Punishing Strikes

Whirl your staff around, striking nearby enemies. — In-game description

Punishing Strikes

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Daredevil

Weapon

Staff

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

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Game link

API

30434

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Punishing Strikes

Whirl your staff around, striking nearby enemies.

 Damage (4x): 848 (2.1)^?

 Damage (4x): 448 (1.114)^?

₄ Vulnerability (8s): +4% Incoming Damage, +4% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

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

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	This skill no longer reflects projectiles.
June 27, 2023	Increased power coefficient from 1.8 to 2.1 in PvE only.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1.672 to 1.8.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Autoattack Chain: Reduced power coefficients from 0.666/0.666/1.672 to 0.444/0.444/1.114.
July 26, 2016	The damage of this skill has been reduced by 5%.
January 26, 2016	Staff Autoattack - Staff Strike, Staff Bash, Punishing Strikes: Increased the damage by 36%, 15%, and 33% respectively. This skill's damage has been increased by 44%.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Punishing Strikes has been added to the game.