SKULPassive effect
Normal attacks have a 10% chance to inflict Wound. Infect a tetanus that lasts for 5 seconds to bleeding enemies. Enemies with tetanus take Physical damage over time.
Royal Guard
Skills
Rough EdgeSwap
Swapping conjures a blade storm that deals Physical damage and inflicts Wound. For 8 seconds after swapping, your normal attacks have a 50% chance to inflict Wound.
Fixed skills: 0 · Randomly assigned: 2 of 4
Triple Pierce Cooldown: 12 s
Performs 3 consecutive piercing attacks, dealing Physical damage. The final hit inflicts Wound.
Sawblade Slash Cooldown: 14 s
Make a huge swing and deal Physical damage. The last slash inflicts Wound.
Double Slash Cooldown: 8 s
Swing a sword behind you and then in front of you, dealing Physical damage. The backward movement allows you to dodge enemy attacks and forward attack inflicts Wound.
Rusty Piercer Cooldown: 10 s
Charge to deal Physical damage and inflict Wound.
Recommended Builds
Skeleton-Sword: wounds and physical attacks
Keep a solid physical base, reapply Wound to trigger Bleed, then continue normal attacks. Specialize further when Bleed equipment drops.
Skills
- Recommended From Rare onward, use the specified hits to apply Wound. Not every hit applies it, and the Common form lacks those skill effects.
- Recommended From Rare onward, use the specified hits to apply Wound. Not every hit applies it, and the Common form lacks those skill effects.
Items
- Recommended Bleed enables follow-up attacks on normal attacks. The unupgraded shard's follow-ups do not themselves supply Wound.
- Recommended Physical equipment that grows when Bleed occurs, not from kills or Tetanus damage ticks.
- Consider it when leaning into Bleed damage. A physical build still works without it.
- An option for raising critical chance when using equipment that triggers on critical hits.
- Adds physical explosions when you land enough critical hits.
Inscriptions
- Recommended Builds physical damage. Judge an item's actual contribution before chasing inscription counts.
- Recommended Builds physical damage. Judge an item's actual contribution before chasing inscription counts.
- Aim for 2 with Bleed equipment. The 4-piece effect merely allows Bleed to crit; you still need critical chance.
Dark Abilities
- Choose this when item attacks contribute substantially. It does not boost every skull attack or all status damage.
How to Play
Use the post-swap Wound chance to engage and land the designated hits of Rusty Piercer and Sawblade Slash. Skill-applied Wound starts at Rare and is not attached to every hit. Bleed is a single damage event; Tetanus, available from Unique, is separate damage over time. Follow Bleed with normal attacks to use the shard effect and the final form's bonus against Tetanus-afflicted enemies.
Why It Works
Start with Courage 2 and Arms 2, considering Terrible Blade Shards and Blood-Drinking Sword. With equipment such as Miracle Grail, aim for Excessive Bleeding 2; pursue 4 when Bleed matters and you have critical chance. Otherwise, critical chance plus Gunpowder Sword can support direct attacks. Do not sacrifice good physical gear just to fill an inscription. The simulator includes recommended and optional candidates together. They are not a mandatory complete set; check the partner skull's required skill yourself.
Flavor text
An honorable member of the Demon King Castle Royal Guards envied by many