Flashing Blades

Flashing Blades

5.0m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Max Targets: 5
Radius: 5m
Skill Type: Melee, Critical Hit Chain
After using Double-edged Strike, make a pair of powerful attacks against your enemies.

 Dual-wielding required.
2 Attacks:
... (Main-hand) Damage
... (Off-hand) Damage
Cost: [269 at Level 150] Power
• Cooldown: 3.5s

General Information

Class: Burglar

Level: 30

Skill Interactions

This skill is part of the Burglar's  Critical Response Chain. It becomes available for use after one of the below skills is used. Only 1 Critical Hit Chain skill may be used following one of these skills.

•  Double-edged Strike
•  Gambler's Advantage (Blue-line Only)
•  Blind Bet (Blue-line Only)
•  Perforate (Red-line Only)
•  Reveal Weakness (Yellow-line Only)

Using the skills  All In and  Coup de Grâce temporarily reduces the cooldown of this skill by 3 seconds.  Coup de Grâce also resets this skill's active cooldown.

When traited, this skill has a chance to apply  Vital Points to the Burglar. While active,  Well-placed Strike becomes available for use.

 Even the Odds has a chance to apply  Even the Odds: Wide Swings to the Burglar. While applied, the damage of this skill is increased by 3%.

Trait Interactions

• The trait  Flashing Blades in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill apply Wide Provoke to the Burglar, which makes  Provoke become an AoE skill. The damage of this skill is also increased by 10%.
• The set bonus  Bloodletter in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill consume all stacks of Bloodletter from the Burglar to deal bonus damage.
• The trait  Vital Points in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill have up to a 15% chance to apply Vital Points to the Burglar. While active, the Burglar can use the skill  Well-placed Strike.
• The trait  Overwhelming Odds in the Gambler trait tree makes this skill have up to a 20% chance to apply Critical Response to the Burglar.
• The trait  Against All Odds in the Gambler trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 10%.
• The trait  Location is Everything in the Quiet Knife trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 7.5%, and reduces the enemy's chance of avoiding this skill by up to 3%.
• The set bonus  Relish Battle in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill apply Relish Battle HoT to the Burglar upon critical hit.

Tracery Interactions

• Bloodletter Bonus Damage increases the potency of Bloodletter by up to 38.5% of the base amount.
• Crit Chain Skill Cooldowns reduces the cooldown of this skill by up to 1.1 seconds.
• Crit Chain Skill Critical Chance increases the critical chance of this skill by up to 5.5%.
• Crit Chain Skill Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 38.5%.