Bloody Accel

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File:STSactive4.png	[Special Active: Bravery] Enhance your sword by making a Blood Oath.
	Final Enhanced Skill Damage is increased by 1.2 times.

Requirements

Class	Level Required
Blade Master	35

Level Required	Blade Gust (Physical)	Bloody Weapon				MP Usage	Cooldown
		On hit with Command/Active Skills		Attack Power Increase	Duration
		HP Absorb	Wound Duration	Attack Power Increase	Duration
35	3722%	10%	2 Seconds	20%	30 Seconds	250 MP	18 Seconds
[Enhanced]	4466%	10%	2 Seconds	20%	30 Seconds	250 MP	18 Seconds

Killing Blow (1) Bloody Accel			Killing Blow (2) Bloody Accel
Attribute Effect	Bloody Weapon		Attribute Effect	Bloody Weapon
	On hit with Command/Active Skills	Duration		On hit with Command/Active Skills	Attack Power Increase
	Wound Duration	Duration		HP Absorb	Attack Power Increase
Skill effect's duration increased to 140%	2.8 Seconds	42 Seconds	Skill effect's effectiveness increased by 20%	12%	24%

The skill hits in a circle around you, allowing it to function a bit like a radial clearing skill with good positioning, though its range is rather small, hitting roughly as far as the red circular swing around you.
The HP drain is based directly on the damage dealt, so landing a critical hit will also increase the HP drained.
Bloody Accel can be countered.
While the buff is active, the handle of Raven's blade is encompassed by an aura of swirling red lines and all of his sword attacks have a red outline.
The buff applies the moment the skill is cast, making it impossible to interrupt due to screen transitions or by being hit.

Oddly, Bloody Accel's buff can also affect Raven's claw attacks as well, even riding a mount, despite being a sacrificial technique to strengthen his blade.
Due to the demon contract, Blood Colonel Edan has a permanent Bloody Accel passive buff at the expense of being thirsty for blood.
With the release of Add's Particle Accelerator, it is shown that Bloody Accel is short for Bloody Accelerator, as Add also says Accel when using his aforementioned ability. The name could have been shortened to not cause confusion with the old buff type Accelerator skills.
- This is further supported as Raven's English dub yells "Bloody Accelerator" when using this skill in the NA server.

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
08/06/2009	08/03/2011	Bloody Accel added.
01/17/2013	-	▲ Buff now affects all actives along with normal moves.
02/05/2015	-	▼ HP Absorption decreased.
08/06/2015	-	Moved from Sword Taker to Blade Master.
08/13/2015	-	▲ MP Usage decreased to 250 MP.
10/29/2015	03/16/2016	HP Drained amount error fixed. "Ruthless" attribute changed to "Killing Blow (2)".
01/21/2016	-	Fixed issue where Killing Blow (1) attribute not working.
06/30/2016	07/13/2016	▲ Can cancel end motion with walk/backwalk/dash commands.
01/25/2017	-	▲ Damage increased. ▼ Duration decreased.
04/27/2017	-	▼ Freeze frames decreased.
04/27/2017	-	▲ Damage increased.	None
07/13/2017	-	▼ Freeze frames decreased.
07/27/2017	-	▲ Motion Cancel time after casting decreased. ▼ Freeze frames decreased. ▼ Hitstun decreased. ▼ Wound duration decreased. ▼ Damage Increase decreased.
02/22/2018	-	▼ Damage decreased.
04/05/2018	04/18/2018	None	▲ Damage increased.
08/23/2018	09/06/2018	▲ Damage Increase increased. ▼ HP Drain decreased.
08/23/2018	09/06/2018	▲ Duration increased.	None
07/18/2019	08/14/2019	▲ Bloody Accel buff is applied immediately upon casting.