Explore Guild Wars 2 Warrior skills like Shield Bash, Skull Crack, and Sprint. Learn unlock and purchase locations for these powerful abilities.
Skills:
- Name: Fect
Attribute: None
Energy Cost: 8 seconds
Adrenaline Cost: 1-32 damage
Effect: If you have a sword equipped, you block the next attack against you and the attacker takes 1 to 32 damage.
Unlock from: Tyren [Droknar's Forge]
Purchase from: Gammel [Copperhammer Mines] - Name: Rush
Attribute: Strength
Energy Cost: 0
Adrenaline Cost: 4
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 0
Effect: Stance. For 8 to 18 seconds you move 25% faster.
Unlock from: Tyren [Droknar's Forge]
Purchase from: Gammel [Copperhammer Mines] - Name: Savage Slash
Attribute: Swordsmanship
Energy Cost: 5
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 10
Effect: If this hits, your target is interrupted. If the interrupted skill was a spell, you deal 1 to 32 additional damage.
Unlock from: Tyren [Droknar's Forge]
Purchase from: Bartoch [Droknar's Forge] - Name: Seeking Blade
Attribute: Swordsmanship
Energy Cost: 5
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 4
Effect: If this attack hits, you deal 1 to 16 additional damage. If it was evaded, your target bleeds for the next 1 to 16 seconds. This attack cannot be blocked.
Unlock from: Jhoneil [Lion's Arch]
Purchase from: Firstwatch Sergio [Lion's Arch] - Name: Sever Artery
Attribute: Swordsmanship
Energy Cost: 0
Adrenaline Cost: 4
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 0
Effect: Target foe begins to bleed for 5 to 21 seconds.
Unlock from: Garemm [Ascalon City]
Purchase from: Sir Bertran [Ascalon City] - Name: Shield Bash
Attribute: Strength
Energy Cost: 5
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 30
Effect: For 5 to 10 seconds, while wielding a shield, the next melee attack against you is blocked. If the attack was a skill, your attacker is knocked down and that skill is disabled for 15 seconds.
Unlock from: Tyren [Droknar's Forge]
Purchase from: Bartoch [Droknar's Forge] - Name: Shield Stance
Attribute: Tactics
Energy Cost: 5
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 60
Effect: For 8 to 18 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block attacks, but move 33% slower.
Unlock from: Rocius [Amnoon Oasis]
Purchase from: Tengsao [Amnoon Oasis] - Name: Skull Crack [Elite]
Attribute: None
Energy Cost: 0
Adrenaline Cost: 10
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 0
Effect: If this hits a foe casting a spell, that foe becomes dazed for 15 seconds.
Unlock from: Dakk [Droknar's Forge]
Capture from: Hail Blackice [Spearhead Peak] - Name: Sprint
Attribute: Strength
Energy Cost: 5
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 20
Effect: Stance. You move 25% faster for 8 to 13 seconds.
Unlock from: Willem [Yak's Bend]
Purchase from: Captain Osric [Yak's Bend] - Name: Staggering Blow
Attribute: Hammer Mastery
Energy Cost: 0
Adrenaline Cost: 6
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 0
Effect: If this hits, your target suffers from weakness for 5 to 13 seconds.
Unlock from: Narius [Henge of Denravi]
Purchase from: Sorim [Quarrel Falls] - Name: Swift Chop
Attribute: Axe Mastery
Energy Cost: 5
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 4
Effect: If this attack hits, you strike for 1 to 16 extra damage. If it is blocked, you inflict a deep wound on that foe for 20 seconds, and they take 1 to 16 more damage. This can not be evaded.
Unlock from: Jhoneil [Lion's Arch]
Purchase from: Firstwatch Sergio [Lion's Arch] - Name: Thrill of Victory
Attribute: Tactics
Energy Cost: 5
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 10
Effect: If this hits, and you have more health than target foe, you strike for 10 to 34 additional damage.
Unlock from: Rocius [Amnoon Oasis]
Purchase from: Mazzim [Fisherman's Haven] - Name: Warrior's Cunning
Attribute: Strength
Energy Cost: 10
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 60
Effect: For 5 to 10 seconds, your melee attacks cannot be blocked or evaded.
Unlock from: Tyren [Droknar's Forge]
Purchase from: Harnil [Marhan's Grotto] - Name: Warrior's Endurance [Elite]
Attribute: Strength
Energy Cost: 5
Adrenaline Cost: 0
Casting Time: 0
Recharge Time: 30
Effect: Stance. For 5 to 19 seconds, you gain 3 energy each time you hit with a melee attack. This cannot raise your energy above 5 to 15.
Unlock from: Tyren [Droknar's Forge]
Purchase from: Harnil [Marhan's Grotto]
Tips
- Fect is useful against melee attacks, blocking and dealing damage back.
- Rush provides a significant speed boost for 8 to 18 seconds, useful for chasing or escaping.
- Savage Slash interrupts enemy spells and deals bonus damage if successful.
- Seeking Blade offers bonus damage on hit or a bleed effect if evaded, and cannot be blocked.
- Sever Artery applies a bleed effect for 5 to 21 seconds, a good cheap skill.
- Shield Bash blocks the next melee attack for 5 to 10 seconds, and can knock down and disable an attacker's skill.
- Shield Stance offers a 75% chance to block attacks for 8 to 18 seconds but slows you down.
- Skull Crack [Elite] dazes enemy spellcasters for 15 seconds, consuming significant adrenaline.
- Sprint is a standard stance skill for 8 to 13 seconds, increasing movement speed.
- Staggering Blow applies weakness for 5 to 13 seconds.
- Swift Chop deals extra damage on hit or applies a deep wound if blocked, and cannot be evaded.
- Thrill of Victory deals bonus damage if you have more health than your target.
- Warrior's Cunning makes your melee attacks unblockable and evadable for 5 to 10 seconds.
- Warrior's Endurance [Elite] grants energy on melee hits, but has limitations on maximum energy gain.
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