Mender skill · aims at one target · evolves into Bitter Cask
Bitter Draught
A flask of gall bursts on the nearest foe: it and those beside it take more from every blow. It aims itself at the nearest elite in range, or the nearest monster when there is no elite.
It is on the hero’s skill tree from the start: one level-up point learns it.
Rank by rank
Each level up to 30 brings one point for the skill tree, then every second level does: a point learns a skill you do not have while one of your 6 slots is free, or adds the next rank of one you have, up to rank 5. These are the lines the tree shows for each rank:
- Rank 1: 12 damage to the nearest foe within 7 tiles; it and every foe within 1.2 tiles of it take 15% more from every hero for 5 s · 7.0 s cooldown (4.2 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 2: 15 damage to the nearest foe within 7 tiles; it and every foe within 1.3 tiles of it take 15% more from every hero for 5 s · 6.6 s cooldown (3.97 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 3: 19 damage to the nearest foe within 7 tiles; it and every foe within 1.4 tiles of it take 15% more from every hero for 5 s · 6.2 s cooldown (3.72 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 4: 24 damage to the nearest foe within 7 tiles; it and every foe within 1.55 tiles of it take 15% more from every hero for 5 s · 5.8 s cooldown (3.48 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 5: 30 damage to the nearest foe within 7 tiles; it and every foe within 1.7 tiles of it take 15% more from every hero for 5 s · 5.4 s cooldown (3.23 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
| Rank | Cooldown (s) | Damage | Splash (tiles) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 12 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 6.6 | 15 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 6.2 | 19 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 5.8 | 24 | 1.55 |
| 5 | 5.4 | 30 | 1.7 |
Evolution: Bitter Cask
Rank 5 + Broad Shoulders → Bitter Cask. Hold Bitter Draught at rank 5 and any rank of Broad Shoulders, and its gold evolution node on the skill tree can take your next point. A whole cask of gall: the curse splashes half as wide again.
- Change from rank 5
- +30% damage, +50% area, -10% cooldown
- Damage
- 30 → 39
- Cooldown
- 5.4 s → 4.87 s
- With Quick Hands 5
- 2.92 s
Broad Shoulders is also the key to Clearwater Rite and Raising Hand, so one passive can open three evolutions.