Two-Handed Swords (skill tree)

This article is about a skill tree. For the corresponding weapon class, see Two-Handed Swords.

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This page shows all Two-Handed Sword Skills

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Adapt to any combat situation, balancing between offense and defense.

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Main focus:
High Damage, Area Damage, Mobility, Survivability

Crit Effect:
Cleave through 3 tiles
+50% Bleed Chance

Skill List

Skill	Basic Stats	Description
Treatise I
Hewing Strike	Attack Type: Target Object Range: 1 Energy: 10 Cooldown: 8 Modified by: Strength, Agility, Perception - Requires a two-handed sword	Delivers a strike to one of the target's hands with +62% Bleed Chance and +25% Bodypart Damage. If the strike does damage, applies the target with -21% Move Resistance and -21% Bleed Resistance for 4 turns. Doubles the skill's effects if the target is Staggered. Successful two-handed sword counters reduce the skill's cooldown by 1 turn.
Revanche	Passive Modified by: Willpower - Requires a two-handed sword	Two-handed sword counters replenish 5% Max Energy and grant -10% Skills Energy Cost for 2 turns. The effect stacks up to 2 times.
Parry	Maneuver Type: No Target Energy: 18 Cooldown: 10 Modified by: Strength, Agility, Perception - Requires a two-handed sword	Activates "Parry" for 3 turns: +21% Block Chance +11% Max Block Power +20% Counter Chance Fully replenishes Block Power While "Parry" is active, each blocked strike reduces the skill's cooldown by 2 turns and grants +20% Block Power Recovery for 3 turns, and each counter grants +3% Crit Chance for 5 turns. The effect stacks up to 3 times.
Treatise II
Recklessness	Passive - Requires a two-handed sword	Grants +3% Crit Chance, +5% Counter Chance, and -5% Damage Taken for each adjacent enemy if there's more than one. The effect stacks up to 3 times.
Feast of Steel	Stance Type: No Target Energy: 14 Cooldown: 12 - Requires a two-handed sword	Activates "Feast of Steel" for 8 turns: +5% Counter Chance -4% Fumble Chance +5% Accuracy +2.5% Crit Chance Grants each third strike +100% Stagger Chance Using the ability tree's skills grants an extra stack of the effect (up to IV). Basic two-handed sword strikes prolong the effect's duration by 1 turn (up to 12) but reduce its number of stacks (no more than once per turn). Only one Stance effect can be active at a time.
Arc Cleave	Attack Type: Target Area Range: 1 Energy: 20 Cooldown: 20 Modified by: Strength, Agility, Perception, Willpower - Requires a two-handed sword	Delivers a strike to five adjacent tiles with +20% Weapon Damage, +61% Stagger Chance, and +42% Bleed Chance. Reduces the ability tree's cooldowns by 1 turns for each enemy hit by the strike and replenishes 5% Max Energy for each enemy Staggered by the strike.
Fight to the Death	Passive - Requires a two-handed sword	Consecutive two-handed sword hits against the same target grant +8% Stagger Chance and +4% Counter Chance for 5 turns. Each received strike grants +4% Block Chance and +5% Block Power Recovery for 5 turns. Both effects stack up to 3 times.
Treatise III
Taste of Victory	Passive - Requires a two-handed sword	Two-handed sword hits against Staggered targets grant +10% Bodypart Damage and +10% Bleed Chance for 5 turns. The effect stacks up to 3 times. Killing enemies with two-handed swords prolongs the duration of "Feast of Steel" and "Parry" by 1 turn.
Heroic Charge	Attack / Charge Type: Target Object Range: 3 Energy: 26 Cooldown: 24 Modified by: Strength, Agility, Perception - Requires a two-handed sword	Performs a charge towards the target and delivers a strike with +92% Stagger Chance. Each tile traveled with the charge grants the strike +10% Weapon Damage and +5.5% Crit Chance.
Courage	Passive - Requires a two-handed sword	If the ability tree's skill kills its target, instantly refreshes its Cooldown. If the target survives, grants +5% Weapon Damage for 4 turns for each adjacent enemy. The effect stacks up to 3 times.

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