Blood Rage is the the class-specific skill for the Barbarians of the Stronghold in Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East.
Basic Blood Rage icon
Advanced Blood Rage icon
Expert Blood Rage icon
Ultimate Blood Rage icon
Effects[]
Creatures that achieve Blood Rage are granted appropriate combat bonuses.
- Basic Blood Rage allows Stronghold creatures in the hero's army to achieve a first level of rage while fighting.
- Advanced Blood Rage allows Stronghold creatures in the hero's army to achieve a second level of rage while fighting.
- Expert Blood Rage allows Stronghold creatures in the hero's army to achieve a third level of rage while fighting.
- Ultimate Blood Rage decreases by 25% the number of points needed by Stronghold creatures to achieve their next level of Rage.
Stronghold creatures, except wyverns and their upgrade, can receive or lose blood rage points, depending on which action has been performed.
The following list spells bonuses, which can be doubled if the units have a frenzy spell cast on them:
- Suffering a debuffing spell: +10
- Enemy stack killed: +20
- Warcry used: +10 + 10 * level of warcry
- Friendly stack killed: +30 (+60 if Enraged)
- Casting a spell on an enemy unit: +40
- Ranged attack performed: +50
- Sacrificing a goblin with sky daughter/earth daughter or swallowing them with a cyclops: +60
- Melee attack performed: +100
These actions reduce the unit's blood rage points:
- Suffering a confusion spell: -5 * (level of mastery + 1)
- Struck by an enemy unit's special strike (bash, warding arrow, fear attack, paw strike): -20
- Stronghold unit defending: -30
- Performing an action while under a puppet master spell: -50
- Low morale: -80
- Struck by weakening strike or life drain attack: -90
- Waiting a turn: -100
- Cowardice/frightened: -100
- Skipping a turn due to blindness spell: -100
Units can also absorb some of the damage by losing some of their blood points, totaling to:
Having accumulated a number of Blood Rage points, the Stronghold creatures gain bonuses:
| Creature | Level 1 (200 Blood Rage points) | Level 2 (500 Blood Rage points) | Level 3 (1000 Blood Rage points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goblin | +1 Hit Point | +3 Hit Points, gains no treachery ability | Gains no enemy retaliation ability |
| Goblin trapper | +2 Hit Points | +3 Attack, gains crippling wound ability | |
| Goblin witch-doctor | Gains cursing attack and purge abilities | Gains hexing attack and no enemy retaliation | |
| Centaur/centaur nomad/centaur marauder | +6 Attack | +2 Initiative | Full accuracy |
| Warrior | +1 Speed, +5 Hit Points | +3 Damage | Gains bash ability |
| Mauler | +2 Speed, +5 Hit Points | ||
| Warmonger | +8 Hit Points | Gains unlimited retaliation ability | +12 Defense |
| Shaman | +2 Initiative | +7 Hit Points | +15 Defense |
| Sky daughter | +8 Hit Points, Spell Power doubled | Spell Power quadrupled | |
| Earth daughter | +3 Initiative | +8 Hit Points | +15 Defense |
| Slayer | +1 Speed, +2 Attack | +10 Hit Points | Gains double attack ability |
| Executioner | +1 Speed, +3 Attack | ||
| Chieftain | +1 Speed, +2 Initiative | +12 Hit Points | |
| Cyclops/untamed cyclops/bloodeyed cyclops | +5 Damage | Gains frightful aura ability | Gains fear ability |
Skill rates[]
Only the Barbarian class can learn Blood Rage skill, at 10% probability.
Abilities[]
| Icon | Name | Description | Unlocks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Memory of our Blood | All Stronghold creatures in the Barbarian's army get from 50 up to 100 rage points (randomly) at the beginning of combat. | Battle elation (Leadership) | |
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Might over Magic | Decreases enemy spell power in combat in proportion with the Barbarian spell power. | Stunning blow (Attack) | |
| Fiery wrath (Shatter Destruction) | ||||
| Weakening strike (Shatter Dark) | ||||
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Powerful blow | Links a hero with a selected creature in their army. Every time this creature performs an attack, the hero will assault the same target. The hero's attack is 3 levels more powerful than usual and has additional chance to inflict a critical hit. | Back to the Void (Shatter Summoning) | A Babarian wearing "Weapons of Might" artifact set also delays the attacked creature's turn by 30%. Weakening strike ability inflicts suffering spell through this ability. |
| Fire resistance (Shatter Light) | ||||
| Fiery wrath (Shatter Destruction) | ||||
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Absolute rage | All stronghold creatures in hero's army get 500 additonal points of rage at the beginning of combat. | This is the ultimate Blood Rage skill; it does not unlock other abilities, but it requires abilities from other skills: | |
Bonuses[]
- Bloodfire ability multiplies increases and decreases of Blood Rage points by 50%.
- Shout of Rage ability doubles Blood Rage points from warcries.
- Pile of Skulls building lets the defending Stronghold army gain 50 Blood Rage points.
- Kujin is a specialist in Blood Rage, for creatures gain more blood rage points if there is an Inferno creature on the battlefield.