Two-Handed Training

Greatsword and spear skills deal more damage and recharge faster. Gain fury when you disable a foe. — In-game description

Two-Handed Training

Specialization

Beastmastery (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Two-Handed Training

Greatsword and spear skills deal more damage and recharge faster. Gain fury when you disable a foe.

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Fury (3s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance

 Recharge Reduced: 20%

— In-game description

Notes

	Skill	Traited recharge
Greatsword	Maul (PvE)	4	→	3.2
	Maul (WvW)	6	→	4.8
	Maul (PvP)	8	→	6.4
	Maul (PvE)	4	→	3.2
	Maul (WvW)	6	→	4.8
	Maul (PvP)	8	→	6.4
	Swoop (PvE)	12	→	9.6
	Swoop (WvW)	15	→	12
	Swoop (PvP)	18	→	14.4
	Counterattack (PvE)	15	→	12
	Counterattack (WvW)	25	→	20
	Counterattack (PvP)	30	→	24
	Hilt Bash (WvW)	20	→	16
	Hilt Bash (PvE, PvP)	25	→	20
Spear	Swirling Strike	8	→	6.4
	Surging Maw	10	→	8
	Counterstrike	20	→	16
	Man O' War	4	→	3.2

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 02, 2023	Removed an erroneous internal cooldown indicator.
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
October 02, 2018	This trait no longer has a 50% chance to grant fury when striking with a greatsword or spear. Rangers now gain fury whenever they disable a foe.
May 08, 2018	The damage bonus of this trait is no longer split between game modes and will now use the improved 10% damage bonus in all modes.
March 27, 2018	Increased the bonus damage from 5% to 10% in PvP and WvW.
June 24, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from working properly with Swoop.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Beastmastery Master tier. Added: Greatsword and spear skills recharge 20% faster.
December 10, 2013	Greatsword and spear attacks now have a 50% chance to grant fury on hit. Each attack will have 3 seconds of fury. There is also a 10-second cooldown.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Two-Handed Training has been added to the game.