Blademaster

Gain expertise. Gain condition damage while wielding a sword. Sword skills gain reduced recharge. — In-game description

Blademaster

Specialization

Arms (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Blademaster

Gain expertise. Gain condition damage while wielding a sword. Sword skills gain reduced recharge.

 Recharge Reduced: 20%

 Condition Damage: +120

 Expertise: +120

— In-game description

Notes

• Only applies to one handed swords, the effect is not applied for greatswords.

	Skill	Traited recharge
Sword	Savage Leap (WvW, PvP)	7	→	5.6
	Savage Leap (PvE)	8	→	6.4
	Final Thrust	12	→	9.6
	Impale	15	→	12
	Rip	1	→	0.8
	Riposte	15	→	12

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	Fixed an issue that caused this trait to grant more expertise than intended.
December 11, 2018	The condition-duration increase this trait grants for sword skills has been replaced with an increase of up to 120 condition damage while wielding a sword. It now grants up to 120 expertise regardless of the weapon the warrior is wielding.
September 23, 2017	Reduced the condition-duration bonus from 20% to 10% to be in line with bonuses granted by other sword traits.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait now increases condition duration by 20% for sword skills instead of increasing sword critical-hit chance against bleeding foes by 20%.
July 28, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from reducing the recharge of Riposte.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Removed increased critical chance with a sword. Added: Reduces recharge on sword skills by 20%. Added: Sword skills have a 20% increased critical hit chance against bleeding foes.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Blademaster has been added to the game.