Melee abilities

10 abilities for a sword, taught by Sister Morrow. One from each tier sits on your bar, and it goes off by itself when it makes sense, or press its key to use it on your next swing.

On this page: Every ability · Heavy Blow heals · Parry · Charge · Cleave and Whirlwind love a crowd

Every ability

Ability	Level	Ready every	What it does
Heavy Blow	10	6 swings	Your next swing that lands hits 50% harder, and 20% of it comes back to you as health (at most 4% of your health).
Rend	10	6 swings	Your next swing that lands opens a wound: half the hit again, over three seconds.
Cleave	40	7 swings	Hit your target and up to 3 others next to you for 55%. Every monster caught adds 10% to every hit (up to 30%); alone, 10% less.
Taunt	40	10 swings	Every monster within 3 tiles turns on you, and you take 15% less for 6 seconds. For parties.
Charge	40	9 swings	Your target 2-5 tiles away in a clear line: you're beside it at once, and it's stunned for 1.5 seconds (bosses aren't stunned).
Brace	70	8 swings	When you're being hit: take 35% less for 5 seconds.
Second Wind	70	20 swings	Under 60% health: get 20% of it back at once.
Parry	70	10 swings	Raise your guard for 3 seconds: the next monster swing is turned aside, and your next swing that lands strikes back for double.
Whirlwind	95	10 swings	Spin: up to 8 monsters within 2 tiles take 55% of the hit. Every monster caught adds 6% to every hit (up to 40%); alone, 15% less.
Execute	95	8 swings	A target under a quarter of its health: your next swing that lands hits twice as hard.

Heavy Blow heals

20% of the damage it deals comes back as health, but never more than 4% of your health in one blow. Cooked food is still how you stay alive.

Parry

Your guard goes up for 3 seconds. The next swing a monster takes at you is turned aside (a graze), and your next swing that lands strikes back for 2x damage. On auto, it waits until a monster fighting you is winding up a swing, so save it for the big hitters.

Charge

When your target is 2-5 tiles away and nothing is in between (no wall, no water, no one in the way), you're next to it at once, and it's stunned for 1.5 seconds. Bosses aren't stunned. It never works in PvP.

Cleave and Whirlwind love a crowd

Cleave hits up to 3 others next to you for 55%. Whirlwind hits up to 8 within 2 tiles for 55%. Every extra monster caught makes every hit stronger: +10% each for Cleave (up to +30%) and +6% each for Whirlwind (up to +40%). On a lone monster they hit for 90% and 85% of a swing.

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