Overwhelm

Overwhelm

4m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Deal a powerful attack that will add an Overwhelming Wound if a Deep Wound is present.

Requires a parry response.
... (Main-hand) Damage
... Damage every 2.0 seconds for 10 seconds.
Cost: [269 at Level 160] Power
• Cooldown: 10s

General Information

Class: Guardian

Trait Tree: The Keen Blade

Rank Needed: 0

Effects

 Retaliation must be applied on the Guardian for this skill to be used.

If  Deep Wound (applied by  Thrust) is applied on the enemy target, this skill applies  Overwhelming Wound.

Skill Interactions

Overwhelm is part of the Guardian's retaliation chain. One of the following skills must be used to make this skill available.

•  Retaliation
•  Whirling Retaliation
•  Brutal Assault (The Keen Blade)

It allows the following skills to be used within 6s:

•  To The King (The Keen Blade)

When traited,  War-chant reduces the active cooldown of this skill by up to 5 seconds.

Trait Interactions

• The trait  Deeper Wounds in the Keen Blade trait tree increases the duration of Overwhelming Wound by up to 6s, and increases the bleed damage by up to 15%.
• The set bonus  Bleed Them Dry in the Keen Blade trait tree increases the bleed damage of this skill by 10%, and increases the duration of Overwhelming Wound by 4s.
• The trait  Sting of Justice in the Keen Blade trait tree increases the bleed damage of this skill by up to 20%.
• The trait  Demoralizing Anthem in the Fighter of Shadow trait tree makes  War-chant reduce the active cooldown of this skill by up to 5s.
• The trait  Singular Focus in the Fighter of Shadow trait tree makes this skill apply Singular Focus - Debuff to the enemy target upon critical hit.
• 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.
• The trait  Invigourating Response in the Keen Blade trait tree makes this skill restore up to 4% maximum Power upon a critical hit.
• The trait  Tenderize in the Fighter of Shadow trait tree makes this skill grant the Guardian a stack of Tenderize, up to 5 stacks.

Tracery Interactions

• Overwhelm Damage & Critical Chance increases the damage of this skill by up to 38.5% and the critical chance by up to 5.5%.
• Parry Response Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 38.5%.

Armour Set Interactions

Lower-level Armour Sets
Level 150
Equipping 2 pieces of the Umbari Armour of the Crocodile armour set acquired from the Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo Raid increases the Bleed damage of this skill by 5%. Equipping both pieces of the Insignia of the Iron Tower jewellery set acquired from the Legacy of Morgoth Instance Cluster increases the damage of this skill by 5%.

Tactical Information

Overwhelm is a strong single target damage skill for the Red Guardian. Make sure to use this skill after Thrust in your rotation, as the bleed application is dependent on Thrust's bleed. Also make sure to re-apply the bleeds after Hammer Down is used to cash them out.