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Hooks of Heresy
Hooks of Heresy
Replace your Secondary Skill with 'Slicing Maelstrom'.
Replace your Secondary Skill with Slicing Maelstrom.

Charge up a projectile that deals 875% damage per second to nearby enemies, exploding after 3 seconds to deal 700% damage and root enemies for 3 (+3 per stack) seconds. Recharges after 5 (+5 per stack) seconds.
Rarity Lunar
Category Damage
AIBlacklist
CannotSteal
Unlock Blockade Breaker
Stats
Stat Value Stack Add
Root Duration 3s Linear +3s
Cooldown 5s Linear +5s

The Hooks of Heresy are a lunar item in Risk of Rain 2 and a part of the Heresy Set, released in the Anniversary Update.

Obtaining the Hooks of Heresy will replace the Survivor's secondary skill (M2 by default) with the Slicing Maelstrom skill.

Secondary

Slicing Maelstrom

Slicing Maelstrom
Type Secondary
Cooldown 5s (+5s per stack)
Proc Coefficient Maelstrom: 0.2
Explosion: 1
Description Charge up a projectile that deals 875% damage per second to nearby enemies, exploding after 3 seconds to deal 700% damage and root enemies for 3 (+3 per stack) seconds. Recharges after 5 (+5 per stack) seconds.
Notes
  • Correction: The in-game description of 175% damage per second is incorrect. The blade maelstrom can hit up to 5 times per second, dealing 175% damage per hit for 875% damage per second total.
  • Charging up the projectile increases the initial launch velocity of the projectile, charging faster with increased attack speed. The projectile is automatically launched at full charge.
  • Once thrown, the projectile rapidly decelerates and will usually come to a halt before it explodes on its timer.
  • The projectile penetrates enemies and players but bounces off of terrain.
  • The ending explosion has a radius of 14m and applies the Status LunarySecondaryRoot Lunar RootStatus LunarySecondaryRootLunar Root (Debuff)
    Reduce movement speed to 0 for 3 (3 per stack) seconds.
    (stackable)
    debuff to enemies, rooting them.

Notes[]

  • Since charging Slicing Maelstrom only increases the projectile's launch velocity, using it without charging at all is the most effective way to handle close-range targets.
  • Captain CaptainCaptainCaptainThe Captain is a unique survivor that can control the battlefield with utility and damage - with help from the UES Safe Travels.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Tired Veteran
    can benefit from this item, as it gives better crowd control options for him than Power Tazer Power TazerPower TazerPower Tazer (Secondary)Shocking. Fire a fast tazer that deals 100% damage. Travels farther if bounced.
    Survivor: Captain
    does and outscales Power Tazer in damage as well.
  • Obtaining this item along with the other three Heresy items will turn the holder into the Heretic HereticHereticHereticThe Heretic is a powerful character who can only be accessed through extraordinary means.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 440 (+132 per level)
    Damage: 18 (+3.6 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Unorthodoxy Risen
    .
  • Before PC Patch v1.2.3 there was a bug that allowed Engineer EngineerEngineerEngineerThe Engineer is a unique class that requires planning and positioning to be successful.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 130 (+39 per level)
    Damage: 14 (+2.8 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Fortification Expert
    to reset the cooldown of Slicing Maelstrom by activating painting mode for Thermal Harpoons Thermal HarpoonsThermal HarpoonsThermal Harpoons (Utility)Enter target painting mode to launch heat-seeking harpoons that deal 500% damage each. Can store up to 4.
    Survivor: Engineer
    and closing it again, where all stacks of Slicing Maelstrom would be refreshed instantly. This effectively gave all stacks of Slicing Maelstrom no cooldowns, allowing Engineer to repeatedly use it extremely rapidly.

Lore[]

“…her arms were warped into terrible blades, so she may no longer find joy in study or tooling…”

-The Evisceration of Kur-skan the Heretic, IV

Version History[]

Anniversary Update
  • Major Content
    • Added New Lunar Item: Hooks of Heresy
    • Added New Lore Entry: Hooks of Heresy


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