Gut Punch (Brawler)

This page is about the Brawler skill. For the Orc Reaver skill, see Gut Punch.

General Information

Rank Needed: 30 (trait Gut Punch)

Effects

Using this skill applies Gut Punch to the enemy target.

Upon expiration, Wary is applied to the enemy. This effect prevents them from being affected by this skill for 70 seconds.

Skill Interactions

When Low Strike is the most recent setup skill, using this skill restores Power to the Brawler. When traited, this skill also has up to a 50% chance to apply Vulnerable.
When Dextrous Hook is the most recent setup skill, the damage of this skill is increased.
When Sinister Cross is the most recent setup skill, this skill tiers up Balanced Innate Strength by 2 stacks.

Trait Interactions

The set bonus Innate Strength: Deflecting Technique in the Fulcrum trait tree makes this skill tier up the Innate Strength: Deflecting Technique effect by 1 stack, up to 4 times.
The trait Latent Light in the Maelstrom trait tree makes this skill have a 25% chance to deal bonus Light damage.
The trait Latent Light Chance Increase in the Maelstrom trait tree increases the chance to deal bonus Light damage by up to 25%.
The trait Light Damage Increase in the Maelstrom trait tree increases the damage of Latent Light by up to 50%.
The trait Critical Chance Increase in the Maelstrom trait tree makes this skill generate 1 Mettle upon Critical Hit.
The trait Vulnerability Chance in the Fundament trait tree makes this skill have up to a 50% chance to apply Vulnerable when Low Strike is the most recently used Set-up skill.
The trait Lasting Weakness in the Fundament trait tree increases the duration of Vulnerable by up to 15 seconds.

Tracery Interactions

Finishing Attack Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 27.5%.
Innate Strength: Finesse/Avoidance increases the duration of Innate Strength: Deflecting Technique by up to 3.3 seconds and improves the potency by up to 11% of the base effect.
Latent Light Proc Chance & Damage increases the proc chance of Latent Light by up to 11% and the potency of the bonus damage by up to 22%.

Armour Set Interactions

Equipping 2 pieces of the Umbari Armour of the Iron Fist armour set makes Sinister Cross reduce the Mettle Cost of this skill by 2 when it's the most recently used Set-up skill.
Equipping 6 pieces of the Umbari Armour of the Iron Fist armour set makes this skill reduce the active cooldown of Plant Feet by 2 seconds.

Tactical Information

Gut Punch increases the incoming damage of the enemy. Make sure to use this skill on the target of a powerful incoming damage debuff, like Oathbreaker's Shame. When fighting a group of enemies, you can swap between targets and apply this effect to multiple enemies, whenever the skill comes off cooldown.