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Breaching Strike

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Breaching Strike.png

Breaching Strike

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Spellbreaker icon small.png Spellbreaker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Dagger
Weapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Type
Burst
Movement
Leap
Game link
API
45252
0.75¾ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Breaching Strike

Burst. Strike your target and remove boons. Deal more damage if your target has no boons.

Damage.png Damage: 1,009 (2.75)?
Damage.png Damage: 440 (1.2)?
Damage.png Damage: 484 (1.32)?
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Leap
Range.png Range: 450
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Strength Strength

Arms Arms

  • Sundering Burst Sundering BurstBurst skills inflict vulnerability if they hit and inflict additional vulnerability if the attack is a critical hit. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
  • Burst Precision Burst PrecisionBurst skills have an increased critical chance. Gain bonus critical-hit chance and ferocity for a duration when you hit with a burst skill. Duration is based on adrenaline spent.

Defense Defense

Tactics Tactics

Discipline Discipline

Spellbreaker Spellbreaker

Notes[edit]

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
September 26, 2023
  • (Undocumented) Increased power coefficient from 2.5 to 2.75 in PvE only.
June 28, 2023
  • Fixed an issue that caused this skill to consume all adrenaline for spellbreakers.
February 14, 2023
  • Reduced bonus damage against enemies with no boons from 50% to 5% in PvP and WvW.
November 29, 2022
  • This skill now deals bonus damage to foes without boons.
October 18, 2022
  • Fixed an issue that caused this skill to do more damage than intended in WvW.
October 04, 2022
  • Increased power coefficient from 1.2 to 1.32 in PvP only.
September 13, 2022
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Breaching Strike tooltip to display incorrect damage when using the Burst Mastery trait.
August 23, 2022
  • (PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1.5 to 2.5.
June 28, 2022
  • Increased power coefficient from 0.9 to 1.2 in PvP and WvW.
July 07, 2020
  • Increased power coefficient from 0.7 to 0.9 in PvP and WvW.
March 17, 2020
  • Fixed a bug that caused this skill to do more damage than expected in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.7. Increased number of boons removed from 2 to 3.
March 28, 2018
  • Fixed a bug in which the skill facts displayed incorrectly in PvP and WvW.
March 27, 2018
  • Reduced damage by 20% in PvP and WvW.
September 22, 2017 Path of Fire release:
  • Breaching Strike has been added to the game.