Trick: Counter Defence
- 11.5m Range
- Fast
- Melee Skill
- Resistance: Physical
- Skill Type: Debuff
- Strike to lower the enemy's defences
Limit: One Trick per target. - ... (Main-hand) Damage
- -[11400 at Level 150] Target Block, Parry, and Evade Ratings
- -[7200 at Level 150] Critical Defence
- Duration: 15s
- Cost: [202 at Level 150] Power
- Cooldown: 5s
General Information
Class: Burglar
Trait Tree: The Mischief-maker
Rank Needed: 10 (trait Trick: Counter Defence)
Effects
Using this skill applies Trick: Counter Defence to the enemy target. This effect replaces a Trick effect if one is already applied.
See Critical Defence Reduction Skills for a list of all skills that reduce enemy critical defence.
Skill Interactions
This skill consumes the Trickster effect (applied by Trickster) to become empowered. When empowered, this skill becomes AoE, applies Major Rent Armour: Trickster, and applies a stacking Trick that is not removed by Trick Removal skills (besides Clever Retort).
- 14m Range
- Fast
- Melee Skill
- Max Targets: 5
- Radius: 5m
- Resistance: Physical
- Skill Type: Debuff
- Strike to lower the enemy's defences
Limit: Trickster will allow this trick to stack. - ... (Main-hand) Damage
- -[11400 at Level 150] Target Block, Parry, and Evade Ratings
- -[7200 at Level 150] Critical Defence
- Duration: 15s
- -15% Tactical Mitigation
-15% Physical Mitigation
Duration: 15s
Applied on expiration:
-12.5% Tactical Mitigation
-12.5% Physical Mitigation - Duration: 15s
- Cost: [202 at Level 150] Power
- Cooldown: 5s
Trait Interactions
- The trait Trick: Counter Defence in the Mischief-maker trait tree makes Trick: Counter Defence grant -2% Critical Chance.
- The trait Playful Mind in the Mischief-maker trait tree increases the duration of Trick: Counter Defence by up to 9 seconds.
- The set bonus Joke with Legs in the Mischief-maker trait tree increases the range of this skill by 5m.
- The trait Practical Joke in the Mischief-maker trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 20%.
- The trait Comedic Timing in the Mischief-maker trait tree makes this skill ignore up to 25% of the enemy's Resistance.
Tracery Interactions
- Tricks Duration & Resistance Penetration increases the duration of Trick: Counter Defence by up to 16.5 seconds and grants this skill up to 5.5% Resistance Penetration.
- Trick and Trick Removal Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 55%.
Tactical Information
This trick decreases the target's block, parry and evade ratings and the target's Critical Defence. It is not used very often, as Trick: Enrage is a mostly better offensive debuff.
Stats Table (sampling various levels)
Character Level | Target Block,Parry,Evade | Critical Defence |
---|---|---|
1 | -9 | -6 |
25 | -46 | -29 |
50 | -84 | -54 |
60 | -126 | -80 |
65 | -168 | -107 |
75 | -252 | -160 |
85 | -378 | -240 |
95 | -546 | -347 |
100 | -761 | -483 |
105 | -1020 | -643 |
106 | -1070 | -675 |
115 | -1520 | -960 |
116 | -1594 | -1008 |
120 | -1890 | -1200 |
121 | -1987 | -1262 |
130 | -2860 | -1820 |
131 | -3280 | -2080 |
140 | -5720 | -3630 |
141 | -6700 | -4250 |
150 | -11400 | -7200 |