Hammer-stroke

Hammer-stroke

4m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Skill Type: Melee
Strike your foe with a powerful melee attack, which you follow up by assuming a defensive posture.
... Light (Main-hand) Damage
+30% Parry Chance
Duration: 15s
Cost: [269 at Level 150] Power
• Cooldown: 45s

General Information

Class: Captain

Trait Tree: Leader of Men

Rank Needed: 0

Effects

Using this skill applies  Defensive Posture to the Captain.

Trait Interactions

• The trait  Deafening Shouts in the Lead the Charge trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 6%.
  
• The trait  Reversal in the Hands of Healing trait tree makes this skill apply Reversal Melee Damage to the Captain upon a critical hit.
  

Tactical Information

Hammer-stroke is one of the Captain's weakest cooldowns, as it only protects against attacks that can be blocked, parried, or evaded. It is a good cooldown to use in-between other more powerful skills, and thus should be used as much as possible.