Well-placed Strike

Well-placed Strike

3.5m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
With an opportunity presented, strike your enemy's weak point with great force.
... (Main-hand) Damage
... Damage every 4.0 seconds for 12 seconds.
When behind a target:
... Damage every 4.0 seconds for 28 seconds.
Cost: [269 at Level 150] Power
• Cooldown: 10s

General Information

Class: Burglar

Trait Tree: The Quiet Knife

Rank Needed: 25 (trait  Vital Points)

Effects

This skill is not available for use by default. All Crit Chain skills have a chance to apply  Vital Points to the Burglar, which makes this skill temporarily available for use. The following skills proc this effect:

•  Double-edged Strike
•  Exposed Throat
•  Flashing Blades
•  Gambler's Advantage (Blue-line Only)
•  Blind Bet (Blue-line Only)
•  Hedge Your Bet (Blue-line Only)
•  Perforate (Red-line Only)
•  Reveal Weakness (Yellow-line Only)
•  A Small Snag (Yellow-line Only)
  

Using this skill applies one of the following two bleeds to the enemy target, depending on the Burglar's position:

•  Very Well Placed Strike -- behind target
•  Not-So-Well Placed Strike -- not behind target

Skill Interactions

 Coup de Grâce consumes this skill's bleed effects to deal bonus damage.

 Even the Odds has a chance to apply  Even the Odds: Bleeding Wounds to the Burglar. While applied, the duration of this skill's bleeds are increased by 6 seconds, and the damage is increased by 5%.

 Even the Odds has a chance to apply  Even the Odds: Focused Attack to the Burglar. While applied, the initial damage of this skill is increased by 3%.

Trait Interactions

• The trait  Aggravated Bleeds in the Gambler trait tree increases the durations of this skill's bleeds by up to 8 seconds each.
• The trait  Honed Wit in the Gambler trait tree increases the bleed damage of this skill by up to 25%.
• The set bonus  Relish Battle in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill apply Relish Battle HoT to the Burglar upon critical hit.