Impact Strike

Physical. Strike your enemy and stun[sic] them. — In-game description

Impact Strike

 

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Daredevil

Slot

Elite

Type

Physical

Sequence

 →  → 

Training cost

25 Hero points

Game link

API

29516

“

0.5½  

25

30

 

Impact Strike

Physical. Strike your enemy and stun[sic] them.

 Damage: 465 (1.75)^?

 Damage: 199 (0.75)^?

 Daze: 2 seconds

 Evade: 0.5½ seconds

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 300

— In-game description

Related traits

Acrobatics

• Instant Reflexes — Gain evasion when you use an elite skill.
• Feline Grace — Gain vigor upon successfully evading an attack.
• Swindler's Equilibrium — Gain power and additional power when while wielding a sword or underwater spear. Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or underwater spear recharges Steal.
• Upper Hand — Gain initiative when you dodge, and gain initiative and regeneration when you evade an attack. Evading can only trigger this trait once per interval.

Trickery

• Pressure Striking — Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with torment. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Daredevil

• Escapist's Fortitude — Gain health when you successfully evade an attack. Remove a condition whenever you evade an attack.
• Brawler's Tenacity — Physical skills grant endurance when activated.
• Impacting Disruption — Enemies that you interrupt suffer a pulmonary impact. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Notes

• Unlike Bandit's Defense, if you use another skill with an activation time other than Uppercut after this skill, it will immediately go on cooldown.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	This skill now evades attacks. Increased the cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP and WvW.
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
February 14, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
November 29, 2022	Increased power coefficient from 0.75 to 1.75 in PvE only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
July 07, 2020	Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Impact Strike has been added to the game.