Glancing Blow¶
A chance for a creature's hit to deal reduced damage before armour. This reduction combines with other ordinary reductions to damage taken, subject to their shared limit.
Referenced by¶
Passive Tree¶
Notables¶
| Name | Effect | |
|---|---|---|
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Blade's Touch | +5% glancing blow chance |
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Glancing Steel | +5% glancing blow chance |
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Passing Blow | +5% glancing blow chance |
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Scar's Lesson | +10% glancing blow damage reduction when hit recently |
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Shield's Turn | +5% glancing blow chance |
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Spark on the Rim | +15% glancing blow damage reduction on parry recently |
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Step Past the Edge | +10% glancing blow chance on dodge recently |
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Weary Guard | +10% glancing blow chance at low stamina |
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Yielding Guard | +5% glancing blow damage reduction |
Small passives¶
| Stat | Nodes |
|---|---|
| +2% glancing blow chance | 11 |
| +2% glancing blow damage reduction | 6 |
| +4% glancing blow chance at low stamina | 3 |
Items¶
Mods (3)¶
| Mod | Type | Rolls on | From (item level) |
|---|---|---|---|
| +#% glancing blow chance | Suffix | must be jewel and Strength–Dexterity jewel | Meadows (1) |
| +#% glancing blow chance at low stamina | Suffix | must be jewel and Strength jewel | Meadows (1) |
| +#% glancing blow damage reduction | Suffix | must be jewel and Strength–Dexterity jewel | Meadows (1) |
Mentioned in¶
Data from Path of Valheiman 5.1.0, extracted 2026-10-19.