Hammer Mastery

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Hammer Mastery is a warrior secondary attribute.

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Hammer Mastery increases the damage you do with hammers and your chance to inflict a critical hit when using a hammer. Many skills, especially hammer attack skills become more effective with higher Hammer Mastery.

— In-game description

[edit] Inherent effect

Each point in hammer mastery increases the damage you deal with a hammer and the chance to score a critical hit while using a hammer. Hammer mastery will also increase the damage of certain skills, and is also required for some items and skills to take effect.

[edit] Notes

• Crushing Blow and Pulverizing Smash are the only skills able to apply Deep Wound in Hammer Mastery and require the target to be knocked down.
• Many Hammer Mastery elites like Devastating Hammer, Backbreaker and Earth Shaker provide a knockdown that does not also cause you to lose all adrenaline like non-elite options such as Hammer Bash.
• Weakness also features as a conditional in many Hammer Mastery skills, dealing extra damage like Fierce Blow or causing a knockdown like Heavy Blow. It can be applied using either Devastating Hammer, Forceful Blow or Staggering Blow.

[edit] Hammer Mastery skills

Icon	Name	Description						Campaign
	Auspicious Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage. You gain 3...7...8 Energy if target foe is Weakened.	8	0	0	0		Factions
	Backbreaker	Elite Hammer Attack. Deals +1...16...20 damage. Causes knock-down (2...4...4 seconds).	10	0	0	0		Prophecies
	Belly Smash	Hammer Attack. Inflicts Blindness condition to adjacent foes (3...9...10 seconds) if target foe is knocked-down.	0	5	1	30		Prophecies
	Counter Blow	Hammer Attack. Causes knock-down if target foe is attacking.	4	0	0	0		Core
	Crude Swing	Hammer Attack. Attack all adjacent foes for +1...16...20 damage. You have -40 armor while using this skill.	0	5	0	5		Prophecies
	Crushing Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +1...16...20 damage. Inflicts Deep Wound condition if target foe is knocked-down (5...17...20 seconds).	0	5	0	10		Prophecies
	Devastating Hammer	Elite Hammer Attack. Causes knock-down. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds).	7	0	0	0		Core
	Earth Shaker	Elite Hammer Attack. Knocks down target and adjacent foes. 50% failure chance unless Hammer Mastery is 5 or more.	8	0	0	0		Prophecies
	Enraged Smash	Elite Hammer Attack. Gives you 1...3...4 strikes of adrenaline. Deals +10...34...40 damage, and causes knocked down if your target was moving.	0	5	0	5		Factions
	Fierce Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +10...34...40 damage if target foe is Weakened. Deals +5...17...20 damage otherwise.	6	0	0	0		Factions
	Forceful Blow	Elite Hammer Attack. Deals +10...34...40 damage. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds). You are knocked-down if this attack is blocked.	5	0	0	0		Factions
	Hammer Bash	Hammer Attack. Causes knock-down. Lose all adrenaline.	6	0	0	0		Core
	Heavy Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +1...24...30 damage and causes knock-down if target foe is Weakened. Lose all adrenaline.	5	0	0	0		Core
	Irresistible Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage. Deals 5...17...20 damage and causes knock-down if blocked.	0	5	0	6		Core
	Magehunter's Smash	Elite Hammer Attack. Causes knock-down. Unblockable if target foe is enchanted.	8	0	0	0		Nightfall
	Mighty Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +10...34...40 damage.	7	0	0	0		Core
	Mokele Smash	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage and you gain 2 strikes of adrenaline.	0	5	0	12		Nightfall
	Overbearing Smash	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage. Unblockable if target foe is Weakened.	6	0	0	0		Nightfall
	Pulverizing Smash	Hammer Attack. Inflicts Weakness and Deep Wound conditions (5...17...20 seconds) if target foe is knocked-down.	4	0	0	0		Eye of the North
	Renewing Smash	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage. Recharges your Warrior stances.	0	10	0	20		Factions
	Staggering Blow	Hammer Attack. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds).	6	0	0	0		Core
	Yeti Smash	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage. Deals 5...41...50 damage to adjacent foes.	6	0	0	0		Factions