Readied Blade

In the Fray - Stance

Readied Blade

6.0m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Max Targets: 6
Radius: 6m
Skill Type: Buff, Shield
Brandish your blade to increase your defences.
Grants immunity to Disarms.
... (Main-hand) Damage
-2% Incoming Melee Damage
+[26900 at Level 160] Parry Rating
Immune to Disarms
Duration: 1m
Cost: [135 at Level 160] Power
Requires:
Clears All Gambits
• Cooldown: 0.8s

Assailment - Stance

Readied Blade

30m Range
Fast
Ranged Skill
Max Targets: 6
Radius: 6m
Skill Type: Buff, Shield
Brandish your blade to increase your defences.
Grants immunity to Disarms.
... (Ranged) Damage
-2% Incoming Melee Damage
+[26900 at Level 160] Parry Rating
Immune to Disarms
Duration: 1m
Cost: [135 at Level 160] Power
Requires:
Clears All Gambits
• Cooldown: 0.8s

General Information

Class: Warden

Level: 18

Effects

This skill is a Gambit, meaning that it requires a certain combination of builders, is activated by using the skill  Gambit Default, and upon use, resets the Gambit Panel.

Using this skill applies  Readied Blade to the Warden.

Trait Interactions

Determination trait tree

• The trait  Careful Blade-work increases the damage reduction potency of Readied Blade by up to 5%.

• The trait  Unassailable increases the duration of Readied Blade by up to 10 seconds.

• The set bonus  Shield Tactics increases the damage reduction potency of Readied Blade by up to 5%.

Recklessness trait tree

• The trait  Close Quarters Combatant increases the damage of the melee version of this skill by up to 10%.

• The set bonus  Martial Fury increases the damage of this skill by 10%.

• The trait  Warden's Triumph increases the damage of this skill by up to 15%.

Assailment trait tree

• The trait  Movement Training increases Parry Rating granted from Readied Blade by up to 10%.

• The trait  Ranged Damage increases the damage of the ranged version of this skill by up to 10%.

• The trait  Bulls-eye increases the Critical Damage of the ranged version of this skill by up to 15%.

• The trait  Throwing Arm increases the range of the ranged version of this skill by up to 10m.

• The trait  Piercing Javelins makes the ranged version of this skill have up to 4% resistance penetration.

Tracery Interactions

• Shield Gambit Buff Duration increases the duration of Readied Blade by up to 11 seconds.

Stats Table (sampling various levels)

Character Level	Parry Rating
	Non-traited	+2%	+4%	+6%	+8%	+10%
1	12	12	12	13	13	13
25	61	62	63	65	66	67
50	112	114	116	119	121	123
60	168	171	175	178	181	185
65	224	228	233	237	242	246
75	336	343	349	356	363	370
85	504	514	524	534	544	554
95	728	743	757	772	786	801
100	1020	1040	1061	1081	1102	1122
105	1350	1377	1404	1431	1458	1485
106	1417	1445	1474	1502	1530	1559
115	2020	2060	2101	2141	2182	2222
116	2120	2162	2205	2247	2290	2332
120	2520	2570	2621	2671	2722	2772
121	2649	2702	2755	2808	2861	2914
130	3810	3886	3962	4039	4115	4191
131	4370	4457	4545	4632	4720	4807
140	7620	7772	7925	8077	8230	8382
141	8930	9109	9287	9466	9644	9823
150	15200	15504	15808	16112	16416	16720
151	17500	17850	18200	18550	18900	19250
160	26900	27438	27976	28514	29052	29590