Aggressive Strike

Aggressive Strike

4m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Skill Type: Melee, Swordplay
Strike recklessly at your opponent.

Swordplay:
  Finishers are more likely to critically hit.
  Cut-over deals more damage.
... (Main-hand) Damage
+50% Cut-over Damage
+15% Finisher Skills Critical Chance
Duration: 10s
Cost: [135 at Level 150] Power
Attunes: 2
• Cooldown: 15s

General Information

Class: Mariner

Level: 12

This skill is replaced by  Debilitating Strike when specialized in The Rover.

Effects

Using this skill applies  Swordplay: Aggressive Strike to the Mariner. This effect is consumed by the next Swordplay skill.

Skill Interactions

The following Swordplay skills empower Aggressive Strike:

•  Thrust makes this skill deal +25% Damage.
•  Marked Foes makes this skill deal +20% Damage.

The following skills are empowered when they are the next Swordplay skill used after Aggressive Strike:

•  Cut-over deals +50% Damage.
•  Lunge,  Dramatic Flourish, and  Flèche gain +10% Critical Chance.

Trait Interactions

• The trait  Test Defences in the Duellist trait tree makes this skill tier up Critical Aim on the Mariner upon Critical hit, up to 3 stacks. Further ranks allow the effect to tier up to 5 stacks.
  
• The trait  A Watched Pot in the Rover trait tree makes this skill reduce the active cooldown of all Haversack skills by 1 seconds upon Critical hit.
  
• The trait  Sharpened Blades in the Duellist trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 10%.
  

Tracery Interactions

• Fore Skills Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 16.5%.
  
• Swordplay Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 11%.
  

Tactical Information

Aggressive Strike is a common damage filler skill for Mariners. It is most often used in conjunction with Thrust. This skill is most often use when other powerful skills like Advance/Sweeping Advance and Finisher skills are on cooldown.