Warrior : Specializations

Strength top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Reckless Dodge		Damage foes at the end of a dodge roll.
Brave Stride	10	Movement skills grant stability when used.
Restorative Strength		Using a heal skill grants might.
Peak Performance		Deal increased strike damage. Physical skills have reduced recharge and further increase all outgoing strike damage for a period of time.
Tier: Master
Building Momentum		Burst skills restore endurance on hit.
Body Blow		Stuns, dazes, knockbacks, pulls, pushes, and launches inflict bleeding and weakness.
Forceful Greatsword		Gain power and a chance to gain might on critical strike. Double these bonuses while wielding a greatsword or spear. Greatsword and spear skills recharge faster.
Great Fortitude		Gain vitality and ferocity based on a percentage of your power.
Tier: Grandmaster
Pinnacle of Strength		Might applied to you grants more power.
Berserker's Power		Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.
Might Makes Right		Gain health and endurance whenever you apply might to yourself.
Merciless Hammer		Hammer skills gain reduced recharge and deal increased damage when striking a disabled foe. Gain adrenaline when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, taunt, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, and launch.

Arms top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Furious Burst	15	Using a burst skill grants fury.
Wounding Precision		Gain expertise based on your precision.
Signet Mastery		Signets gain reduced recharge and grant a stacking ferocity boon on use. Cast Lesser Signet of Might when striking a foe below the health threshold.
Opportunist	10	Gain fury and adrenaline when you immobilize a target.
Tier: Master
Deep Strikes		Gain condition damage when you have fury.
Unsuspecting Foe		Increased critical-hit chance against disabled foes. Disables include stun, daze, knock back, pull, knock down, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Sundering Burst		Burst skills inflict vulnerability if they hit and inflict additional vulnerability if the attack is a critical hit. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
Blademaster		Gain expertise. Gain condition damage while wielding a sword. Sword skills gain reduced recharge.
Tier: Grandmaster
Bloodlust		You have a chance to inflict bleeding on critical hits, and bleeds that you apply last longer.
Burst Precision		Burst skills have an increased critical chance.
Furious		Critical hits grant bonus adrenaline and gain a stacking condition damage effect.
Dual Wielding		Attack speed is increased when wielding a main-hand weapon in your offhand.

Defense top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Thick Skin		Reduce incoming damage while your health is above the threshold.
Shield Master		Reflect missiles whenever you are blocking. Gain might when you block an attack or reflect a missile. Shield skills gain reduced recharge.
Dogged March	10	Reduce the duration of movement-impeding conditions and gain regeneration when you are affected by one of these conditions.
Cull the Weak	5	Increases strike damage dealt to weakened foes. Striking a foe below the health threshold inflicts weakness.
Tier: Master
Adrenal Health		Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
Defy Pain	300	Cast Lesser Endure Pain when struck while below the health threshold.
Armored Attack		Gain power based on your toughness.
Sundering Mace		Stuns, dazes, and knock downs applied by mace skills last longer. Mace skills gain reduced recharge.
Tier: Grandmaster
Hardened Armor	15	Gain resolution when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.
Last Stand	300	Cast Lesser Balanced Stance when you are disabled. Stances grant vigor when activated and have increased duration. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Cleansing Ire		Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition for every bar of adrenaline spent when you hit with a burst skill.
Rousing Resilience		Gain toughness and health when you break out of a stun.

Tactics top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Marching Orders		Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.
Leg Specialist	12	Immobilize a target when you cripple them with a skill. Deal increased strike damage to foes affected with movement-impairing conditions.
Soldier's Comfort		Soldier's Focus heals affected allies.
Roaring Reveille		Warhorn skills apply additional boons. Your concentration is increased.
Tier: Master
Empowered		Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.
Warrior's Cunning		Deal increased strike damage to foes above the health threshold. Also deal more damage to foes with barrier. Damage bonuses do not stack.
Shrug It Off	60	Use "Shake It Off!" automatically when you have a number of conditions on you. Removing a damaging condition from an ally heals them.
Empower Allies		Increase power for nearby allies. Soldier's Focus gains increased radius.
Tier: Grandmaster
Mending Might		Applying might to an ally heals you.
Martial Cadence		Soldier's Focus partially recharges all of your equipped weapon skills when activated. Does not recharge burst skills.
Vigorous Shouts		Shout skills gain reduced recharge and heal allies. Gain healing power based on your power.
Phalanx Strength		When you grant yourself might, grant it to nearby allies as well.

Discipline top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Versatile Rage	4	Gain adrenaline on weapon swap.
Crack Shot		Warrior ranged weapon skills gain reduced recharge, and their weapon skill 1 attacks are enhanced.
Warrior's Sprint		Run faster while wielding melee weapons, and deal increased strike damage while you have swiftness. Movement skills break immobilization when used.
Vengeful Return		Vengeance has an increased chance to rally and gain more health and endurance when you rally.
Tier: Master
Fast Hands		Weapon-swapping recharges faster.
Doubled Standards		Unique banner effects applied to you are stronger and can affect up to 10 allied targets. Gain swiftness when you summon or pick up a banner.
Destruction of the Empowered		Deal increased strike damage per boon on your target.
Brawler's Recovery	4	Remove conditions when you swap weapons.
Tier: Grandmaster
Versatile Power	4	Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.
Axe Mastery		Gain ferocity. Gain additional ferocity when wielding an axe. Axe skills gain reduced recharge and grant adrenaline when critically striking.
Heightened Focus	15	Gain quickness when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold.
Burst Mastery		Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.

Berserker Elite Specialization top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Primal Rage		Gain access to berserk mode and primal bursts.
Smash Brawler		Increases berserk mode duration.
Last Blaze		When you use a rage skill, inflict burning on nearby enemies.
Savage Instinct		Activating berserk mode breaks stuns and reduces incoming damage.
Tier: Master
Burst of Aggression		Gain a burst of speed when entering berserk mode.
Blood Reaction		A percentage of precision is given as a bonus to ferocity. This bonus is doubled in berserk mode.
Heat the Soul		Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a torch. Torch skills gain reduced recharge.
Dead or Alive	60	Receiving fatal damage while in berserk mode ends berserk and heals you. Incoming healing is increased.
Tier: Grandmaster
Fatal Frenzy		Berserk mode increases power and condition damage but reduces toughness.
Bloody Roar		Deal increased strike damage while in berserk mode.
King of Fires	15	Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging and burning nearby foes.
Eternal Champion		Gain toughness while in berserk mode. Gain stability and might when breaking stuns.

Spellbreaker Elite Specialization top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Spellbreaker's Conviction		Maximum adrenaline is capped at 2 bars, and only level 1 bursts are available. Gain access to the Full Counter burst and Meditation skills.
Pure Strike		Deal increased critical-hit damage. This bonus is doubled against boonless foes.
Guard Counter		Gain protection after a successful Full Counter.
No Escape		Dazes and stuns inflict immobilize.
Tier: Master
Dispelling Force		Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.
Loss Aversion		Removing boons from a foe deals damage and gives you adrenaline.
Slow Counter		Full Counter applies cripple and slow.
Sun and Moon Style	5	Gain bonuses for each dagger you equip: Main hand – Strike damage is increased versus foes with no boons. Off Hand – Heal for a percent of your outgoing critical damage.
Tier: Grandmaster
Attacker's Insight		Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.
Enchantment Collapse	1	Removing a boon from a foe causes all nearby foes to lose additional boons.
Revenge Counter		Full Counter deals additional damage and grants resistance. Copy conditions on yourself to targets you hit with Full Counter.
Magebane Tether	12	Hitting with a burst skill casts Magebane Tether on your target if they are within range.

Bladesworn Elite Specialization top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Gun X Sword		Gain access to the Gunsaber (F2) as an alternate weapon set, but lose the ability to swap to other weapon sets during combat. Adrenaline is replaced with flow.
River's Flow	5	Incoming healing increased. Healing yourself increases flow rate. Regeneration effects do not trigger flow rate increase.
Swift as the Wind	5	Movement skills grant swiftness and increase flow rate.
Unseen Sword	4	Swapping weapons strikes all nearby foes. Will not activate out of combat unless an enemy is within range.
Tier: Master
Dragonscale Defense	25	If you are struck while in Dragon Trigger, gain protection.
Unshakable Mountain		Using the final round of ammo on an ammunition skill grants barrier.
Fierce as Fire	½	Using the final round of ammo on an ammunition skill drops a flame shell that burns nearby foes.
Lush Forest		Using the final round of ammo on an ammunition skill reduces the recharge of all equipped skills.
Tier: Grandmaster
Guns and Glory		Gain ferocity for a short duration when you hit with an explosion. This effect stacks duration.
Immortal Dragon		Dragon Slash heals you for a percentage of the damage dealt.
Unyielding Dragon		Dragon Slash becomes unblockable, ignores blindness, and stuns foes on hit.
Daring Dragon		Dragon Slash has a lower maximum charge level but reenters Dragon Trigger if you can pay the flow cost.