Expose Armor

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Expose Armor
Expose Armor Instant cast 5 yd. range 25 Energy Finishing move that exposes the target for 30 sec, reducing armor per combo point.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Improvement talents	Improved Expose Armor
Other information
Ranks	6
Requirements	A melee weapon equipped
Related debuff
Expose Armor Armor decreased. Duration: 30 sec.

You think that flimsy stuff can protect you from me?

Expose Armor is a rogue's finishing move that reduces the target's Armor Rating for a short period. Similar but generally inferior to the warrior's Sunder Armor ability. The two do not stack.

Contents 1 Rank Table 2 Notes 3 Related talents 4 Tips and tactics

Rank Table

Rank	CP	Reduction	Level	Cost
1	1	80	14	12
	2	160
	3	240
	4	320
	5	400
2	1	145	26	60
	2	290
	3	435
	4	580
	5	725
3	1	210	36	1 44
	2	420
	3	630
	4	840
	5	1050
4	1	275	46	2 10
	2	550
	3	825
	4	1100
	5	1375
5	1	340	56	5
	2	680
	3	1020
	4	1360
	5	1700
6	1	410	66	8 91
	2	820
	3	1230
	4	1640
	5	2050

Notes

This ability is only really beneficial in fights that will last the 30 second duration, and with multiple melee characters engaged against the target.

Related talents

• Improved Expose Armor increases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 25% or 50%.

Tips and tactics

• Expose Armor increases melee damage against the target. This damage increase is proportionally greater if the target has lower armor to start with. See Formulas:Damage reduction and Sunder Armor notes for more info.
• However, targets with high damage reduction due to armor get proportionally more damage for each % of mitigation lost. For this reason this ability is not as useless against these targets as one might think. For example, someone with 4000 armor points at level 70 would take roughly 16% extra damage after a full expose armor, while it would be nearly 9% for 15000 (about 27% and 14% with Improved Expose Armor). Note that it lasts longer than Slice and Dice, so it may be preferred depending on the target's armor, the expected duration of the combat and the number of attackers.
• Do not use this ability in a group where a warrior is tanking. He will NOT be able to use his Sunder Armor ability at all (he'll get a "more powerful spell in effect" error message). Sunder Armor is a primary threat move for a tanking warrior, so this is a very bad thing.
• By using Gouge and switching to a slow weapon, it's possible to gouge and expose the armor of a target without breaking the incapacitating effect. Just be sure to stop the auto-attack after you expose.

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