Two-Handed Training

Greatsword and underwater spear skills deal more damage and recharge faster. Gain fury when you disable a foe. — In-game description

Two-Handed Training

Specialization

Beastmastery (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Two-Handed Training

Greatsword and underwater spear skills deal more damage and recharge faster. Gain fury when you disable a foe.

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Fury (3s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance

 Recharge Reduced: 20%

— In-game description

Notes

	Skill	Traited recharge
Greatsword	Maul (PvE)	4	→	3.2
	Maul (PvP)	8	→	6.4
	Maul (WvW)	6	→	4.8
	Maul (PvE)	4	→	3.2
	Maul (PvP)	8	→	6.4
	Maul (WvW)	6	→	4.8
	Swoop (PvE)	12	→	9.6
	Swoop (PvP)	18	→	14.4
	Swoop (WvW)	15	→	12
	Counterattack (PvE)	15	→	12
	Counterattack (PvP)	30	→	24
	Counterattack (WvW)	25	→	20
	Hilt Bash (PvE, PvP)	25	→	20
	Hilt Bash (WvW)	20	→	16
Spear	Swirling Strike	8	→	6.4
	Surging Maw	10	→	8
	Counterstrike	20	→	16
	Man O' War	4	→	3.2

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	(Undocumented) Existing spear related trait descriptions were updated to specify underwater spears.
May 02, 2023	Removed an erroneous internal cooldown indicator.
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
October 02, 2018	This trait no longer has a 50% chance to grant fury when striking with a greatsword or spear. Rangers now gain fury whenever they disable a foe.
May 08, 2018	The damage bonus of this trait is no longer split between game modes and will now use the improved 10% damage bonus in all modes.
March 27, 2018	Increased the bonus damage from 5% to 10% in PvP and WvW.
June 24, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from working properly with Swoop.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Beastmastery Master tier. Added: Greatsword and spear skills recharge 20% faster.
December 10, 2013	Greatsword and spear attacks now have a 50% chance to grant fury on hit. Each attack will have 3 seconds of fury. There is also a 10-second cooldown.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Two-Handed Training has been added to the game.