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Searing Blow is an Attack card for the Ironclad. It deals 12(+) damage. As an Uncommon card, it appears as a reward for combat, although less often than Commons.

Upon upgrade, it deals sequentially more damage. There's no limit to how many times this damage bonus can apply.

The damage increase from an upgrade increases each time (+4,+5,+6..):

Upgrades Damage
0 (base) 12
1 16
2 21
3 27
4 34
5 42
6 51
7 61
8 72
9 84
10 97
11 111
12 126
13 142
14 159
15 177
n n(n+1)/2 + 12

Tips

  • Warped Tongs can continually upgrade Searing Blow over the course of a battle, even with other cards in your hand that have not yet been upgraded.

Update History

  • Weekly Patch 47: Metamorphosis
    • Updating VFX for Searing Blow card (now scales with upgrade count).
  • Weekly Patch 46: Adrenaline
    • Adding VFX for Searing Blow card.
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