Blood Infection
Landing a Bloodfly Arrow and then a full-charge Barbed or Paralysis arrow detonates the DoT for a double crit — two damage numbers from one shot.
Applies to 15 September 2026 updateUpdated
Creator-tested
- Class
- Blackarrow
- Tree
- Talent page 1
- Applies to
- 15 September 2026 update
- Balance passes
- 1 line, latest 2026-09-15
When to use it
The class’s actual burst, and it rewards alternating arrow types rather than dumping all three Bloodfly charges: each Bloodfly can be detonated separately, so spacing them out crits more often than bursting them does.
Builds using this
- Blackarrow — PvP Kiting — thelorr explains it at 06:07The finisher after stacking Bloodfly. Trigger with a normal arrow; “execution” is the creator’s nickname, not another skill.
What the balance passes changed
- 2026-09-15 · BuffedFixed: the talent’s explosion damage failed to trigger the [Smiting] affix. The other half of the Smiting correction under Withered Knight, and this one restores a trigger rather than removing one.
Direction is the patch note’s own word, not a verdict on whether the talent is now good. Patch notes and update history.
Where this comes from
Opens at 09:00, where the talent is explained. Full citation below.
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Sources for this page
- Rebrrth — The Ultimate Guide to Black Arrow — Launch build, published 4 August 2026 by a top-of-leaderboard Blackarrow. Chaptered skills, talents, affixes and rotation; source for the talent page 2 pick, the Barbed Arrow dodge-stun, the class mobility budget, PvP sequencing and the side-dodge tech the creator expects to be patched.