Breach

- 4m Range
- Immediate
- Melee Skill
- A strong attack that opens an enemy to attack.
Opens a combat response. - ... (Main-hand) Damage
- Any skills that are based on a successful parry response may now be played.
- Duration: 6s
- Any skills that are based on a successful block response may now be played.
- Duration: 6s
- Cost: [68 at Level 150] Power
- Cooldown: 5s
General Information
Class: Guardian
Trait Tree: The Keen Blade
Rank Needed: 0
Effects
Using this skill applies the following effects to the Guardian:
Skill Interactions
Breach is part of the Guardian's response chains. It allows the following skills to be used within 6s:
Overwhelm
Thrust
Catch a Breath
Redirect (The Fighter of Shadow)
Retaliation (not commonly used)
Shield-swipe (not commonly used)
When traited, War-chant reduces the active cooldown of this skill by up to 5 seconds.
Trait Interactions
- The trait
Tireless Blows in the Keen Blade trait tree makes this skill have up to a 50% chance to reset the active cooldown of
Brutal Assault.
- The trait
Invigourating Response in the Keen Blade trait tree makes this skill restore up to 4% maximum Power upon a critical hit.
- The trait
Demoralizing Anthem in the Fighter of Shadow trait tree makes
War-chant reduce the active cooldown of this skill by up to 5s.
- The trait
Singular Focus in the Fighter of Shadow trait tree makes this skill apply Singular Focus - Debuff to the enemy target upon critical hit.
- The trait
Thrill of Battle in the Keen Blade trait tree makes this skill apply Thrill of Battle to the Guardian, up to 5 times. If this skill lands as a critical hit, all stacks are removed.
- The trait
Tenderize in the Fighter of Shadow trait tree makes this skill grant the Guardian a stack of Tenderize, up to 5 stacks.
Tracery Interactions
- Parry Response Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 38.5%.
Armour Set Interactions
Equipping both pieces of the Insignia of the Iron Tower jewellery set acquired from the Legacy of Morgoth Instance Cluster increases the damage of this skill by 5%.
Tactical Information
Breach is a core skill for Red-line Guardians. It allows powerful skills like Thrust and Overwhelm to be used, as well as defensive skills like Redirect and Catch a Breath. This skill is immediate, which means that it will interrupt the longer skill animations of skills like Whirling Breach and To The King. To optimize damage, Guardians should use this skill as much as possible and always use longer animation skills prior to use.