Open Wounds

Open Wounds is a chance, on a successful weapon hit, to make the target bleed: for 8 seconds (200 frames) it loses life every frame, no resistance reduces it, and its regeneration stops for the duration. The bleed is not a share of your damage; it is a fixed rate set by your character level, which is why a low-percentage Open Wounds on a level 90 character outbleeds a high one on a level 30.

The rate

The life drained each frame, in 256ths, by the attacker's level (the Basin's brackets):

life lost over the 8 seconds ≈ drain per frame ÷ 256 × 200 frames (the first frame does not drain)

Rules

• A second Open Wounds hit before the first expires only resets the 8 seconds; the rates do not add, and the level of the second hit does not matter.
• It needs a hit that lands (Chance to Hit) and does nothing on a miss or a block; Deadly Strike does not double it and Energy Shield does not absorb it (Taking Damage).
• It stops monster regeneration while it runs, which is what Prevent Monster Heal does permanently on a hit.
• Against a player the bleed is reduced, and a ranged hit bleeds half of what a melee hit does.

Open Wounds is the melee answer to monsters that heal: one hit that lands stops their regeneration for 8 seconds and keeps draining while you reposition or miss.

See also Crushing Blow and Dealing Physical Damage.