Skull Grinder/history

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Version history This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 skill that has been updated since its introduction.
Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists.

For the current version of this skill, see Skull Grinder.

March 19, 2024

  • Increased the power coefficient from 1.0 to 1.33 in PvP and WvW.
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Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 550 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 488 (1.33)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (8s): 528 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png5 Confusion (3s): 165 Damage, 247 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Crippled.png Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze.png Daze: 1 second
Evade.png Defiance Break: 100
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

February 28, 2022

  • (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
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Skull Grinder.png

Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 550 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 367 (1.0)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (8s): 528 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png5 Confusion (3s): 165 Damage, 247 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Crippled.png Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze.png Daze: 1 second
Evade.png Defiance Break: 100
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

July 07, 2020

  • Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
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Skull Grinder.png

Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 550 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 367 (1.0)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (8s): 528 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png5 Confusion (3s): 165 Damage, 247 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Crippled.png Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze.png Daze: 1 second
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Skull Grinder: (Competitive split) Reduced bleeding stacks from 4 to 3. Reduced cripple duration from 8 seconds to 5 seconds.
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Skull Grinder.png

Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 550 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 367 (1.0)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (8s): 528 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png5 Confusion (3s): 165 Damage, 247 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Crippled.png Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze (gray).png Daze: 1 second
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

May 08, 2018

  • Skull Grinder: The bleeding this skill inflicts is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher duration of 4 stacks for 8 seconds in all modes.
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Skull Grinder.png

Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 399 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png3 Confusion (5s): 165 Damage, 148 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze (gray).png Daze: 1 second
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

February 06, 2018

  • Skull Grinder: The previous PvP split of this skill has been extended to WvW, with confusion now added to the list of split conditions.
    • Confusion application has been modified from 4 stacks for 4 seconds to 5 stacks for 3 seconds.
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Skull Grinder.png

Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 399 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (6s): 396 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png3 Confusion (5s): 165 Damage, 148 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze (gray).png Daze: 1 second
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

May 17, 2017

  • Skull Grinder: The blast finisher delivered by this attack has been removed, as indicated in the original release note.

May 16, 2017

  • Skull Grinder: The damage of this skill has been reduced by 33%.
    • Bleeding has been reduced from 4 stacks for 8 seconds to 3 stacks for 6 seconds.
    • The blast finisher on this skill has been removed.
    • All changes apply to PvP only.
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Skull Grinder.png

Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 399 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (6s): 396 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze (gray).png Daze: 1 second
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

Original version

Skull Grinder.png

Skull Grinder

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Mace
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Skull Grinder

Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.

Damage.png Damage: 399 (1.5)?
Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
Confusion.png4 Confusion (4s): 176 Damage, 198 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (8s): -50% Movement Speed
Daze (gray).png Daze: 1 second
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 300

— In-game description

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