Backbreaker

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Elite Hammer Attack. If Backbreaker hits, you strike for +1...16...20 damage and your target is knocked down for 4 seconds.

Concise description

Elite Hammer Attack. Deals +1...16...20 damage. Causes knock-down (4 seconds).

Progression
Hammer Mastery + Damage	0 1 1 2 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 6 9 7 10 8 11 9 12 10 14 11 15 12 16 13 17 14 19 15 20 16 21 17 23 18 24 19 25

[edit] Acquisition

Signet of Capture

• Prophecies
  • Ferk Mallet (Ring of Fire)
• Eye of the North
  • Hodat the Tumbler (Dalada Uplands)
  • Crystal Ettin (Bloodstone Caves)
  • Paranoia Ettin (Bloodstone Caves)

[edit] Related skills

• Devastating Hammer
• Earth Shaker
• Magehunter's Smash

[edit] Notes

• This skill has the longest player-usable knock down in the game, bypassing the 3 second maximum. (Tied with the Junundu skills Choking Breath and Junundu Smash).
• Use Mokele Smash or Enraging Charge with "For Great Justice!" to help gain adrenaline quicker