Leap
This article is about the movement mechanic. For combo finisher, see Leap finisher. For other uses, see Leap (disambiguation). A leap is a movement 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.
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.
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).
Skills that leap are often leap finishers, but there are a few exceptions such as Rush.
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[edit]
Weapon skills that cause leap
Leap of Faith — Greatsword- Mighty Blow — Hammer
Surge of the Mists — Staff
Phantom's Onslaught — Greatsword
Savage Leap — Sword- Shield Bash — Shield
- Whirlwind Attack — Greatsword
- Rush — Greatsword
- Tsunami Slash
— Spear 
Aura Slicer — Dagger
Gunstinger — Pistol- Dragon's Roar — Pistol
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
Thump — Hammer- Unleashed Thump — Hammer
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
Crashing Font — Hammer, when attuned to water
Feigned Surge — Spear
Mirage Thrust — Sword
Blade Leap — Sword
Foul Current — Trident
Bundle skills that cause leap
- Break Step — Unsheathe Gunsaber
- Dragon Slash—Boost — Dragon Trigger
- Sohothin Blossom — Sohothin
- 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
Devouring Cut — Harbinger Shroud- Voracious Arc — Harbinger Shroud
Utility skills that cause leap
Quick Retribution — Physical- Whirling Light — Physical
- Call to Anguish — Legendary Demon Stance
- Nomad's Advance — Legendary Alliance Stance, Luxon
- Bull's Charge — Physical
- Kick — Physical
- Stomp — Physical
Sundering Leap — Rage- Rocket Boots — Gadget
Elite skills that cause leap
Profession mechanic skills that cause leap
Wings of Resolve — Virtue- Rushing Justice — Virtue
- Flowing Resolve — Virtue
- Eviscerate — Axe, Burst
- Earthshaker — Hammer, 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
- Branch Leap — Stolen skill
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
Racial skills that cause leap
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 — Siege Weapon Supplies
- 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 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.
