Soulbound Upgrade [Grotto]

Upgrading existing soulbound

Weapon Name: Gamer Knife
Tier: T1
Upgrades: Strikes with this weapon have a 25% chance of inflicting the Brand physical ailment for three turns. If an enemy dies while Branded, or by an attack that would have Branded them, the one who inflicted them's max HP will increase by 1. May be cured by any ailment curing skill. Player characters are immune.
Elements: Slash
Description: A double-edged knife with a 10 inch blade. Its handle a solid shade of grey, with a short guard above it to protect the hand.

With the Branded Ailment only Branded enemies that die will give a max HP increase, not attacks that would have inflicted your Ailment because Ailments don't apply retroactively or have effects for when the Ailment isn't applied yet. That would fall under the category of "unique effect" and weapon upgrades are mutually exclusive (increasing a weapon's Tier means you can't add an Ailment or buff effect to it, adding an Ailment means it can't have a unique effect, etc.)

To speed things along instead of doing back and forth, adding the Branded Ailment and then increasing it to 25% (beyond 15%) will cost:

• 20,000 VC
  
• 45 Demon Shards