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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Prestidigitalis" data-source="post: 5004393" data-attributes="member: 74496">Nah, I think nerfed is the right word.  Once per encounter, against a single opponent, you can increase the damage you do by 3 per + (assuming a two hander), at the expense of 1 per + damage to yourself.Compare that to a Battlecrazed Weapon, which increases your weapon damage by 1d6 when you are bloodied.  No other restrictions except for "Axe or Heavy Blade".  So:"When bloodied" beats "1 per encounter" since only in the least threatening encounters will you not be bloodied at least once.   While you are bloodied, you can use an action point, granted attacks, OAs, Immediate Actions, close attacks, area attacks using a weapon as an implement, etc., to get many more than one shot at the extra damage.Also, 1d6 is better than a static + because it maximizes on a critical hit.Oh, and Battlecrazed even has a Daily power attached, though not a very good one, IMO.So, I'd rather have a nerfed Bloodclaw than a vanilla +1 weapon, but I would no longer get excited about it.</blockquote>