Desperation Blow

Melee Attack. If this attack hits, you strike for +10...34...40 damage, and your target suffers from one of the following conditions: Deep Wound (for 20 seconds), Weakness (for 20 seconds), Bleeding (for 25 seconds), or Crippled (for 15 seconds). After making a Desperation Blow, you are knocked down.

Desperation Blow

• 5
• 7

Profession

Warrior

Attribute

Tactics

Special

Duplicate skill

Type

Melee attack

Campaign

Prophecies

Melee Attack. If this attack hits, you strike for +10...34...40 damage, and your target suffers from one of the following conditions: Deep Wound (for 20 seconds), Weakness (for 20 seconds), Bleeding (for 25 seconds), or Crippled (for 15 seconds). After making a Desperation Blow, you are knocked down.

Concise description

Melee Attack. Deals +10...34...40 damage. Inflicts one of the following random conditions: Deep Wound (20 seconds), Weakness (20 seconds), Bleeding (25 seconds), or Crippled (15 seconds). You are knocked-down.

Progression
Tactics + Damage	0 10 1 12 2 14 3 16 4 18 5 20 6 22 7 24 8 26 9 28 10 30 11 32 12 34 13 36 14 38 15 40 16 42 17 44 18 46 19 48 20 50 21 52

Acquisition

Skill trainers

• Prophecies
  • Captain Greywind (North Kryta Province)
  • Master Scout Kiera (Henge of Denravi)
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)

Signet of Capture

• Eye of the North
  • Malfunctioning Shield Golem (Oola's Lab)

Related skills

• Drunken Blow (duplicate skill)

Notes

• Consider using with Steady Stance or Balanced Stance to bypass the knock down penalty.
• This skill will only knock you down if it hits.
• Contrary to Grapple, Stonefist Insignia does not prolong the time you are knocked down.
• If this attack hits multiple targets by using a scythe, the conditions are applied separately. You are also knocked down separately for each hit, which matters if preventing knock downs.

Trivia

• The figure in this skill icon is also used in the skill icon for Backfire.