Pressure Striking

Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with torment. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval. — In-game description

Pressure Striking

Specialization

Trickery (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Pressure Striking

Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with torment.
This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

₂ Torment (8s): 352 Damage, 509 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Interval: 3 seconds

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Head Shot — Pistol
•   Tactical Strike — Sword
•   Pistol Whip — Sword
•   Choking Gas — Short bow
•   Distracting Throw — Spear
•   Tow Line — Spear
•   Hook Strike — Staff
•   Malicious Tactical Strike — Sword
•   Malicious Hook Strike — Staff

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dawn's Repose — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Dawn's Repose — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Mind Shock — Enter Shadow Shroud

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Pitfall
•   Scorpion Wire — Trick
•   Reflexive Strike — Physical
•   Distracting Daggers — Physical
•   Palm Strike — Physical
•   Binding Shadow — Cantrip
•   Shadow Gust — Cantrip
•   Well of Silence — Well

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Basilisk Venom — Venom
•   Impact Strike — Physical
•   Uppercut
•   Shadowfall — Well

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bone Crack — Stolen skill
•   Branch Bash — Stolen skill
•   Club Shock Wave — Stolen skill
•   Mace Head Crack — Stolen skill
•   Shoot Rifle — Stolen skill
•   Skull Fear — Stolen skill
•   Throw Enchanted Ice — Stolen skill
•   Throw Gear — Stolen skill
•   Throw Magnetic Bomb — Stolen skill
•   Throw Rock — Stolen skill
•   Throw Rock — Stolen skill
•   Throw Unstable Reagent — Stolen skill
•   Use Scepter — Stolen skill
•   Use Staff — Stolen skill
•   Use Trident — Stolen skill

Drowning skills that are improved by this trait

•   Cheap Shot

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Deadly Arts

• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Specter

• Larcenous Torment — Steal health and gain shadow force when you torment a foe. Does not grant shadow force while in shroud.
• Strength of Shadows — Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Torment you inflict deals increased damage.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Shadow Arts

• Rending Shade — Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Striking a boonless foe with a stealth attack inflicts fear on nearby foes.

Trickery

• Sleight of Hand — Stealing also dazes the target. Reduces the recharge of Steal.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 12, 2017	Skills, traits, and sigils that have bonus effects when interrupting foes will now activate when used against foes with defiance bars as though they had been interrupted, with a 3-second cooldown. Torment duration has been adjusted from 3 stacks for 5 seconds to 2 stacks for 8 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Pressure Striking has been added to the game.