Born For Combat

Born For Combat

5.2m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Max Targets: 5
Radius: 5m
Skill Type: Harmful, Blade
Make a full AoE attack, gaining a Damage bonus for each enemy hit.
... (Main-hand) Damage
Cost: [404 at Level 150] Power
Apply to self on critical:
Adds 1 Fervour Pip
• Cooldown: 15s

General Information

Class: Champion

Trait Tree: The Deadly Storm

Rank Needed: 35 (set bonus  Born For Combat)

Effects

Using this skill applies 1 stack of  Born for Combat to the Champion for every targeted enemy.

Skill Interactions

This skill is classified as a Blade Skill. This classification is unique to Champions, and is relevant for several traits.

Trait Interactions

• Specializing in the Deadly Storm trait tree makes the skill have a 30% chance to apply Flurry to the Champion.
• The trait  Champion's Advantage in the Deadly Storm trait tree makes this skill have a 20% chance to apply Champion's Advantage to the Champion. Further ranks improve the potency of the effect.
• The set bonus  Furious Swings in the Deadly Storm trait tree increases the damage of this skill by 30% and makes this skill have a 20% chance to generate 1 Fervour.
• The trait  The More the Merrier in the Deadly Storm trait tree makes this skill have a 15% chance for this skill to generate 1 Fervour for every target hit.
• The trait  Blade Damage in the Deadly Storm trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 10%.
• The trait  Broad Sweep in the Deadly Storm trait tree increases the target count of this skill by up to 5.
• The trait  Blade of Courage in the Deadly Storm trait tree makes this skill have up to a 20% chance to restore 5% of your maximum Morale.

Armour Set Interactions

• Equipping 2 pieces of the Umbari Armour of a Thousand Blades armour set acquired from the Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo Raid increases the damage of this skill by 5%.
• Equipping 4 pieces of the Umbari Armour of a Thousand Blades armour set doubles the potency of each stack of Born for Combat.
• Equipping both pieces of the Insignia of the Shagâni Dervish jewellery set acquired from the Legacy of Morgoth Instance Cluster increases the damage of this skill by 3%.

Tactical Information

With the changes in Update 40, Born For Combat is now usable at any time, and grants a damage buff for 15s depending on the number of enemies hit by the skill. Use this skill on cooldown so that the damage buff is always present.