Reckless Dodge

Damage foes at the end of a dodge roll. — In-game description

Reckless Dodge

Specialization

Strength (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Minor

Training cost

2 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Reckless Dodge

Damage foes at the end of a dodge roll.

 Combat Only

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Triggers the trait skill Reckless Impact.

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Reckless Impact (PvE)			Damage foes at the end of your dodge roll. Gain might for each foe struck by this attack.
Reckless Impact (PvP)			Damage foes at the end of your dodge roll. Gain might for each foe struck by this attack.
Reckless Impact (WvW)			Damage foes at the end of your dodge roll. Gain might for each foe struck by this attack.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Increased the might stacks on hit from 1 to 2 in PvE and PvP.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 0.5.
December 12, 2017	The attack from this trait has been renamed Reckless Impact and is now shown as a separate skill in its tooltip.
May 16, 2017	Added missing skill fact for unblockable. Increased damage by 20%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
September 09, 2014	Updated the skill description to accurately describe its effect.
August 12, 2014	Fixed a bug that prevented the damage from this trait from being attributed to Reckless Dodge in the combat log.
December 10, 2013	Increased the damage by 25%.
October 15, 2013	Increased the radius to 180. Increased the number of targets from 3 to 5.
January 28, 2013	This trait no longer enables players to break knockback effects.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Reckless Dodge has been added to the game.