Staggering Blow

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Staggering Blow

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Weapon
Hammer
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Game link
API
14359
0.5½ Activation time  
18 Recharge time
15 Recharge time
 
Staggering Blow

Push back nearby foes with a staggering blow.

Damage.png Damage: 404 (1.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Knockback.png Knockback: 180
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Whirl
Evade.png Defiance Break: 150
Range.png Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Strength Strength

Arms Arms

Defense Defense

Spellbreaker Spellbreaker

Notes[edit]

Appears to deal its damage before its knockback, causing Aggressive Onslaught to not activate if enemies die from the damage, even though they still get knocked back.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
March 29, 2022
  • Reduced cooldown from 18 seconds to 15 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 28, 2022 End of Dragons release:
  • (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.01.
January 26, 2016
  • The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 20 seconds to 18 seconds.
December 10, 2013
  • Reduced the damage by 23%.
October 15, 2013
  • This skill can now be used while moving.
  • Reduced the cast time to 0.5 seconds.
July 23, 2013
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to stop in place after using this skill.
June 25, 2013
  • Reduced the aftercast by .25 seconds.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Staggering Blow has been added to the game.

Trivia[edit]