Swords (skill tree)

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

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This page shows all Sword skills.

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Dart through the battlefield, cleaving opponents with precise strikes.

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Main focus:
Bleeding, Mobility

Crit Effect:
+50% Bleed Chance

Skill List

Skill	Basic Stats	Description	Passive bonus	Hidden bonus
Treatise I
Cleaving Strike	Attack Type: Target Area, 3 Tiles Range: 1 Energy: 16 Cooldown: 8 Modified by: Strength, Agility - Requires one-handed sword	Delivers a strike to three adjacent targets with +25% Bodypart Damage and +50% Bleed Chance. Grants +10% Counter Chance for 4 turns for each enemy within the skill's area of effect.
Blade Maintenance	Passive - Requires one-handed sword	If the equipped sword's Durability is above 85%, grants sword strikes +5% Weapon Damage and +10% Crit Efficiency.
Keeping Distance	Maneuver Type: Target Tile Range: 1 Energy: 14 Cooldown: 10 Modified by: Strength, Agility, Perception - Requires one-handed sword	Repositions to an adjacent tile. If the next turn the emptied tile is occupied by an enemy, deliver a free strike to them with +50% Stagger Chance and +10% Crit Chance.
Treatise II
Gloat	Passive - Requires one-handed sword	Grants sword strikes +4% Crit Chance and +5% Weapon Damage for each Bleeding affecting the target. Killing a Bleeding enemy reduces this ability tree's cooldowns by 2 turns.
Fencer's Stance	Stance Type: No Target Energy: 12 Cooldown: 10 - Requires one-handed sword	Activates "Fencer Stance" for 12 turns: +5% Counter Chance +7.5% Block Chance +7.5% Dodge Chance +5% Weapon Damage Using this ability tree's skills grants an extra stack of the effect (up to IV stacks). Basic sword strikes prolong the duration of the effect by 1 turn (up to 15 turns), but decrease its number of stacks. Only one Stance effect can be active at a time.
Endurance Training	Passive - Requires one-handed sword	Using the ability tree's skills grants +20% Energy Restoration for 3 turns. The effect stacks up to 3 times.
Treatise III
Honed Edge	Passive - Requires one-handed sword	Sword strikes grants +7.5% Bleed Chance and +2.5% Armor Penetration for 4 turns. The effect stacks up to 4 times.
Onrush	Attack / Charge Type: Target Object Range: 4 Energy: 24 Cooldown: 12 Modified by: Strength, Agility, Perception - Requires one-handed sword	Performs a Charge towards the target and delivers a strike with +20% Weapon Damage and +15% Armor Penetration. If the strike does damage, applies the target with -15% Bleed Resistance and +10% Damage Taken for 4 turns.

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