Crushing Blow

Crush your opponent's armor, leaving them vulnerable and gaining might. Vulnerability and might stacks doubled if you hit a disabled foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. — In-game description

Crushing Blow

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand mace

Game link

API

14518

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0.75¾  12  

Crushing Blow

Crush your opponent's armor, leaving them vulnerable and gaining might. Vulnerability and might stacks doubled if you hit a disabled foe.
Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

 Damage: 825 (2.25)^?

 Damage: 642 (1.75)^?

₅ Might (6s): 150 Condition Damage, 150 Power

₁₀ Vulnerability (6s): +10% Incoming Damage, +10% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Pinnacle of Strength — Might applied to you grants more power. Your critical-hit chance is increased.
• Might Makes Right — Gain health and endurance whenever you apply might to yourself.

Defense

• 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.

Tactics

• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.
• Mending Might — Applying might to an ally heals you.
• Phalanx Strength — When you grant yourself might, grant it to nearby allies as well.

Notes

• This skill cleaves.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Increased the power coefficient from 1.5 to 2.25 in PvE and from 1.5 to 1.75 in PvP and WvW. Increased the might stacks from 3 to 5. Reduced the cooldown from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
July 07, 2020	Reduced vulnerability stacks from 15 to 10. Now also grants 3 stacks of might for 6 seconds when it hits. If this attack strikes a foe suffering from control effects, the might gain and vulnerability application are doubled.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 12 seconds to 15 seconds.
May 08, 2018	The vulnerability stacks applied by this skill are no longer split between game modes and will now inflict 15 stacks of vulnerability for 6 second in all modes in addition to using the 25% increased damage values.
March 27, 2018	Increased damage by 25% in PvP and WvW. Adjusted vulnerability applied from 10 stacks for 10 seconds to 15 stacks for 6 seconds in PvP and WvW.
January 26, 2016	The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds and its damage has been increased by 20%.
November 04, 2014	Increased the number of vulnerability applications that this skill applies from 4 to 10.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the aftercast by .2 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Crushing Blow has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.