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Part 77
Guild Wars 2

Part 77

Explore Guild Wars 2 Warrior skills like Shield Bash, Skull Crack, and Sprint. Learn unlock and purchase locations for these powerful abilities.

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Explore Guild Wars 2 Warrior skills like Shield Bash, Skull Crack, and Sprint. Learn unlock and purchase locations for these powerful abilities.

Skills:

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. 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]
  5. 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]
  6. 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]
  7. 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]
  8. 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]
  9. 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]
  10. 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]
  11. 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]
  12. 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]
  13. 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]
  14. 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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