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Skull Grinder

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Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Weapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
API
29679
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 550 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 488 (1.33)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (8s): 528 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png5 Confusion (3s): 165 Damage, 247 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Crippled.png Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze.png Daze: 1 second
Evade.png Defiance Break: 100
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

Mechanics[edit]

Related traits[edit]

Strength Strength

Arms Arms

Defense Defense

Tactics Tactics

Discipline Discipline

Berserker Berserker

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
March 19, 2024
  • Increased the power coefficient from 1.0 to 1.33 in PvP and WvW.
February 28, 2022 End of Dragons release:
  • (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
July 07, 2020
  • Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced bleeding stacks from 4 to 3. Reduced cripple duration from 8 seconds to 5 seconds.
May 08, 2018
  • The bleeding this skill inflicts is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher duration of 4 stacks for 8 seconds in all modes.
February 06, 2018
  • The previous PvP split of this skill has been extended to WvW, with confusion now added to the list of split conditions.
  • Confusion application has been modified from 4 stacks for 4 seconds to 5 stacks for 3 seconds.
May 17, 2017
  • The blast finisher delivered by this attack has been removed, as indicated in the original release note.
May 16, 2017
  • The damage of this skill has been reduced by 33%.
  • Bleeding has been reduced from 4 stacks for 8 seconds to 3 stacks for 6 seconds.
  • The blast finisher on this skill has been removed.
  • All changes apply to PvP only.
October 23, 2015 Heart of Thorns release:
  • Skull Grinder has been added to the game.