Leap

A leap is a skill mechanic that causes the user to rapidly move forward a certain distance. This may be to attack an enemy target, move to a targeted area, or move to an ally. Leap skills are used for positioning and thus control in battle. Movement-speed adjustments do not affect the intended travel distance. Due to the rapid movement, leap skills can move the player out of the range of an attack similar to dodging.
Leaps come in two similar kinds, jumping and dashing, which have some key differences. Jumping leaps actually allow characters to jump over gaps or obstacles of terrain, and usually have greater reach (like Jump Shot). Dashing leaps are medium distance attacks which often only increase chances of hitting the target with a leap attack (such as Shield Bash).
Most leap skills are leap finishers, but not all leap finisher skills are physical leaps. For example, Jaunt is a teleport. Any skill that provides physical movement over a distance can be considered a leap skill. This is closely related to other positioning mechanics like dodging, evading, and retreating.
NPCs cannot take into account their modified movement speed when using their leap attacks; when slowed by condition such as crippled or chilled, their leaps will repeatedly fall short of their intended target.
Contents
- 1 Related skills
- 1.1 Weapon skills that cause leap
- 1.2 Bundle skills that cause leap
- 1.3 Transform skills that cause leap
- 1.4 Utility skills that cause leap
- 1.5 Elite skills that cause leap
- 1.6 Profession mechanic skills that cause leap
- 1.7 Pet skills that cause leap
- 1.8 Trait skills that cause leap
- 1.9 Common skills that cause leap
- 2 Trivia
- 3 See also
Related skills[edit]
Weapon skills that cause leap[edit]
Leap of Faith — Greatsword
Mighty Blow — Hammer
Surge of the Mists — Staff
Savage Leap — Sword
Shield Bash — Shield
Whirlwind Attack — Greatsword
Rush — Greatsword
Tsunami Slash — Spear
Aura Slicer — Dagger
Jump Shot — Rifle
Rocket Charge — Hammer
Radiant Arc — Sword
Monarch's Leap — Sword
Serpent's Strike — Sword
Swoop — Greatsword
Hilt Bash — Greatsword
Surging Maw — Spear
Ancestral Grace — Staff
Instinctive Engage — Dagger
Heartseeker — Dagger
Death Blossom — Dagger
Weakening Charge — Staff
Vault — Staff
Burning Speed — Dagger, when attuned to fire
Ride the Lightning — Dagger, when attuned to air
Earthen Rush — Dagger, when attuned to earth
Tidal Wave — Trident, when attuned to water
Steam Surge — Dagger, when attuned to fire and water
Mud Slide — Dagger, when attuned to water and earth
Flame Uprising — Sword, when attuned to fire
Feigned Surge — Spear
Mirage Thrust — Sword
Foul Current — Trident
Bundle skills that cause leap[edit]
Flame Leap — Conjured Flame
Lightning Leap — Lightning Hammer
Fiery Whirl — Fiery Greatsword
Fiery Rush — Fiery Greatsword
Transform skills that cause leap[edit]
Dash — Rampage
Seismic Leap — Rampage
Holo Leap — Engage Photon Forge
Death's Charge — Reaper's Shroud
Utility skills that cause leap[edit]
Call to Anguish — Legendary Demon Stance
Bull's Charge — Physical
Stomp — Physical
Sundering Leap — Rage
Rocket Boots — Gadget
Elite skills that cause leap[edit]
Profession mechanic skills that cause leap[edit]
Wings of Resolve — Virtue
Eviscerate — Axe, Burst
Earthshaker — Hammer, Burst
Decapitate — Axe, Primal Burst
Rupturing Smash — Hammer, Primal Burst
Breaching Strike — Dagger, Burst
Rocket Kick — Tool belt
Charging Bite
Crippling Leap
Swoop
Brutal Charge
Brutal Charge
Charge
Worldly Impact — Beast
Pet skills that cause leap[edit]
Icy Pounce — Juvenile Snow Leopard
Rending Pounce — Juvenile Lynx
Stunning Rush — Juvenile Armor Fish
Brutal Charge — Canine
Brutal Charge — Porcine
Charging Bite — Juvenile Shark, Shark
Swoop — Bird
Trait skills that cause leap[edit]
Common skills that cause leap[edit]
- Assisted Leap
- Assisted Leap
- Belly Flop — Nuhoch Tonic
- Branch Leap — Branch, Ancient Cudgel, Driftwood
- Burning Barrel Roll
- Burst of Speed — Dune Roller
- Burst of Speed — Unoccupied Dune Roller
- Celestial Dash
- Create Teleporter — Experimental Teleportation Gun
- Dart
- Dash
- Dash
- Dash
- Dragon Surge
- Dragon Surge
- Engage and Assault — Sohothin
- Enhanced Reflexes
- Eviscerate
- Explosive Leap
- Fiery Leap — Inferno Hound
- Griffon Strike — Spirit Axe
- Headbutt
- Jump Shot — Cruelty-free Rifle
- Jump Shot
- Kick
- Leap — Corsair Supplies, Celestial Tribute (Boar's Challenge)
- Leap — Dragonfly (bundle)
- Leap
- Leap
- Light Dash
- Light Dash
- Lightning Pull
- Lightning Pull
- Lightning Pull
- Lightning Pull
- Lightning Tether
- Lunge
- Lunge
- Mists Merge
- Orb Leap — Altar of Ascension
- Pounce — Dune Roller
- Pounce — Unoccupied Dune Roller
- Reverse Blossom
- Ride the Ley Line — Gliding
- Savage Leap
- Shadow Leap — Experimental Rifle, Failed Experimental Rifle
Sohothin Blossom — Sohothin
Sohothin Charge — Sohothin
Sohothin Tornado — Sohothin
Sohothin's Charge — Sohothin
Sohothin's Grace — Sohothin
Sohothin's Speed — Sohothin
- Speed of Light
- Spirit Surge
- Viper's Leap
- Whirling Spin — Whirling Gyroscope
Trivia[edit]
- On June 23, 2015, movement-speed adjustments were made to no longer affect the intended travel distance of leap skills of player characters.