Force Opening

Force Opening

4m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
An attack that will open a parry response.
... (Main-hand) Damage
Any skills that are based on a successful parry response may now be played.
Duration: 6s
Cost: [269 at Level 160] Power
• Cooldown: 6s

General Information

Class: Guardian

Trait Tree: The Fighter of Shadow

Rank Needed: 0 (trait  Force Opening)

Effects

Using this skill causes the effect  Parry Response to occur on yourself.

Skill Interactions

Force Opening is part of the Guardian's parry chain. It allows the following skills to be used within 6s:

•  Retaliation
•  Whirling Retaliation
•  Catch a Breath

Trait Interactions

• 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.

Tactical Information

Force Opening is very useful because it opens up the necessary response chains to use powerful defensive abilities like Redirect and Catch a Breath. This is also a commonly used skill to deal damage in Red-line, and it also opens up powerful damaging skills like Thrust and Overwhelm.