Greetings fellow Daywalkers!

In the wake of Blade's announcement in Tokon yesterday, it marks the annual anniversary of when Blade was revealed in Rivals!

We want to keep the hype alive and further invest in the communty of Blade fans everywhere.

We have a Blade Discord for all things Blade (Video Games, Comics, Movies and more). Including the Blade Rivals Voice Actor, Gabe Kunda!

So in the not so distant future we will be announcing a Marvel Tokon Giveaway(s)!

Be the first to hear about updates and news within the Blade Discord!

watched the first Blade film last night, was delighted it was just as excellent as I remembered

The clip above was a leak build of another version of Blade.

Blade was originally concieved to be a 300HP Duelist with actual melee damage that didn't require damage to be ramped up. On the flipside Bloodline was on a timer and granted him full lifesteal but full anti-heal on himself. Think similar to White Fox except he's a duelist and has duelist damage to par. The video above demonstrates the damage values of this rework.

HP

• Reduce Base HP to 300.

Readjusts Blade's role as a Duelist and puts him closer to the likes of Bucky/Elsa and Ironfist/Daredevil.

Ancestral Sword

• Ancestral Sword Damage to 40 dmg per every swing.

As Blade loses the ability to toggle Bloodline and reduction of HP. He now needs a steady source of damage available to him at all times.

(Sword) Daywalker Dash

• Sword Dash 120 dmg. (25 per swing, 100 total, with 20 initial damage).
• Removed Reduced Healing Effect.
• 50 hp Bonus Health when landed.
• Sword Dash decreases Bloodline Awakening Cooldown.

Loss of antiheal utility, less HP, damage increase to accommodate change and bring lethality.

(Gun) Daywalker Dash

• Reduce second hit from 50 dmg to 30 dmg.
• Now grants Earthbound for 1 second.
• Removed 1 second slow.

Improved Anti-dive capabilities.

Bloodline Awakening

• No longer increases sword speed.
• Duration 10 seconds.
• 100% Lifesteal.
• 100% Self-Healing reduction.
• Now grants wallhacks to Blade regardless of Enemy HP.
• Whirlwind Slash increase the timer of Bloodline Awakening by 0.25 seconds per swing. (Total of 1 second if all four hits).
• Increase mobility from 7m/s to 8m/s.

Sustain tied on cooldown. Increased Wallhacks capabilties due to the nature of the new cooldown. Duration increases via aggression by landing Whirlwind Slash.

Scarlet Shroud

• Damage resistance for block scaled from 80% to 83.0% [equivalent to Blade's block at 350hp]
• Unstoppable duration from 0.4 to 0.5 seconds.
• Increase ratio of damage blocked transferred into Daywalker Dash by 1.2x.

Increased survivability.

Thousand Fold Slash

• Reduced Healing decreased from 40% to 30%.
• Additionally grants Bleed that deals 50% of total hp over 2 seconds.

Grants Bleed for better lethality and space making.

No burst damage, no hard CC. Just watching the support pop as Blade inevitably tries to run away as his anti-peel only allows him to be the last man standing before getting hunted down as a stray.

>!Inspired by u/Miserable-Horror8111 post and the guy in the video is boeshi!<

I'm tired boss.

They're repeatedly missed the mark on buffing Blade. He's the character with the MOST BUFFS in the game and still is seemingly underpowered.

Why NetEase is obssesed with buffing the least skillful part of Blade's kit puzzles me.

With each new season passing by, I'm amazed at how eloberate new heroes are, each with a deep room for skill expression.

Please...Big Zhiyong give us meaningful buffs that actually makes Blade good.

Art by red.vicentini.art

We’re back at it again, fellow Vampire Hunters! This time, the cool headed moderator u/_D4C and I will be hosting the giveaway.

2 lucky winners will receive a FREE Blade skin (or a hero of their choice)

To enter:

1. Join this subreddit

2. Join our Blade Discord server and register at the giveaway channel

3. Drop a comment below once you’re done

The deadline for the giveaway is the release date of Season 8 - 15th May 2026.

We ran a similar giveaway a couple of months ago, hosted by u/Nukafit, and it was a success… so let’s do it again!

courtesy of u/No-Buy-5055 and made by him.