The Keen Blade

Description

The Keen Blade (Red line) is a Guardian Trait Tree. The other two trait trees of this class are The Defender of the Free and the Fighter of Shadow.

The Keen Blade Uses Bleeds and high-damage attacks to defeat foes. Focuses on dealing damage. Skills have high base damage, bleeds, and powerful finishing skills. Skills Earned:  Breach  Overwhelm Retaliation and Whirling Retaliation become Breach and Whirling Breach; these skills allow the use of Parry and Block response chains.

Skills

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Keen Blade (red) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.

Skills	Category	CD	Source
Breach	Melee + Buff	5s	Specialization Skill
Whirling Breach	Melee AoE + Buff	5s	Specialization Skill
Overwhelm	Melee + Bleed	10s	Specialization Skill
Thrust	Melee + Bleed	5s	Trait:	Thrust
Brutal Assault	Melee	20s	Trait:	Brutal Assault
Protection by the Sword	Buff	10s	Set:	Protection by the Sword
To The King	Melee + Stun	5s	Trait:	To The King
Relentless Fury	Buff	2m	Set:	Relentless Fury
Brutal Charge	Run Speed + Buff	1m	Set:	Brutal Charge
Hammer Down	Melee + Stun	40s	Trait:	Hammer Down

Set Bonuses

Set Traits	Description	Source
Valorous Strength	Buff	5+ total ranks
Bleed Them Dry	Buff	10+ total ranks
Protection by the Sword	Gain skill Protection by the Sword	15+ total ranks
Relentless Fury	Gain skill Relentless Fury	20+ total ranks
Brutal Charge	Changes Charge to become Brutal Charge	25+ total ranks
Heavy Blows	Buff	30+ total ranks
Prey on the Weak	Buff	35+ total ranks

Traits

Tree Traits	Description	Source
Thrill of Battle	Buff	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Heavy Weapons Training	Buff	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Broad Strokes	Improves skill Sweeping Cut	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Thrust	Gain skill Thrust	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Brutal Assault	Gain skill Brutal Assault	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Tireless Blows	Improves skill Brutal Assault	Row 3 (10+ ranks), Brutal Assault (1)
Invigourating Response	Power	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Deeper Wounds	Improves skills: Thrust, Overwhelm	Row 4 (15+ ranks), Thrust (1)
To The King	Gain skill To The King	Row 4 (15+ ranks)
Haemorrhage	Buff, Improves skill Brutal Assault	Row 5 (20+ ranks), Brutal Assault (1)
Into the Fray	Improves skills: Charge, Brutal Charge	Row 5 (20+ ranks)
Warrior's Advantage	Buff	Row 6 (25+ ranks)
Blind Rage	Improves skill To The King	Row 6 (25+ ranks), To The King (1)
Hammer Down	Gain skill Hammer Down	Capstone (30+ ranks)
Rupture	Improves skill Hammer Down	Capstone (30+ ranks), Hammer Down (1)