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Impale

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Impale
  • Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by X%.
Usable by
ClassWarrior
Properties
LocationArms, Tier 3
AffectsAll special attacks
Ranks2
Requirements
Points required15

Impale is a Tier 3 Arms talent. It increases the damage bonus of critical strikes with special attacks. Impale does not affect auto-attacks ("white damage").

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Rank table

Rank  % Increase
1 10
2 20

Notes

Impale increases your critical damage for special attacks by an additive 20%. Essentially, a critical strike with any special ability (such as Heroic Strike, Mortal Strike, Slam, etc.) will do 220% damage. This is an excellent talent for any crit-oriented warrior. It is important to note that this does not affect "regular" critical strikes, also known as white critical strikes that result from auto-attacks and not special abilities.

Example 1 (without Impale): Your Heroic Strike hits for 500.

  • Without having talent points in Impale, the critical strike bonus would be (500*200%) = 1000.
  • With one talent point in Impale, the critical strike bonus would be (500*210%) = 1050.
  • With two talent points in Impale, the critical strike bonus would be (500*220%) = 1100.

Example 2 (with Impale): If your Bloodthirst hits for 600,

  • Without having talent points in Impale, your Bloodthirst critical strike would be (600*200%) = 1200.
  • With one talent point in Impale, your Bloodthirst critical strike would be (600*210%) = 1260.
  • With two talent points in Impale, your Bloodthirst critical strike would be (600*220%) = 1320.

Patch changes

Was Tier 4. Deep Wounds is no longer a prerequisite, but Impale is now a prerequisite for Deep Wounds.

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