Maul (ranger greatsword skill)

This article is about the ranger greatsword skill. For other skills of the same name, see Maul.

Attack your foe with the force of a bear. Your pet gains an attack of opportunity. — In-game description

Animation

Maul

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Weapon

Greatsword

Game link

API

12525

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Maul

Attack your foe with the force of a bear. Your pet gains an attack of opportunity.

 Damage: 807 (2.0)^?

 Damage: 549 (1.36)^?

₅ Vulnerability (8s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

₅ Vulnerability (6s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

 Attack of Opportunity (10s): +50% damage on next attack.

 Attack of Opportunity (10s): +25% damage on next attack.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 220

— In-game description

Related traits

Marksmanship

• Farsighted — Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.

Skirmishing

• Quick Draw — When swapping weapons, the next ranger weapon skill you use will recharge faster.

Beastmastery

• Two-Handed Training — Greatsword and underwater spear skills deal more damage and recharge faster. Gain fury when you disable a foe.

Soulbeast

• Oppressive Superiority — Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.

Notes

• While in Beastmode, this skill is replaced by Maul (beastmode greatsword skill), which grants Attack of Opportunity (soulbeast effect) to the player at the end of the cast with a reduced damage bonus of 25% instead of 50%.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 30, 2024	Increased the power coefficient from 1.75 to 2.0 in PvE only.
April 28, 2020	Maul: Increased cooldown from 6 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP only.
March 17, 2020	Maul: Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.36 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.75 to 1.5. Reduced vulnerability duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. Increased cooldown from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.
December 12, 2017	Reduced the duration of the Attack of Opportunity granted from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Maul now grants a merged ranger 25% increased damage on their next attack.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Fixed a bug in which the damage was being incorrectly updated when traited with Two-Handed Training.
February 22, 2017	This skill now grants an Attack of Opportunity to the ranger's pet, causing its next attack to deal 50% more damage.
October 18, 2016	The recharge time of this ability has been reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds. Damage has been increased by about 10%.
September 09, 2014	Increased the range of this skill from 150 to 220. Increased the number of targets from 3 to 5.
October 15, 2013	Damage for this skill has been increased by 7%. Vulnerability has been increased from 3 stacks to 5 stacks, and the duration has been increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.
July 23, 2013	This skill now applies vulnerability instead of bleeding.
March 26, 2013	Increased bleeding duration from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Increased base damage by 26%.
November 15, 2012	This skill's damage has been increased by 40%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Maul has been added to the game.