The Boot

The Boot

4m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Skill Type: Spear
A powerful kick which interrupts inductions.
... (Main-hand) Damage
Interrupts Inductions
Cost: [135 at Level 150] Power
Requires:
Clears All Gambits
• Cooldown: 0.8s

General Information

Class: Warden

Level: 3

Stance:  In the Fray - Stance

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 interrupts the induction of the targeted enemy. See Interrupt Skills for a list of all skills that interrupt inductions.

Skill Interactions

This skill is replaced by  Ranged Boot when toggling  Assailment - Stance.

Trait Interactions

Determination trait tree

• The trait  Practiced Fundamentals increases the damage of this skill by up to 10%.

Recklessness trait tree

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

• The trait  Way of the Spear increases the damage of this skill by up to 10%.

• The trait  No Respite for the Wicked makes this skill apply No Respite to the enemy target. Further ranks make this effect stack up to 3 times.

• The set bonus  Sharpened Spears increases the damage of this skill by 10%.

• The set bonus  Unconventional Strikes increases the damage of this skill by 5%.

• The set bonus  One After Another increases the damage of this skill by 10%.

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

Assailment trait tree

• The trait  Marked Targets makes this skill apply Marked Target to the enemy target. Further ranks increase the duration of the effect by up to 30 seconds.

• The trait  Enduring Assailment increases the duration of No Respite by up to 20 seconds.

See Mitigation Reduction Skills for a list of all skills that reduce enemy mitigations.

Tracery Interactions

• Marked and Diminished Target Potency increases the potency of Marked Target by up to 2.2%.
• Spear Gambit Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 22%.
• Spear-shield Gambit Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 33%.
• Gambit Debuff Duration increases the duration of No Respite by up to 11 seconds.

Tactical Information

If you want to interrupt an enemy induction, the skill  Shield-slam can sometimes be more useful; it does not need to be built before being executed, and is also 'Immediate'. However, that comes at the cost of a cooldown – which this Gambit does not have.