Far Reach
Minor · common
Farcaster
Minor · rare
Widening Gyre
Minor · rare
Forceful
Minor · rare
Lingering Grasp
Minor · rare
Deadly Focus
Minor · rare
Fluid Strikes
Minor · common
Red Recompense
Minor · rare
Keen Point
Minor · common
Heavy Strike
Major · rare
Lance Strikes
Major · rare
Sweeping Strikes
Major · rare
Flamebrand Arms
Major · rare
Rimebound Arms
Major · rare
Stormbound Arms
Major · rare
Venombound Arms
Major · rare
Bloodsworn Arms
Major · rare
Stonebound Arms
Major · rare
Lightsworn Arms
Major · rare
Voidtouched Arms
Major · rare
Endless Refrain
Major · legendary
Driving Strikes
Major · rare
Sundering Strikes
Major · rare
Shieldwall
Major · rare
Battle Trance
Major · rare
Precision Edge
Major · rare
Wide Swing
Major · rare
Manifold
Major · legendary
Plus the ones any ability can take (109)

Nothing on these cards narrows the draft, so every ability can be offered them — see all 139 together →

What it can end up carrying

if the draft goes your way
StatusesChill, Bleed, Brand
AffinitiesFrostBloodHoly

Uniques

built on gear that grants it
The Duelist's Needle
Your Main reaches 40% further and its built-in crit chance is 30% higher.
The Final Bow
Your Main attack opens Bleeding wounds.
The Vampire Lord's Needle
Your Main opens Bleeding wounds, crits more often, strikes 2 more foes and Exsanguinates the dying, but hits 15% softer.
The Long Reply
Skewer reaches 60% farther and the first target takes +150% instead of +50%, but it hits one fewer enemy and winds up 35% slower.
Quick Manners
Skewer casts 33% faster and its built-in crit chance doubles (10% to 20%), but the +50% first-target bonus is gone.