Lead Attacks

Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time. — In-game description

Lead Attacks

Specialization

Trickery (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Minor

Training cost

6 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Lead Attacks

Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.

 Maximum Damage Increase: 15%

 Lead Attacks (10s): +1% Damage, +1% Condition Damage, +1% Life-Steal Damage

 Recharge Reduced: 15%

 Combat Only

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Venomous Volley — Axe
•   Recall Axes — Axe
•   Harrowing Storm — Axe
•   Orchestrated Assault — Axe
•   Heartseeker — Dagger
•   Twisting Fangs — Dagger
•   Death Blossom — Dagger
•   Shadow Shot — Dagger
•   Dancing Dagger — Dagger
•   Cloak and Dagger — Dagger
•   Bola Shot — Pistol
•   Repeater — Pistol
•   Shadow Strike — Pistol
•   Repeater — Pistol
•   Unload — Pistol
•   Head Shot — Pistol
•   Black Powder — Pistol
•   Infiltrator's Strike — Sword
•   Infiltrator's Return — Sword
•   Stab — Sword
•   Flanking Strike — Sword
•   Larcenous Strike — Sword
•   Pistol Whip — Sword
•   Cluster Bomb — Short bow
•   Disabling Shot — Short bow
•   Choking Gas — Short bow
•   Infiltrator's Arrow — Short bow
•   Flanking Dive — Spear
•   Nine-Tailed Strike — Spear
•   Break Stance — Spear
•   Tow Line — Spear
•   Hooked Spear — Spear
•   Shadow Assault — Spear
•   Deluge — Harpoon gun
•   Escape — Harpoon gun
•   Crippling Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Ink Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Weakening Charge — Staff
•   Debilitating Arc — Staff
•   Helmet Breaker — Staff
•   Dust Strike — Staff
•   Vault — Staff
•   Skirmisher's Shot — Rifle
•   Spotter's Shot — Rifle
•   Double Tap — Rifle
•   Three Round Burst — Rifle
•   Death's Retreat — Rifle
•   Sniper's Cover — Rifle
•   Death's Advance — Rifle
•   Kneel — Rifle
•   Shadow Sap — Scepter
•   Triple Threat — Scepter
•   Measured Shot — Scepter
•   Endless Night — Scepter
•   Twilight Combo — Scepter

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Steal
•   Deadeye's Mark
•   Siphon — Steal

Notes

• The maximum number of stacks is 15.
• Stacks are applied after completion of an ability that uses initiative. If it is interrupted or cancelled, no stacks are applied.
  • Pistol Whip, Shadow Shot, and Shadow Strike apply stacks after the first attack performed by the skill.
• The damage modifier stacks additively with itself, and additively with other additive damage modifiers.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 27, 2024	Axe skills that cost initiative will now correctly trigger Lead Attacks and Assassin's Reward.
November 30, 2021	No longer reduces the cooldown of Shadow Shroud.
October 26, 2021	Positive percentage-based enhancements now display with a "+." For example, swiftness now displays "+33% Movement Speed" instead of "33% Movement Speed."
May 11, 2021	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.
October 01, 2019	Fixed a bug that caused this trait to grant less than the listed 15% recharge reduction.
March 05, 2019	Fixed a bug with this trait that allowed players to enter combat with more stacks of the damage effect than intended.
December 11, 2018	The duration of this trait's Lead Attacks stacking effect has been reduced from 15 seconds to 10 seconds. It now requires the player to be in combat in order to generate the stacking damage effect. Initiative skills that cause the player to enter combat will generate stacks of this trait.
August 28, 2018	Fixed a bug that would cause this trait to grant the wrong number of stacks with skills that have initiative costs that are split between game modes.
July 26, 2016	Fixed a bug in which thieves would not gain the damage increase in certain instances.
April 19, 2016	This trait has been reworked and now grants 1% damage and condition damage per initiative spent for 15 seconds. This effect has a maximum of 15%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added: Steal recharges 15% faster.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Lead Attacks has been added to the game.