Riposte

Block the next attack. Riposte and bleed your foe if you block a melee attack. Gain adrenaline if you are not attacked. — In-game description

Riposte

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand sword

Activ. type

Channeled

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

14400

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20.25¼  15  

Riposte

Block the next attack. Riposte and bleed your foe if you block a melee attack. Gain adrenaline if you are not attacked.

 Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

₈ Bleeding (8s): 1,408 Damage

 Adrenaline If Not Attacked: 6

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Arms

• Blademaster — Gain expertise. Gain condition damage while wielding a sword. Sword skills gain reduced recharge.
• Bloodlust — You have a chance to inflict bleeding on critical hits, and bleeds that you apply last longer.

Defense

• Shield Master — Reflect missiles whenever you are blocking. Gain adrenaline when you block an attack or reflect a missile.
• Hardened Armor — Gain resolution when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.

Notes

• The riposte only activates if an attack is blocked while in melee range of a target. However, the riposte will not activate when a ranged attack is blocked; therefore, all ranged attacks will be blocked for the duration of the block.
• If this skill is canceled without using Adrenaline Rush, no adrenaline will be gained, this includes using another skill before Riposte has finished.
• Riposte status is visible on the player's skill bar as the  Riposte effect.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 07, 2020	Increased bleeding stacks gained on a successful counter from 4 to 8. Decreased bleeding duration from 12 seconds to 8 seconds.
October 02, 2018	The physical damage of this skill has been increased by 100%. The time to complete its attack animation and aftercast has been reduced by 0.25 seconds.
March 27, 2018	Removed a small start-up delay between the time this skill was activated and the time its blocking takes effect.
September 09, 2014	Updated this skill to consistently grant 6 adrenaline if it completes and 0 adrenaline if it is cancelled.
June 03, 2014	Added a skill fact for range.
February 04, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused projectiles to continue being reflected after the skill was canceled when traited with Missile Deflection.
June 25, 2013	When players block an attack from range, it no longer cancels the blocking.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Riposte has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.