Lunge

Lunge

4m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Skill Type: Melee, Swordplay
Commit your momentum to a forward lunge, dealing damage with an increased chance to critically hit.

Swordplay Finisher:
  Enables Re-centre.
... (Main-hand) Damage
-3s Shanty Cooldowns
Cost: [336 at Level 150] Power
Attunes: 5
Requires: 7
• Cooldown: 15s

General Information

Class: Mariner

Level: 3

Effects

Using this skill applies  A finisher has just been used to the Mariner, which allows the use of  Re-centre. This effect is consumed by  Re-centre or the next Swordplay skill.

Skill Interactions

The following Swordplay skills empower Lunge:

•  Advance and  Sweeping Advance make this skill deal +50% Damage (75% in red-line).
•  Aggressive Strike makes this skill gain +10% Critical Chance.
•  Compound Attack makes this skill apply  Relentless Lunge.
•  Debilitating Strike makes this skill start at a Fellowship Manoeuvre, but increases the active cooldown by 45 seconds.

Using this skill reduces the active cooldown of the following skills by 3 seconds:

•  The North Wind
•  Motivating Song
•  The West Wind
•  The South Wind
•  Call the Banners of War
•  Guided by the Stars
•  The Breaking of Thangorodrim

In Red-line, using  Compound Attack reduces the active cooldown of this skill by 2 seconds.

See Fellowship Manoeuvre Skills for a list of all skills that can begin a Fellowship Manoeuvre.

Trait Interactions

• The set bonus  Inspiring Presence in the Shanty-caller trait tree makes this skill Inspired to the raid within 40 metres.
  
• The set bonus  Explosive Lunge in the Rover trait tree makes this skill begin a Fellowship Manoeuvre on the enemy target when used after  Debilitating Strike. If this combo is used, the active cooldown of this skill is set to 1 minute.
  
• The trait  Confident Lunges in the Duellist trait tree makes this skill apply Confident Lunge to the enemy target.
  
• The trait  Deep Punctures in the Duellist trait tree increases the duration of Relentless Lunge by up to 6 seconds and Confident Lunge by up to 3 seconds.
  
• The set bonus  Relentless Advance in the Duellist trait tree makes  Compound Attack reduce the active cooldown of this skill by 2 seconds.
  
• The trait  Conclusive Strike in the Duellist trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 30%.
  
• The set bonus  Follow-through in the Duellist trait tree increases the damage of this skill by 25% when used after  Advance or  Sweeping Advance.
  
• The trait  Salted Wounds in the Duellist trait tree increases the bleed damage of this skill by up to 10%.
  
• The trait  Test Defences in the Duellist trait tree makes this skill tier up Critical Aim on the Mariner upon Critical hit, up to 3 stacks. Further ranks allow the effect to tier up to 5 stacks.
  
• The trait  A Watched Pot in the Rover trait tree makes this skill reduce the active cooldown of all Haversack skills by 1 seconds upon Critical hit.
  
• The trait  Sharpened Blades in the Duellist trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 10%.
  

Tracery Interactions

• Swordplay Finisher Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 22%.
  
• Fore Skills Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 16.5%.
  
• Swordplay Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 11%.
  
• Finisher Skills Reset Salt Cure makes this skill reset the active cooldown of  Salt Cure.
  

Armour Set Interactions

Equipping 2 pieces of the Umbari Armour of the Blade-dancer armour set acquired from the Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo Raid increases the damage of this skill by 10%.
Equipping 6 pieces of the Umbari Armour of the Blade-dancer armour set makes  Flèche reset the active cooldown of this skill.
Equipping both pieces of the Insignia of the Shagâni Duellist jewellery set acquired from the Legacy of Morgoth Instance Cluster makes this skill apply Lunges from the Deep to the Mariner.

Tactical Information

Lunge is the Mariner's most powerful finisher skill. Most Mariners will use Re-centre after Lunge, as it aligns best with the class' cooldowns. This skill is best used after either Advance or Compound Attack (if traited). Make sure to use Re-centre immediately after, as the ability to do so is short-lasting.