Demon Blood Arts

Demon Blood Arts are NPC-only techniques. You will not use these yourself, but you do need to recognize them. Knowing what each art does, what kind of threat it represents, and when to disengage is what separates a controlled fight from a wipe.

For availability by variant, see Demon Variants. For control effect definitions such as Root, Silence, and Stasis, see Combat States.

Techniques

Predator Leap

The demon jumps at you with a wide arc that is hard to sidestep at close range. On hit, you are slowed, which makes the follow-up much more dangerous.

Watch for the windup animation. The demon crouches before leaping. Dodge sideways, not backward -- the wide arc catches most backward movement.

Frenzied Claws

A multi-hit claw combo followed by a bite finisher. The bite heals the demon for a portion of the damage dealt. Stronger variants have a longer bite range than you expect.

Interrupt the combo before the bite lands, or create enough distance that the demon cannot stay on top of you.

Blood Slash

Ranged projectile that applies poison on hit. It travels in a straight line, so the safest answer is to move across its path rather than away from it.

Blood Slash punishes tunnel vision. If you commit to a long animation without checking the demon's spacing, the projectile will hit cleanly.

Blood Area

The most dangerous demon technique. A zone appears on the ground and detonates after a short delay, dealing heavy damage and applying Stasis. If you are frozen inside the zone, the damage-over-time keeps ticking.

Only Strong demons use Blood Area. When you see the ground effect appear, leave the area immediately. Do not try to finish your combo first.

After a Strong demon uses Blood Area, you get a rare opening to fight aggressively before it comes back online.

Technique Data

Technique	Cooldown	AP	Base Dmg	Available To	Special
Predator Leap	9.1s	3	5.0	All	Slowness III, 5s
Frenzied Claws	11.7s	2	1.875x4 + 3.75 bite	All	50% lifesteal on bite
Blood Slash	18.2s	3	6.0	Normal+	Poison II, 5s
Blood Area	50s	4	25.0 + 1.0 DoT	Strong only	Stasis 2s, 8-block radius