Brutal Assault

Brutal Assault

4m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
You use brute strength to hammer home a well placed blow.
Taking the Haemorrhage Trait will give your attack a chance to cause a bleed.
... Main-hand + bonus Damage
Cost: [202 at Level 150] Power
• Cooldown: 20s

General Information

Class: Guardian

Trait Tree: The Keen Blade

Rank Needed: 10 (trait  Brutal Assault)

Trait Interactions

• The trait  Haemorrhage in the Keen Blade trait tree makes this skill have a chance to apply the Haemorrhaging Wound bleed to the enemy target. Further ranks increase the application chance up to 100%, and the damage of this bleed by up to 15%.
  
• The set bonus  Bleed Them Dry in the Keen Blade trait tree increases the duration of Haemorrhaging Wound by 4s.
• The set bonus  Prey on the Weak in the Keen Blade trait tree makes the Guardian deal additional damage when landing a critical hit against enemy targets suffering from Haemorrhaging Wound.
  
• The trait  Tireless Blows in the Keen Blade trait tree makes certain skills ( Breach,  Whirling Breach,  Thrust,  Overwhelm,  To The King) have up to a 50% chance to reset the active cooldown of this skill.
  
• 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.
  

Tracery Interactions

• Brutal Assault Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 38.5%.
  

Armour Set Interactions

Equipping 2 pieces of the Umbari Armour of the Crocodile armour set acquired from the Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo Raid increases the Bleed damage of this skill by 5%.

Tactical Information

Brutal Assault is one of the Guardian's main bleed skills. Red-line Guardians should make sure that when traited, this skill's bleed is always applied on the enemy target.