Decapitate

Primal Burst. Gather your strength into a powerful attack. If it hits, gain might and recharge this skill. — In-game description

Decapitate

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Specialization

Berserker

Slot

Profession mechanic

Weapon

Axe

Type

Primal Burst

Game link

API

30851

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Decapitate

Primal Burst. Gather your strength into a powerful attack. If it hits, gain might and recharge this skill.

 Damage: 1,100 (3.0)^?

 Damage: 734 (2.0)^?

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

 Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Recharge Reduced: 100%

 Range: 300

— In-game description

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Related traits

Strength

• Building Momentum — Burst skills restore endurance on hit.
• 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.

Arms

• 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.
• 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.

Defense

• Cull the Weak — Deal strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Adrenal Health — Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
• 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.

Tactics

• Marching Orders — Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.
• 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.

Discipline

• Versatile Power — Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.
• Heightened Focus — Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills 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

• 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.
• Heat the Soul — Grant boons to nearby allies when you use a Burst skill.
• King of Fires — 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.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 07, 2023	(Undocumented) Previous change has been reverted.
September 26, 2023	(Undocumented) Increased power coefficient from 3.0 to 3.3 in PvE only.
May 02, 2023	Increased power coefficient from 2.5 to 3.0 in PvE only.
July 07, 2020	Increased power coefficient from 1.666 to 2.0 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 2.5 to 1.666. Reduced might stacks from 5 to 1.
May 14, 2019	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to activate the Warrior's Sprint trait.
April 23, 2019	This skill has been reworked. It is now a long-range melee attack that does not leap forward and only hits 1 target. This skill recharges instantly if it hits and can be affected by quickness and slow.
November 07, 2017	Fixed a bug that caused the shock wave from this skill to fail if the initial attack killed the target. Fixed a bug that caused the shock wave to deal less damage than listed. Fixed a bug that caused the shock wave from this skill to hit fewer than 5 targets.
May 16, 2017	Now grants 5 stacks of might for 5 seconds if it hits.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Decapitate has been added to the game.