Thrust (Mariner)

General Information

Class: Mariner

Level: 1

Effects

Using this skill applies Swordplay: Thrust to the Mariner. This effect is consumed by the next Swordplay skill.

Skill Interactions

The following Swordplay skills empower Thrust:

En Garde makes this skill deal +100% Damage.

The following skills are empowered when they are the next Swordplay skill used after Thrust:

Advance and Sweeping Advance deal +30% Damage. They additionally apply Attacker's Advantage (requires red-line trait).
Aggressive Strike deals +25% Damage.

Trait Interactions

The trait Attacker's Advantage in the Duellist trait tree makes Advance and Sweeping Advance apply Attacker's Advantage to the enemy target(s) when used after this skill.
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

Thrust 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%.

Tactical Information

Thrust is the Mariner's base attack, and has the shortest cooldown. Make sure to always use this skill before Advance, as it provides a significant damage boost. This skill is also good to use before Aggressive Strike, and pretty much any single target attack skill, unless there's a better Swordplay skill to use beforehand.