Hammer-stroke

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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.
  • 558.1% of Main-hand (Light) 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.