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Hollow Focus
While active, ethereal bells periodically appear near you. Your [HitDamage|Hits] immediately destroy the bells, creating a shockwave that damages nearby enemies and causes a [HeavyStun|Heavy Stun] on enemies that are [PrimedStun|Primed for Stun]. The bells are themselves always [PrimedStun|Primed for Stun], they can be [CullingStrike|Culled], and [HitDamage|Hits] against them are always [Critical|Critical Hits].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Dexterity / Intelligence / Grants Active SkillIce Strike
Perform a fast icy [Strike]. Using this [Attack|Attack] three times in quick succession causes a final strike that is slower and more powerful.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Dexterity / Grants Active Skill / AttackLightning Arrow
Fire a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire [Chain|Chaining] [Lightning] beams at nearby enemies.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Dexterity / Grants Active Skill / AttackLightning Rod
Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a [Lightning|Lightning] burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any [Chain|Chaining] [Lightning|Lightning] beams can [Chain|Chain] to it. When [Chain|Chained] to, the arrows charge up for a brief period before releasing another [Lightning|Lightning] burst. The Lightning Arrow Skill reduces this delay, causing bursts to happen more quickly.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaMace Strike
[Strike] with your Mace.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Dexterity / Grants Active Skill / AttackMagnetic Salvo
Aim skyward and fire energy missiles at lingering bolts or arrows created by other [Lightning] [Attack|Attacks] in front of you. The missiles explode if they land close to a lingering bolt or arrow, dealing more damage in a larger area but destroying that bolt or arrow in the process.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / ShapeshiftMaul
[Shapeshift] into a [Bear] and rake enemies with your claws, generating [Rage] on [HitDamage|Hit].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / ShapeshiftMolten Crash
[Shapeshift] into a burning monstrosity and leap through the air to crash down upon the earth, [Slam|Slamming] twice and creating [MoltenFissure|Molten Fissures]. [Consume|Consumes] [Rage] to create additional [MoltenFissure|Molten Fissures].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaPhantasmal Arrow
Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, the arrow explodes in spectral flame, turning it to ashes and damaging enemies, with a high chance to [Ignite]. [Ignite|Igniting] any enemy with the Explosion also applies [Ignite] to enemies within range.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Dexterity / Grants Active SkillPlasma Blast
[Ammunition|Load your Crossbow] with unstable bolts that require a lengthy charging period to fire but deal devastating damage, [Pierce] through enemies, and explode upon hitting terrain. Additional [Projectile|Projectiles] are fired in a spread, unlike other [Crossbow|Crossbow] Skills.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaPunch
Perform an [Unarmed|Unarmed] [Strike].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaQuarterstaff Strike
[Strike] with your Quarterstaff.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / ShapeshiftRend
[Shapeshift] into a [Wyvern] and perform a wide slash with your wingtip claws. Consumes a [Charges|Power Charge] if possible to grant you a [Buff] that gives you extra [Lightning] damage. While you have the [Buff], Rend covers a much larger area but is slower.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaRequiem
Your weapon passively accumulates anguish from the tormented souls within. When fully charged, use this skill to compose the Requiem, transforming your [Crossbow] shot into a torrent of anguish for a short, fixed amount of time. Does not use [Ammunition].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaRighteous Descent
Leap into the air carried by divine wings, damaging enemies with your spear where you land. If there is a [DivineFragment|Fragment of Divinity] near you or the targeted location, this attack will [Consume] it when you leap to become [Empowered], dealing more damage and granting life and mana recovery. This skill does not use up its Cooldown when empowered.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaShattering Concoction
Consume charges from your Mana [Flask] to throw a flask that explodes, dealing [Cold] [Attack] damage in an area and inflicting [Exposure]. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an [UnarmedAttack|Unarmed Attack]
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaShattering Spite
Stamp your spear, destroying all Bloodstone Lances on each enemy in your [Presence] to cause a damaging explosion around that enemy. Each explosion gains new benefits when reaching higher thresholds of Bloodstone Lances removed from an enemy, causing them to deal more damage, have increased area of effect, and [Leech] Life from enemies caught in the blast.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Dexterity / Grants Active SkillShockburst Rounds
[Ammunition|Load your Crossbow] with a clip of charged bolts which release damaging pulses upon [HitDamage|Hitting] an enemy affected by a [LightningAilment|Lightning Ailment]. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / ShapeshiftShred
[Shapeshift] into a [Werewolf] and lash out with a flurry of claw swipes. The first [Attack] can dash to faraway enemies and the final [Attack] [Strike|Strikes] twice. [Attack|Attacking] a [Frozen] enemy will create [IceFragment|Ice Fragments], which are [Projectile|Projectiles] that land and explode after a short delay.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaSoaring Midnight
Hurl your [Shield] as a [Projectile] which [Return|Returns] to you at the end of its flight. While the [Shield] is in flight, this skill is replaced with Embrace the Fall. This skill's cooldown is skipped if you catch the [Shield] as it [Return|Returns], or destroy an [IceCrystals|Ice Crystal] with the Embrace the Fall.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaSpear Stab
[Strike] with your [Spear].
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaSpear Throw
Hurl your [Spear] with force. Consumes a [Charges|Frenzy Charge] if you have one to cause the [Spear] to explode at the end of its flight.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaStarborn Onslaught
Build up Glory by [Freeze|Freezing] or [Chill|Chilling] enemies. When you have maximum [Glory] you may jump backwards loosing your [Mace] with the force of a falling comet onto your target. The impact releases [MoltenFissure|Fissures] and causes stars to fall in the area for a brief period.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Strength / Grants Active Skill / AttackSunder
[Slam] the ground, creating a roiling fissure that damages enemies in a sequence of areas in front of you. A number of enemies hit by the wave will release a shockwave, damaging other enemies. Hitting an enemy with [ArmourBreak|Fully Broken Armour] applies [SunderedArmour|Sundered Armour], making it take additional increased [Physical] damage.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / AreaSword Slash
[Strike] with your Sword.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / BuffTemper Weapon
[Channelling|Channel] to temper your main hand [Melee] [MartialWeapon|Martial Weapon]. Each hit of the hammer against the anvil [Empowered|Empowers] subsequent [Attack|Attacks] to Combust when [HitDamage|Hitting] enemies.
Open skill guide →Skill gem · Grants Active Skill / Attack / BuffVoid Illusion
While active, creates a short-lived illusory copy of yourself whenever you dodge roll. The copy can be damaged by enemies, and copies that are destroyed by an enemy will cause damaging explosions. Copies created this way have 1 Life.
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