Full Counter

Burst. Absorb the next attack against you and counterattack all foes around you. Foes struck by the counter attack are interrupted. — In-game description

Full Counter

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Specialization

Spellbreaker

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Burst

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

44165, 41243

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10.5½  

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Full Counter

Burst. Absorb the next attack against you and counterattack all foes around you. Foes struck by the counter attack are interrupted.

 Damage: 532 (2.0)^?

 Damage: 27 (0.1)^?

 Damage Reduced: 100%

 Stability (2s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

 Counterattack Evasion: 0.5½ seconds

 Daze: 0.5½ seconds

 Daze: 2 seconds

 Daze: 10.5½ seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Unblockable

 Defiance Break: 100

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 300

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Building Momentum — Burst skills restore endurance on hit.
• Body Blow — Stuns, dazes, knockbacks, pulls, pushes, and launches inflict bleeding and weakness.
• Berserker's Power — Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.
• Aggressive Onslaught — Gain quickness when you disable an enemy. While you have quickness, your movement speed is increased. This stacks with other movement speed increases.

Arms

• Opportunist — Gain fury and adrenaline when you immobilize or disable a foe.
• Unsuspecting Foe — Increased critical-hit chance against disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Sundering Burst — Burst 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 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

• Shield Master — Reflect missiles whenever you are blocking. Gain adrenaline when you block an attack or reflect a missile.
• 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.
• Adrenal Health — Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
• Merciless Hammer — Hammer and mace skills deal increased damage when striking a disabled or defiant foe. Gain adrenaline when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, taunt, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, and launch.
• Hardened Armor — Gain resolution when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.
• Cleansing Ire — Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition when you hit with a burst skill, then remove an additional condition for every bar of adrenaline spent.
• Stalwart Strength — Gain stability when you disable a foe. Deal increased strike damage while you have stability.

Tactics

• Marching Orders — Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.
• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.

Discipline

• Versatile Power — Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.
• Heightened Focus — Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.
• Burst Mastery — Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.

Spellbreaker

• Spellbreaker's Conviction — Maximum adrenaline is capped at 2 bars, and only level 1 bursts are available. Gain access to the Full Counter burst and Meditation skills.
• Guard Counter — Gain protection after a successful Full Counter.
• No Escape — Dazes and stuns inflict immobilize.
• Dispelling Force — Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.
• Slow Counter — Full Counter applies cripple and slow.
• Attacker's Insight — Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.
• Revenge Counter — Full Counter deals additional damage and grants resistance. Copy conditions on yourself to targets you hit with Full Counter.
• Magebane Tether — Hitting with a burst skill casts Magebane Tether on your target if they are within range.

Notes

• While having the minor trait Attacker's Insight equipped, only successfully hitting a foe with the counterattack (activated automatically after absorbing an attack) resets the cooldown of the current F1 burst skill.
• Your character will occasionally shout one of the following lines upon activating this skill:
  • Come and get me!
  • I'm ready; are you?
  • Not now, not ever.
  • Try me.
• Your character will occasionally shout one of the following lines upon counterattacking:
  • Back at you!
  • Counterattack!
  • Your actions are foolish!
  • Ha!

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Increased the cooldown from 12 seconds to 14 seconds in PvP only.
June 28, 2023	Fixed an issue that caused this skill to grant quickness.
February 14, 2023	This skill will now trigger traits that trigger on burst skill usage when striking an enemy instead of when absorbing an attack.
October 05, 2022	Fixed an issue in which this skill did not interact properly with Berserker's Power, Adrenal Health, and Cleansing Ire.
October 04, 2022	Increased daze duration from 1 second to 1.5 seconds in PvP only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
May 11, 2021	The attack portion of this skill now correctly triggers if the spellbreaker is in midair, allowing the skill to end correctly.
February 23, 2021	Reduced daze duration from 2 seconds to 1 second in PvP only.
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 power coefficient from 0.5 to 0.1. Increased daze duration from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
December 11, 2018	The damage applied by this skill in competitive modes has been reduced from 75% of PvE to 25% of PvE. Its daze duration in competitive game modes has been increased to 1.5 seconds.
March 27, 2018	Reduced damage by 14% in PvP and WvW.
November 07, 2017	Increased recharge from 8 seconds to 12 seconds in PvP and WvW only.
October 17, 2017	Fixed a bug in which this ability gained the damage bonus from Revenge Counter twice. The base damage of this ability has been reduced by 12.5% in PvP and WvW only.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Full Counter has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The skill is likely a reference to the ability of the same name used by the character Meliodas from the manga The Seven Deadly Sins.

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