Leap

This article is about the skill mechanic. For other uses, see Leap (disambiguation).

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.

Related skills

Weapon skills that cause leap

•   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

•   Flame Leap — Conjured Flame
•   Lightning Leap — Lightning Hammer
•   Fiery Whirl — Fiery Greatsword
•   Fiery Rush — Fiery Greatsword

Transform skills that cause leap

•   Dash — Rampage
•   Seismic Leap — Rampage
•   Holo Leap — Engage Photon Forge
•   Death's Charge — Reaper's Shroud

Utility skills that cause leap

•   Call to Anguish — Legendary Demon Stance
•   Bull's Charge — Physical
•   Stomp — Physical
•   Sundering Leap — Rage
•   Rocket Boots — Gadget

Elite skills that cause leap

•   Charge

Profession mechanic skills that cause leap

•   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

•   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

•   Bound — Bounding Dodger
•   Dash — Unhindered Combatant
•   Impaling Lotus — Lotus Training

Common skills that cause leap

•   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

• On June 23, 2015, movement-speed adjustments were made to no longer affect the intended travel distance of leap skills of player characters.

See also

• Leap finisher

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