Warrior : Specializations

Strength top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Reckless Dodge		Damage foes at the end of a dodge roll.
Brave Stride		Movement skills grant boons and adrenaline when used.
Restorative Strength		Using a heal skill grants might.
Peak Performance		Deal increased strike damage. Physical skills 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 vulnerability and weakness.
Forceful Greatsword		Gain power and a chance to gain might on critical strike. Double these bonuses while wielding a greatsword or underwater spear. Greatsword and underwater 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. Your critical-hit chance is increased.
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.
Aggressive Onslaught	¼	Gain quickness when you disable an enemy. While you have quickness, your movement speed is increased. This stacks with other movement speed increases.

Arms top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Furious Burst	4	Gain fury when you swap weapons. Fury gives an increased critical chance.
Wounding Precision		Gain expertise based on your precision.
Signet Mastery		Signets grant a stacking ferocity boon on use. Cast Lesser Signet of Might when striking a foe below the health threshold.
Opportunist	1	Gain fury and adrenaline when you immobilize or disable a foe.
Tier: Master
Deep Strikes		Gain condition damage when you have fury. You have increased chance to critically strike against bleeding foes.
Unsuspecting Foe		Increased critical-hit chance against disabled or defiant 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. Gain bonus critical-hit chance and ferocity for a duration when you hit with a burst skill. Duration is based on adrenaline spent.
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 off hand. Heal when you critically strike a foe while wielding a main-hand weapon in your off hand. This heal is increased when critically striking a bleeding foe.

Defense top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Thick Skin		Gain protection when you use a healing skill.
Shield Master		Reflect missiles whenever you are blocking. Gain adrenaline when you block an attack or reflect a missile.
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		Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
Tier: Master
Adrenal Health		Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
Defy Pain		Cast Lesser Endure Pain when you use an elite skill.
Resilient Roll		Gain resistance when you dodge.
Merciless Hammer		Hammer and mace skills deal increased damage when striking a disabled or defiant foe. Gain adrenaline when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, taunt, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, and launch.
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		Stances grant vigor and barrier when activated, and they have increased duration.
Cleansing Ire		Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition when you hit with a burst skill, then remove an additional condition for every bar of adrenaline spent.
Stalwart Strength	¼	Gain stability when you disable a foe. Deal increased strike damage while you have stability.

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 and grants them protection.
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	25	Use "Shake It Off!" when you use a healing skill. Removing a damaging condition from an ally heals them.
Empower Allies	10	While you are in combat, grant might to yourself and nearby allies each interval.
Tier: Grandmaster
Mending Might		Applying might to an ally heals you.
Martial Cadence	4	Soldier's Focus grants boons to affected allies and removes conditions from them. Refresh Soldier's Focus when you swap weapons.
Vigorous Shouts		Shout skills 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		Your longbow, rifle, and harpoon gun 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.
Stalwart Focus		Increase your incoming healing effectiveness and healing to other allies.
Tier: Master
Fast Hands		Weapon-swapping recharges faster.
Doubled Standards		Banners grant resolution to allies when they are dropped. Pulsing boons applied through banners last longer.
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	12	Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.
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		When you hit with a Primal Burst skill, extend the duration of your berserk. Critical-hit chance is increased while berserk.
Last Blaze		When you use a rage skill, inflict burning on nearby enemies. Rage skills extend berserk longer.
Savage Instinct		Activating berserk mode breaks stuns. Reduce incoming damage for a period of time when entering berserk mode.
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 and a percentage of power is given as a bonus to condition damage. These bonuses are doubled in berserk mode.
Heat the Soul		Grant boons to nearby allies when you hit an enemy with a Burst skill.
Dead or Alive		Heal yourself and gain Blood Reckoning when entering berserk mode.
Tier: Grandmaster
Fatal Frenzy		Berserk mode increases power and condition damage.
Bloody Roar		Deal increased strike damage while in berserk mode. Gain resistance when entering 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 stability and endurance when entering berserk mode. Traits that trigger when entering berserk mode also trigger when exiting berserk mode. You can now exit berserk mode early.

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 strike 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 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		Gain boons when entering Dragon Trigger.
Unshakable Mountain		Gain barrier when you convert flow into charges while below the charge threshold.
Fierce as Fire		Gain increased strike damage for each round of ammunition spent.
Lush Forest		Using the first round of ammo on an ammunition skill reduces the recharge of all warrior skills. Does not affect the recharge of Unsheathe Gunsaber, Sheathe Gunsaber, and Dragon Trigger.
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. Gain protection whenever you convert flow into charges.
Unyielding Dragon		Dragon Slash becomes unblockable and ignores blindness. Gain might whenever you convert flow into charges.
Daring Dragon		Dragon Slash has a lower maximum charge level and consumes more flow per charge, but its damage per charge is increased. Grant boons to nearby allies when you use Dragon Slash.

Paragon Elite Specialization top

Trait		Description
Tier: Adept
Rally the Valiant		Gain access to chants and command skills. Gain motivation by using a chant or by using a burst skill while a refrain is active.
Call to Action		Gain motivation when you enter combat. If no refrains are active, automatically activate the refrain of Chant of Action.
Calming Tongue		Gain increased healing power and concentration. Gain additional healing power and concentration when a refrain is active.
Liberating Liaise		Gain increased movement speed. Movement-impairing conditions have reduced effectiveness on you.
Tier: Master
Inspiring Implements		Gain motivation when you use your fourth or fifth weapon skills.
Brisk Pacing		Using a chant reduces the recharge of your other chants by a set amount.
Invigorating Tempo		Heal yourself and gain adrenaline for each point of motivation spent.
Reverberation		Command echoes can trigger a second time.
Tier: Grandmaster
Unyielding Resolve		Strike and condition damage dealt to you is reduced for each point of motivation you have.
Feverish Pulse		Grant boons to allies when transitioning to a different refrain.
Strengthening Stanzas		Refrains grant bonus effects to you while they are active.
Enduring Refrain		Refrain effects of chants are stronger. The motivation costs of refrains are reduced but cannot be reduced below 1. This trait does not affect healing gained from Invigorating Tempo.