Dual Strike

Strike your foe with both weapons. Gain quickness for each strike that hits. — In-game description

Dual Strike

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand axe

Game link

API

14418

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0.5½  

12

15

 

Dual Strike

Strike your foe with both weapons. Gain quickness for each strike that hits.

 Damage (2x): 862 (2.35)^?

 Damage (2x): 734 (2.0)^?

 Quickness (2s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Quickness (0.5½s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Aggressive Onslaught — Gain quickness when you disable an enemy. While you have quickness, your movement speed is increased. This stacks with other movement speed increases.

Tactics

• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.

Discipline

• Axe Mastery — Gain ferocity. Gain additional ferocity when wielding an axe. Axe skills gain reduced recharge and grant adrenaline when critically striking.

Notes

• Dual Strike hits twice no matter if a weapon is in the main-hand or not.
• This skill gives one stack of quickness per strike that hits, no matter how many targets are cleaved, for up to 4 seconds in PvE (up to 1 second in WvW and PvP) of quickness without boon duration.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 07, 2020	Increased quickness duration per hit from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 1.175 to 1.0. Reduced quickness per strike from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Increased cooldown from 12 seconds to 15 seconds.
May 16, 2017	No longer gives fury. Now gives quickness for 1.5 seconds per strike that hits.
October 18, 2016	Increased damage by 34%.
July 26, 2016	The damage of this skill has been increased by 10%.
January 26, 2016	This skill's damage has been increased by 33%.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the aftercast from .5 seconds to .25 seconds. Increased the fury duration per hit from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Dual Strike has been added to the game.