Cull the Weak

Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills. — In-game description

Cull the Weak

Specialization

Defense (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Cull the Weak

Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Damage Increase: 7%

 Weakness (30.5½s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Interval: 5 seconds

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Pulverize — Mace
•   Fierce Blow — Hammer
•   Line Breaker — Staff

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dragon Slash—Force — Dragon Trigger
•   Dragon Slash—Boost — Dragon Trigger
•   Dragon Slash—Reach — Dragon Trigger

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   "Fear Me!" — Shout

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Eviscerate — Axe, Burst
•   Skull Crack — Mace, Burst
•   Flurry — Sword, Burst
•   Arcing Slice — Greatsword, Burst
•   Earthshaker — Hammer, Burst
•   Combustive Shot — Longbow, Burst
•   Kill Shot — Rifle, Burst
•   Path to Victory — Staff, Burst
•   Harrier's Toss — Spear, Burst
•   Whirling Strike — Spear, Burst
•   Forceful Shot — Harpoon gun, Burst
•   Decapitate — Axe, Primal Burst
•   Slicing Maelstrom — Dagger, Primal Burst
•   Skull Grinder — Mace, Primal Burst
•   Flaming Flurry — Sword, Primal Burst
•   Arc Divider — Greatsword, Primal Burst
•   Rupturing Smash — Hammer, Primal Burst
•   Scorched Earth — Longbow, Primal Burst
•   Gun Flame — Rifle, Primal Burst
•   Rampart Splitter — Staff, Primal Burst
•   Wild Throw — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Wild Whirl — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Burning Shackles — Harpoon gun, Primal Burst
•   Breaching Strike — Dagger, Burst
•   Full Counter — Burst

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Strength

• Body Blow — Stuns, dazes, knockbacks, pulls, pushes, and launches inflict bleeding and weakness.

Notes

Bug:

Different multihit burst skills like   Flurry and   Combustive Shot share the same internal interval.

• Using the Spellbreaker elite specialization reduces the weakness duration to 1.5 seconds in PvP only.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Reduced the weakness duration from 3.5 seconds to 1.5 seconds when the spellbreaker elite specialization is equipped, in PvP only.
November 29, 2022	Fixed an issue that prevented weakness from being applied with several burst skills.
October 04, 2022	This trait no longer applies weakness when striking an enemy below 50% health. Instead, it applies weakness when striking an enemy with a burst skill.
May 11, 2021	Increased damage bonus from 7% to 10% in PvE only. Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Increased bonus damage from 5% to 7%. Increased health threshold from 33% to 50%. Increased weakness duration from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. This trait now applies weakness to foes regardless of if they already have weakness on them, but it has a 5-second internal cooldown.
April 19, 2016	Increased the health threshold for weakness application from 25% to 33%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added: Striking a foe without weakness that is below 25% health inflicts weakness on them for 3 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Cull the Weak has been added to the game.