Spellbreaker

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"I counter your magics!"

Act with precision and intent to strike at the very weave of magic to cut down your foe's enchantments while disrupting their ability to cast spells. Utilize the Full Counter skill to absorb attacks and retaliate with devastating force.

— In-game description

Spellbreaker is an elite specialization for the warrior unlocked with the Path of Fire expansion. The original spellbreakers were Elonian Sunspears. Palawa Joko defeated the Sunspears and their symbol, and everyone found wielding a spear would be put to death. The remaining Sunspears broke their spears and reforged their spearheads into daggers. They trained in secrecy and learned how to break magic itself. Spellbreakers sacrifice damage in exchange for control, they have a smaller adrenaline bar and weaker Burst attacks than a traditional warrior but, in exchange, have learned to Full Counter attacks to completely negate their damage and deflect them back to their opponent.

Spellbreakers always balance the scale, ensuring all fights are fair by destroying their enemy's boons by striking at the very weave of magic, and inflicting crowd control to interrupt them when casting spells. They have learned meditation skills which focus on balance by removing boons, and steadiness by protecting the spellbreaker. They can wield daggers in both hands for quick movement, attacks, boon removal, and control. Spellbreakers focus on defense and control by absorbing attacks, removing boons, and inflicting crowd control.

List of spellbreaker skills

See also: List of warrior skills

Profession mechanic

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I reject your feeble power!

— Spellbreaker

Spellbreakers have a smaller adrenaline bar and can only use Burst skills of level 1 but, in exchange, gain access to Full Counter. This counter absorbs the next attack within 1,5 seconds, reducing its damage to 0, and striking nearby foes in retaliation.

#	Skill			Description
F2	Full Counter	10.5½	8	Burst. Absorb the next attack against you and counterattack all foes around you. Foes struck by the counter attack are interrupted.

Weapon skills

#	Skill			Description
Dagger
F1	Breaching Strike	0.75¾	8	Burst. Strike your target and remove boons. Deal more damage if your target has no boons.
1	Precise Cut	0.25¼		Chain. Strike your foe. This attack deals increased critical damage.
1	Focused Slash	0.25¼		Chain. Strike your foe. This attack has increased critical-hit damage.
1	Keen Strike	0.25¼		Chain. Strike your foe and gain might. Gain additional might on critical hit.
2	Aura Slicer	0.75¾	6	Leap and strike your foe, inflicting slow.
3	Disrupting Stab		12	Dazes your target. If your target is using a skill, the daze duration is extended.
4	Wastrel's Ruin	0.5½	12	Strike your target and remove boons. Damage and boon removal are increased against foes not using skills.
5	Bladestorm	10.5½	20	Unleash a flurry of attacks that damages foes and reflects projectiles coming from the front. Gain barrier when striking a foe.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill				Description
Natural Healing		10.25¼	25	Meditation. Lose boons and conditions, then heal yourself.

Utility

Skill				Description
Sight beyond Sight			1	Meditation. Reveal nearby foes and make your next attack a critical hit. Remove blindness and nondamaging conditions.
Featherfoot Grace			20	Meditation. Gain a burst of superspeed and resistance.
Imminent Threat		0.25¼	35	Meditation. Taunt nearby foes, gaining adrenaline for each affected foe.
Break Enchantments		0.25¼	15	Meditation. Strike foes around you and remove their boons. Deal more damage to foes that lose a boon.

Elite

Skill				Description
Winds of Disenchantment		10.5½	90	Meditation. Create an area of calm in which foes have reduced incoming boon duration and lose boons every interval. Enemy missiles entering this area are blocked.

List of spellbreaker traits

See also: List of warrior traits

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Dagger Proficiency		You can wield daggers in both hands.
Minor Adept	Spellbreaker's Conviction		Maximum adrenaline is capped at 2 bars, and only level 1 bursts are available. Gain access to the Full Counter burst and Meditation skills.
Major Adept	Pure Strike		Deal increased critical-hit damage. This bonus is doubled against boonless foes.
Major Adept	Guard Counter		Gain protection after a successful Full Counter.
Major Adept	No Escape		Dazes and stuns inflict immobilize.
Minor Master	Dispelling Force		Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.
Major Master	Loss Aversion		Removing boons from a foe deals damage and gives you adrenaline.
Major Master	Slow Counter		Full Counter applies cripple and slow.
Major Master	Sun and Moon Style	5	Gain bonuses for each dagger you equip: Main hand—Strike damage is increased versus foes with no boons. Off Hand—Heal for a percent of your outgoing strike damage.
Minor Grandmaster	Attacker's Insight		Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.
Major Grandmaster	Enchantment Collapse	1	Removing a boon from a foe causes all nearby foes to lose additional boons.
Major Grandmaster	Revenge Counter		Full Counter deals additional damage and grants resistance. Copy conditions on yourself to targets you hit with Full Counter.
Major Grandmaster	Magebane Tether		Hitting with a burst skill casts Magebane Tether on your target if they are within range.

Lore

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The broken weapons of the Sunspears have become daggers in the hands of their descendants, which they use to strike at the very fabric of magic and strip it from their foes. They meditate to see past their enemies' defenses, and they use their adrenaline to counter attacks.

— Official site

Associated items

• Spellbreaker's Dagger
• Silence of a Thousand Years
• Spellbreaker's Redoubt
• Superior Rune of the Spellbreaker
• Mini Spellbreaker Tamela Okar

Related achievements

• Specializations: Adept Spellbreaker — Begin training the warrior's spellbreaker elite specialization. (5)
• Specializations: Master Spellbreaker — Completely train the warrior's spellbreaker elite specialization. (10)
• Specialization Collections: Silence of a Thousand Years — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the spellbreaker's dagger, Silence of a Thousand Years. (3)

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Notes

• Players can learn more about this specialization by going to Kanuz Cache in the Desert Highlands and talking to Tamela Okar.
• The entire top line of traits focuses on removing enemy boons; the middle line improves the effects of Full Counter, and the last line is designed to prevent slippery opponents like thieves and mesmers from escaping.

Trivia

• Like the Holosmith, the Spellbreaker was conceived as a thematic opposite to the core profession's elite specialization from Heart of Thorns. The developers have likened the Spellbreaker to a warrior/mesmer dual profession from Guild Wars 1; instead of creating illusions to deceive other people, the warrior is able to see through deception.
• Some of the themes for Spellbreaker came from Guild Wars Nightfall warrior skills—specifically, Magehunter Strike and Magehunter Smash.
• The developers gave the Spellbreaker double daggers over simply main or offhand because "one dagger wasn't quite cool enough," as well as the possibility of weapon combos only possible with two daggers.
• Spellbreaker has many references to Guild Wars 1's Ritualist and Dervish in skills such as Featherfoot Grace, Sight beyond Sight, and Winds of Disenchantment. The specialization's name itself may be a reference to the Monk anti-spell enchantment Spell Breaker.

External links

• Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Elite Specializations—Spellbreaker (Warrior)

References

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